Indiepop label Matinée Recordings has announced new albums from Northern Portrait and The Electric Pop Group as well as a new comp featuring cuts from both bands as well as Cats on Fire and lots more. Head to their website for full details, samples and preorder info: http://www.indiepages.com/matinee/news.html
Mojo reports on seeing a few promising Finnish acts at the Lost in Music Festival in Tampere: http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/11/finns_aint_what_they_used_to_b.html
Some of the names mentioned that I've covered include Joensuu 1685, Murmansk, Regina, Downstairs and Cats on Fire.
PopMatters reviews Cats on Fire and the album "Our temperance movement": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/107463-cats-on-fire-our-temperance-movement/
Chromewaves reviews Cats on Fire and Liechtenstein live in NYC: http://www.chromewaves.net/2009/05/nyc-popfest-with-cats-on-fire-liechtenstein-the-tartans-and-don-lennon-at-don-hills/
New European dates for Finnish indiepop act Goodnight Monsters:
06/02 - Scheune, Dresden (GER) w/Cats On Fire
06/03 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg (GER) w/Cats On Fire
06/04 - Atomic Cafe, München (GER) w/Cats On Fire
06/05 - Klub Drushba, Halle (GER) w/Cats On Fire
06/06 - Gleis 22, Münster (GER) w/Cats On Fire
06/07 - Havanna 8, Marburg (GER)
06/10 - Le Cri De La Mouette, Toulouse (FRA)
06/11 - Backstage, Paris (FRA)
06/12 - Stereo Wonderland, Cologne (GER)
Cats On Fire will be doing a bunch of shows in London at the end of the month:
04/23 - Brixton Windmill (Fortuna Pop club night w/Je Suis Animal)
04/24 - Wilmington Arms (Goonite club night)
04/25 - The Camden Crawl (afternoon acoustic Show at the Bloody Awful Poetry event at the Lock Tavern)
04/25 - The Luminaire (How Does it Feel to be Loved? club night w/Butcher Boy)
Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire have signed with Matinee Recordings for a US release of their latest album "Our temperance movement". Expect an April release.
Cats on Fire are going to Germany in late May:
05/30 - Nachtasyl, Hamburg w/The Bats
05/31 - Worpswede Open Air, Worpswede
06/01 - Magnet-Club, Berlin w/Underwater Sleeping Society
06/02 - Scheune, Dresden
06/03 - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg
06/04 - Atomic Cafe, München
06/05 - Klub Drushba, Halle
06/06 - Gleis 22, Münster
Live music from Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/20/musik-med-cats-on-fire-3/
Check out Cats on Fire's new video for "Tears in your cup": http://www.vimeo.com/3617578
The new Cats on Fire album "Our temperance movement" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/catsonfiremusic
To further illustrate my point about only enjoying indiepop with significant oomph, here is a song from Finland's Cats On Fire off their new album "Our temperance movement". It rocks about as hard as Pelle Carlberg, but without his wit, there's not much to grab on to. The twelve-string guitar solo is quite nice as is the clarinet outro, but what of it? Nice guys finish last. Sweet, tender pop doesn't have to be so damn listless. Give me passion! Give me something to care about! Don't give me this.
Cats On Fire - Garden lights
Finnish indiepop act Cats On Fire are giving away the song "Letters from a voyage to Sweden" as a free download: http://www.netikka.net/catsonfire/musik/Cats_on_fire_-_Letters_From_a_Voyage_to_Sweden.mp3
The band's forthcoming album "Our temperance movement" is due out on March 14.
Finnish indiepop act Cats on Fire is now streaming the new song "Horoscope" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/catsonfiremusic
Word on the street has it that the new Cats On Fire album will be called "Our temperance movement". Assuming everything is going according to plan, it will be released on March 14 via Johanna Kustannus.