Bone Voyage is putting together a 22-Pistepirkko boxset called "The singles" featuring exactly that, spread over 5CDs and 1 DVD -- 3 discs of the singles themselves and b-sides, 2 discs of live material and a DVD containing a new and expanded version of the "Off road manual" VHS. More here: http://www.bonevoyagerecording s.com/component/content/articl e/108-its-a-box-baby-22-pistep irkko-the-singles-plus
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Tweet Photo © Aki Roukala Perhaps it has something to do with its long winter months of darkness, but it is my feeling that Finland has more of a coherent grasp of true gothic Americana better than any place in the world. Despite having grown up in the American Midwest, most of my appreciation for American roots music has been gleaned from the Finnish people in my life, who first introduced me to Harry Smith's "Anthology [...]
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Tweet Photo © Aki Roukala Perhaps it has something to do with its long winter months of darkness, but it is my feeling that Finland has more of a coherent grasp of true gothic Americana better than any place in the world. Despite having grown up in the American Midwest, most of my appreciation for American roots music has been gleaned from the Finnish people in my life, who first introduced me to Harry Smith's "Anthology [...]

seit nun mehr als dreißig jahren auf der rockpiste, haben 22 pistepirkko immer noch nicht genug und legen nach. mit dem herrlichen titel "lime green delorean", ein auto, welches ich in diesem leben wohl nicht mehr fahren werde, zielt das trio mit frischem album erneut auf ihr stammpublikum. denn wer wird sich angesicht der gagaisierung von pop und gesellschaft noch für eine melange aus finnrock, psychotronica und saftigem blues interessieren? der verweis der drei herren auf das auto von john de lorean macht durchaus sinn, denn dessen rühmlicher kinoauftritt lässt ahnen, wohin asko (bass, keyboard, effektgerät), pk keränen [...]

"I understand all destructive urges, it seems so perfect". Presenting an evil ten pack. "You better watch your happy home..." Monster Magnet - Evil MP3 Jan Howard - Evil On Your Mind MP3 John Fahey - On Doing An Evil Deed Blues MP3 Cabaret Voltaire - A Touch Of Evil MP3 Rocket From The Crypt - Evil Party MP3 The Seeds - Evil Hoodoo MP3 [...]
22-Pistepirkko just released a new single from their upcoming record "Lime green Delorean" featuring three tunes from said album, albeit three different versions: http://22-pistepirkko.bandcamp .com/album/ufo-girl-3-track-si ngle
Apr 26, 2011, 1:45am
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Before anyone in Finland knew what indie pop is, 22-Pistepirkko had done some of the most imaginative pop ever. After celebrating their 30th anniversary last year, reissuing their early works on vinyl and releasing a record store day single, the trio publishes a new album in early May with the appealing title of Lime Green [...]
A nice new tune from 22-Pistepirkko , available as a free download for a limited time.
The new 22-Pistepirkko album "Lime green DeLorean" is now confirmed for release on May 4. Check out a few acoustic versions of tunes from the record here: http://www.bonevoyagerecording s.com/component/content/articl e/90-new-22-pistepirkko-album- in-may
Lauantaina 21. elokuuta klo 17-21 on luvassa jotain poikkeuksellista. Punajuuri järjestää bileet, joissa elävä musiikki alkaa Viiskulmasta ja jatkuu Pursimiehenkatua pitkin Kankurinkadun kulmaan. Punajuuren sivuilta: Tapahtuman tarkoitus on edistää myönteistä ilmapiiriä naapurustossamme juhlistamalla osaamistamme, kannustaa yhteistyöhön muiden luovien ihmisten kanssa, sekä toivottaa tervetulleeksi uudet tulokkaat. Juhlien alkusysäys on ollut halu pitää hauskaa yhdessä sekä näyttää mitä kaikkea voimme saada aikaan vapaaehtoisvoimin kun vain puhallamme yhteen hiileen. Tarkoitus on myös alustaa World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 tapahtumia. Me tavoittelemme tapahtumissa hallittua kaaosta ja siksi tapahtumien koko määritellään hurrikaanivaroitusten tapaan asteikolla [...]

