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Karina: For those about to rock

Karin Mäkiranta and Helmi Tikkanen are two high school friends who started to make quiet and intimate music as Karina,...
Mikael Mattila, 2.3.2020
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Everything is alright in The Hearing's self-care music world

With her new, third album "Demian", Ringa Manner from The Hearing is approaching an auditory space, where everything is "just...
Mikael Mattila, 7.11.2019
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Authentic Chicano soul from Finland: Bobby Oroza

We interview Bobby Oroza, a “chronical dropout” and a peculiar ambassador of the Chicano soul music.
Mikael Mattila, 9.10.2019
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​Lxandra swings a middle finger at society's expectations

The Helsinki-raised Berlin-based 23-year-old singer-songwriter Lxandra encourages women to be loud and free.
Jukka Hätinen, 31.5.2019
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The Finnish Exception: Jesse Markin

One of a kind singer-songwriter Jesse Markin finds his inspiration from the record fair crates.
Oskari Onninen, 28.5.2019
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Isac Elliot – a veteran at seventeen

Isac Elliot is Finland's unlikely teen pop veteran. At seventeen he is starting to take more responsibility...
Oskari Onninen, 6.3.2018
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The archaeological eclecticism of Svart Records

From an underground operation to a celebrated label that keeps both music fans and its employees...
Jukka Hätinen, 31.5.2017
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Finland’s biggest indie band is ready for the limelight

Over the last decade or so, indie pop has been pronounced dead more times than one...
Santtu Reinikainen, 14.3.2017
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Saara Aalto – from talent shows to the major league?

A photo of Saara Aalto is what you should find in a dictionary if you look...
Anna Brotkin, 9.12.2016
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I will float until I learn how to swim – Alma’s crazy summer

There are things that no one can expect or predict. Not even the people, who are...
Oskari Onninen, 5.9.2016
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It’s only punk rock, but the world needs to hear it

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (‘The Namedays of Pertti Kurikka’) is a punk rock band established in 2009,...
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Joonas Angeria is headed for Billboard

Back in December we talked to Isac Elliot, the teenage popstar trying to conquer the world,...