New Lighthouse Project website
Lighthouse Project have a nice new website: http://www.lighthouseproject.net/
Country: Finland
Viola - Heartstring theory
Viola's new song for the month of June is a tender number featuring only vocals and violas as a teaser for the upcoming annual Viola Day show on June 3 which will feature a full set of "Viola and violas play(ing) Viola!": http://www.violamusicclub.com/2011-06-heartstring-theory
Dusted reviews Elonkorjuu, Phaedra
Dusted reviews the reissue of Finnish heavy rockers Elonkorjuu and their album "Harvest time": http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6420
Also reviewed, the new Phaedra album "The sea" from : http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6348
Free Scandinavian music samplers at Amazon
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 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.
Lord of the Zombie Ring
A short film starring Pintandwefall. Direct link: http://youtu.be/SD5vvgsZOkI
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
Medeia album preview
Here's a streaming preview of the new Medeia album "Abandon all": http://kaaoszine.fi/exclusive-medeia-abandon/
New stuff from NT's White Trash
Not much to look at, but the song's still good. You can also stream another new tune from NT's White Trash over at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/nts-white-trash/lose-yourself
Hell's Headbangers to release Beherit debut
will be releasing Finnish cult act Beherit's very first album "At the Devil's Studio 1990", recorded as a duo back in the day and lost for the past 20 years. Full details: http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/beherit/
Medeia - Abandon all (video)
I can't imagine that I'll ever actually like Medeia's slightly above-average metalcore, but they do consistently deliver great videos. Direct link: http://youtu.be/rTtSCh1AmQM
Lama reissue coming via Svart
There's a lot of killer vinyl reissues these days and out of Finland is behind quite a few, the latest being Lama's 1982 self-titled LP, an absolute classic of Finnish punk: http://www.svartrecords.com/shoppe/product.php?id_product=396
FM Belfast - I don't want to go to sleep either (video)
Something new from Iceland's FM Belfast. Direct link: http://vimeo.com/23197592
Wasted to record new album
Finnish punkrockers Wasted are fully back in action and will be recording a new LP in June, their first in 7 years, in addition to playing a few select dates over the summer.
New Ghost Brigade album confirmed
have announced that the new Ghost Brigade album "Until fear no longer defines us" will be released on August 19.