Consisting of two established musicians, producer, artist and dj Jori Hulkkonen and songwriter and vocalist Juho Paalosmaa (also known from Villa Nah), Sin Cos Tan received international critical acclaim for their self-titled debut in 2012, even landing the track “Sooner Than Now” a placement on the in HBO series Halt and Catch Fire. Sin Cos Tan have established a classic partnership within the duo-format, with their great songwriting and cool synth sounds. They have released four albums altogether, with the 5th coming out in 2026.

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Founded in early 2020 by Oliver Bentley, Emil Inberg, Sakari Soukka and Ossian Stadigh, indie folk quartet Nevala originated when the four musicians moved into a shared home. A year later, they signed a record deal with Swedish label Ninetone Records, and their debut single, "Lover in the Dark", was released in June 2021. Since then, Nevala has put out a handful of singles as well as their debut album "Wastelands, Nevala", released in February 2022

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DIY power pop foursome Plastic Tones have been described as "Blondie meeting up with Thin Lizzy in New York ´76". The Helsinki-based band, featuring singer Tytti Roto (also known from bands such as Rosettes and Modem, and under her solo alias Ty Roxy), released their debut album "Wash Me With Love" in 2017 on Svart Records. Its follow-up was the "Power Pop Testament" album in 2023. The third album, "Can You Keep A Secret?" came out in 2026, with an Asian and Oceanic tour following the release.

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The Jyväskylä-based Sumuposauttaja (aka Sami Aleksi Keinänen, also known from bands such as Litku Klemetti and Jari Raaste) creates lo-fi electronic dance pop with loopers and Yamaha synthesizers. His music relies on danceable beats and hazy soundscapes, often landing somewhere in between chillwave and Fonal Records' experimental sounds. His 2021 release SP2ALBUM received a good reception from the critics. Five years later, it was followed by the album "Work and Play" under the Sumuposauttaja Band guise, which is a collaboration between Keinänen and Tampere-based jazz musicians, where "loose-limbed spirit of jazz meets the rhythmic sensibilities of West African pop and the polished melodies of late-80s sophisti-pop".

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Finding Jens Hortling is a collaboration between singer Jens Hortling (The Toxics) and musician-producer Lauri Eloranta (Damn Seagulls). The band plays cinematic alternative rock, drawing much of its influence from the 1990s while also nodding to the early decades of rock music. On stage, the duo expands into a loose collective with two dozen members. Finding Jens Hortling released its debut album in March 2026.

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Louie Blue (Alec Moborg) is a singer-songwriter from Turku who entered the Finnish pop scene in 2019 with a string of singles, stirring up interest in media and listeners alike. His debut album, "Notes," saw the light of day in 2020 and has been followed by "Division 8" (2022), and the long-awaited 3rd album, "Blood & Bones," in 2025. Louie Blue’s music is a combination of smooth R&B and soulful indie pop, with serious hints from yacht rock and the late 80s and early 90s sophisti-pop scene.

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The lone Finnish-born member of her family, Dear Dea (Dea Juris) has navigated between being a daughter of immigrants in Helsinki and her years spent in the bustling streets of New York City. She pulls from her diverse experiences to craft music that taps into the universal human condition. Infusing her jazz background with contemporary pop influences to create an effervescent blend of soulful alt-pop, Dear Dea employs poignant lyricism with ethereal melodies; each airy note brimming with raw emotion. Her work aims to guide listeners through a honeyed field of nostalgia, longing, and the eternal quest for belonging. Dear Dea is signed to the US-based Every Deja-Vu label.

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Aleksi Skippari, the person behind the artist name Telephone Romeo, works as a creative producer, songwriter, mixer, and sound engineer for artists, especially in r&b and hip hop genres. In the last decade, Skippari was known as the lead singer and songwriter in the indie pop group Fresh Tides, but his solo alias Telephone Romeo is mostly influenced by psychedelic alternative pop, rock, and electronica. Telephone Romeo is signed to Soliti Records.

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Four-piece alternative band Free Carmen takes their clues equally from gentle 1970s soft rock and mildly progressive indie folk acts like Elliott Smith, Midlake, and Fleet Foxes. The band debuted with "Solstice I" in June 2025, and plans to bring the follow-up, "Solstice II", already before Christmas 2025.

