News: The Mommyheads touring in Finland

American pop group The Mommyheads is about to hit these shores this weekend and play a couple of shows with some great Finnish support acts Bookends, Flannelmouth and The Everglades. They are a very fine band although I must admit that I’m only familiar with their Geffen released self-titled album from 1997. That was a really good pop album even though I don’t think it sold that well (good music rarely does). Some of their earlier stuff seem to be on spotify, so I need to do some background work on that. The band split up in 1998, but reformed a couple of years ago and are making new music. Their latest album Delicate Friction is due out March 18, 2011 on Dead Frog Records in Scandinavia. Check out their latest single Another Crowded House from the upcoming album below.

The Mommyheads in Finland:

12.3. Alakerta, Helsinki (with Flannelmouth and Bookends)
13.3. Klubi, Turku (with The Everglades and Bookends)

The Mommyheads Website
The Mommyheads at Facebook

Second single Another Crowded House from the upcoming album

    Delicate Friction
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    and blast from the past. Wonderful Jaded from their self-titled album released by Geffen in the late nineties.
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News: Ove Ritola

Ove Ritola’s new EP Sunday Morning is available for free download. It was originally recorded for a project trying to bring more life with a means of art to a hospital ward for the long term ill. The result of the recordings is very beautiful and stylewise reminds me a bit of Album Leaf’s album In A Safe Place. You can download it for free from the website below.

Ove Ritola Website

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Flavour of the Month – Graceskull, The Soft Rabbit, Marty The Random Guy

Flavour of the Month is once again just around the corner. I’m pretty excited about this one, because Vaasa boys Graceskull and The Soft Rabbit are hitting the stage along with local roots guru Marty The Random Guy. It will be a great evening. Make sure you visit those links below, if you don’t know these guys. They are all wonderful. Here’s the information in finnish:

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTHIN VAASA-SPECIAL

Turkulaisen indieklubi Flavour Of The Monthin maaliskuun iltamiin 4.3. saapuu vieraita Vaasasta, tuosta Klamydian, Sportin ja pohjalaisen vaatimattomuuden kehdosta. Pääesiintyjänä kuullaan tummasävyistä ja tyylitajuista Graceskull-yhtyettä, joka tekee paluuta sekä levytys- että keikkarintamalla monivuotiseksi venahtaneen tauon jälkeen. Bändin johtohahmo, matalaääninen solisti ja biisintekijä Ove Ritola tunnetaan myös monesti Flavourin alkuvuosina klubilla vierailleesta The Sugarrushista sekä mm. The Conquistadorsista. The Sugarrush-miehistöä pyörii illan aikana lavalla sekä Graceskullin että Sugarrush-basisti Timo “Coma” Silvennoisen sooloprojektin The Soft Rabbitin taustalla.

Illan avaa ei-vaasalainen vahvistus, kun Turun oma Marty The Random Guy saapuu paikalle akustisine soittopeleineen ja juurevan folk/blues/songwriter-materiaalinsa kanssa. Illan henkeen sopivaa, tosin vähemmän vaasalaista, levymusiikkia tarjoilee Flavour Of The Monthin oma DJ-komppania.

lyhyesti:

pe 4.3.
FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH
“Vaasa By Night Special”
Graceskull
The Soft Rabbit
w/ special non-Vaasa guest Marty The Random Guy
+ FOTM DJ team
liput 3€
linkit:
Graceskull Website
The Soft Rabbit at myspace
Marty The Random Guy Website

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Jarkko Martikainen and Austin Lucas

Jarkko Martikainen has recently recorded a cover version of Austin Lucas’ Bells with Finnish lyrics. Kellot was recorded last september with the help of Samae Koskinen and it’s a very good version of the song. I do prefer the original, but also Jarkko nails this one pretty damn well and adds his own vision and style to the song. You can listen to the song on Jarkko Martikainen’s new website. He also has a new album called Usko coming out in april.

Jarkko Martikainen Website

The great Austin Lucas has a new digital single Thunder Rail out now on Last Chance Records and the new album will follow in the spring. I think this was the second time I’ve ever bought a digi-single, but I love Austin and had to get it. The single is fantastic even though a little surprising. He seem to be going towards a full band sound, but I don’t mind at all because this sounds equally brilliant as the earlier country & folk troubadour stuff. I’m really looking forward to the album. Here’s a cool live version of the title track of the previous album Somebody Loves You that was one of the best albums of 2009.

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Austin Lucas Website
New single at Last Chance Records

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