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Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms – Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms

September 14, 2011 No Comments

This would fit quite nicely into that power pop section as well, but let’s keep that for the classics. Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms debut album was released in march 2011 by Bellyache Records, but I just heard it some weeks ago. It doesn’t change the world as we know it, but it is a damn enjoyable record full of short and loud power pop songs. Direct quote from the bio “finding inspiration in classic one-man-band albums by Emitt Rhodes, Paul McCartney, Jason Falkner…” might get some pop freaks interested. I know it did the trick for me. The album is also a free download on his bandcamp at the moment (that might change, I don’t know). Because it’s 3 am while I’m writing this, I’ll pick a song called Why Can’t I Sleep? as the sample song. And at the moment the answer to that question is, because I’m listening to awesome pop music.

<a href="http://extraarms.bandcamp.com/track/why-cant-i-sleep-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Can’t I Sleep? by Ryan Allen and His Extra Arms</a>

Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms at Bandcamp
Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms Website

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Kim Curly Band – So Long, King Desire (new album)

September 13, 2011 No Comments

Time to visit the record store. The second Kim Curly Band album So Long, King Desire will be released on 14th of september 2011 by Hilland records. There aren’t too many great Finnish americana bands, but Kim Curly Band definitely is one really great one. I’ve only heard the 30 sec samples on amazon site, but I’m already pretty excited about the album and I’m fairly sure that I’m going to love it. This tune called New York below was the first single. You’ll find the second single, Neil Young-ish Way Back From Home from their bandpage on Facebook. The debut album is also really really good.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/15969848″]

Kim Curly Band Website
Kim Curly Band at Facebook

Hilland Records Website

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Koria Kitten Riot – An Anthem from the 80′s

September 9, 2011 No Comments

The second Koria Kitten Riot album The Lows & The Highs will be released on 19th of october by Solmu Records. The lead single is entitled An Anthem from the 80’s and you can check it out below (or on Koria Kitten Riot’s brand new website). Kyr Records will release the album in Germany, Austria and Switzerland later on. I’m really looking forward to this.

Koria Kitten Riot – An Anthem from the 80’s from Antti Reikko on Vimeo.

Koria Kitten Riot Website

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Regina – Soita mulle

September 9, 2011 No Comments

I haven’t written about Regina for a really long time, but it’s not because I’ve stopped caring or anything like that. I just tend to overlook the well-known pop groups here and focus on the smaller bands that gain way too little attention elsewhere. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the quality of the music. In fact, Regina’s new album Soita Mulle sounds insanely great. If I don’t even mention that such an amazing pop treat has been released a couple of days ago, I should just quit making “a finnish pop site” and start some damn country & western music blog. Soita Mulle is out now in Finland and Friendly Fire will release the album in USA on september 20.

Regina Website

Listen to Unessa:

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/21634841″]

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