I've been listening to really good music lately. I asked for recommendations for stuff I perhaps had not listened to before and got some tips. As a result, I've been going to the music library more often these past two months than ever before. A couple of musicians (a bass player and a guitarist, in fact) who seem to share a very similar taste in ( Read more... )

This past weekend really felt like the beginning of a summer vacation. Last week was still mainly dedicated for studies and other non-vacation stuff and this was the first weekend I could really kick back and relax. Sure, I still have to study for an exam, but I can do it this week...

( Rock the Metal! )

Looks like I'm going to have to go to Ruisrock this summer. It's been years since I last went, but now it seems the bands performing will include some I'd really like to see. Either because I'm familiar with the music and like it or because I'd just like to hear them live to know if they're as good as some of the songs I know by them. (Besides, ( Read more... )

Suomi-hiphop rulettaa joskus ihan satasella. Kuunnelkaa nyt tätäkin hulvatonta meininkiä lastenlaululevyltä Ipanapa ( Read more... )

There's a song they play quite a lot on YleX these days. It's kinda jazzy, with a young woman singing (and they just said the song is called Down On My Knees, I couldn't catch the name of the singer, though) in a jazzy, smoky, yet light voice. Sounds otherwise pretty ok, but the lyrics, the lyrics ( Read more... )

Today, after something like 10 years, I've been listening to Nordman again. Dammit, why haven't I listened to this stuff in such a long time? (One reason could be that there are quite a few subconscious connections between these two albums and high school, but oh well.) Excellent music and I can still sing along to quite a few songs. Whee.