Wearing their staff t-shirts, Heidi and Anne put on their rubbers gloves and start opening the doors of the line of portbale toilets. Waiting in the wheelbarrow is a big pile of clean and white rolls of toilet paper. How have the girls ended up in this particular voluntary work?
- It was all planned, laugh the girls.
- Well, Anne isn’t old enough for selling beer yet for instance, so we had to take what we could get and that was cleaning work.
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Suhinators, one of the most distinguished representatives of the peculiar subgenre that is Finnish reggae, performed on a gentle Saturday everning at Rentolava. Multiculturalism, tolerance and spirituality are their keywords.
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The rain had kept in hiding all through Friday night, but as Damn Seagulls were to take to the stage as the last performers on Rekkalava, a few drops fell from the sky. Alas, as the Helsinki-based band started their uptempo playing, the clouds went away.
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Kakka-hätä was quickly dealt with, which is the way it should be. There’s no time for loitering around when the urge is overpowering. As an attitude punk is endangered, or alternatively serves as a voice of the endangered. Kakka-hätä 77 is apparently about both.Lue koko artikkeli »

The group of boys standing next to me wonder whether Ville Leinonen is the same person who plays drums in Risto. Yes, he is. And Risto Ylihärsilä plays in Chrisse Forever Band with Ville Leinonen, too. The boys decide to linger and check out if Ville Leinonen’s easy listening pop medley is any good. Yes. it is. After the first song I hear the boys commenting on their good mood. And during the third song they photograph Ville Leinonen enthusiastically.Lue koko artikkeli »

At Ilosaari Rock you can trust that you will get to know new, interesting artists, and such an opportunity arose for festival participants as Norwegian metal band Stonegard stepped on the III stage to play this Saturday.

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How to punish the festival audience in the beginning of the first festival day? By introducing the heroes of controlled schaos, Valse Triste.

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Despite the double meaning of this band’s name (you can check the dictionary yourself to see what cunninlingus means), the name is fitting. Taking ego and money-driven rap out of the picture, CunninLynguists bases their hip hop on samples, loops, and the driving energy of their MCs. Lue koko artikkeli »

The honorary spot of being the last band to play Friday’s Sulo club befell on Apulanta. The band wasted no time in proving they hadn’t travelled to Joensuu just to chill.

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During his long career Ismo Alanko has performed in more than a few configurations. The audience at Friday’s Sulo club were treated to a rather minimalistic version, consisting of only Alanko and Teho Majamäki at percussions. Together they set out to prove that small things can be great.
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