Country, Americana, Folk, Power Pop, Indie Pop
Slap That Bass! is a 4cd box set that is full of the finest finnish rockabilly and 50’s style rock’n’roll. It was compiled by Mikko Aaltonen and released by Johanna Kustannus on 17th of february. I know this might not totally fall into that “finnish pop” category, but it’s an important release nevertheless. Actually it’s worthy of those onechord’s imaginary culture awards and even though I’m not a huge rockabilly fan, Slap That Bass! definitely goes to my shopping list.
Jon Auer (The Posies) singing Epilä’s song Ajatuspoliisi. Pretty cool don’t you think. Even cooler is the fact that The Posies will make a new album later this year.
Ben’s Diapers will release their 4th full-lenght album Up in the Mountains, Deep In The Sea in march. The release party will be held at Pikku-Torre, Turku on 5th of march. The event is obviously Flavour Of The Month club and the other band of the evening is Hi-Lo & In Between who are also about to release a new album. Their second album Lonely Bird is due out in march as well. Both of these bands have a couple of great new songs from their upcoming albums on their myspace pages.