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Us is a four-piece Finnish rock band that has emerged as a promising export act through extensive international touring. Their second album, blending garage rock, punk, and British rhythm and blues, will be released in summer 2026. The band has performed at Glastonbury multiple times and played Fuji Rock Festival’s main stage in 2025. They recorded the new album in London with producer Charlie Russell.Expect: mod rock, power chords, and nifty vintage button-up shirts!

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Helsinki-based dreampop duo Eidetic Dreams plays wistful, gentle late-night pop, written and produced by singer-songwriter Siiri Kähönen and guitarist Antti Heikkilä. Founded in 2022, the band's music is described as "Scandinavian melancholy meeting indie pop enriched with electronic elements", radiating a sense of unhurried calm, offering them a way to pause and reflect.

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Joose Keskitalo is an acknowledged Finnish songwriter with a lengthy catalogue, also known as part of the Paavoharju collective. Incorporating elements from both British and American folk traditions, "New Songs For Old Motifs" (2021) was his first album consisting of original material in English (although in 2019, he released an album of English versions of songs from his back catalogue under the moniker H.C. Slim). His songs range from the wistful to the ominous, with echoes of, for example, Leonard Cohen and Will Oldham. The arrangements are minimal and earthy, creating a quietly mesmerizing album.

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Indie pop duo, known for their melancholy sound, downbeat lyrics, and deadpan vocal delivery, Maustetytöt released their debut single "Tein kai lottorivini väärin" in early 2019. The song immediately became a modern classic and has been streamed over 10 million times. Awards, gold records, and hundreds of sold-out concerts have solidified Maustetytöt's position as one of Finland's most popular bands. The sibling duo's recent collaboration with iconic director and auteur Aki Kaurismäki in his acclaimed movie Fallen Leaves has opened doors internationally for the band. Since 2023, Maustetytöt have been touring all around Europe yearly. Maustetytöt has been featured in international media like The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, and Rolling Stone.

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In 2013, Finland's lo-fi indie pop singer-songwriter-musician-producer (and former tram driver) Jaakko Eino Kalevi became the first ever Nordic act signed to Domino Records. Two years after his eponymous Domino/Weird World debut (2015), he put out "Orbit Variations" with the Man Duo group. "Out Of Touch" was released in 2018, and the EP, "Dissolution," followed in 2019. After a string of one-off singles and cover songs, Jaakko Eino Kalevi finally released his 5th "proper" solo album, "Chaos Magic" in late 2023.

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Chione is a singer-songwriter who delves into the world of dark-toned pop. Her debut single, "Light," was released in August 2018, which has since been followed by a good handful of releases, such as the singles "Hey You!", "Paradise," and "Bohemian." Chione studied music production at the prestigious Point Blank Music School in London and graduated as a singer from Laajasalo Institute in Helsinki in 2017.

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Helsinki-based rock foursome Hauntees claims to be "possessed by the spirits of frozen pavement, dimly lit dive bars and eerie swamp waters." With a sound grown from the seeds of garage rock, goth, and post punk, laced with a melancholic, minimal twist, Hauntees released their debut album "Shadows Forming" in 2026.

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Ghosts on TV are a post-rock/indie-rock band from Helsinki. Known for creating their own wall of sound (made by three guitars) combined with a minimalistic, melancholic atmosphere, the band has garnered praise from a wide array of music media. They have toured intensively, from bars and venues in Finland to as far as performing in Russia. Their debut "I Am Not Dead, I Am 55 Today" (2020) combined the elements of shoegaze, intense hypnotic repetition – melding with ambient and post-rock textures. The follow-up album will be released in 2023 on the Soliti record label.

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Known from the indie folk trio Lake Jons, singer-songwriter Jonsjooel embarks on a solo career. Jonsjooel is released his debut solo album, "Lullabies For Younger Self", in 2023, which was followed by the EP "Voices of a First Day" in 2024. Jonsjooel's sound is an experimental blend of various genres and influences. Drawing on his roots as a jazz drummer, his music defies easy categorization, and is promised to "create a unique and captivating soundscape".

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Pearly Drops is the electronic indie pop duo consisting of Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin. With concise and sparse compositional methods, ethereal vocal performances underlined by dreamy, precise synths and percussion, Pearly Drops explain to be "in the process of weaving - something made for keeping the hope inside and the unmeaningful at bay". Pearly Drops’ nostalgic soundscapes have been said to create a “sense of time and placelessness in a world of strange and softly smudged pop music”. The ethereal synth pop duo released their sophomore album "A Little Disaster" via Cascine Records in April 2023, and was followed by "The Voices are Coming Back" in 2025.

