A typical Finnish weather welcomes the guests of this year’s Tampere Film Festival. But the festival offers a way to escape cold and snow and to travel to exotic places. […]
Satan goes techno
Forget the metal and hard rock for a while, the indie and electronic scene in Finland is getting popular. I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper is one of its representative […]
Raw from the start and Fullsteam ahead
“The Beatles!” This is what Asmo (singer & organ) and Topi (guitar & keyboards) of Downstairs first tell me when I ask them about their influences. Listening to their raw […]
Musta jää
{mosimage}Critically praised and highly award Petri Kotwica’s drama is released on DVD. At the time of its theatrical release last autumn, Black Ice (Musta Jää) was acclaimed by critics. Since […]
Finnish game industry
{mosimage}Video games are not children’s games any more. They belong to one of the major entertainment industries in the world. With almost a hundred companies developing games, Finland is becoming […]
Jumalan Ruoska – Flamenco Days
{mosimage}I am very glad that there is still the thing called genuine punk rock, although I don’t necessarily spend a lot of time listening to it. Jumalan Ruoska, a Finnish […]
Finnwoodland
{mosimage} One hundred years back saw the light the very first Finnish produced movie: Salaviinanpolttajat (Bootleggers) by Louis Sparre and Teuvo Puro. Little is known about this film because not […]
Samuli Edelmann – Virsiä
{mosimage}It doesn’t really take a huge cynic to be a bit cautious about Samuli Edelmann’s new album. The famous Finnish actor/singer is making here his own interpretations of Christian hymns […]
Impaled Nazarene – Manifest
{mosimage}Manifest is Impaled Nazarene’s tenth studio album, and I really don’t know what to make of it. I have liked some of the earlier ones, while some others left me […]
There goes the family
{mosimage}Last summer the directors of programming at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) needed a soap opera to fill the hours of the summer afternoons. They chose a Spanish series featuring […]
Happy Birthday, Suomi!
{mosimage}It's Finland's birthday! Today the country celebrates its declaration of independence from the Russian empire. It has not been an easy way down the road since 1917. One civil war, […]
Moving pictures experience
Every year, when it’s dark and cold, the Avanto festival presents the most innovative tendencies in music and visual arts. This year’s edition focus on films under the title of […]
The punk that died as a hippie
{mosimage}Five years ago, Joe Strummer, the leader of The Clash, died unexpectedly aged 50, victim of an undiagnosed congenital heart disease. He descended to the hell of punk after the […]
Interview with Pintandwefall
What can a girl band do with a name about alcohol tolerance, lyrics about game consoles and a stage image full of masks and costumes? Well, just becoming the most […]