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Fredrik Furu: Hollywoodhjärtan

2009-11-11T10:39:00.002+02:00

Fredrikin uusi albumi Hollywoodhjärtan ladattavissa

NetAnttilasta (MP3)

Meteli.netissä (MP3)

Nokia Musiikkikaupassa

Ja CD Levykauppa X:stä.

Buy Fredrik Furu's Hollywoodhjärtan from Record Shop X

Lataa Laurilan Boyhood Nokia Musiikkikaupasta

2008-10-08T23:32:00.000+03:00

Laurilan Boyhood on ladattavissa Nokia Musiikkikaupasta.

The Conquistadors: Mil Mascaras out today!

2007-04-11T16:17:00.000+03:00

The spankin' brand new album by the Conquistadors has hit the shops today! You can find it for example at these excellent shops!

Levykauppa X
Elements Store
EPE's
Free Record Shop

Mil Mascaras also up for grabs for downloading

iTunes

See you!

The Conquistadors meet Ari "Paska" Peltonen @ Radio Helsinki

2007-03-12T17:42:00.000+02:00

The Conquistadors tapasi Ari "Paska" Peltosen tässä uskomattomassa verbaalisessa ilotulittelussa. Puheenaiheita mm. Sami Häikiö, Klamydia, Vaasa, Kielipolitiikka ja yleinen Konkarius.

Noise.fi: Laurila: Boyhood "..tämä päräyttää ja pärisee.."

2007-03-05T10:32:00.002+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood @ Noise.fi. Jarno Leivo arvostelee Laurilan Boyhood levyn Noise. fissä "..odottakaahan, kun kesä koittaa, ja auton tai junan nokka on kohti pohjoisen festareita."

Lataa Laurilan Boyhood Nokia Musiikkikaupasta

One Chord To Another: 4/5 to Laurila: Boyhood

2007-02-27T02:01:00.000+02:00

One Chord To Another - Laurila: Boyhood "This is the kind of music that I love. Solid Ground will be one of my songs of the year." Vesa @ OneChord.net We say: bless you once again Vesa.

Soundi: Laurilassa "yllättävää trendikkyyttä"

2007-02-27T01:49:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood @ Soundi 4/5. "Janne Laurilan tunnetusti vaikuttava ja persoonallinen ääni sopii ärhäkämpään menoon hienosti, ja mukana on aiempaa suurempi ripaus Elvistä." -Mikko Meriläinen, Soundi

NYT.fi: Janne Laurilalla on kerubin ääni ja ulkonäkö.

2007-02-27T01:36:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood arvosteltiin myös HS:n Nyt-liitteessä. "..kyllä romanttiset runopojatkin saavat ja osaavat rokata. Ja laulaa seksuaalisuudesta eivätkä vain kädestä pitämisestä (Death & Sexuality)." -Tiina Keränen, Nyt.fi

Rockmusica.net hehkuttaa Laurilan levyä

2007-02-27T01:31:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood - Rockmusica.net: 4/5

"Biisistä kuin biisistä löytyy koukkuja ja mikä tahansa niistä on potentiaalinen pään sisälle tuntikausiksi kimpoilemaan jäävä pirulainen." -Ville Luoma-aho, Rockmusica.net

Laurilan Boyhood Desibeli.netissä

2007-02-27T01:26:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood@Desibeli.net 3,5/5 "Levyn avaava Death And Sexuality ja Anyone Anywhere asettavat piippuun melko kovat jytäpoppanokset." -Otto Kylmälä, Desibeli.net

Laurila @ Vee

2007-02-27T01:23:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood @ Vee "Pluspisteitä läpi levyn narskuvasta karun piikikkäästä kitarasoundista." -Teemu Fiilin, Vee

Käykää kommentoimassa levyä täällä.

Laurilan Boyhood arvioitiin Vertigossa

2007-02-27T01:11:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood arvio Vertigossa 4/5. Antti Luukkanen on tehnyt erittäin hienon arvion Laurilan Boyhood levystä. Kinkt antaa toimittajan työlle arvosanan 5/5.

"..Janne Laurilan ääni on tietysti yhä sama vanha itsensä. Tulkinta on kuin viimeisen suuren, jonnekin 50-luvun viattomuuden aikaan jääneen iskelmäprinssin ja itse ääni niin kaunis, ettei sitä uskalla leimautumisen pelossa enempää julkisesti ihailla." -Antti Luukkainen

Muistakaa käydä vielä äänestämässä Laurilaa ko artikkelissa. Artikkeliin pääset mm. täältä.

Laurilan Boyhood-arvio Plazassa

2007-02-27T01:03:00.000+02:00

Laurila: Boyhood Plaza.fi ssä. "Boyhood on kelvollinen levy, joka on indie-henkinen, tahattoman taitamaton ja rehellisen pelkistetty." -Anssi Järvinen

Vote for The Conquistadors on Findance chart!

2007-02-22T22:37:00.000+02:00

Be sure to drop your votes to The Conquistadors at the Findance chart. Our mates at Elements Music have Poor Seamus in there, so help them out too!

Conquistadors do some press

2007-02-22T16:36:00.000+02:00

Here's the Vasabladet interview with the Conquistadors. It's in Swedish; sorry homiezz.

Laurila @ X-Ryhmä

2007-01-03T17:01:00.000+02:00

Be sure to tune into YleX on the 11th of January, and listen to X-Ryhmä, when Laurila will be interviewed by Laura.

Happy New Year and a New Kinkt Address!

2007-01-03T16:55:00.000+02:00

Hiyas!

Kinkt has found a new location, so keep your demo's and whatnot's coming, but to this New Address!

Kinkt Records
Kulmavuorenkatu 6 A 17
00500 Helsinki
Finland

Laurila: Boyhood - Four songs on MySpace

2006-12-11T00:57:00.001+02:00

I feel very priviledged to tell you, that the new album by Laurila has a name.

[insert drumroll here]

Boyhood!

The recording is finished and it has turned out to be an instant classic! The producer Ville Särmä from Kevin has made a great job and many thanks are also due to Nick Triani, who has mixed the whole album!

But don't belive our hype! Have a listen at the Laurila MySpace!!

Download Boyhood at Nokia Musiikkikauppa

The Conquistadors: Daydreamer video!

2006-12-11T00:34:00.000+02:00

I gotta tell you, they just made this cool video themselves last week and with a lower budget than your normal friday-visit to your friendly next door record store. The album Mil Mascaras is due in January!! Go visit The Conquistadors at their web.

Great news and some updates!

2006-09-07T20:21:00.000+03:00

I am proud to present that the new album by The Conquistadors is going to be a joint venture between Kinkt and our great friends from Elements Music. Some of the acts they are currently working with include Stella, Poor Seamus and Calf. The Conquistadors' album "Mil Mascaras" is already finished and it sounds great! It is going to be available early 2007!

