
Burning Hearts debut the title track and video from their upcoming EP "Into The Wilderness", out June 21 on Shelflife. Preorder the EP now! The Alaskan tundra and the wild bears I am returning to that nightmare Life and death are given a different meaning in grizzly kingdom above the treeline where the permafrost's growing deeper I could never climb those mountains, I could never be sleeping safely under the same stars as timothy Into the [...]

The fab Shelflife label may be based all the way over in America but that doesn't stop them from tapping into some of Northern Europe's most precious musical commodities. To Champagne Riot, Burning Hearts and the Radio Dept. you can now add Finland's (they come from the same neck of the woods as Cats on Fire) Le Futur Pompiste to the list of deliciousness that call Shelflife home. The latter are certainly Stereolab aficionados, offering old synth exchanges and sultry vocals supplied by Jessika Rapo. The best part is that the chorus is really memorable, sometimes songs [...]

Da kommt man ja kaum noch hinterher – aktuell strömt eine Unmenge neuer kostenloser Musik auf die geneigte Indiehörerschaft ein. So bringt die schwedische Band This Year's Model als Vorgeschmack auf ihr am 21. Januar 2011 erscheinendes zweites Album schon mal den Gratis-Track «We walk like ghosts»«No miracles» unters Indiepop-Volk. MP3-Download This Year's Model «No miracles» Wir bleiben im angenehm perlenden Musikbereich – die finnische Band Le Futur Pompiste setzt ihren von Stereolab beeinflussten Weg auf dem [...]
Despite the things I could say about it in other arenas, 2010 was a pretty fantastic year for music. It's no surprise that I was absent from blogging more this year than ever before, but that hardly means I wasn't listening . My intake of new records this year wasn't all that terribly steep and so I expected to have a fairly easy time getting my favorites together in some semblance of an order—certainly not the case. That is why I decided to forgo a numbering system this year. These are my favorite records of 2010. Most of these [...]

Le Futur Pompiste's new self-titled album places abounding aural scenery on a route that recalls the glory of Stereolab and lounge along with other enticing adornments. Check out "Five Hundred Heartbeats" from the record to set yourself straight. http://www.shelflife.com http://www.myspace.com/LeFutur Pompiste http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Le-futur-pompiste/5873993718

die sheflife menschen sind für die besonderen popmomente verantwortlich. die auswahl ihrer tonträger ist excellent. die tatsache, dass nur alle ewigkeiten, wir reden von wochen-, manchmal monatsabständen, eines erscheint, unterstreicht die formel des selten aber gut. mit le future pompiste heben sie eine band aus der taufe, die bereits in 2004 veröffentlichte. damals erschien ihr debut (zuvor noch zwei eps in '01 und '02), ein anspruchsvolles popwerk, das sich mit stereolab oder komeda messen konnte, wie es melancholie und neuzeitliche technologie miteinander verband. der aus vaasa in finnland stammende sechser schwebt in einer gänzlich anderen sphäre und mixt [...]
Today marks the brand new full-length album from a wonderful Helsinki/Turku, Finland based six-piece we've been fawning over for quite some time. Le Futur Pompiste is primarily the music project of songwriter Einar Ekström (guitar, vocals) along with vocalist Jessika Rapo (from Burning Hearts, who we featured in December 2008), Ville Hopponen (drums), Axel Ekström (keyboards), Johann Höglund (

So, heute mal drei ganz unterschiedliche Stilrichtungen, damit für jeden etwas dabei ist. :-) Die amerikanische Indiefolk-Band Ravens & Chimes ist wieder da, mit einem neuen Werk, von dem sie die erste Single «Division street» gratis unters Volk bringen. Link zur Band-Website MP3-Download Ravens & Chimes «Division street» Auch die wunderbaren Finnen Le Futur Pompiste , deren Stil irgendwo zwischen Stereolab und Twee herummäandert, bringen im November ein neues Album (auf Shelflife) heraus und beglücken die Gemeinde vorab mit dem [...]

