{mosimage}Moneybrother (aka Anders Wendin) is the latest rock star in Sweden. His latest album Mount Pleasure reached the top of the charts in the neighboring country this summer. No surprise […]
Sixx:AM – The Heroin Diaries
{mosimage}The Heroin Diaries is the soundtrack to Nikki Sixx recently published addiction memoir. In the book Motley Crüe’s bass player shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiralled out […]
Uniklubi – Luotisade
{mosimage}Uniklubi, the young band from Tampere, releases their third studio album, Luotisade, after having becoming the favourite of many teenagers in Finland due in great part to their previous hit […]
Turbonegro – Retox
Turbojugends of the world, rejoice! Get your asses ready! The best fat gay Norwegian punk metal band has a new album out and it is a helluva album. With Retox, […]
Hanoi Rocks – Street Poetry
{mosimage}Any new album by Hanoi Rocks has to be celebrated. After so many years, it is a wonder that Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy are still doing music together. Some […]
Suomipoppia 10
Just look at the names in the list: Apulanta, Hanoi Rocks, Ari Koivunen (the young heavy metal singer, last winner of Finnish idols) Viikate, Liekki, Sunrise Avenue, Uniklubi or Tea […]
Maija Vilkkumaa – Ilta Savoyssa
After her big success with the last studio albums Ei and Se Ei Olekaan Niin, now Maija offers a special present to the fans with this double album, Ilta Savoyssa […]
Low: Drums and Guns
That I mention Jack and Meg White's influential duo here is not by accident. Certainly, most of the slow, gentle and angst-ridden songs of Low doesn't sound anything even remotely […]
Natasha Bedingfield: N.B.
The best attempts on her second album, N.B., come close: “I wanna have your babies” is a similarly joy- and tuneful confession of feelings, and the opening track “How do […]
Gruff Rhys: Candylion
Main roles are cast to the acostic guitars, Beatles-esque drums and Rhys' distinctively nasal and always low-key vocals, but the essence of Candylion lies in the details, the carefully placed […]
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
The prasising reviews and the soaring sales are hardly a surprise, and the Monkeys were indeed aware of the positive prejudice that was to welcome their next move. „We knew […]
Mors Principium Est – Liberation=Termination
The initial song is one of the most powerful on the album and goes direct to your brain, fast drums and a powerful voice from singer Ville (who joined the […]
Hanni Autere – Puhun puille
This is particularly true of a very spooky piece called, in rough translation, ‘The melting of the great ocean.’ But whatever the influences, Auture brings them together into an original […]
JJ Grey & Mofro – Country Ghetto
Country Ghetto is roots blues rock with a touch of soul funk straight from Louisiana. The music is like Dr John singing in the Creedence Clearwater Revival with Stax / […]
The Jade – Slow Motions on the Fast Lane
Wille's voice is clean and catchy, and the band sounds great for being a promo album. Lyrics are well worked, and there is this essence of glamorous hard-rock from the […]