The Laurila album is going to be released in 2007 as well. Watch This space!

Be sure to check out the Kinkt-gigs from the Kinkt Myspace. There are some updated gigs from Treeball and Laurila.

Poprunot. Nyt!

2006-05-29T22:33:00.000+03:00

Treeball on isosti mukana City-lehden poprunoja käsittelevässä artikkelissa. Sivulla voi myös keskustella aiheesta.

Treeball reviews

2006-05-29T21:27:00.000+03:00

Vesa at Onechord.net reviews the album, giving it 4/5.

"..the finest moments hug my soul and kiss me goodnight."

Etelä-Suomen Sanomat

"..Astrid Swan on suorastaan säväyttävä.", "..on erinomaisen hienoa, että Suomessa tehdään tällaista musiikkia."

Juha Seitz at Ilkka

"..vaivattoman helmeilevää poppia."

Laurila ja Treeball tänään Kuudennella Linjalla

2006-05-04T01:42:00.000+03:00

Tänään torstaina kannattaa hilata itsensä Kuudennelle Linjalle (Hämeentie 13, Hki), jossa soittavat Laurila ja Treeball. Liput 6€.

Soittoaika on aikaisin. Laurila klo 22:00, Treeball 23:00 ja Mummypowder 00:00.

DJ Markus Nordenstreng soittaa levyjä.

Treeball does Njassa on Radio Helsinki

2006-04-25T00:55:00.000+03:00

Well they don't actually do him, but you know.. ;)

This Wednesday! 18:00 Treeball is interviewed by the great DJ Njassa at Radio Helsinki.

The band will talk about the great new album Liars in Love, and they'll play some songs from the wonderful album! Great stuff!

Welcome Laurila!

2006-04-25T00:47:00.000+03:00

Ta-daa [insert drumroll]

We've been too busy to blog this, but there's a new Kinkt band on the roster, and it's Laurila.

The guys in the band have a cool history behind them, but first you need to have a listen to their music at the Laurila MySpace. I'll tell you more about them in due time!

Treeball does X-Ryhmä

2006-04-06T15:02:00.000+03:00

Treeball has been invited to X-Ryhmä at YLEX!

That should be great, as they really know their music!

Request Treeball on Radio

2006-04-05T20:05:00.000+03:00

Hi everyone!

Please help Kinkt Records out by requesting Treeball songs on the radio. You can do it by clicking the links below:

YLEX

You can e-mail them at ylex.toiveet@yle.fi
or clickety-click here.

Radio Helsinki

You can e-mail them at palaute@radiohelsinki.fi
or send an SMS biisi treeball let me out of here to 173005 (Finland only)

X3M

Fill out the form here.

Radio SuomiPOP

Fill ot the request form here.

First Review!

2006-04-05T16:53:00.000+03:00

Desibeli.Net has reviewed the new Treeball album! And what a review! 4,5 stars out of five! Go read it from here.

Treeball: Liars In Love

2006-04-03T23:27:00.000+03:00

Treeball's new album Liars in Love is going to be released on the 12th of April. It's the newest release from the Helsinki-based supergroup. The album is loosely based on Richard Yates' novella of the same name.

You can have a listen to the beautiful tunes through Treeball's Myspace.

If you would like to have a copy of the album, please order one from Kinkt.

Austin: SXSW 2006 by Nick Triani

2006-03-30T14:50:00.000+03:00

The plane ride was bad. From Zurich to Dallas it took over 10 hours, everyone on the plane had a space next to them empty, except me. I was sat next to a german, who like me was vegetarian, and also like me had not had his vegetarian meal reserved.
I arrived in Austin around 5 in the afternoon on wednesday the 15th March. The SXSWest music festival in Austin, Texas, was just getting under way.
Checked into my hotel, 15 minutes by cab from the centre of town, and hit the town to register. Already thousands of people are huddled around the conference centre in Austin, picking up passes, badges, wrist bands, cds, bags , magazines, rumours of secret shows.This year just happens to be the most action packed SXSW on record, with some 1300 artists confirmed to play, and a whole lot more going on besides. Any band who's worth seeing are at the event. I decide i'll make what i can, pace myself, try to avoid obviously packed shows, and let's see what i catch.
Leaving the conference hall, a text arrives, Flaming Lips, tonight at the Fox & Hounds. I'm jet lagged, could just go to bed and feel fresh for the morning. Sod it-it's the Flaming Lips, have not seen them as a band since Clouds Taste Metalic days, though i was in Austin many years ago for thier famous Car Park experiment, and caught the beatbox experiment in London in 98.
I get in suprisingly easy, it seems that people have not caught on yet about the show. Balloons, Nun hand puppets, dry ice, vocoders and starting the set with Bohemian Rhapsody, means everyone sings along, the whole tent goes wild. Flaming Lips just make you smile, by the time the young couple come on stage and the boy asks the girl to marry him, it's a giddy evening, a piano based Yoshimi a real highlight. I decide to hit it and leave out the Matador night (Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai etc), the Flaming Lips set was so great, don't need anymore of that action.On the way home pop into theEndearing showcase at Copa on Congress. Say hi to Blair & Heather (always a pleasure), meet a Heavy Blinker, and listen to Julie Doiron play on her own. The voice is great, she's wearing so many jumpers! Highlight for me is her cover of Pavement's Shady Lane.
The British Party at the Bush kicks off Thursday morning activities, and Billy Bragg takes me back in time when he plays his whole 1st album in sequence (17mins), and still manages to call James Blunt a cunt. Great stuff!
I'm walking down 6th Street at around 2 in the afternoon, it's warm, probably about +20 in the sun. The Flaminco Cantina (?), is having a Kill Rock Stars showcase that afetrnoon. I wander in and hear that Laura Viers is plaing a short set. Great!...and it was. Her band set up, not so many people for the show, but enough, It seems that Laura is playing about twenty thousand shows over the next few days, so they'll be more pact ones i'm sure. Her band are cool, and Laura in red dress, and daglo green pumps and gloves cuts an eccentric figure. The voice again, is great, and the band compliment the songs real well. The guitarist/bass player is tall, does not seem to care to much for fashion, but plays real good.
Listen to Loney Dear, who soundcheck for the Nordic showcase at The Drink on 6th St. , and it sounds good. Not a big fan of Swedish music, but this band have something of their own going on.
Spin Magazine has a party on Friday, catch The Go-Team (amazing!), The Stills (average) & Animals That Swim (terrible!).
Go to the Vice magazine bash out of town, catch a band who sound like Lightning Bolt, playing a small pub in the afternoon.
The band is good, but the TV above the bar is playing ABC's the Look of Love video (genius) , and that inspires me to get out of this dull place.
That evening, head to La Zona Rosa, for the Domino Records bash. Get there early, anticipating a big cue due to the Arctic Monkeys being on the bill. The Beautiful New Born Children play a sweet and noisy set, the Archie Bronson Outfit play there good new album. Then, as the place gets packed (must be a few thousand), the Arctic Monkeys come on and blow everything away. Great songs, amazing performance and fuck you attitude, it's an antidote to most of the hiipy good vibes going on through out SXSW this year. The Arctic Monkeys are the real deal. Check them out!
After all that excitement, Saturday pales. Rogue Wave playing an acoustic set at the conference hall is a real highlight of the day-catch the top of Jose Gonzales' head, but can't hear him for all the talking. See some of Richard Swift & Pink Mountain Tops at the Secretly Canadian bash, but have to watch through a fence! Watch Iain Archer (formerly of Snow Patrol), play some nice acoustic songs, then catch the Tigerbombs play through a very overdriven/fucked up P.A. Then bed.
Austin was good fun this year, the only real problem were all the great bands playing at the same time, which happens all the time, because there was too much. It was like overdosing on Sugar!
The plane ride home was hell!

