No Shame confirm new album

finnish punkrockers No Shame will release their new album "Ironing day" on January 8 via Fullsteam Records with Rookie Records handling the release in Germany. Look for European tourdates to be confirmed shortly.

Glue talks to Cleaning Women

Glue interviews finnish weirdos Cleaning Women: https://www.glue.fi/2009/11/26/qa-cleaning-women/

Adrian Recordings "Sunday Advent Mixtapes" are back

Adrian Recordings are doing their annual "Sunday Advent Mixtapes" and the first edition of this year's batch was put together by finnish producer Tomi Kiiosk and is up for download: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=247

Astrid Swan to get GAS release, tour

finnish artist Astrid Swan has signed with Cargo Records in Germany who will be releasing her latest album "Better than wages" over yonder on January 29. She'll also be heading down for some shows too:

01/27 - Private Show, Brussels (BEL)
01/30 - tba, Furstenwalde (GER)
02/03 - Bassy, Berlin (GER)
02/05 - Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld (GER)
02/06 - Lothars alte nähfabrik, Schrobenhausen (GER)

MP3: Mesmer - On fire

finnish act Mesmer tends to take a kitchen sink/anything goes approach to their music, but they are definitely at their best when they settle into a motoric Krautrock groove. Or at least at their most comfortable. Regardless, I of course am drawn to the aggro freak-out of songs like "On fire" -- nothing comfortable about it. They still hit that groove though, just at high BPMs and with more of a Suicide-level intensity. Why can't more modern Kraut bands attain this sort of energy level more often? Too much Kraftwerk? That is why they fail and Mesmer does not.

Mesmer - On fire

New Jesse album on the way

finnish electro/synth duo Jesse will release their new album "Tum tum tum" on November 25. Hear the lead single "Slurps!" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/haistakaa

Rotten Sound signs with Relapse

finnish grind act Rotten Sound has signed with Relapse Records. Their first release with the label will be an EP entitled "Napalm", due out in March.

Starflower confirms new album, single

finnish indiepop act Starflower has confirmed that their sophomore album "Ceasefires" will be released in February via KHY Suomen Musiikki Oy. The first single "You king" comes out next month.

Medeia - The unseen (video)

It's not nearly as entertaining as their other videos, but finnish metalcore act Mediea does have a new clip for their track "The unseen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN95yzm3fLc

Mojo gets Lost in Music

Mojo reports on seeing a few promising finnish acts at the Lost in Music Festival in Tampere: https://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.

Cleaning Women release new album, preview two tracks

finnish industrial/electronic weirdos Cleaning Women will be releasing their new album "U" on November 18 and are streaming a couple tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/cleaningwomen

The Line of Best Fit interviews TV Off

The Line of Best Fit talks to finnish act TV Off ahead of their UK live appearance at Ja Ja Ja: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/11/ja-ja-ja-tv-off/

Yes Please! - Spring comes dancing on (video)

finnish indie act Yes Please! have a new stop-motion video for the song "Spring comes dancing on": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNBtp05Rnao

"Punk On Kuollut, Eläköön Hardcore"

The December issue of Maximum Rocknroll features a special on the history of finnish hardcore: https://maximumrocknroll.com/2009/11/08/mrr319/

New Lighthouse Project 7" reviewed at Killing the Legacy

Killing the Legacy covers the new 7" from Lighthouse Project, one of the best finnish modern hardcore acts out there: https://killingthelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/11/lust-for-lie.html