One of the best thing about 13 hour plane rides and 2 hour train rides is the work out it gives my iPod. It gives me plenty of time to give better listens to things that I didn’t really dig last year, and also some new stuff that I’ve come across recently.

I have a lot of friends from Finland from my days working for the Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells, and I’ve got quite a few e-mails from some of them telling me to check out the band Slideshaker. Well, I finally got to hear a couple tracks off their upcoming album called, “In The Raw,” that will be released on Bad Afro Records later this year. The album comes out on at the end of this month, and I strongly recommend this album if you ever wondered what the Black Keys would sound like if they were fronted by Iggy Pop. Here’s a brief description from their record label:

Slideshaker are a trio from Kuopio in Finland who formed in 2000 and since then have released 7”s on Legal Records and Weera and the debut album Hotwired Soul on DBS in 2003. Music wise we are talking about an ill-tempered mix of garage punk, fuzzy R&B, soul and country put together in an original fashion.

Here is a preview of my favorite track off the album, I think these guys will be really pleasing to you guys.

Slideshaker – Her Sun Going Down

In addition, the fine people at the amazing Big Afro Records have the first sigle, “Bones” available as a free download:

Slideshaker – Bones