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Very, very important announcement!!!

2009-09-09T14:26:00.005+03:00

26th of September is getting really close, so here's the check list of what is going to happen:

a) The new Anydoll EP, Private Show, sees the broad daylight (at last)
b) Music video Your World (by Jan Andersson) will be published
c) Anydoll's MySpace, www.anydoll.net etc. will become more gorgeous than ever, after a huge renewal
d) Anydoll will play a gig at Poppari, JKL (the music video premiere included!)
e) Everybody will check out our new, polished websites, watch the music video, download the songs (for free!) and play them over and over again
f) Everybody will find their way to Poppari, clap their hands and say yeeeeaaaaah

-Anydoll

Hey Hey Hey!

2009-07-30T11:44:00.003+03:00

Don't forget, don't forget, don't forget! Show time and place at Kokkola Rock: Saturday, 15.00, Sue Stage! Be there, even if you are suffering a small hangover!!!

26th September it's time for the Private Show!

2009-06-01T08:15:00.003+03:00

Open your calendars, notebooks or whatever, here's the day to remember: Saturday 26th of September, 2009!!!

It's the day when we are (finally) releasing Anydoll's third ep Private Show. But the best is yet to come. We will also release AN ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO for the song Your World. How about that!?

The premiere of the video (made by Jan Andersson) will take place at Poppari, JKL, right before our gig! More info coming!

-Anydoll

Thank you Varkaus!

2009-05-22T08:24:00.003+03:00

Hey all,

It was really fine show at Varkaus. Everything was working perfectly,
I mean E V E R Y T H I N G !

We hope that we could be there again someday!

Thanks Moonday, thanks Varkaus.

Setlist 20.5.09, Oscar's Family, Varkaus:

Last Thing I Remember
Spanish Girl
Private Show
Hella Good
Leave All Behind
Leaving to get back Home
I Grow
Not Here to Remain
Your World
Everything's Fine
White Wedding
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When the Lines are Broken

Our faces are (nearly) everywhere

2009-05-07T11:17:00.002+03:00

Sharlene is talking about music, ice cream, skirts and many other very important things in City magazine (5/2009), don't forget to check that one out!

Thoughts (by Chris) about Private Show, future and success can be read from the latest Suur-Jyväskylän lehti!

Varkaus here we come!

2009-04-24T13:01:00.002+03:00

Hello all.

We can now honestly tell that we are coming to Varkaus. We will play support gig at Oscar's Family 20.5.2009 with Moonday. You can check their songs from www.moonday.fi. It will be hot hot hot night, I'll promise ;)

More info coming soon...

See ya,
-Madd

Two gig dates added!

2009-04-11T14:13:00.003+03:00

Hi again!

We are very happy to announce two awesome gig dates! Don't miss these!!!

16.5. Yläkaupungin Yö (Jyväskylä), Sohwi Tent, 22.00
1.8. Kokkola Rock Festival (more info coming later)

Big Boom weekend videos!

2009-04-07T13:57:00.002+03:00

Hello friends!

Make sure that you check out this video:

Anydoll Live at Big Boom 09

Winners were already announced in that point so the playing was bit rough on the edges and the instruments were bit out of tune too... =)

But hey, that's only rok n roll, right?

BIG BOOM 2009 WINNERS!

2009-04-05T23:50:00.003+03:00

Hi people.

This time Anydoll won the grand prize. Thanks everyone who gave their support to us and special thanks to Gina Fever who made awesome job behind the synths at these two Big Boom gigs! Grreat!

Sooner or later there will be crazy video rockumentary material from the 2009 Big Boom band competition. Let's wait and see if we can see a glimpse of Anydoll in it too?!?

See you
-Madd/Anydoll

Big Boom FINAL at Lutakko !

2009-04-05T11:40:00.003+03:00

Hi,

I'm happy to announce that Anydoll will be playing in Big Boom Final at Lutakko. Showtime for Anydoll is 18.20 and doors will open 16.30. No tickets.

More info: Bigboom.fi

See you there! We will have a real blast tonight!

Big Boom semifinal!

2009-03-25T13:43:00.002+02:00

The Big Boom band contest semifinal will take place @ Siltasali, Jyväskylä, 4th of April. And yes, Anydoll is included in the repertoire! Find out more: www.bigboom.fi.

And of course, be there!

-Anydoll

Even more video stuff...

2009-03-23T00:01:00.003+02:00

Welcome to a captivating, inspiring and touching journey which will go deep into the Private Show guitar recording sessions! Watch it if you dare.

