Category: Video’s
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24-08-2007 Velcra
Date: 24-08-2007, venue: Gloria, Helsinki (Finland) By: Sabine van Gameren During the week, some inhabitants from Helsinki told me that seeing Velcra on a bigger stage would be more interesting then seeing them on a small stage as Lux, where they did their album release gig. Tonight Velcra was about to play in Gloria, which…
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22-08-2007 Uniklubi
Date: 22-08-2007, Lux nightclub Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende After a short accoustic set and a signing session at Anttila (a Finnish record store) Uniklubi had their album release gig for “Luotisade” at LUX. LUX is a very fancy nightclub in the upper two floors of the kamppi shopping center. Tonight were not only the Uniklubi fans there, but…
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Uniklubi – Luotisade
Release date: 22-08-2007, Label: Universal Finland Oy By: Nina Mende Now do I really need to tell you about Uniklubi again?? Well, for everybody who missed the last two Uniklubi reviews, here’s a short summary of the band history: Uniklubi is a band from Tampere/Finland that sings in Finnish. The five…
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16,17,18,19-08-2007 Summerbreeze
16,17,18-08-2007 (Germany) By: Wouter van de Kamp Day 1 A very last minute idea led me and my friend to Summer Breeze 2007 in the south of Germany (about 80 km southwest of Nurnberg). We both hadn’t been there before but the line-up was very promising. Getting there was a hell, but the weather was…
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15-08-2007 Technicolour
Date: 15-08-2007, venue: Espan lava Helsinki(Finland) By: Nina Mende Tonight Technicolour played at the open-air stage Espan Lava in the middle of Helsinki. Technicolour makes rock music with a huge crossover appeal, but actually it sounds more like pop. Having released three albums in the same amount of years they are one of the biggest…
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Saunawest – Kawasaki Helvete
Release date: 2007 By: Elvira Visser Although they are compared with Frans Ferdinand and Gruppo Sportivo to name a few, they are original. This first full album from this band from the Dutch city Rotterdam has 8 songs, but take you on a journey passing different styles of music. Danceable tunes,…
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RobinCosmos – Pathfinder
Label: Andur Industrial By: Elvira Visser RobinCosmos is a Finnish band formed back in 2003. They play some rock music with a jazzy groove. You can hear some jazzy piano tunes appearing, melody leading guitars and the voice of singer Mikko Laitinen takes you with him. RobinCosmos put some great effort…
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18-08-2007 Private Line
Supports: Sleazy dream, Vanity Beach; Venue: Gloria Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende Gloria is a venue that looks like a town theater with balcony and a stage. The sound there is not the best, but better for theater than concerts. But that didn’t stop Vanity Beach, Sleazy Dream and Private Line from…
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15-08-2007 Velcra
Supports: Unklejam; venue: Lux nightclub, Helsinki (Finland) By: Sabine van Gameren Since I wrote the review of velcra’s new album, I was dying to see them live. Actually, already quite longer, but with the release “Hadal” they seemed to have made a step into a new direction. The release party was taking place in Nightclub…
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16-08-2007 Lapko
Date: 16-08-2007, virgin oil Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende And here we go again: Virgin Oil for the 3rd time this month. But this time for Lapko. The three members of Lapko: Malja (guitar and vocals), Nordberg (bass) and Heikkonen (drums), have been friends since childhood in the small town of…
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Naked – Superstate
Release date: 15-08-2007, Label: Megamania By: Nina Mende Naked is inspired by bands such as KISS, Beatles, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Queen, Led Zeppelin and Motown classics, NAKED was founded in Helsinki at the break of the new millennium. With two albums (‘This One Goes To Eleven’, 2004 and ‘Let’s Get…
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17-08-2007 Neljä Ruusua
Venue: Virgin Oil, Helsinki(Finland) By: Nina Mende And again, but for the last time this month, I went to Virgin Oil. This time because Neljä Ruusua played their last gig before they take a break. Virgin Oil was full like never before since I have been there, it was probably sold…