One Chord To Another vinkkasi mukavasta yllätyksestä: kotimainen Le Futur Pompiste julkaisee 16.11. toisen albuminsa. Edellisestä levystä onkin ehtinyt vierähtää tovi, sillä Your Stories and Your Thoughts ilmestyi jo vuonna 2004. Yhtyeen nimeä kantava toinen levy tulee itsellä muutenkin sopivaan rakoon, sillä syksy on kulunut kuunnellessa yhtyeen hengenheimolaisia Broadcastia ja Stereolabia . Le Futur Pompiste liikkuu samoissa 60-lukuisissa ja hämyisissä maisemissa joskin lopputulos on jollain tapaa edellä mainittuja melodisempi ja popimpi. Burning Hearts -yhtyeestä tutun Jessikan Rapon kuulas ääni kruunaa kauniisti kitaristi-laulaja Einar Ekströmin [...]

Le Futur Pompiste : Five Hundred Heartbeats Μετά το "Your Stories and Your Thoughts" του 2004 και κάτι πήγαινε έλα στη Σουηδία, οι Φινλανδοί Stereolab επιστρέφουν με ονειρικές γλυκόπικρες μελωδίες για όσους αγαπούν την ατμόσφαιρα μιας παλιάς γαλλικής ταινίας. Της ιδίας οικογενείας Burning Hearts : The Letter Read more: LeFuturPompiste
Want words? Look somewhere else! + Radical Face – Doorways From the Touch of Sky EP that will be out on Morr Music on November 16. Radical Face is the solo project of Ben Cooper of Electric President . + The Wonderland Washouts – Dance With Desolation New Danish band describing their music as noise-pop. Grab the [...]
Tweet Burning Hearts have made a lovely cover of Arthur Russell's "The Letter" available for streaming via Soundcloud. The band is currently working on their second album. Have a listen here: The Letter by Burning Hearts Here is a link to Russell's original on Spotify . Burning Hearts singer Jessika Rapo and drummer Ville Hopponen are also in another band, Le Futur Pompiste , [...]

Hieman laimean nimen ei kannata antaa häiritä: kotimainen Burning Hearts -duo on varsin mainio löytö. Viime vuosi oli Henry Ojalan ( Cats on Fire ) ja Jessika Rapon ( Le Futur Pompiste ) muodostamalle yhtyeelle suosiollinen. Keikkoja riitti ja debyyttilevy Aboa Sleeping sai hyvän vastaanoton sekä paikan monelta Parhaat levyt -listalta. Vuosi 2010 on aloitettu tyylikkäällä, Dubstarin mieleen tuovalla Night Animal -singlellä. Singlen b-puolelta löytyy Jori Hulkkosen remix kappaleesta Peasant's Dream (originaali debyyttilevyllä). Singlen voi [...]

With the abundance of new songs coming from so many familiar faces, it's starting to become frustratingly simple to let a great album slip beneath the cracks from any number of lesser-known artists. But here's one small step towards rectifying that as I highlight this new album, Aboa Sleeping , from Finnish duo Burning Hearts , which has been delighting me to no end for the past month or so. This little album, due out February 10th on Shelflife Records , contains some of the most finely crafted pop songs i've [...]

The fine indiepop-label Shelflife Records will release the debut album from Burning Hearts on February 10, 2009, and this is a release I have been waiting for with great expectations. The duo behind Burning Hearts are Cats on Fire drummer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Ojala, and Le Futur Pompiste singer Jessika Rapo, - two key members from two brilliant bands. "Aboa Sleeping" is the title, and it comes with a brilliant cover art and 9 wonderful pop songs. The melodies and harmonies [...]
+ The Search - Prisoner of Sadness The entire 2007 album Deranged Minds Unite is available as a free download . + Indurain - Hornstull Cinema Title track of the EP to be released on Cloudberry Records August 21. + Le Futur Pompiste - Seeds The self titled [...]