Regina - Lepään aalloilla (video)

Part III of Regina's "Soita mulle" video trilogy.

Nordic Music Prize 2011 semi-finalists

The semi-finalists for the 2011 Nordic Music Prize have been revealed:

Sweden:
Anna Ternheim - The night visitor
Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
Loney Dear - Hall music
The Field - Looping state of mind
Mattias Alkberg - Anarkist
Lykke Li - Wounded rhymes
Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje
Deportees - Islands & shores
Veronica Maggio - Satan i gatan
Goran Kajfes - X/Y

Denmark:
Larsen & Furious Jane - Dolly
Michael Møller - A Month of Unrequited Love
Oh Land - Oh Land
Mikael Simpson - Noget Laant, Noget Blaat
The Late Great Fitzcarraldos - The Late Great Fitzcarraldos
Malk De Koijn - Toback To The Fromtime
Iceage - New Brigade
Thulebasen - Gate 5
When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie
Hymns From Nineveh - Hymns From Nineveh

Finland:
Von Hertzen Brothers - Stars Aligned
Röyhkä & Mattila - Kaksi lensi tuulen mukaan
22-Pistepirkko - Lime Green Delorean
French Films - Imaginary Future
Siinai - Olympic Games
Rubik - Solar
Regina - Soita mulle
Michael Monroe - Sensory Overdrive
Mirel Wagner - Mirel Wagner
Chisu - Kun valaistun

Iceland:
Sóley - We Sink
Lay Low - Brostinn strengur
Ham - Svik, harmur og dauði
Sin Fang - Summer Echoes
ADHD - ADHD2
FM Belfast - Don’t Want To Sleep
Gus Gus - Arabian Horse
Mugison - Haglél
Björk - Biophilia
Apparat Organ Quartet - Pólýfónía

Norway:
Razika - Program ’91
Lars Vaular - Du betyr meg
Jonas Alaska - Jonas Alaska
Team Me - To The Treetops!
Ane Brun - It All Starts With One
Stein Torleif Bjella - Vonde Visu
120 Days - 120 Days II
Montée - Renditions Of You
John Olav Nilsen og Gjengen - Det nærmeste du kommer
Martin Hagfors - I like you

This list will eventually be culled down to a final 12 on December 1 before the winner is crowned on February 16.

Off the Record: Regina

Check out Regina doing an outdoor acoustic live session for video site Off the Record: http://offtherecord.fi/regina/
Quite nice!

Pitchfork reviews Regina

Pitchfork reviews the new Regina album "Soita mulle": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15833-souta-mulle/

Regina - Unessa

Listen to a brand new tune from Finnish indiepop act Regina: http://soundcloud.com/reginaregina/unessa
Look for the band's new album "Soita mulle" to be released on September 7 via Johanna Kustannus at home in Finland and elsewhere via Friendly Fire.

Free Scandinavian music samplers at Amazon

The Control Group has a 5-song Scandinavian music sampler comp available for free download at Amazon: http://amzn.to/iw9NN9
Not the usual selection of just-Swedes either, this collection has stuff from The Deer Tracks, Figurines, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, El Perro Del Mar and I Was a King. And likewise, by perusing the top free downloads chart, I also see that Friendly Fire has a label comp for download as well: http://amzn.to/lk0RPs
Featured artists on that one include Delay Trees, Oh No Ono, Regina and The Concretes.

FIMIC: New indie music for the summer

The Finnish Music Information Centre runs down a number of higher profile indie/pop releases from artists such as Shine 2009, Regina, Delay Trees and more: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/D7D58048CB06474CC225788F00423080?opendocument

Regina in the Forkcast (again)

Finnish act Regina are featured in the Pitchfork Forkcast with their latest single "Jos et sä soita": http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/15703-jos-et-sa-soita/

Regina - Jos et sä soita

The new Regina single "Jos et sä soita", now streaming via SoundCloud. Direct link: http://soundcloud.com/user8182736/regina-jos-et-s-soita

Regina ready new album, single

Finnish act Regina will be releasing their as-yet-unnamed fourth album in September with the first single "Jos et sä soita" making its premiere on March 30.

Regina in the Forkcast

Finnish act Regina in the Pitchfork Forkcast: http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/15138-unohtuneesta-unohtuneesta-schmamix/

Pitchfork reviews Regina

Pitchfork gives positive marks to the US release of Regina's album "Puutarhatrilogia": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14527-puutarhatrilogia/

Regina to get American release

Friendly Fire will be releasing Regina's latest album "Puutarhatrilogia" here in the US on June 22. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure it will be digital-only, at least for now.

Top 10s for 2009: Nick Triani

Mojo gets Lost in Music

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.