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Quick Review: Eels – Tomorrow Morning

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Eels: Tomorrow Morning (2010)

This album proves that I’m an asshole. I loved the previous Eels album End Times. It was bare, beautiful, sad and broken. Tomorrow Morning is far more optimistic and happy, but I don’t enjoy it as much. Occasionally I even find myself a little bored. I hope it’s not just because it’s happier. I know I’m a sad case, but hopefully not that sad. Anyway, even the weaker Eels albums have their moments and are must have items. What I Have to Offer is the key track for me. It may be simple, but it’s oh so beautiful.

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Eels Website

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Finnish music, News

News: Russian Love

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A brief history lesson. Russian Love was a great band from the northern part of Finland. Their early gothic rock isn’t my cup of tea at all, but in the mid-90’s they were one of the best bands in the country and gave birth to some fantastic indie rock / power pop albums. Especially Gala Brutale is a magnificent album and regarded as a classic (at least in my heart). They vanished around 1998 and I’ve been missing them ever since. Now twelve years later, Russian Love’s last recorded single Never Say Goodbye have seen the light of the day. It’s available at least on iTunes and on Spotify. I hope there are more treasures in the vaults, because this is a fantastic song.

Russian Love at myspace
Never Say Goodbye at iTunes
Never Say Goodbye at Spotify

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Finnish music, General, News

Flavour of the Month: Kim Curly Band, Ossi Alisaari (Penniless)

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FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH AKUSTISENA LOKAKUUSSA

Flavour Of The Monthin lokakuun livesessio nautitaan akustisena. Pikku-Torren lavalle nousevat perjantaina 1.10. helsinkiläinen Kim Curly Band sekä ikuisesti nakkilalaisen Penniless-yhtyeen turkulaistunut laulajakitaristi Ossi Alisaari.

Kim Curly Band on saanut suomalaisessa musiikkimediassa hehkutusta folkahtavalla americana/alt. country-popillaan ja nyt onkin korkea aika saada Flavour-lavalle parasta, mitä Suomella on tarjota vastineeksi Ryan Adamsin eri bändiviritelmille. Vakuuttava yhtye esiintyy Turussa tällä kertaa Kim Curly Triona (kitara, koskettimet ja lap steel), soittaen kappaleita aiemmin tänä vuonna julkaistulta debyyttialbumiltaan.

Ossi Alisaari esittelee puolestaan Pennilessin uutta, suorastaan haltioituneen vastaanoton saanutta A Cab To The City-albumia. Onkin mielenkiintoista nähdä, miten Pennilessin uran tanakin ja synkein rocklevy taipuu mies-ja-kitara-versioiksi. Ja Ossin aiempien soolokeikkojen peristeella odotettavissa lienee myös muutamia vinksahtaneita cover-valintoja.

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FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH
Kim Curly Band
Ossi Alisaari (Penniless)
+ FOTM DJ team
pe 1.10. 2010 klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
www.torre.fi
liput 3€

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