The Bass Man

2009-03-08T12:10:00.002+02:00

Part two of the Private Show recording sessions... We spent some restless moments late at night recording the bass lines. And we did the usual thing: forgot to take photos or capture videos. Again we were just so focused on the songs that we got lost in space and time for a while. So instead, we made something else for you... A piece of a modern art, should I say...

-Chris

An Unfortunate Bass seriesMind the Cab series
A Friend of Mine series

A video clip for ya!!!

2009-03-01T18:51:00.003+02:00

Here it comes, clip No. 1 from the Private Show recording sessions! Includes a drum'n'bass sample of a new Anydoll song, Scarlett, check it out!!!

Big, Big Boom

2009-02-26T14:04:00.002+02:00

So here's what you all gotta do: click this link and vote for Anydoll in Big Boom '09 band contest! Got it? Thanks!

Big, big drum sounds!

2009-02-22T22:26:00.007+02:00

Yeeah! Report vol. 1 from the Private Show recording sessions. Drums are now on tape. Tight, noisy and big are the expressions. We decided to pack our stuff and head for a great sounding auditorium nearby. And we got just what we wanted: sounds that are (at some points) probably larger than life :)

Referring to the previous entry regarding the drum recording sessions, we REALLY recorded some video footage. It's something that we usually forget to do :) We'll upload the stuff here as soon as possible but before that, here are the photos.

Special thanks to our golden-eared audio engineer and a born entertainer Matthew "Bass" Clawlake!

Look out for the Avalanche!

2009-02-18T12:00:00.005+02:00

We have made a deal with Avalanche Music Marketing. So, if you hear the name Anydoll in the immediate future it's probably their fault!

-The Dolls

And here we go

2009-02-12T18:24:00.002+02:00

It's time to start recording the forthcoming Anydoll ep, Private Show! Tomorrow (Friday 13th of course) we'll begin with the drums. Go for it, Frankie. Hopefully we manage to capture some video footage or something... If we do, we'll surely share it with you :)

-Anydoll

Thank you, Heinävesi Rock City

2009-02-08T13:19:00.002+02:00

After a very long song-writing, pre-producing etc. session it was about time to play some live rock'n'roll again, right? Thank you Heinävesi, it was really a blast! What a great audience. For real.

Don't forget to check out the highlights from heinavesi.tv :)

-Anydoll

Merry Xmas, rockers!

2008-12-18T15:21:00.007+02:00

And a Happy New Year! While you're writing your letters to Mr. Santa, please pay attention to the Anydoll MySpace or to the mp3 player @ anydoll.net! Because there it is: Anydoll's christmas carol 2008, Leave All Behind!!!

Ok, it's not exactly a christmas carol but anyway, who cares? Leave All Behind is a state-of-the-art catch from the depths of our hard disk. It was recorded last spring in our headquarters (read: a small rehearsing room). We decided to forget our brains for a while (which wasn't so hard) and just play some rock'n'roll. As a result, the song is also known among the band as "The Beer Drinking Anthem" or, alternatively, as "C.S.I. Miami".

Behave, Santa Claus is coming to your town.

-Anydoll

Almost there

2008-11-30T15:27:00.013+02:00

I'll bet that barely no one could honestly say that we haven't raised our latest musical offspring careful enough. Seriously. Anydoll has spent the hole damn fall taming four new songs. Our very own Chinese Democracy, I should say. Let's hope that Dr. Pepper will pay attention to our stuff too :)

First we recorded, then re-recorded, then re-re-recorded, then listened the hole package and made a conclusion that it doesn't sound good enough, then found ourselves wondering in the middle of the square one again. And we went through this plot quite many times. But as a result, we are (finally) pretty sure, that our coming ep - named PRIVATE SHOW - will totally overtake your new shiny mp3 players and blow away the dirt from your little ears!

To be little more precise, we have spent most of the time tuning up the new Anydoll sound. We want to have a sound that no one else has, period. We want to be naive and believe that rock music can sound fresh and still be in that so called mainstream (what ever that f****** means). There will be a bunch of new elements in our new songs but we'll get back to those later on!

Last week we nearly finished writing the lyrics (man how tricky it can be), but there is still a lot of work to do before we can start recording the ep "for real". But, at all events, the new songs are on their way and they will be gorgeous :)

Love, peace, etc.
Chris

Not Here To Remain song of the week!

2008-10-13T20:38:00.002+03:00

Our lovely song was chosen as song of the week at mikseri.net (Finnish site). The songs from the Everything's Fine?-EP were uploaded to the site at the weekend and the administrators immediately chose Not Here To Remain on the front page of their site. It seems that they have liked it :)

While we are enjoying ourselves with the new stuff you can check how the critics of desibeli.net have treated our previous material (Reviews are in Finnish, sorry).

