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Kairon; IRSE!: shoegazers with a noisy spirit

"Polysomn" is the third album by the Finnish shoegazers with a band name that's both hard...
Jukka Hätinen, 24.9.2020
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Tapio Korjus: Music business is an endurance sport

Over the decades, Finnish acts from Wigwam to Wimme have worked with the tireless Tapio Korjus....
Tove Djupsjöbacka, 11.6.2020
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Now you've seen her – ALMA finally found her place

ALMA’s debut album “Have U Seen Her?” has been a long time in the making, with...
Jukka Hätinen, 15.5.2020
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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