Juho Salmi & Suuri Voima - Kuningatar kadun lyhyen (video)

New Finnish powerpop via Punos Sound (Plain Fade). Look for the album "Kesä tulee, tunnetko" to be released on September 28.

Plain Fade - Anthropogonia

This is a full stream of Plain Fade's awesome (emphasis on awe) new album "Anthropogonia", out now on Verdura Records. I've long thought the band was brilliant from the time I first heard them, but this is on a whole new level. Direct link: http://soundcloud.com/plainfade/sets/anthropogonia/

Anthropogonia preview now streaming

Tracks from the new Plain Fade album "Anthropogonia" are now (finally!) streaming at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/plainfade
In case you forgot, "Anthropogonia" is a symphonic album collaboration with Helsinki-based, 50-voice choir WiOL led by conductor/mezzosoprano Jutta Seppinen with a libretto written in Ancient Greek by Ilmari Kavén. I've been eagerly awaiting this record for two years now.

Plain Fade to release Anthropogonia album this fall via Verdura

Finnish avant-rock act and "Reader's companion" alums Plain Fade will be releasing their new album "Anthropogonia" via Verdura Records this coming fall. Said album is a continuation of the group's collaboration with the WiOL-choir that performed live last November in Helsinki.

Plain Fade - Anthropogonia

Uh, why didn't anyone tell me that Plain Fade wrote a symphony? See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZwhOLA77M

Suuri Voima to release self-titled album via Punos Sound

Punos Sound (Plain Fade) will be releasing the new self-titled album from Suuri Voima on April 15. The album was produced and recorded by Jarkko "Pepe Trouble" Heiniö of Tigerbombs/King of All the Animals and you can now hear three tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/suurivoima

Plain Fade vocalist/guitarist Juho Koivuaho has been diagnosed with leukemia and is currently being treated at Tampere University Hospital. Results so far have been positive and of course I wish him well in his recovery. As for the rest of the band, they've got new songs written and have plans to put together a new album, but of course everything is currently on hold until Juho is better.

Bassist Juho Salmi has left Finnish experimental/postrock act Plain Fade to concentrate on his own other projects. The band will continue on as a four-piece and is currently working on their third album.

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Isolation Years - Frosted minds
02. TALK 1
03. Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
04. Immanu El - Kosmonaut
05. Kamera - Fragile
06. TALK 2
07. Pay TV - Fashion report (clubmix)
08. Fun - I've got a truck
09. Timo Räisänen - Sixteen
10. TALK 3
11. Superfamily - Warszawa
12. Majessic Dreams - Still inside
13. The Indecision Alarm - Time for the big guns, baby
14. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Flir
15. TALK 4
16. The Fine Arts Showcase - Modern love
17. Karin Ström - Ordlös
18. Meleeh - Malign
19. TALK 5
20. Kongh - Pushed beyond
21. Baby Woodrose - Let yourself go
22. TALK 6
23. Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet (Cat Burgler remix)
24. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Rhythm
25. The Bell - I need nothing
26. September - Satellites
27. TALK 7
28. Piroth - Waltz for prima ballerina
29. Sällskapet - Järnstaden
30. Montt Mardié - Birthday boy (drama)
31. TALK 8
32. CS Nielsen - Bottle for the road
33. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Love will tear us apart
34. Voices Break the Silence - Mopo3
35. TALK 9
36. Plain Fade - Blue skies ahead

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Kaizers Orchestra - Ompa til du dør
02. TALK 1
03. Logh - Thieves in the palace
04. Élodie - At the end of the line
05. Beem - Ducker
06. TALK 2
07. Hell On Wheels - Alexander
08. Isolation Years - Albino child
09. Honey Is Cool - Bolero
10. TALK 3
11. Mob - Wait for me
12. Skywriter - For heaven's sake
13. Menfolk - Zero is also a number
14. TALK 4
15. Plain Fade - Datura
16. Division of Laura Lee - Dirty love
17. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
18. TALK 5
19. Elope - Black eyed citizen
20. Fontän - You, me & a tree
21. Gehenna - Touched and left for dead
22. TALK 6
23. Mustasch - I hunt alone
24. Cobolt - The Atlantic Ocean takes her back
25. Blinders On - Blinders are on
26. Madrugada - Higher
27. TALK 7
28. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - I could have sworn I heard them SING
29. Notre Dame - Into the coven
30. TALK 8
31. The Motorhomes - The man

Last night's Sirius Blog Radio playlist:

01. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
02. TALK 1
03. Asha Ali - These months
04. Boys of Scandinavia - Why do you love me? (radio edit)
05. Promoe - Headache
06. TALK 2
07. Closer - Sensing the wake
08. The Bear Quartet - Mom and dad
09. TALK 3
10. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
11. Familjen - Kom säger dom
12. Pavan - The bird
13. TALK 4
14. Kazakstan - Song to the past
15. Universal Poplab - Vampire in you
16. TALK 5
17. Scraps of Tape - Death as it should be
18. ARM - Drving by accident
19. The Idealist - The knives are my eyes
20. TALK 6
21. Tsukimono - Gathering heavy breathing
22. Pimentola - Wish upon a fallen star
23. Plain Fade - Uliaan leski
24. TALK 7
25. The Skull Defekts - Six six for eyes
26. Logh - Into the night
27. TALK 8
28. Aerial - You will all die, all things will
29. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
30. Audrey - Views
31. TALK 9
32. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Ashen like the sky

Finnish rock act Fume has decided to call it quits and has posted the final two songs they recorded for free download: http://www.fumeband.com/
Bassist Juho Salmi will continue on with his work in IAT favorites Plain Fade while the rest of the band can now be heard in A Thousand Bright Tomorrows. Listen to them here: http://www.myspace.com/athousandbrighttomorrows

The Silent Ballet does not like Plain Fade at all: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Reviews/2007/January/tabid/81/ctl/Details/mid/442/ItemID/253/Default.aspx
Seems like the record was too esoteric for the reviewer to get into.

Top 10s for 2006: Juho S. (Plain Fade/Fume)

Finnish post-rock masters Plain Fade have posted their old demo discs for free download: http://www.punossound.net/plainfade/index.php?goto=releases
"Datura" was the first track I heard from these guys and it completely blew me away so of course this stuff is all very highly recommended.