Nick Triani is a record producer, singer songwriter in the band Treeball and a dj on Radio Helsinki.

New Baby's here!

2006-03-28T23:32:00.000+03:00

At last, the Treeball album has arrived from the factory. It sounds great and it looks great! Can't wait to get it out of my hands for you guys to listen! The release date is 12th of April, so be sure to save them pennies for that special occassion kids!

Meanwhile, you should check out the Treeball Myspace!

New Kinkt address and a new Kinkt-release on the way

2006-01-31T23:04:00.000+02:00

Hello guys!

It's been a long and harsh winter, but Kinkt is still alive!

Keep them demo's coming, but please note that there is a new address!

Ilkka Kujansivu
Kinkt Records
Malminkatu 32 A 10
00100 Helsinki

Thank you for your music, it's been great to listen to your stuff. Unfortunately we aren't able to reply to all of you guys, but your music is carefully listened to. Please remember to include your contacts, when you send something, it really helps ;)

The greatest piece of news of 2006 is that Kinkt Records is going to release the up n'coming Treeball album! More info will follow, so remember to stay tuned!

Treeball is a great pop band and it's almost impossible to tell how excited we are about their new stuff!!!

My Morning Jacket: Z

2005-10-28T10:51:00.000+03:00

Hi-de-ho. It's snowing outside, but I don't care. I've found the best album for this autumn yet. My Morning Jacket has knitted together a breath-taking album with a mixture of great rocking tunes and also mellower bits and bobs.

I'm not in the mood to go any deeper with this review. I'll just turn up the heating and the volume in my soundsystem a few notches as well.

Downloading and other bits of geek-info

2005-09-15T13:56:00.000+03:00

Two new Finnish download-portals have opened up for business - Helsingin Sanomat with Musiikkilataamo and Ilta-Sanomat with their own Ilta-Sanomat - Musiikki. After a mere browse through both of the new services, I have to congratulate Musiikkilataamo on a better positioning of their service. Also, a great thing about these two services is that you don't need to download a new player to purchase music. I have to say though that I'm a huge fan of iTunes, which by the way, has released v5.0!

Download.NetAnttila.com and iTunes Music Store will be challenged by these two new services, and especially Musiikkilataamo will surely prove to be a trustworthy contender.

Roku-mentti

2005-09-15T12:19:00.000+03:00

Joensuussa järjestetään 11.-13.11 Rokumentti, nimikkeen alla Rockelokuvafestivaali. Ohjelmistossa on mm. Andreas Haaning Christiansenin 22 Pistepirkoista kertova dokkari Sleep Good - Rock Well.

Ohjelmisto vaikuttaa vähintäänkin mielenkiintoiselta, mutta täältä etelästä taitaa tulla hiukkasen pitkä matka näille festareille. Hienoa kuitenkin, että tälläistä järjestetään. Joensuu näyttää jälleen kerran olevansa Suomen aktiivisimpia kaupunkeja, josta hattua nostettakoon.

Taidan tyytyä Rakkauteen ja Anarkiaan, liput on jo hankittu viiteen rainaan.

IS BOB DYLAN THE ANTI-IDOLS?

2005-09-08T12:56:00.000+03:00

Hi all!

What a week! New Orleans reduced to a swamp - American authorities stretched - hard to know how the people of New Orleans can move on with their lives after Katrina.

I interviewed Stephen Malkmus (ex-of Pavement) yesterday and asked him what he thought of the crises and how GW Bush would cope with the growing critisism. He answered me that whoever was in power would have struggled with the relief aid and the American media especially had it in for Bush after being cut out of Iraq and not given full access there. He said rightly they had reported New Orleans/Katrina as they saw it. However it was clear talking to Malkmus that the European media had covered the event much more criticly-and as Stephen mentioned to me-it was Mother Nature after all. Fair point-New Orleans could be the first city to go from Global Warming.

Stephen Malkmus's latest solo album "Face the Truth" (Domino) is his best yet-up there with his best Pavement work-if your looking for something melodic, interesting, weird and beautiful-check it out now.

Columbia Records has always been in many people's eyes the Artists label, Dylan, Johnny Cash, Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkle, Laura Nyro and many others. The cradle of nuturing great songwriting throughout the 60's and 70's. Anything with the famous Red label would be worth aquiring as a sign of quality. Of course times change, and the output of Columbia (not to mention the Red label), have moved with the times-just another major sub-label nowadays. One exception has been the Bob Dylan Bootleg series, a selection of unreleased or rare tracks, concerts, tours etc. the series has been ongoing since the mid 90's. The 7th in the series has just been released by Columbia (red label intact!), Bob Dylan "No Direction Home: The Soundtrack". The album covers Dylan from 1961 to the release of Blonde on Blonde in 1966. Lots of unreleased and different versions of Dylan classics are included-but most importantly-the album shows how popular music found it's voice, how it became a political and social phenomenom the world over-and if you like-why i'm writing this blog now! These are big claims-but ultimately pop music was lyricaly redundant pre Dylan abandoning his folk roots and picking up an electric guitar. "Bringing it All Back" (1965), "Highway 61" (66) & "Blonde On Blonde" (66), the latter a double album (we think bands are prolific these days!), reshaped Rock & Pop music forever. The Mercury Sound. as these trio of albums are referred to bleed with punkrock intensity, the greatest lyrics ever!-and songs that few artists have matched before or since. Tracks from these albums-albeit different versions (but just as great) are represented on "No Direction Home". A movie accompanying the release about Dylan in this period, Directed by Martin Scorsese, should hit Finnish screens soon-i hope! Bob Dylan's relevance is still pertinant-just check out "A Hard Rains Gonna Fall" in light of Hurricane Katrina.

