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The Spoonshiners E.P. released

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Helsinki-based garage/power pop group The Spoonshiners just released their debut E.P as a limited edition cassette. If you aren’t willing or able to buy it, you can listen to the songs on their soundcloud. I especially enjoyed this opening track Three Years that I added below. Reminds me of all kinds of great 90’s american indie bands from Buffalo Tom to Dinosaur Jr.. The second track Echo on the Telephone on the other hand has some great classic power pop elements and wouldn’t feel out of place on those Shake Some Action compilations that I’ve been collecting recently (they gather together late 70’s and early 80’s powerpop, new wave and mod songs. Maybe not totally official compilations.. and if anybody wants to sell volumes 7 and 8 for a reasonable price, send me a note). Anyway, enough with the pointless ramblings. This is Three Years.. check out the other three songs and earlier single on their soundcloud.

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The Spoonshiners at Facebook
The Spoonshiners at Soundcloud

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Small Houses – North

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Way too much time with beetroots and way too little time with the blog. That’s how things are going on at the moment and there’s so many great releases that I haven’t mentioned yet. Let’s start with this charming folk album entitled North. Small Houses is a Jeremy Quentin from Michigan an this thing of beauty was released on 6th of october. Slowcoustic introduced Small Houses to me a week or two ago and I got pretty obsessed with the song Late July during that night and still rate it as one of the best folk songs of the year. The whole album is captivating and extremely highly recommended. Especially if you are into artists like Chris Bathgate and Hezekiah Jones, you have found a new favourite. This is Late July from Bridgehouse Sessions.

Small Houses Bridgehouse Session Pt. 3 from Mostly Midwest on Vimeo.

Small Houses Website

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Flavour of the Month: Carmen & The Devil, Hiljainen Mies 30.09.2011

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Next Flavour of the Month takes place next friday on 30th of september. Check out the Finnish press release below for more information. A couple of soundbites first.

Carmen & The Devil: Love Drove My Baby Away

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Hiljainen Mies: Salatut suudelmat

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/17074975″]
 
COUNTRY-FOLKIA FLAVOUR OF THE MONTHISSA

Flavour Of The Month-klubin lokakuun livemusiikkiannos tarjoillaan jo syyskuun puolella, perjantaina 30.9., tutusti ravintola Pikku-Torren lavalla. Tuolloin ohjelmassa on suomalaisen akustisen country- ja folkmusiikin huippuosaamista.

Tamperelainen Hiljainen mies avaa illan. Hiljainen mies saattaa olla tuttu hienosta Hi-Lo And In Between-yhtyeestä, joka on parikin kertaa esiintynyt FOTM-klubilla. Hi-Lo’n americana on tällä haavaa vaihtunut kotimaisempaan kaihoon esityskielenkin ollessa suomi. Odotettavissa on lauluja viime vuoden lopulla julkaistulta debyyttialbumilta Puiden ylle kaatuu aurinko ja muut.

Illan toisena aktina kuullaan odotetun paluun Flavour of the Monthin lavalle tekevää Carmen & The Deviliä. Suomen johtava country-pariskunta esittää tyylitajuista amerikkalaista juurimusiikkia; sekä hallittuja covereita (mm. Hank Williamsia ja Gillian Welchiä) että omaa tuotantoa.

Illan ohjelman täydentää Flavour of the Monthin DJ-kollektion valitsema tyyliin sopiva levymusiikki.

ohjelmatiedot:
FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH
Hiljainen mies
Carmen & The Devil
+ Flavour Of The Month DJ-team
pe 30.9. 2011, klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30
liput 3€

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New single from Hi-Lo & In Between

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The great Finnish folk rock / americana band Hi-Lo & In Between is getting ready to release their third album entitled We Are Not The Wind (due to be released by Lumpeela julkaisut in october). I’m really looking forward to this, because I loved the second album. The first single A Clear Silence is now out and available. I admit that I had some doubts when I was listening to it for the first time. Maybe because the chorus sounded more like Lasse Lindh than folk to me and I wasn’t expecting that. However, now I’ve been listening to it over and over again with headphones and I’m falling in love with it so badly that I better start saving money for an engagement ring.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/23487695″]

 

Hi-Lo & In Between at Facebook

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