New finnish label Rabbit Ilsn has a posted their very first release from drone artist Kipul for free download: https://www.myspace.com/rabbitilsn

finnish noiserockers Echo Is Your Love will celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year with the release of a new EP in April and a new full-length in autumn. The latter is still in the planning stages, but the EP will feature three new tracks, a remade old song and a remix by fellow Finns Boys of Scandinavia (who happen to be currently working on their own new album, something that I'm really looking forward to). The band also hopes to post all of their out-of-print material for free download (some already available here) and should have samples of the new stuff up around March.

finnish punkrockers The Heartburns have three new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/theheartburns
The band's new album "Fixin' to die" will be out March 5 via Combat Rock Industry.

Swedish/finnish hardcore act Ääritila recently completed the recording of 19 new tracks for their next album, tentatively due out in May via US label Feral Ward. Hear samples on older stuff here: https://www.myspace.com/aaritilapunk

Check out Frivolvol's brand new video for "No money, no worries": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scFLnt0hV0
The finnish hardcore band will release their new album "Who needs maps when we got time" on February 20 via If Society. This new track sound far less mathy and far more like early Die Kreuzen than their last album, so I'm excited.

finnish artist Astrid Swan is offering up a song for free download off her new album "Spartan picnic": https://www.astridswan.com/mp3/sea_e_%20life.mp3

finnish indie act Koria Kitten Riot has a few new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/koriakittenriot

finnish female-fronted indie act Captain Cougar has a couple new tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/captaincougar

Bassist Juho Salmi has left finnish experimental/postrock act Plain Fade to concentrate on his own other projects. The band will continue on as a four-piece and is currently working on their third album.

finnish indie label Nature Sucks Anyway has signed singer/songwriter Marcus Granfors and will be releasing his new album "Heartbeat" on February 20.

finnish hardcore act Abduktio has two new tracks posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/abduktiofinland

finnish doom act Callisto has posted a new animated film by Teemu Erämaa on their website featuring their song "The fugitive": https://www.callistochaos.com/

finnish industrial/darkwave label Some Place Else is launching a new digital download series: https://www.someplaceelse.net/current/2008/01/27/digital-download-series/
The first three releases are all long out-of-print short-run works from label boss Niko Skorpio including "Tower of silence", "Book of flies" and "To give light to that which is without".

NPR reports on finnish music, spotlighting acts such as Lordi, Don Johnson Big Band, 22-Pistepirkko, Värttinä and more: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18227013

finnish post-rockers Magyar Posse are doing a couple European shows in late March:

03/28 - Glaz'art, Paris (FRA)
03/29 - Rhaaa Lovely Festival, Fernelmont (BEL)