Dylan is a timely reminder that there is a musical revolution going on as we speak. Bands and artists with credibility are releasing un-safe records and increasingly BECOMING the mainstream. The Killers, Franz ferdinand (both approaching 5 million sales for their debut albums), Coldplay, Keane,
Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips, Scissor Sisters, Gorillaz, The Strokes, Death Cab For Cutie-the list goes on-are all million sellers. Inventive and original music is no longer in the indie getto-people want substance with there music.

Unfortunately, in Finland, this has'nt really been reflected-we are still living the walking talking Idols hang over-which increasingly the rest of the world has got over. As a new series of the "talent" show starts on Finnish TV, and the release of the original Idols' winner Hanna Pakarinen's "Stronger" album is released-i can't stomach this level of waste anymore. With so much good new talent coming out of Finland NOW, it's awful that the IDOLS rules the airwaves and our TV screens. I fell in love with David Bowie as a kid because he was a sexy, androgynous alien-not a fork lift driver!!! We don't want pop-stars you can meet on the street-we want larger than life personalities-who-most importantly can do things we cant-that's why they are special! If you believe that music should have a passion and reflect that passion for life, say something to you, not be contrived by THE MAN, move you to tears or joy, reflect the world you live in, make you feel sexy, sad, human, special and different-put a stop to this now, make that difference. It's up to you-buy good music!!!!

Nick Triani is a record producer, singer songwriter in the band Treeball and a dj on Radio Helsinki.

Kevin @ Åbo, Helsinki 23.8.2005

2005-08-24T09:49:00.000+03:00

Yesterday it was time for Art Goes Kapakka, which brought Kevin to my secondary livingroom i.e. Åbo at Uudenmaankatu.

I didn't quite catch the first part of their set, but the latter part provided everyone with entertaining pop. I guess they called it post-something. Have I ever told you that I hate genre labels?

Quite apart from the actual gig, I've been thinking about music in general. Quite a number of people (mostly girls) have been raving about Kevin for quite a while now, but none of them have ever mentioned Kevin's music. They've been talking about this and that and especially how sweet a guy Finn Andersson is and how amazingly hot he is. I've got absolutely no objections on the subject, but after hearing people's opinions on the subject, I've started to have serious doubts whether most people have any real interest in music at all.

Maybe that's being a bit cynical, but hey, that's my privilege. :)

Suomirokkia Muistikortilla

2005-08-23T10:08:00.000+03:00

Oho. Kaikkea ne keksii. Epe & Co. ovat lanseeranneet Suomen ensimmäisen musiikkijulkaisun puhelimen muistikorttina. Poko Rekordsin Suomirokkia 10 lupaa toimia ainakin Nokian kännyissä: N70, N90, 7710, 6681, 6680, 6630, 6230i , 6230, 9300, 9500, 7610, 6670, 6260 ja 3230.

Aika näyttää, onko tälläisellä julkaisulla mitään kaupallisia mahdollisuuksia, mutta täytynee nostaa hattua Pokon väelle, koska he ovat olleet aina ensimmäisenä kokeilemassa uusia innovaatioita.

The Rasmus: Hide From The Sun

2005-08-22T08:40:00.000+03:00

The Rasmus is releasing their new album in a bit. The new single "No Fear" has already been playing in the Finnish radio quite a bit. I'm not totally convinced that the new album is just as good as the previous two, but that's only my humble opinion. I'm sure people will prove me wrong within a couple of months.

Make up your mind and listen to snippets of the new album through The Rasmus Jukebox.

IS THERE TOO MUCH MUSIC? by Nick Triani

2005-08-13T11:36:00.000+03:00

Hi all,
my ears are still ringing from the Dinosaur Jr show at Tavastia, Helsinki last wednesday (17th August). I had ear plugs in, but it wasn't enough, J & Lou had their amps on 11! I watched the encore (Just Like Heaven & Freakscene) from the bar area, people were flinching in pain. Despite the volume, the band were in good shape, not a real word to the audience (quite a relief after the recent spate of bands all proclaiming "Helsinki, it's great be here!), they were tight and played there first 3 albums with a knowing maturity.

The last week has been a rush for me, family departed after a two and a half week visit, the new Treeball album finally taking some shape, and the first real dead period this year for new music. Having a radio show on Radio Helsinki which tries to play new music every week can be draining- getting hold of new music from the labels that fits the profile of my show can be also. However, this year has been like a tidal wave of great and new bands releasing really good albums-it's been hard to keep up and actually listen to the damn things!

It feels strange but acts i love like New Order and Beck (to name two) have released really strong albums that already feel like a distant memory and appear to have already fallen off 2005's musical Radar. Hal (the irish band that have out-popped the Thrills) started a slew of releases on the rejuvinated Rough Trade Records with there excellent self-titled album. RT followed this with the european release of Arcade Fire's awesome "Funreal", Anthony & the Johnson's-"I am A Bird", Gruff Rhys's (SFA lead man) Yr Atal (it's welsh!), the Fiery Furnaces ep album, Adan Green's "Gemstones", Oneida's "The Wedding", albums from British Sea Power and The Brakes and finally amongst others, Sufjan Steven's "Come on feel the Illinoise" (at this point album of the year!). This is just one label-all these records in there own way essential!

Not to be outdone, the newly minted Domino Records have released Lou Barlow's underated "Emoh", Four Tet's "Everything Ecstatic", Stephen Malkmus's "Face the Truth" (his best post-Pavement offering), Smog's "A River Ain't too Much to Love", Sons and Daughters "The Repulsion Box", The Junior Boys' "Last Exit" not to mention Orange Juice's collection of Postcard singles-"The Glasgow School". It's only August and Domino will unleash Franz Ferdinands' second album next month. Blimey!!!!
But hey! it's just not the indie labels that are foisting music on us like it's a coming Apocalypse-the big guns have been loading our ears all year. Oasis, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, White Stripes, Gorillaz, Daft Punk, Eels, Ben Folds, System of A Down (TWO albums!!!),Turin Brakes,Pernice Brothers, Bright Eyes (TWO albums!!!), The Coral- just to come a new Supergrass & Mew.

Let's not forget the bands that are reforming or have been away for ages-Teenage Fanclub, The Go-Betweens, The Posies, Bob Mould, Frank Black solo-and next month, God Forbid!!!, the first album in 30 years from Big Star. Ouch!!! my ears are bleeding.