Viljami Puustisen ja Jussi J. Karjalaisen ansiokkaan englanninkielisen 22-Pistepirkko -historiikin (2005) voi ladata y htyeen nettisivuilta luku kerrallaan pdf-tiedostoina. Tähän mennessä on julkaistu kolmea lukua ja seuraava tulee ihasteltavaksi 9. kesäkuuta. "22-Pistepirkon 22-vuotisen uran kattava fakta- ja muistelmakirja kertoo kaunistelematta yhtyeen nousun pohjoispohjalaisesta autotallihirmusta rockin SM:n vuoden -82 voittajaksi ja aina näiden päivien kansainvälisesti arvostetuksi musiikkivaikuttajaksi. Räiskyvä merkkiteos sisältää runsaasti harvinaista kuvamateriaalia sekä ennenkuulumattomia tarinoita maailman turuilta ja härmärockin tantereilta."/ Rosebud Books

The move went fine, and all them boxes are more or less unpacked by now. The phone, iMac, stereo and fridge are connected already, and what more can one ask for really? But as I still got a million other things to do, I don´t really feel like blogging extensively at the moment. Here´s a few cool songs about houses and homes to keep you happy for the time being though. Two classics, at least in my book: Arthur Lee´s Love and Roky´s Elevators. A beautiful demo by that good ole silver fox Charlie Rich, plus a great song by [...]

Photography "Emergency Landing In Iceland No. 1" by Tsuru When it comes to geography, I'm woefully ignorant, like, extra super ignorant. Even here in the states, I've got a basic handle on the more obvious states, California's over there, Texas is down there, I was just in Arizona, it's kinda in between the other two, Florida (my homeland) is America's wang hanging low and lazy.... That's about it. International's worse, well except for Canada & Mexico, I've pretty much got them located in my mind, but it starts to get hazy [...]
22-Pistepirkko is heading to France in November: 11/12 - Marseille 11/13 - Nimes 11/14 - Grenoble 11/15 - Massy 11/16 - Angouleme More details to come.
Continuing to catch up. Today, I'm offering you the stuff that German webzine Spoonfork.de has found over the last weeks. The magazine is one of the best designed on the net; even if you can't read German, you should check it out! Here's the music: California Snow Story - Suddenly Everything Happens Nice Indie-Pop 22-Pistepirkko - I [...]
Last month I wrote a post about bands from Finland visiting the U.S.A. this month. That included a show at Sin-e Sunday night, and one at Knitting Factory that happened last night. Did anyone go to either of them? In the article below, It's a Trap 's Avi Roig discusses many of the same Finnish bands. One notable addition is FUN who are here, not only to play some shows, but to record with the one-and-only Steve Albini in [...]

The Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, and Iceland have sent many artists to entertain at previous SXSW festivals, but this year is especially good. This is a collection of all the Nordic bands and artists I could find appearing at SXSW. This is by no means all of them... although you surely can't quibble at forty-five free mp3s, can you? David and The Citizens (Sweden - pictured above) a heart and a hand and the love for a band big Chill let's not fall apart [...]
Auf das texanische South by South West (SXSW) Festival ist doch immer wieder Verlass. Auch in diesem Jahr tritt eine schier unüberschaubare Menge an Bands an. Das erste Mp3-Promotion-Paket, das seit ein paar Tagen als legaler Torrent umherrschwirrt, ist schwer: 3,5 Gigabyte für 739 (Siebenhundertneununddreissig! ) Mp3s. Da fällt es durchaus schwer, die wirklichen Perlen aus diesem Klangmeer zu fischen. Ich habe mich mal in die Fluten gestürzt und folgende Musik an die Oberfläche befördert. Nach absolut subjektiven Kriterien. Natürlich: (more...) mp3 , musique [...]