Flavour of the Month 7.12.2012 – Treehouse, The Everglades

There hasn’t been any updates lately, because I’ve spent every second of my spare time by listening to old stuff like new breed r&b and northern soul. But I try to get back to new stuff as well. At least I will soon write that album of the year list. One of my top 10 Finnish albums will be Treehouse’s debut album and they will be playing at Flavour of the Month club next friday. They will share the stage with The Everglades. More about the evening in the Finnish press release below. See you at Pikku-Torre on 7th of december. Here’s Treehouse with a great song titled By The Lake.

Treehouse – By The Lake from Treehouse on Vimeo.

JOULUKUUN FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH: TREEHOUSE & THE EVERGLADES 7.12.

Joulukuun Flavour Of The Month-klubi-ilta asettuu kalenterissa perjantaille 7.12. Tuolloin Pikku-Torreen saapuu FOTM-debyyttiinsä pääkaupunkilainen Treehouse ja lämmittelyt hoitaa entisen pääkaupungin oma The Everglades.

Treehousen vaikutelistalta löytyy nimiä aina Lee Hazelwoodista ja Glen Campbellistä Bonnie “Prince” Billyyn, Fleet Foxesiin ja Dungeniin, mutta folk- ja americanasävyjen taustalla soi myös puhtaampi kitarapop. FOTM-klubin profiiliin mitä täydellisimmin sopiva akti, siis.

The Everglades on maailman ainoa ja paras fock pop-yhtye. Fock pop puolestaan on bändin nettisivujen määritelmän mukaan parhaimmillaan hyvien ystävien, oluttuopin ja nättien tyttöjen kanssa nautittuna – näitä kaikkiahan on perinteisesti tarjolla Flavour Of The Monthissa!

MENOTIEDOT:
Flavour Of The Month esittää

TREEHOUSE
THE EVERGLADES
+ FOTM DJ team
pe 7.12., klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
liput: 3€

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Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil: Catch The Presidents

Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil are a great band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I loved their debut album Victims, Enemies, & Old Friends and therefore I instantly hit the buy now button on their bandcamp store when the new album Catch The Presidents became available a few days ago. It’s a bit too early to make final conclusions about the album, but just like I expected, it does seem to be another great release. Their gritty southern pop (as they describe it) still sound wonderful to my ears and Doc Dailey has such a great voice for this kind of music. This is the opener She Has Her Moments. Listen to / buy the whole album at bandcamp.

Doc Dailey & The Magnolia Devil at Bandcamp
Doc Dailey & The Magnolia Devil Website

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Album of the Month – Andrew Combs: Worried Man

Oh my. This is a wonderful country album. I started listening to Andrew Combs on wednesday, bought his album Worried Man later that night and have listened to it around 12-13 hours during thursday and friday. This might not be anything that unique, because during the past ten years, I’ve listened to country songs and heartwrecking balladry as much as my heart can safely consume. But still.. Damn.. This is just so brilliantly crafted and delivered that I can listen to this all day long. Andrew Combs is writing some great country songs in the footsteps of legends like Clark, Prine, Van Zandt and the man sure can sing. If you need some recent comparisons maybe Robert Ellis and debut-era Justin Rutledge comes to mind. Well at least yours truly has been equally excited about them. Anyway, Worried Man is magnificent and it’s certainly good to know that there’s still some fantastic real country music coming from Nashville. A few examples below. Stream/buy the whole album at bandcamp.

Too Stoned To Cry:

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Note to self: Check out Carl Anderson. Apparently that marvellous song Heavy is originally his.

Andrew Combs at Bandcamp
Andrew Combs Website

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Jukka Ässä – Mitäs tässä

I should have written about Jukka Ässä’s longwaited debut album Mitäs tässä weeks ago. It came out on GAEA in october and it’s one of those albums that are the perfect antidote against all the stressful things your mind can come up with. As you might very well know, I’m good at that sort of things. Creating a gigantic problem out of some minor thing that shouldn’t have any kind relevance to one’s happiness. To fight that sillyness in me, I need songs and albums like Mitäs tässä that take me away from my stressful everyday life into my beautiful everyday life. That’s the trick. I don’t need a fantasy world. Capturing the beauty of the moments I experience all the time is far more comforting.

The highlight of the album is a song called Juhannus and there’s also a beautiful music video for it. Juhannus is almost too perfect, because the rest of the album have a bit of trouble matching the brilliance of that song. Ole juuri niin kuin oot and Hyvä elämä become rather close and those three form the key trio for me. I do like the whole album, but there’s something magical in those three songs. This one below is the music video for Juhannus.

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