ZEITGEIST: Seapunk

Modern bands don’t create hits, they create genres. The blogosphere is constantly producing new microtrends and the most quickly growing ones make marketing gurus green with envy.

Text Johannes Ekholm
Image Niklas Ekholm

When black means freedom

Federico Cabrera left Argentina, ended up in Asia and finally landed in Finland. While in Helsinki, Cabrera has established clothing stores, a fashion brand, an online gallery and an art/fashion magazine. Federico who?

Teksti Sirje Niitepõld
Kuvat Federico Cabrera & Jasmin Mishima

James Blond, Supermarsu and Kuupoika

Bravo!, the International Theatre Festival for Children and Youth, introduces James Blond as well as performances by four other international theater groups.

Text Heini Lehtinen, Petra Vuolanen
Photos Bravo! / Theater groups

Necessity of the unnecessary

Column by Teri Niitti

The question is whether Helsinki needs a Guggenheim Museum, but rather in a broader sense whether a human needs modern international art.

Photo Matti Tanskanen

Password: pleasure

Vin-Vin will bring a wine bar to the corner of Kalevankatu and Yrjönkatu along with a beauty salon by Tom Wennerstrand. All-in-all, the place will be called Noir. Sounds like indulgence.

Text Sirje Niitepõld
Photos Helen Korpak

The healing power of music

Zebra and Snake took a couple of years to develop their songs before making an album. Now the band is introducing a well-being concept that even modern medicine is not able to create – healing music.

Text Teemu Fiilin
Photos Noora Isoeskeli

Paola and 16 mm

Paola Suhonen has achieved more than probably any other Finnish fashion designer. However, that isn’t enough for her and so she has decided to acquire a new skill at one of the world’s best film schools.

Text Petra Vuolanen
Paola’s photo Kim Öhrling
Illustration Jee Hei

Tundramatiks: Roinan rodeo

Influenced by punk, progressive rock, ska and folk music, Tundramatiks has now added Balkan accordion tunes to its hysterically fast Finnish rock.

Text Teemu Fiilin

Burning Hearts: Extinctions

Burning Hearts’ brilliant and undeniably beautiful compositions move freely, like they had a mind of their own.

Text Teemu Fiilin

Death Hawks: Death & Decay

Made with great skill and a sense of style, Death & Decay may be retro, but it’s far from musty reminiscences of old times.

Text Teemu Fiilin

Yöt: Bitch Bender EP

If Randy Barracuda and Mesak’s skweee music seems too disturbing, the Helsinki-based trio, Yöt, offers an EP with a more easily digestible version of the twisted skweee groove.

Text Teemu Fiilin

Hanging in a Laboratory

Laboratory experiments surrounding ways to combine high-quality photographic art with corporate involvement, social questions and good parties.

Text Taru Torikka
Photos Martin Parr: Think of Finland

Portfolio: Terhi Pölkki

Shoe designer Terhi Pölkki wanted to make things a bit differently. The emphasis of her shoe collection lies in ecological materials, practicality and fit.

Text Heini Lehtinen
Photos Timo Anttonen