Stream the new EP, Data Bandits, by Rubik below. If you like what you hear, head over to their website and download a copy for yourself for free!

There is no doubt that Rubik is one of our favorite bands and it’s because of videos like the one of them playing “Goji Berries” above that keep them always on our radar. Make sure to pick up your copy of Dada Bandits and cross your fingers for a North American tour this Summer.

Rubik’s sophomore album (and US debut), Dada Bandits, is an amazing set of well crafted and imaginative pop songs that give us that Animal Collective and TV on The Radio feeling. What a good combination. The album will be in stores on September 15th and will be followed by a US and Canadian tour. Expect to see us there, and you had better be there as well. Keep these guys on your radar! Check out the song “Wasteland” below:

Though we are impatiently waiting for a US release date for the new Rubik record, we are held over by the release of their new video for the track “Wasteland”. Check it out above and check back soon because we will be posting up the release date when it comes in.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Rubik – “Wasteland”
02. Disco Ensemble – “Stun Gun”
03. Michael Black Electro – “Necrospiritual”
04. Damn Seagulls – “The City Takes Care Of It”
05. Downstairs – “Mr. Roboto”
06. Jaakko & Jay – “Keep In Touch”
07. Callisto – “Rule The Blood”
08. Cosmobile – “The Finger”

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It seems like once a month an artist from Scandinavia comes across my desk and completely makes my jaw drop. This month it was the artist Delay Trees from Helsinki & Hämeenlinna. Mixing some of the best sounds of Editors and Coldplay, Delay Trees manages to tenderly melt the ears right off of your head and then surgically reattach them (being all smart and stuff). Check out the song “Tarantula / Holding On” from their new EP, Soft Construction, above and for those of you in Finland, check out one of their shows below and remember how jealous I am of you that you can see these guys and Rubik on the same bill.

Apr 16 2009 Doris – Tampere
May 2 2009 Suisto-klubi (+Rubik) – Hämeenlinna
May 28 2009 Helatorstai-klubi @ Henry’s Pub – Helsinki
Jul 1 2009 Lepakkomies (+Kaskas, Ballet) – Helsinki

Thanks to another job, I will be heading out to Cannes, France for MIDEM this year. Though I won’t be posting for a few days due to my lack of internet access, feel secure in the fact that I am going to come back from the south of France with a boat-load of great music to listen to. That music will then make it’s way onto my computer, morph itself into blog-form and become a post right here on this site. It’s the future you son of a bitch, deal with it.

Our first day will consist of lounging and getting good food with our friends over at Fullsteam Records from Finland. Be sure to check out some of their artists such as Rubik, Lapko and Downstairs. After that everything is up in the air as my belly will be filled with fine wine and aged cheese.

Will you be at MIDEM as well? Hit me up!

What’s better than finding $5 in the pocket of an old pair of jeans? Nothing, right? Wrong. Finding music you’ve never ever heard of before and falling in love with it is way better. This rare event doesn’t happen to me often, so when it does it becomes something very special to me. Hailing from the icy world of Helsinki, the band RUBIK has filled this little void in my life for the time being. Their latest release, Bad Conscience Control, has yet to hit the states (and who knows if it ever will) but do your research – the internet is a very big place filled with opportunity. You can find this record if you try. So try and try hard. If you adore the tones and vocals of Lovedrug, the mood set by a Sigur Ros record or the production of Mew, then you’ll find yourself loving RUBIK.

Rubik – A Hard Try