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Helsinki-based artist, producer, DJ, and actor Malla (Malla Malmivaara) makes music that blends house, disco, and electronic elements. Drawing on analog synths and drum machines, her tracks move between rhythmic, danceable sections and more atmospheric passages, working both on the dancefloor and in more casual listening settings. Her debut album MALLA (2021) combined her electronic style with Finnish-language lyrics and a soft, understated vocal approach. On Fresko (2023), she continued in a similar direction, incorporating more groove-driven, techno-leaning sounds. Malla's 3rd album "Pieni exit" was released in 2026.

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Lilith & The Wildflowers is a Tampere-based four-piece band formed in 2023, featuring an international lineup. They debuted on the Finnish indie scene in 2024 with a melancholic, dark sound, gaining national radio play and playlist spots. The band has performed with acts like The Usual Boys and Lasten Hautausmaa. Their single “Velveteen” leads to a debut EP in autumn 2025. Vocalist Deniz Kırcı, also known for her 2019 solo hit “Lady,” brings emotional depth to the group’s atmospheric style.

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Finnish-British indie pop newcomer Oliver Bentley, also known as one fourth of the indie group Nevala, released his solo debut "Disappearance Act" in 2026. The album is released and mostly also performed, produced, engineered, mixed by Bentley himself – so we're talking about a real bedroom-pop affair here! Intimate, mellow, and melodic, Bentley's indie pop takes cues from Americana, folk, psychedelia, and alt-country. RIYL: The War on Drugs, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate, Kurt Vile, Deerhunter.

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Emmy June is a self-taught singer-songwriter with her background in roots and soul music as well as the American singer-songwriter tradition and 1990s pop. Emmy June started releasing independent singles around 2020, which eventually led to her debut album "The Spring", released in February 2023, filled with band-driven, "retro-modern" indie pop songs. Emmy June's lyrics revolve around growing pains of youth and different forms of human relationships, for example.

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Known for his diverse musical background and remix style approach, HXA (Heikki Meriranta) skillfully blends organic and electronic genres like EDM, folk, indie pop, rock, country, and blues. HXA is emerged as the songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the prolific Slideshaker band that toured extensively in Finland and Central Europe. Additionally, he collaborates on electronic music production with DJ Noofi. HXA's debut album "Smoke Trails" was released in 2024 on Humu Records.

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"Anti-everything post-punk from Helsinki", as their slogan says, Hites emerged in the Finnish punk scene with their debut single "Landlord" in 2023, sounding surprisingly accomplished – and authentic enough to land on an "punk from the UK" playlist on Spotify. Falling somewhere between Sleaford Mods and Idles (indeed, as someone on TikTok had named them "20 cent Idles", which the band proudly announces on their bio), Hites' debut EP "Rat King" (2024) shows a quartet with a very 'now' sound, with lyrics and attitude to match.

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The Northquakes’ second album, "Greetings from the End of the World" (2026), represents the next stage in the Helsinki-based band’s development. Combining elements of 1960s-inspired melodies and rhythms with new wave influences, the record presents contemporary indie guitar pop built around clear structures and prominent choruses.

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Singer-songwriter Joel Sundkvist started releasing his music independently in 2021, slowly building a fanbase single by single. His music is contemporary, melodic, and acoustic-based pop music, not much unlike Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, or Charlie Puth. Sundkvist's 2024 singles were collected to the EP "Carry Me Home" in September.

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Vauxdeville is a Finnish band blending northern melancholy, new wave, and surf guitars into a sound they call "Arcticana". Founded in late 2023 by Mitja Toivonen and Matias Melleri, the project draws from Finland’s musical heritage while incorporating modern influences. The result is a style that feels both familiar and new, rooted in atmosphere and mood.

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Sinikka Monte is a young independent artist of Finnish and South African heritage, born in Scotland and raised in Austria. She has expressed pride in speaking Finnish, a language she describes as particularly challenging. Still relatively unknown, Monte describes herself as an emotional artist who finds music therapeutic. In early 2026, Sinikka Monte took part in UMK, the domestic qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest with her track "Ready To Leave". Her music is mainly rooted in early aughts dramatic electro pop style.

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