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Radio Days – Get Some Action

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I’m so far behind with this blog stuff that it isn’t even funny anymore. I suppose I should quit if I can’t find the time & energy to do this properly. But I won’t, because where else would I tell the world (or the seven regular readers) that the great Italian power pop group Radio Days just released their new album Get Some Action last month. I pre-ordered and received my copy last week and it’s pretty damn good album. I’ve been listening to a lot of Bobby Emmett, Radio Days and Kurt Baker lately and it feels great to notice that there are plenty of marvellous power pop acts around. You can buy and stream the whole thing on their bandcamp. Here’s a brand new video for the title track Get Some Action.

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Radio Days at Bandcamp
Radio Days at Facebook

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Flavour Of The Month 5.4.2013 – Kaveri Special, Satan’s Fingers

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FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH GOES AFROBEAT!

Perjantaina 5.4. Flavour Of The Month-klubilla kuullaan jotain ihan muuta kuin FOTM-iltojen vakiintunutta laulaja-lauluntekijämusiikkia tai kotimaista indietä. Tuolloin on fennougrilaisen afrobeatin vuoro kun Kaveri Special tekee keikkadebyyttinsä Flavour Of The Monthissa. Bändin takana on entisiä Cosmobile-yhtyeen jäseniä, jotka lopullisesti 70-luvun nigerialaiseen kitaramusiikkiin seottuaan pistivät edellisen bändin pakettiin ja ryhtyivät keskittymään uusiin rytmeihin uuden nimen alla.

Huhtikuun session avaa vahvasti tee-se-itse-henkinen lo-fi/indieduo Satan’s Fingers. Levymusiikista vastaa tuttuun tapaan Flavour Of The Monthin DJ-kollektiivi.

LYHYESTI:
FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH esittää
Kaveri Special
Satan’s Fingers
+ Flavour Of The Month DJ team
pe 5.4. 2013 klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
liput: 4€

Kaveri Special at Soundcloud
Kaveri Special at Facebook

Satan’s Fingers at Soundcloud
Satan’s Fingers at Facebook

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Linnusto

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Just before going to bed I want to share the songs that I’ve loved the most today. Linnusto followed me on Soundcloud a few days ago. I didn’t know who he was, but I hit the play button sometime late last night. Suddenly familiar, warm voice and beautiful songs floated through the headphones into my veins and Linnusto won my heart over in a few seconds. Since then I’ve listened the songs around ten times and my relationship with the songs is only getting stronger. This is En eksy tässä kaupungissa enää. You’ll find the other equally great song Hietaniemi from his Soundcloud.

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Linnusto at Soundcloud

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Thanks For Giving A Damn with Otis Gibbs

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Lately I’ve been mostly listening to these Thanks For Giving a Damn with Otis Gibbs podcasts. I listened all 23 episodes within a week and I really loved spending quality time with Otis and his friends. All of these podcasts are very entertaining. Even when I didn’t knew the person beforehand. Some favourites were Motown engineer Bob Olhsson sharing his memories, Richard Dobson talking about Heartworn Highways and Townes Van Zandt, Phil Kaufman on Gram Parsons, Charles Manson etc and a lot of great current singer-songwriters like Slaid Cleaves, Lydia Loveless, Ray Wylie Hubbard. I guess I could list them all, because favourite one was always the one I was listening to at the time. I’m looking forward to the upcoming episodes. Thanks for Giving a Damn with Otis Gibbs is available for free on iTunes. If you don’t care for iTunes, you can listen to them on Otis Gibbs website.

Otis Gibbs is also a great singer-songwriter himself. I own his two latest albums Joe Hill’s Ashes and Harder Than Hammered Hell. Both are excellent. There’s one song from each below. Made to Break from the latest Harder Than Hammered Hell and Kansas City from Joe Hill’s Ashes. Maybe I should go and order the older ones as well.

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Otis Gibbs Website
Thanks For Giving a Damn on iTunes

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