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

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.

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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

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

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:

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Suburban Home 16th Anniversary

Congratulations to Suburban Home Records! This fabulous label is celebrating their 16th anniversary in Denver this weekend. I think I don’t need to go into specific details about the shows, because it’s pretty far away for us Finns. However, I love the label and want to post their Anniversary mix-tape, because it showcases the thing they do best. Which is to release wonderful music and there’s plenty of that coming this fall. For example new albums from Micah Schnabel and Have Gun Will Travel are out later in the year and I’m waiting them eagerly (Last year Micah Schnabel took the #2 spot and Have Gun Will Travel the #11 spot on my albums of the year list). There’s one song from their upcoming albums on the mix below. Suburban Home is also about to reissue the somewhat legendary Lenny & The Piss Poor album that has been out-of-print for several years. I so want that into my collection. I need to check out the new additions to their roster like Arliss Nancy, because I don’t know much about them yet.

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Suburban Home Records Website

And why not a list as well:

One Chord to Another’s Top 5 Suburban Home releases:

1. Micah Schnabel: When The Stage Lights Go Dim
2. Austin Lucas: Somebody Loves You
3. Two Cow Garage: Speaking In Cursive / Sweet Saint Me
4. Drag The River: Closed / Chicken Demos
5. Limbeck: S/T

Ok, I cheated a bit, because I put two albums from Two Cow Garage and Drag The River. And there’s still no room for The Takers or Chad Price. This is heartbreaking, I should have made a top 10 or 20.

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