What about Finland-has'nt been that much has there? Just on an indie level, there have been records by Ben's Diapers, The Tunes, Liekki, The Sugarrush, Scaramangas, Ultrasport, All Stars, Viola, Boomhauer, Ultramariini, Astrid Swan,
Red Carpet and Baby Sweetcorn, The Latebirds & John Mcgregor (List from onechord.net). Hey-not enough Finnish indie? You can always purchase the very good 4 cd box set "Sivulliset"-finnish undergorund music between 1985-2000.
Too many genres and records not mentioned-new U.K bands-The Magic Numbers, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi. Female artists, Martha Wainwright, Karen Ann, Orenda Fink, Tori Amos, Roisin Murphy-a new Kate Bush album by Christmas. Wow!!

All the great re-issues that come constantly-first 3 Cure deluxe editions. Dinosaur Jr etc. The oscar goes to, the Prince of his generation, ladies & gentleman-RYAN ADAMS. Not content with the double CD he dropped in the summer "Cold Roses", there is another album coming in September with his band The Cardinals, based on his hometown. As if this were not enough, and we COULD take any more, Adams releases another album in December called "29", I think. Not to make the album too short, this album is 9 songs lasting 9minutes each, recounting Adams oh so difficult 20's-you know the decade he became a songwriting genius/boy wonder! News just in, Cameron Crowe comissions Adams to write a song for his new movie, Adams goes to the studio to cut said song and leaves with a new album of 20 songs. Obviously this will be released between Christmas and New Year!!!!

The main thing to say about all this is, not to moan, but to enjoy-we are in a GOLDEN AGE of new music and great albums-why complain-it might be awhile before we have this much new stuff to excited about.

By the way did i tell you about the new Davendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals blah blah blah blah.......!!!!!!

NICK TRIANI is a Record Producer, singer/songwriter playing in the band Treeball, and a radio DJ on Radio Helsinki, 95.2.

Forden Levyraati

2005-08-12T15:05:00.000+03:00

Alex et al. pitävät YleXin foorumissa, elikä siis Fordella levyraatia.

Kierroksella 15 The Sugarrush saavutti kolmannen sijan!

Tässä kierroksen 15 kolme kovinta:

Ultrasport - Nothing Can Go Wrong 69p (ka 7,7)
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day 63p (ka 7)
The Sugarrush - Useless information 59p (ka 6,6)

Pronssia siis The Sugarrushille!

Mew: and the Glass Handed Kites

2005-08-12T10:10:00.000+03:00

Pheww. I always knew that these guys really know what they're doing, but their new album really gives me the chills. I've been listening to the preview copy for a week now, and I just can't remember when music was this good. (Apart from The Sugarrush of course..)

The whole album is less pop than their previous 'album' Frengers, and might even be a bit artsy-fartsy, but the three successive songs in the middle of the album (Apocalypso, Special, The Zookeeper's Boy) are serious spinetinglers. Most of the songs in the album are actually mixed together for a semi-operatic listening-experience. :)

Without a doubt the greatest album in 2005.

Tracklist for Mew: and the Glass Handed Kites

1. Circuitry Of The Wolf
2. Chinaberry Tree
3. Why Are You Looking Grave?
4. Fox Cub
5. Apocalypso
6. Special
7. The Zookeeper's Boy
8. A Dark Design
9. Saviours Of Jazz Ballet
(Fear Me, December)
10. An Envoy To The Open Fields
11. Small Ambulance
12. The Seething Rain Weeps For You
(Uda Pruda)
13. White Lips Kissed
14. Louise Louisa

Release date: 26.9.2005

BTW: Rumours speak of a club-gig in Finland in the autumn. Watch this space!

HEL LOOKS

2005-08-06T17:32:00.000+03:00

A nice selection of street-fashion pics from Helsinki. Check out HEL LOOKS. Among the pics, you'll find interesting fashion-related links to places and people in HEL.

HEL LOOKS is a hobby project of Liisa Jokinen and Sampo Karjalainen.

CDOASS @ Liberte, Helsinki 30.7.2005

2005-08-01T16:23:00.000+03:00

Hiyas.

Last weekend I checked out the crazy kids from CDOASS. I've been listening to their great "Extra Fingers" album, and I realised that they were touring Finland, so I just couldn't miss this one.

Note to self: Liberte was a great venue. Be sure to check it out more often.

CDOASS played a mean gig. I have to always gasp in awe, when I see Swedish acts on stage. They're always just so good! Check out their song Elevator Shaft, it's fun kee! :)

I updated the keikkakalenteri as well.

Love Ends Disaster: Free Downloads (Ginko Disco et al.)

2005-07-27T15:21:00.000+03:00

Koulututtuni Englannista vääntävät Denial Recordsia, ja Love Ends Disaster! on Denialin uusin vääntö. (Edellinen oli Bloc Party..) Nyt löytyisi muutama biisi netistä kuunneltavaksi.

Ginko Disco

John Major's Megadrive

ja

Ginko Disco (Electric Cafe Remix)

Luvely;-)

Kebab - Kabeb @ Daiga Daiga Duu

2005-07-27T14:25:00.000+03:00

This just in:

Daiga Daiga Duu avaa minigallerian!

Kuopion keskustassa sijaitseva Daiga Daiga Duu-putiikki
laajentaa tarjontaansa avaamalla tiloihinsa ehkä maailman
pienimmän gallerian. Daiga Daiga Duu tarjoaa suomalaisten
pienten vaatemerkkien designia, 60-70-lukujen valikoituja
second hand-aarteita sekä pienkustannesarjakuvia ja -levyjä.
Näiden lisäksi putiikkiin avataan 27.7.05 minigalleria.
Galleria järjestää kutsunäyttelyitä tekijöiltä
ympäri suomen.

Näyttelytilan tulee avaamaan KEBAB-KABEB -näyttelyllään
Siilinjärveltä kotoisin oleva nykyään turkulaistunut Tomi
Leppänen. Tomi tunnetaan mm. Aavikko- ja Circle-orkesterien
riveistä. Tomi tuo näyttelyyn nipun kuvaamiaan polaroideja.

Dälek, Magyar Posse, Kaucas @ Tavastia 26.7.2005

2005-07-27T09:43:00.000+03:00

Eilen käytiin Tommin kanssa Tavastialla tarkistelemassa muutaman orkesterin live-kunnot. Kaucas oli mielestäni vähän Ceebrolisticsin henkistä räp-touhua, mutta Tommi oli kyllä ihan eri mieltä. Meininki oli hyvää, taustat olivat miellyttävän eksperimentaalisia, vaikka Tommi oli siitäkin vähän eri mieltä.

Magyar Posse olikin jo tutumpi akti ainakin levyltä, ja livenäkin ko. posse saa aikaan miellyttäviä äänimaisemia. Olimme kuulevinamme Ein Fall Für Zwein tunnarin jossain biisissä, mutta se taisi olla vaan mielikuvitusta.. ;) Josef Matula roxx!

