// I will hear you long after you’re gone

Posted on | March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

Yeah, this has probably been here (or was it Piano Fire?). But I just found out. I’m not phrasing that phrase.

Posted on | March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

// And science runs through us

Posted on | February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

This is not an outfit post by any means, just snapped a quick one when I happened to wear one of my favorite T:s. This is American Apparel viscose shirt with black and white tie dye pattern. I adore it… …unlike many of the cheapie tie dye prints that have floated around in the tracks of the recent tie dye trend, this one looks like a real thing. Like someone had really, thoughtfully pulled the garment together with tight bands, soaked it in a dye to get this fabulous x-ray-like or alienesque symmetric pattern to it. I also like the loose fit, the drape of the viscose and the generous neck hole.

Moving to this one:

Posted on | February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

// Thank u, Last FM

Posted on | February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

Without you I would have stuck to my old favs… …and probably ended up eventually listening Finnish adult pop *shudders*.

Posted on | February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

// What to do with all this rock?

Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments

Finnish style blogs had a great meme going on on January about noughties music. Personally I took it too seriously and never got my post finished… …whatever, I’m posting music here anyway now and then, bits and chips of that unfinished post will end up here eventually.

Somebody might have noticed already that I’m total music genre whore. I grew up listening relatively varied stuff from the beginning, post-punk stuff, progressive/psychedelic rock, electro, some metal — mixed with pop, lived and enjoyed the grunge era… …nah, why to explain, I’m just not able to pick one team.

Perhaps the greatest genre discovery for me in noughties was desert / stoner rock… …I guess that it was PJ Harvey in the Desert Sessions who led me to the tracks. So I came aware of the genre bit late, but there was lots of happening within it on the noughties.

I deeply love Brant Bjork’s sound and his distinguishable take on the genre, the funk elements, the restrained energy.

And Earthlings?, their raw sound. Actually released 1998 — but this is noughties music for me .

From the psychedelic end of stoner rock… …Colour Haze. The longest buildup ever ends so cathartic that it never fails to move me…

Can’t really tag this with “videos” tag… …they have none.

Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments

// Downtempo

Posted on | January 11, 2010 | No Comments

Ok, it’s old — but so am I. Thunderball Scorpio Rising again in heavy rotation. Can’t really get over how good (and little known) this is.

Posted on | January 11, 2010 | No Comments

// Tomorrow…

Posted on | December 1, 2009 | No Comments

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…to Berlin!

The lovely beanie and stole are from Claudia Skoda.

And just because the beanie is called Vertigo… …or just for nothing:

Posted on | December 1, 2009 | No Comments

// Sparklin’

Posted on | November 22, 2009 | No Comments

Sparklehorse.

With PJ Harvey.

With Tom Waits. Video by Quay Brothers.

Enjoy.

Posted on | November 22, 2009 | No Comments

// On getting on with my life with Stina

Posted on | November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

My taste for music is probably quite wide, anyhow quite a lot of stuff on my playlists fall under category “alternative”. I find it bit funny, especially with names that are huge commercial success at the same time. But of course some artists fit to this description perfectly, making music that is hard to categorize — and at least some measure are out of the mainstream. I mean, “singer songwriter”, “pop/rock” or “dream pop” tells as little about Stina Nordenstam’s music than that infamous “alternative” tag — and although her music has been featured in several films in last years you probably haven’t seen her on best seller charts or heard her in the jack FM played in your local gym.

I really don’t remember when I first heard her breathy voice mixed with often minimalistic, artistic and sometimes restrainedly aggressive backgrounds, but I remember thinking about never hearing anything quite like it before. Lyrics don’t get me excited too often, but Stina’s melancholic — sometimes depressed even — lyrics are indeed an important part of the whole experience. Somehow the whole effect of her music still manages to be something else but depressive for me, it kind of reflects the fragility of happiness and life as a whole — in beautiful, touching way.

Me and Stina clearly share some views of personal style, I recognize the elements of slightly childish playfullness…

I have quite hard time watching this, but I think that it is definitely worth it:

Posted on | November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

// The Greatest

Posted on | October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Youtube amateur music videos are not always good…

…but sometimes they really hit the spot. I actually appreciate this one more than many commercial ones. And I love Cat Power…

Posted on | October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

// Drippin’ honey

Posted on | October 2, 2009 | No Comments

… and Jennifer Charles. Just don’t melt down completely…

Posted on | October 2, 2009 | No Comments

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