Among all the other nice things, the umpteenth wave of garage rock revival in the early 2000s brought us the dynamic junkyard-rock duo, THE BLACK KEYS, from Ohio. Unless you were born yesterday, I guess it is not humanly possible to not have been exposed to their monster hit, “Lonely Boy,” at some point after its initial release in 2011. In the following 10-or-so years, the band has been on a hiatus, as well as released a good number of studio albums. Their previous effort, “Delta Kream,” released last year, was comprised of country blues covers, most notable of which was the slightly moderniz ..read more

The coolest nights, you know, happen by chance. For THE HORNETS and the release of their first album, it was more or less like that. A band formed for fun, for leisure, to get out of the usual work routine, to give voice to some love failures, or to flip off a bad day, or simply to escape from other musical projects. Featuring nine tracks of pure and passionated Rock ‘n’ Roll energy, the band’s debut full-length record, titled “Heavier Than A Stone,” will be coming out on July 16th via Go Down Records. With “Female Creed,” THE HORNETS now unleashed the first single tak ..read more

The first time when ROYAL BLOOD made an appearance in Finland was at Ilosaarirock, and I have heard it was amazing. So, when I heard that the British jewelry of garage rock was coming to make their first own gig in our country, I knew immediately where I’d have to be there that day. Their impact on the music scene has been massive with only two released albums. The opening act DEMOB HAPPY was British as well, and I believe this psychedelic rock band was a great choice for warming up the audience. It was definitely a tough spot to open up for a band like ROYAL ..read more

2017 is well on it’s way, but for my part, the 4th of February marked the beginning of concert season. Kicking it off with ROYAL REPUBLIC’s Weekend Man Tour felt only suitable since I wanted to hear some uplifting tunes to survive the winter months. The band was accompanied by Finland’s BLIND CHANNEL for their three gigs in Finland. As snow was covering Helsinki once more, I arrived at Nosturi in order to spoil myself with a bit of Swedish garage rock. Check out the full gallery here. Before the Swedes took the stage, it was only suitable that the younger guys from BLIND CHANNEL first showed ..read more