Illan pääakti olikin Dälek, jonka musiikkia voisi kuvata.. (..tai voisi ainakin yrittää kuvata) Public Enemy meets Slayer at a Sonic Youth gig and gets pissed off. Tai ei sekään oikein kuvaa Dälekin äänivalleja ihan kunnolla. Kesämusiikista ei kuitenkaan ollut kyse.

Keikka oli muuten erittäin iloisesti täynnä ihmisiä. Eiihanmaailmanhalvimmat liputkaan eivät olleet saaneet peloteltua ihmisiä koteihinsa kuuntelemaan pop-musiikkia. Yleisömäärä oli todennäköisesti positiivinen yllätys aika marginaalisille artistivieraille.

50 Cent

2005-07-14T09:49:00.000+03:00

Popbitch kertoo seuraavaa:

50 cent has girl in stitches

"Autographs are so passé. 50 Cent left a female fan with a far more memorable souvenir when he recently visited London. The charming rapper took her back to his hotel from China White and shagged her so hard that her vagina was torn. A hospital visit was required to stitch up the damage."

Avainsana lienee "Charming rapper"..

More gigs, Nina Gordon et al.

2005-07-10T14:52:00.000+03:00

Busybusybusy..

Last week I saw Lenny Kravitz and Iron Maiden and The Suggies have been raving about the comeback of Wild Force! They also went to see Teenage Fanclub @ Tavastia, which I unfortunately had to miss. Today most of us will head to Nosturi for Astrid Swan. Coma & Paati are in Turku, because they wanted to check out TFC once more.

I'm sorta glad that Ilkka moved back to Finland from UK. Things seem to be a bit messed up over there..

PS. Check out Nina Gordon's versions of Straight Outta Compton (NWA) and 18 and Life (Skid Row)! They're cute.

Audioslave, ..And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - 29/06/05 Jäähalli, Helsinki + Bulgaria

2005-06-30T09:11:00.000+03:00

I have to say that my expectations of the gig weren't too high. The AYWKUBTTOD-support slot was somewhat of a surprise. A pleasant surprise, I might add. Their set was excellent. It was pure genius from the beginning to the end. I'm not sure if they always have two drum kits on stage, but did they ever put up a great show with them yesterday! Tom Morello, clad in Bob Dylanesque vest, guest-starred on one song, which sent shivers down my spine big time.

Audioslave was great too, even though I'm not too impressed by Chris Cornell. In between their own hits, they played some RATM, and Chris played Black Hole Sun just by himself, and the crowd did go apeshit on him. In a positive sense that is. If there is a Kinkt award for guitarheroes, the award would definitely go to Tom Morello, he has to be the most original axe-meister around. And oh yes, the rhythm-section aint too bad either.. Tim & Brad are t-i-g-h-t.

Even if the gig was pretty darn good, I still decided to head for the release party of the new issue of Bulgaria Magazine at The Rose Garden. A decent party, tasty mohitos and good music. (I guess it was Sampo DJ'ing.) The mag's as fine as ever - at least browse through a copy if you find one. You'll love it.

Sivulliset

2005-06-29T16:24:00.000+03:00

This just in!

This is the press release for a 4CD-boxed set of Finnish indie artists. The Sugarrush is featured with the hit-song Rock 'n Roll Boy. The compilation seems like the greatest idea ever, and I'm totally waiting to have a listen.

SIVULLISET - VALIKOIMA SUOMALAISTA VAIHTOEHTOROCKIA

Release 17.8.2005

Sivulliset - valikoima suomalaista vaihtoehtorockia
vuosilta 1985-2000 on upea neljän levyn kansio, joka
kokoaa yksiin kansiin jotain, mitä ei ole aiemmin
koottu. Levyillä esiintyy kaikkiaan 88 artistia, jotka
ovat julkaisseet musiikkia suuryhtiöistä
riippumattomien levymerkkien kautta. Kansio kattaa
suomalaisen vaihtoehtorockin kehityskaaren 1980-luvun
puolivälistä vuosituhannen loppuun ja heijastelee
kulloinkin vallinneita tyylejä. Mukana ovat niin
80-luvun lopun tuimat rockbändit kuin 90-luvun
puolivälin romanttiset pop-yhtyeetkin. Levyillä on
tilaa niin tylyille tykittäjille kuin hiljaisille
pohdiskelijoillekin.

Sivulliset-boksi kunnioittaa artisteja, jotka
ansaitsevat osakseen enemmän huomiota kuin ovat
koskaan saaneet. Niistä monista olisi voinut -
joistain jopa pitänyt - tulla jotain paljon suurempaa.
Muutamat kansion artisteista ovat pystyneet tekemään
ansiokkaan 20-vuotisen uran rockin valtavirtaa
väistellen, toisten diskografiaan kuuluu ainostaan
yksi omakustannesingle. Sivulliset-kansio sisältää
runsaasti materiaalia, jota ei ole koskaan aiemmin
julkaista cd:llä. Mukana on myös useita kappaleita,
joita ei ole koskaan aiemmin ollut kaupallisesti
saatavilla - muun muassa julkaisemattomia versioita ja
demoja.

Viisi tuntia mielenkiintoista ja yllättävää musiikkia
sisältävän Sivulliset-kansion tutuimpiin esiintyjiin
kuuluvat muun muassa Shadowplay, Noitalinna Huraa!,
22-Pistepirkko, Jimi Tenor & His Shamans,
Radiopuhelimet, Mana Mana, Aknestik, Circle, The
Barefoot Brothers, Supperheads, Sweetheart, Lemonator,
Karkkiautomaatti, The Flaming Sideburns, Crash, Opel
Bastards, Giant Robot, Ultramariini, Aavikko ja Ville
Leinonen & Valumo. Komean ja kulttuurihistoriallisesti
merkittävän julkaisun täydentää 36-sivuinen kirjanen.

Kokoelman on toimittanut Tero Alanko ja Jouni
Tamminen.

Kinkt-Keikkakalenteri

2005-06-29T13:30:00.000+03:00

Tähän postaukseen tulee mielenkiintoisia keikkalistauksia ja muita tärkeitä päivämääriä. Jos haluat listauksesi näkyviin, niin laita meilillä tulemaan: ilkka at kinkt.com Voit myös vaihtoehtoisesti jättää kommenttisi alle.

2006

June

16.6.2006 Laurila @ Platforma (RU)

July

16.7.2006 Laurila @ Ilosaari Rock / Club Kasettiasema

August

September

13.9.2006 Laurila @ Torvi, Lahti

New Kinkt-Blog Members

2005-06-29T11:53:00.000+03:00

Today we might be receiving an additional member to the staff-writers of the blog. Stay tuned!

