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The Props

So this is what we have, a good love gone bad

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NEW ALBUM MT. KARMA WILL BE OUT ON 5th OF MAY!!!
Get your own copy from one of the following record shops:
Swamp Music
Keltainen Jäänsärkijä
Stupido Shop
Levykauppa X
Popparienkeli
Digital downloads:
Amazon
iTunes
meteli.net
emusic.com
Don't forget our previous album below.
CHECK OUT SOME LIVE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE!.
BIO:
The story of The Props begins on a rainy saturday night in a city called Tampere, which is in Finland. It is autumn and the year is 2000. A common acquaintance introduces Antti and Mikko to each other. Of course we are drunk and one thing leads to another and on the next week we find ourselves jamming some chords with two guitars.
We immediately started to write our own material trying to make songs that had catchy pop melodies, but which would also rock. We didn't have a place to rehearse with a full band, so until we had one we decided to be a duet.
It took a while to find suitable band members but by spring 2003 we had established our permanent line-up with Jukka on the drums and Jari on the bass. Finally our boastful geek-pop started to blossom.
We had recorded our first demo, the single Lisa/Shine Among the Stars in 2002 and in 2004 we released and EP titled Blushingly Yours. It even managed to get some airplay on Finnish radio. We also started to perform live more often.
In year 2007 The Props released their debut album You Name It. It had a decent reception among the critics, but it never sold that much. Anyway, it really defined what we were all about: distorted guitars, breathtaking melodies and heartbreaking lyrics.
After a short break we started to write songs for our second album. The recordings started in spring 2009 with an aim to make a record that has a wider spectrum in terms of music. The album - titled MT. KARMA - is now finally ready to be released.
Mt. Karma will be out on 5th of May in 2010!!!!
PAST GIGS
17.04. 2010 - Blue Pool, Forssa
31.03. 2010 - Vastavirta, Tampere
23.05. 2009 - Blue Pool, Forssa
30.04. 2009 - Dubrovnik, Helsinki (Vappuräyhä)
05.07. 2008 - Kalkustik 2008, Tampere (Acoustic)
26.06. 2008 - Doris, Tampere
02.05. 2008 - Pikku-Torre, Turku (Flavour of the Month)
08.03. 2008 - BluePool, Forssa
06.02. 2008 - Klubi, Tampere
12.12. 2007 - Yo-talo, Tampere
09.06. 2007 - Kalkustik 2007, Tampere (Acoustic)
04.11. 2006 - Ravintola Nousu (Nosturi), Helsinki
04.10. 2006 - Rockhouse, Tampere
18.08. 2006 - Club @ S-Osis, Turku (Fock til You Pop)
05.08. 2006 - Linnoituksen Yö, Sataman lava, Lappeenranta
04.08. 2006 - Linnoituksen Yö, Linnoituksen lava, Lappeenranta
21.03. 2006 - Telakka, Tampere (RASMUS-klubi)
28.01. 2006 - Club 25, Vaasa
12.01. 2006 - Yo-talo, Tampere
11.12. 2005 - Vastavirta-klubi, Tampere
15.07. 2005 - Tammerfest, Kirjastotalon puisto (My Own Summer), Tampere
16.06. 2005 - Jee Jee, Tampere
30.03. 2005 - Henry's Bar, Tampere
24.02. 2005 - Jee Jee, Tampere (Cityrock 2005 Band Competition)
15.02. 2005 - Yo-Talo, Tampere
21.10. 2004 - Tentti, Tampere (Acoustic)
15.07. 2004 - Tentti, Tampere (Acoustic)
07.07. 2004 - Doris, Tampere (Acoustic)
12.02. 2004 - Yo-talo, Tampere
14.01. 2004 - Yo-talo, Tampere
24.05. 2003 - Yo-talo, Tampere
05.03. 2003 - Amadeus, Tampere

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/03/2006
Band Website: theprops.net
Band Members: Antti Suonio (vocals, guitar)
Mikko Vaatainen (guitar, vocals)
Jari Jarvi (bass)
Kimmo K. Koskinen (drums)
Influences: (old) Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, Teenage Fanclub, The Wannadies, Iron Maiden, The Posies, Foo Fighters, Kiss, Manowar, Nada Surf, Dinosaur Jr, Radiohead, Muse, Kent, Smashing Pumpkins...
Sounds Like: dunno
Record Label: Prop Ranch Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Reviews and stuff

Finnish webzines desibeli.net and vertigo.cd both gave Mt. Karma 3/5 stars. Read the reviews here (in Finnish)http://www.desibeli.net/arvostelu/4654 http://www.vertigo.cd/index.php?option=c..om_conten...
Posted by on Sat, 15 May 2010 00:16:00 GMT

Digital Download

Amazon seems to be the first place where you can buy a digital version of Mt. Karma. Go and get yours here: http://www.amazon.com/Mt-Karma/dp/B003KRHP1W/ref=dm_ap _alb2?ie=UTF8&qid=1270740934&sr=301-2
Posted by on Thu, 06 May 2010 05:27:00 GMT

Mt Karma out now!!!

Like Michael Jackson so eloquently put it: This is it!The album is released today. You can already buy it from these Finnish stores:http://www.swampmusic.com/http://www.stupido.fi/http: //www.kolumbus....
Posted by on Tue, 04 May 2010 23:48:00 GMT

Two new songs!

The album will be out next wednesday!Therefore you can listen to two new songs, Safety of a Broken Heart and We Need a Revelation. We'll add some more songs later.
Posted by on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:59:00 GMT

Mt. Karma single available now on iTunes and Amazon

Mt. Karma single can now be bought from iTunes and Amazon. Go get it!http://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/mt-karma-single/id363977 305?i=363977309&ign-mpt=uo%3D4http://www.amazon.com/Mt-Karma -single/dp/B00...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:32:00 GMT

Mt. Karma - single

....OUT NOW!
Posted by on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:58:00 GMT

New Single - out 24th of March!

..The Props will release a new digital single from their forthcoming album Mt. Karma. The first single is the title track Mt. Karma and it contains a "b-side" Under My Skin.The single will be out on 2...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:26:00 GMT

This is the new year

Okay, the record has been finished for over a month now. There is no certain release date yet, but it will be out sometime in spring. We have lots of non-musical things to do before we can do it, but ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:05:00 GMT

Youtube

Added some live videos to Youtube. They were recorded last spring in Helsinki. The sound quality isn't great , but you'll get the point.You can find the videos here.Meanwhile on the album front, we ha...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:44:00 GMT

Studio update

Sorry for being such a lazy updater. But here's the news: the album is almost recorded. We did most of the guitars in the beginning of June and last week I sang most the vocals. A friend of ours, Aino...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:41:00 GMT