Litku Klemetti – Juna Kainuuseen

Litku Klemetti has been quite criminally ignored on this little blog. I really liked their concert at H2ö festival, but still didn’t pay enough attention to the album Horror ’15. Maybe for me the jury was still out a little bit, but Juna Kainuuseen brought the final verdict and opened the flood gates. I’ve been an idiot and Litku Klemetti is utterly wonderful. I listened to her outstanding solo album earlier today on my way from home to work and I instantly fell in love with it. The whole thing is absolutely gorgeous and then there’s the title track. Even my current excessive praising mode can’t find the correct words to properly describe such a fantastic song. Ok, maybe there’s a few only good ones in there as well, but don’t care at all. If I still wrote proper reviews, this would get five hearts every day of the week.

I’m perfectly aware that this post has been just love, love, love without any actual information, so I’ll close this by saying that Juna Kainuuseen came out on 13th of January on cassette (Viihdekasetit) and digital (Luova Records). Vinyl coming out in the spring. There’s also a new band album Litku Klemetti & Tuntematon numero scheduled to be released in 2017. This is the magnificent title track of the new solo album Juna Kainuuseen.

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Strand of Oaks – Radio Kids

That Genuine Fakes post and song took me on a nostalgic journey to my childhood and also reminded me that I still haven’t posted this monster of a song by the always stunning Strand of Oaks. Back in the 80s and 90s I was definitely one of those Radio Kids that listened to the radio with one finger on the record button in order to catch the songs that would shape my world. Radio Kids is a magnificent outtake from the forthcoming Strand of Oaks album Hard Love that is due out February 17 on Dead Oceans.

Strand of Oaks Website

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The Genuine Fakes – Guns N’ Roses Saved My Life

I didn’t expect to mention Guns N’ Roses on this blog, but this is for a good reason. And no, I don’t have anything against them. I have my own Guns N’ Roses past. I first had Lies and Appetite For Destruction on cassette and then I bought the Use Your Illusion CDs when they came out. Plus I’ve been called Spaghetti Incident (and had it on CD as well) on football grounds. They were still nowhere near as important to me as they were for Joey Fake, the lead singer of the great Swedish power pop group The Genuine Fakes. Their new single and first outtake from the forthcoming second album is a tribute to the band and it’s called Guns N’ Roses Saved My Life. Sounds mighty good as was expected and I’m looking forward to hearing the full album (co-produced by Mr. Jon Auer) sometime in 2017.

The Genuine Fakes Website

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Frontier Ruckus – 27 Dollars (video)

Year end lists are done and it’s time to finally move on to 2017. I’ll kickstart the year with a song from one of my most anticipated 2017 albums Enter the Kingdom by Frontier Ruckus. This fifth Ruckus LP was produced by Ken Coomer and comes out February 17, 2017 on Sitcom Universe (USA) and Loose Music (UK/EU). Over the years, Michigan-based Frontier Ruckus has taken a couple of album of the year awards on those year end lists, so it’s definitely safe to say that I’m extremely excited about this release. I will get back to this album more than a few times over the year, but let’s begin with 27 Dollars, the first outtake from the forthcoming album Enter the Kingdom.

Frontier Ruckus Website

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