System Of A Down: Mezmerize

2005-06-28T12:42:00.000+03:00

Pheww. This album has been playing lately in the Kinkt-office a lot. Even if metal hasn't been my cup of tea for a while, there's no way you could not love this one. Mezmerize is the first album from a series of two, Hypnotize should come out in November. Make yourself happy, and go get the record, you'll be dancing to B.Y.O.B. in no time.

At least I heard that Ilkka had been dancing his heart out to SOAD at the Varjoprovinssi-wedding last weekend. If he broke something, just send me the bill. And also, I have to congratulate Rumpu-Set for keeping the scene alive!

Kesä so far...

2005-06-28T00:40:00.000+03:00

No niin, nopea kertausharjoitus kesän tapahtumista: Rovaniemi City Rockissa oltiin 10-11.6, jengiä meidän soittaessa ei juurikaan ollut paikalla, lauantaina vähän enemmän, mutta ihan hauskaa oli ja järjestäjille suurkiitos, meistä pidettiin hyvää huolta. Daltons oli reissun suuri yllättäjä, rumia äijiä mutta mahtava bilemeno! Remu oli pahalla päällä, perimätiedon mukaan jo neljättä vuosikymmentä...

Provinssissa oli kivaa, vaikka yllättävän pieni ansio siitä kivasta lankeaa esiintyjien osalle; meininki turhan laiskaa monella. Varjoprovinssin kuninkaat ja ainoat esiintyjät Ohio Total eivät silti pettäneet tälläkään kertaa... Näin parin viikon perspektiivin läpi tarkasteltuna varsinaisten festarien paras keikka oli Mew ja positiivisin yllättäjä the Bravery.

Menneenä viikonloppuna vietettiin juhannusta ja Varjoprovinssiorganisaation häitä, joissa allekirjoittanut muiden hölmöjen kanssa raiskasi pari modernia klassikkoa, kuten Afhan Whigsien "Somethin' Hot"in... Kivaa oli silti!

Sunnuntaina olikin sitten Superjussin perinteinen juhannussunnuntain akustinen SkyBar-keikka, ja perinteestä poiketen Paati ei ollut järjettömän huonossa kunnossa keikalla, mutta keikkakitaristi Frankie paikkasi tätä puutetta ansiokkaasti... Perinteinen keikka hoidettiin perinteiden mukaan, musiikillisia kohokohtia välttäen, mutta hauskaa pitäen. DJ Lapa "laulamassa" Venäjäksi mikkiin? What?! Ilkka myi myös lähes jokaiselle paikallaolijalle "Useless Information"-EPn, loistavaa myyntityötä!!

Streetgolfkausi on VIELÄKIN avaamatta.

Timo Saarniemi R.I.P

2005-06-15T12:04:00.000+03:00

Huhut kertovat, että Rumban sivuilta tutuksi tullut Timo Saarniemi olisi poistunut keskuudestamme. Hatut kouraan.

Superjussi Hämeenlinnassa

2005-05-17T00:20:00.000+03:00

Jeah, korkataanpa blogikirsikka: Superjussi Hälläpyörässä la 14/5, suurkiitos kaikille paikalla olleille! Roudatessa paikalliset densot pelottivat poppareita, onneksi jengi vaihtui hieman... tuoreempaan illan kuluessa. Soundit soittajille kauheat, mitään ei kuulunut, mutta yleisö oli mahtava, meininki oli kova ja niin oli volyymikin, kuulemma paikan kovaäänisin keikka ever? Tämän kevään bändi-iltojen yleisöennätyskin tuli rikottua, sanoinko jo kiitos kaikille paikalla olleille? Suurkiitos myös Likeminded- orkesterille, jotka keikan järjestivät, ja soittivat myös itse mainion keikan. EP:itäkin myytiin kiitettävästi, ja Hämeenlinnan yöelämä otti meidät vastaan avoimin sylin... Kaikki, joilla EP:tä ei vielä ole: KIPI KIPI KAUPPAAN!!

Y!

2005-05-16T15:59:00.000+03:00

iPods are sooo 2002! :)

Read the article! I sincerily think that this service would be worth using .wma files and I would even be ready to scrap my iPod for a service like this. Actually, no I wouldn't, but the Yahoo! Music Engine is surely the way to go! What a shame it only works in the US.

FAQ update

2005-05-14T16:54:00.000+03:00

I updated the Kinkt FAQ. Some people have not been able to contact us via e-mail, and there seems to be confusion about the e-mail addresses.

Due to spam, you have to remove the bit REMOVETHIS from all the e-mail links on the Kinkt Records website.

ie. info@REMOVETHISkinkt.com should look like: info(at)kinkt.com

I hope this clears things up a bit. Sorry about the hassle.

PS. If you live anywhere near Hameenlinna, be sure to head to Hallapyora, as The Sugarrush is performing there today with Likeminded.

Astrid Swan: Poverina

2005-05-11T19:50:00.000+03:00

This turned out to be a busy day with the blog..

Astrid Swan, who's also known for her work with Treeball has released her super new album. Go get it!

The Sugarrush keikkailee!

2005-05-11T17:13:00.000+03:00

Alkaa unohtako naita:

14.05.2005 Hälläpyörä, Hämeenlinna w/ Likeminded
28.05 Papin Nenä, Vaasa
10.06.2005 City Rock, Rovaniemi
11.06.2005 City Rock, Rovaniemi

Kaikilta keikoilta saatavissa myos Useless Information EP:ta!

Ankkarock 2005

2005-05-11T17:12:00.000+03:00

Whoa!

Taman vuoden Ankkarockista nayttaa tulevan aika rouhea. Enpa olisi viela 6kk sitten kuvitellut nakevani Franz Ferdinandia ja The Posiesia Korsossa. Liputkin nayttavat olevan inhimillisen hintaisia, vaikka sunnuntain ohjelmisto ei naytakaan kovin kummoiselta.

Sunnuntain ohjelmisto:

Franz Ferdinand
Within Temptation
Nightwish
The Ark
Zen Cafe
Hanoi Rocks

Lauantaina kiinnostaa The Posies, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives ja Hellacopters. Ei hullumpaa! Liput nayttavat olevan 30€/paiva tai 50€/viikonloppu!

Kinkt Records: New Address!

2005-05-09T22:15:00.000+03:00

Just to let everyone know, Kinkt Records will move to Finland on the 21st of May. The new address is:

Iso Roobertinkatu 48-50 B 26
00120 Helsinki
Finland

Keep them demo CD's flowing!

Tuning Fork

2005-04-28T19:30:00.000+03:00

Tuning Fork reviews the reviews of Pitchforkmedia.com.. Pretty good idea, but maybe just a bit too much..? Whaddayathink?

Popsters

2005-04-25T21:41:00.000+03:00

Just got this.

