If you trace the long path down pop music history it’s not as if you’ll come up empty-handed searching for songs named ‘Baby’. But amongst all the lovesick, heartbroken and starry-eyed numbers there’s a good chance that you’ve never encountered one as explosive and euphoric as Guggi Data’s addition to the list. ‘Baby’ is the… Read More Guggi Data – ‘Baby’
Hey, how’s it going? Hope you’ve had a great summer. Sorry for not blogging! I really should have, considering there’s been so much good music released lately. One of my favourites of the past few months is a double EP by Rami Vierula. Released in May on Sitrustapes, it ties together his two previous Finnish… Read More Rami Vierula: EP (s/t)
Thought I’d make a little playlist for you with songs that I’ve been listening to a lot lately. Songs that make you want to dance, cry and smile. Not necessarily at the same time, but you get the idea. Listen and follow here: In Between Songs – April17
Listening to Finland’s Delay Trees has always been a soft, lulling experience that shuffled you away from reality. Dreamy music tends to have that effect. It mesmerizes and hypnotizes, it makes rows of grey buildings appear cinematic from a bus window on a rainy day. But reality catches up with you sometimes – a terrible experience which… Read More Album: Delay Trees – Let Go
Seattle’s finest Chastity Belt have released a new single and video in anticipation of their upcoming album I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone, out on June 2. The track is a slow-paced post punk number called “Different Now”, which strikes a more serious and tone than previous releases. Directed by Bobby McHugh, the video… Read More Chastity Belt – “Different Now” (Video)
I was listening to a radio programme the other day where they were discussing Finnish expressionist painter Ellen Thesleff, who lived and worked during the latter part of the 1800’s and early 1900’s. In a time when female artists weren’t acknowledged to the same extent as their male peers, to put it mildly, her bold work… Read More Astrid Swan – From the Bed and Beyond
In the past when describing Joose Keskitalo’s music words like lighthearted and breezy wouldn’t immediately come to mind. Now, when listening to his new single ‘Tietoisuus’, you begin to wonder what kind of revelation he’s had to make him sound almost exuberant. One distinctive change is that he’s teamed up with free jazz/folk music group… Read More Joose Keskitalo – ‘Tietoisuus’
Sometimes, when everyday life gets in the way, you forget the things that are really important. Things like listening to new music, for instance. So in the spirit of catching up, I had to go all the way back to December last year when one of Finland’s best dream pop bands, Delay Trees, released their brilliant new… Read More Delay Trees – “It’s Not Who You Are”
Lana Del Rey is forever encapsulated in a wonderful, vintage world. Weightless, timeless, ageless. She is forever young and forever in love. Her latest single “Love” is a perfect illustration of this. The song is taken from her upcoming new album, which is apparently coming out later this year. The single is accompanied by an… Read More Lana Del Rey – “Love”
Esben and the Witch will be releasing a new album, Older Terrors, on November 4. Their first in three years, it also marks the Brighton-based trio’s premier release on French metal label Season of Mist with whom they signed in July. “Sylvan”, the first single taken from their upcoming album, suggest a shift in style towards a heavier and more expansive sound.… Read More Esben and the Witch: Searching for beauty in a burning world
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