Open  11–22 (Late Night Shopping 11 am – 10 pm)
Web: www.myomy.fi

(Exogenic)

Influenced by punk, progressive rock, ska and folk music, the Helsinki-based band, Tundramatiks, was the odd one out when it hit the stage in the mid-2000s. The band has added Balkan accordion tunes to its hysterically fast Finnish rock, a bit like Asa and Jätkäjätkät of hip hop fame a few years back. The second album Roinan rodeo oozes a reformist spirit similar to the likes of Tuomari Nurmio, KAUKO RÖYHKÄ and Sielun Veljet’s songs from twenty or thirty years ago. †

www.tundramatiks.com

Text Teemu Fiilin

(Solina)

The Burning Hearts singer JESSIKA RAPO is known from the group Le Futur Pompiste, also introduced by We Are Helsinki, and HENRY OJALA from Cats On Fire and Magenta Skycode. The duo’s second album contains nine pop songs that don’t compete for the listener’s attention, but rather try to please secretly and separately. The arrangements seem natural, creating a sense of space. The brilliant and undeniably beautiful compositions move freely, like they had a mind of their own. However, without intense listening there’s a risk that, as beautiful as they are, they may not stand out in the crowd. †

http://burningheartsmusic.com

Text Teemu Fiilin

(GAEA)

TEEMU MARKKULA, known from the bands Colonization 337 and Genzale as well as for his solo efforts, must be a guy who loves to spend time in stores selling dusty, used vinyls. At least that’s what his latest band Death Hawks sounds like – recycling the history of solid acid rock and softly snarling psychedelia from Black Sabbath and The Doors to NEIL YOUNG and Led Zeppelin. Made with great skill and a sense of style, Death & Decay may be retro, but it’s far from musty reminiscences of old times. †

www.facebook.com/deathhawks

Text Teemu Fiilin

(Raha & tunteet)

Don’t let the dead moose’s head on the cover of the album freak you out. 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. Yöt has spiced its music up with melodic 80s funk, heavy dub reggae, dramatically bubbly synthpop and spastic instrumental hip hop. Remaining in the minor key, the dark melodies highlight the nocturnal image that the band’s name (Finnish for “nights”) suggests. †

www.facebook.com/yotfb

Text Teemu Fiilin

Uudenmaankatu 2, 00120 Helsinki

Open  Tue, Thu 11 am–5 pm, Sat 12 pm–4 pm  (Late Night Shopping 11 am–9 pm)

Web  www.nounoudesign.fi

Uudenmaankatu 15, 00120 Helsinki
Avoinna Mon-Fri 11 am–10 pm, Sat 14 am–10 pm (Late Night Shopping 11 am–10 pm); Sun Sushibar + Wine (Fredrikinkatu 42, 00100 Helsinki) 2 pm–8 pm.
Web www.sushibar.fi, www.ivanahelsinki.com

Fleminginkatu 8, 00530 Helsinki

Open Mon-Fri 12 pm–6 pm, Sat 12 pm–4 pm (Late Night Shopping 12 am–9 pm)

Web www.ansa-kauppa.com

Albertinkatu 34, 00180 Helsinki

Open 24 h

Web www.sokoshotels.fi/hotellit/helsinki/aleksanteri

Mikonkatu 2, 00100 Helsinki

Open 10 am–7 pm, (Late Night Shopping 10 am–9 pm)

Web www.nansogroup.com