Harri "Huuki" Huuhtasen näyttely Popsters. B-galleriassa 30.4.-29.5.B-galleria, Aninkaistenkatu 5 L 5, Turku

Avoinna ti-pe 12-18, la-su 12-16

Check out the Popsters website for more information and beautiful popster-pics.

Coma, 8 & 1/2, Keinu, Candy Cane

2005-04-20T22:41:00.000+03:00

The important bits for today are:

Coma is going to represent The Sugarrush on Nick Triani's show 8 & 1/2 tomorrow. You can listen to it through the internet from Radio Helsinki. 8 & 1/2 airs 19-21 EET (that would be 5pm-7pm GMT).

Ben's Diapers will be there too, so you'd better listen, homie!

Also, Keinu has released the
Candy Cane debut album "Leave Me Out". Remember to get your copy!

Press Review

2005-04-19T20:10:00.000+03:00

The Sugarrush has been in the press a lot. Here are a couple of reviews for everyone who's been awake on their Finnish-class.

Stara.fi: Useless Information EP 4/5

SUE: Useless Information EP 8/10

and also Soundi, who hasn't yet put the review online, but here's the whole thing:

The Sugarrush: Useless Information (Kinkt)

By: Antti Luukkanen

Vuosituhannen molemmin puolin kaksi mainiota albumia julkaissutta pop-kolmikkoa on aliarvioitu niin, että asiasta voisi valittaa ihmisoikeuskomissioon. Tärkeintä kuitenkin on, että yhtye ei ole nuivasta vastaanotosta lamaantunut. Viiden rykäisyn ep todistaa kompaktisti, miksi The Sugarrushiin on helppo ihastua. 90's (Salute) paketoi kolmeen minuuttiin niin Sladea kuin klassista power poppia. Samaa bilenostatusta on näppärässä Weekend Warriorissa, mutta varttitunnin sulavin siivu on silti isompaa pop-estetiikkaa hyväkseen käyttävä nimikappale, jota Firevisionista tutun Mikko Tammisen syntsat vetävät piirun verran valtavirtaan päin.

Oh My.

2005-04-12T20:22:00.000+03:00

AKT, the body for Finnish record labels has charged 28 Finns on file-sharing.

Oh my.

Do you think that Evian could sue everyone who drinks tap water?

But hey, you guys can always share The Sugarrush song, that is available on the Kinkt website.. Here's a direct link. The Sugarrush: Useless Information MP3.

Busy bees

2005-04-12T14:49:00.000+03:00

This week is going to be busy as hell. Daniel has gone back home to Sweden for a while, and he'll be offline for a couple of days, and I'm finishing my dissertation as we speak, so I'm tied up with that 'til the end of the week.

Planning to promote a gig for my mates, Wiidakko, I guess they should have a gig in Vaasa, probably mid-August.. I'll see what i can do.

Ilkka says hi!

2005-04-11T15:26:00.000+03:00

Testing out the new blog..

Just reading the new Fly Magazine. They've covered The Mars Volta gig I recently went to at the Brixton Academy. Everyone seems to discreetly dislike their new stuff.. Heck, I'm waiting for their gig at Provinssirock like hell!

Lot of things happening at the Kinkt camp, I'll keep you posted ASAP.

Hugs & Kisses.

Kinkt Blog FAQ

2005-04-11T13:25:00.000+03:00

This post will work as a FAQ for this blog. More updates will follow when necessary.

1. Who writes this blog?
2. What does this blog have to do with Kinkt Records?
3. Can I send demo's to Kinkt Records?
4. I have a label of my own. Do you trade CD's?
5. Do you use RSS?
6. I've e-mailed Kinkt Records, but there's no response, what should I do?

1. Who writes this blog?

As of now, Daniel and Ilkka. More people will join shortly. If you would like to join, please contact me by email daniel (at) kinkt (dot) com

2. What does this blog have to do with Kinkt Records?

I own Kinkt Records, but that's about it. We write about everything we love, be it music, movies, street-golf or the weather.

3. Can I send demo's to Kinkt Records?

Yes you can. Submission details can be found at the Kinkt Records website.

Mail your CD's to Ilkka

Kinkt Records
Ilkka Kujansivu
Iso Roobertinkatu 48-50 B 26
00120 Helsinki
Finland

4. I have a label of my own. Do you trade CD's?

Yes we do. Just contact us at Kinkt Records by E-mail: kinkt (at) kinkt (dot) com

5. Do you use RSS?

Not really, but most RSS-readers should understand our atom-feed, which is http://kinkt.blogspot.com/atom.xml

6. I've e-mailed Kinkt Records, but there's no response, what should I do?

Just make sure that you have included your relevant contact details in the e-mail, there should be a reply asap. Also, make sure that you remove the REMOVETHIS-part from the address! info@REMOVETHISkinkt.com

The Sugarrush: Useless Information EP

2005-04-10T19:13:00.000+03:00

We've been loving The Sugarrush for ages already, but not too long ago, Kinkt Records got the possibility to release their new EP. At least I've been personally extatic about the whole project from the beginning.

The dynamic production-duo Firevision, have helped to realise the project, for which I am at least as extatic as I am about the whole band. They have been in demand a lot these days, as they have their fingers in a few pies at the moment. They've been involved in Liekki's album "Rajan Piirsin Taa" and also on the 69 Eyes single "Feel Berlin". The finnish expression on them would be: "kuuminta hottia"!

The EP has been pushed a lot by a lot of great people. Tomppa, Nina, Rami & Janne @ Playground Music Scandinavia have pushed all the right buttons for the EP to get into the right shops, media, industry people and so on. They truly rock! Also Miettinen @ Kitarama/YleX, Nick Triani & Lasse Kurki @ Radio Helsinki, Jocka @ Stara.fi, Henry @ Roklintu.. Bless you all, you really know your music!

Our special love goes to Onechord.Net. It is maybe the only relevant truly independent media of the world. He knows his stuff better than anyone, and he truly means every single word he says. They're a gift from above, the guy's a god... ok, I'll skip the metaphysics, but you get the picture.. Be sure to visit his site! It's commercial-free, 100% dedicated website for the most interesting finnish bands on the planet!! It's greAT!

By the way, check out this cool video from The Sugarrush's new album-sessions.

New blog

2005-04-10T17:49:00.000+03:00

Hiyas.

We are now open for service. Additional information will be put up as we go along. The Kinkt-blog will provide you with stories on (mostly) music-related topics. Kinkt loves to have fun as well, so don't expect us to be always too serious.

For now, I'll be writing this on my own, but I'm hoping to get a few mates to chip in with their exciting stories about music, pop-culture and life in general.

Clickety-click on the links on the right side, and you'll get an idea what our world is all about.