The top name in Finnish grime, Töölön Ketterä, released their long-awaited debut album Mylly in March, and what an album it was! Ketterä floors the gas from the first beat, and the beatdown continues throughout the record, until the ballad Valitsemaanne Numeroon, which features a chorus by Vesta. The entirety is maybe the most frantic package in Finnish rap history, and listening to it is an experience akin to getting hit on the head.
If Töölön Ketterä is like a runaway waterwheel on record, their gigs really get the moshpit milling. Matti8 and Handshaking have no mercy, going for the audience with the tempo of a charging bull. It's all there, get ready to feel the beat!
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Friday 13th Jul: Beast In Black • CMX & Joensuu City Orchestra • Cledos • Disco Ensemble • Dizzee Rascal (UK) • Evelina • Gasellit • Gogol Bordello (USA) • Ismo Alanko • Jenni Vartiainen • Lewis Capaldi (UK) • Mara Balls • Mokoma • Nelli Matula • Nightwish • PastoriPike • Saturday 14th Jul: Apulanta • Atomirotta • Flat Earth • Hard Action • Huora • Hurula (SWE) • Ida Paul & Kalle Lindroth • Kube & Eevil Stöö • KUUMAA • K-X-P • M • Milky Chance (GER) • Mopo • Olavi Uusivirta • Paperi T • Reino Nordin • Saimaa • SANNI • Satyricon (NOR) • Shiraz Lane • Stam1na • Töölön Ketterä • Von Hertzen Brothers • Värttinä feat. Paleface • Zara Larsson (SWE) • Sunday 15th Jul: Amorphis • Behemoth (POL) • Blind Channel • Cheek • Circle • IBE • Jack White (USA) • Juha Tapio • Lasten Hautausmaa • Litku Klemetti • Night Lovell (CAN) • Pyhimys • Ruudolf • Ruusut • Sini Yasemin • Ursus Factory • Vesta • Vilma Alina • Zeal & Ardor (USA/CHE) • Zedd (GER)