Wall of Mouths

On 11th, I’ll be waking up in the isle of Crete and will probably feel… A bit empty. A shame, really - I don’t usually fancy summer festivals, but this one would have been an exception.

Title: Helsinki, rock city (merged thread)

I dare to say that the Tavastia-gig must have been one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. On the borders of group hysteria. I don’t think I can walk, hear or speak tomorrow, but it was worth it.

Tavastia was, if not sold out, at least full and the first five meters from the stage was a mass of pogoing flesh. I couldn’t see further back, but I suppose it was pretty good back there as well.

In short, it was good. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

Well, there’s nothing that’d indicate tomorrow evening is different from every other evening in Tavastia, so my rough guess would be 22.00 - 22.30. Might even be a bit later than that, but I wouldn’t count on that.

Personally, I might make it to Ilves a bit after 21.00, so it’s one pint for me and off to Tavastia. I’d hate to miss TR since I haven’t seen them live, yet.

Depending on what you’re looking for, I’d put at least these on the list:

- Free Record Shop (Mannerheimintie) - it’s probably the biggest record shop Helsinki has right now.

- Keltainen Jäänsärkijä (near Tavastia) - very good shop, moderately good selection with used records.

- Popparienkeli (Viisikulma) - my personal favourite. Very, very good selection, also when it comes to used records.

- Digelius (just across the street from Popparienkeli) - if you’re into world music and that kind of weird things, you shouldn’t miss this. I’ve heard it’s a world class shop.

http://www.digelius.com/

- Tunnelin Levy (Asematunneli) is a small shop with excellent selection, though not the amount of used records they used to have.

Those are my picks, anyway.

… And it seems that Turun Romantiikka will be the supporting act. Which is cool; haven’t ever seen them live either, though I’ve ranked them as one of the best new bands in Finland.

Most Excellent.