See ya
F"D"F

The beauty of pre-producing...

2008-09-15T11:20:00.002+03:00

Ok, here we go again. We have started pre-producing the new Anydoll EP. Four songs of new s***. Isn't it cool or what!?!?

In the case we are busy enough (of course we are...), we will add some photos and videos from our voyage of laughter and tears :)

And, of course, you will hear our new stuff sooner or later.

Take care,
Chris

Thank you Tampere!

2008-08-24T16:28:00.002+03:00

It was very fun to play at Otto-Poika Pub, Tampere yesterday. Place was crowded enough and the feeling was hot. Big thanks to Dogsafe for the support gig - you guys rock.

- Madd

Elorock 2008

2008-08-12T10:30:00.002+03:00

Jeeah. The show still must go on. You can't get rid of us even though you wanted to! Hah. Next sunday it is time for Elorock 2008 in the metropol of Keuruu, central Finland, Europe.

Be there. It will be soooo cooool, baby...

-C

Tomorrow the show must go on !

2008-08-05T17:14:00.003+03:00

Hi,

It's time tune up our instruments and start groovin'

Tomorrow we will play at Poppari, Jyväskylä. The show will begin at 21.30-22.00. Tickets will be 3 or 5 €, can't remember ... but I bet you guys won't be that short of cash, right?

I hope that rally weekend didn't drink all of your juices and you are still standing tall and make it to the Poppari. I hope that I see lot of rockers out there. Three or four new songs will be added to our set so there's another good reason to come and see us on the huge stage of Poppari... !

Welcome.

- Madd / Anydoll

10 000 it is!

2008-07-02T13:21:00.001+03:00

What a great start for the day! Over 10 000 visitors @ Anydoll MySpace! Thank you, keep it going!!!

-Chris

2008-06-25T16:50:00.002+03:00

Gig cancelled!

Due to a force majour situation our gig next friday @ Pub Red Bike is cancelled. Hopefully we'll play there any time soon!

-Anydoll

Last Thing I Remember plays on radio waves!!!

2008-06-04T13:46:00.003+03:00

Hey,

Last Thing I Remember makes its radio debut at Ylex X-Ryhmä. Our song was picked up from Kellari, a part of the new Ylex website. Great start for a summer, don't you think?

Here's the link to the show

Our song plays at 2h 32min 20sec so be careful =)

- Madd

ANYDOLL is: Writing, training, recording and rocking!

2008-05-27T15:07:00.008+03:00

Hey hey hey-y!

Okay. It's been totally silent at the Anydoll camp...

...NOT ! ! !

...Actually we've been working really hard. We have been writing, training and recording new songs. Not sure what will be next in the schedule maybe some sort of release at the end of this year or beginning of the next year, who knows. But I can give you one promise: The new songs will rock YOU really HARD when they are ready. That's for sure.

See you.

Madd / Anydoll

Ice hockey - Anydoll - ice hockey...

2008-05-08T11:41:00.010+03:00

Hi,

We were quite surprised that our song "Last Thing I Remember" was played as a background music in the Ice hockey World Championship TOP5 goal special.

Nice.

Thanks Anssi & Jyri / Yle.

Check the video from Yle Areena:

VIDEO

- Madd

Well-written, epic, high-quality...

2008-05-05T16:34:00.004+03:00

Not Here To Remain features in the latest issue of Future Music (www.futuremusic.co.uk)!

Cheers to friendly people in the UK, seems that they've liked our stuff :)

-Chris

Few words about net statistics...

2008-05-03T21:59:00.002+03:00

Hello everybody!

I'm very glad to inform you that www.anydoll.net had 739 unique visitors at our netsite last month. It is the best visitor count so far!

Thank you everybody for visiting!

- Madd

Urbandplayground competition is over.

2008-04-24T17:54:00.003+03:00

Hey hey hey heyyy...!

Urbandplayground competition is now over.

Anydoll didn't win, Anydoll was sixth.

Thanks for all the voters...

See ya,
- Madd

Report from Henry's Pub

2008-04-23T15:58:00.004+03:00

Hello folks,

It was heated yesterday evening at Henry's Pub Kuopio. We didn't make it to the finals at this band contest but what a hell it was grrreat to be there playin' proud'n'loud.

Thanks for staff at Henry's, Matthew Clawlake for mixing and Restaurant Isä Camillo for foods.

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Setlist:

1. Last Thing I Remember
2. Everything's Fine
3. White Wedding
4. Not Here to Remain
5. I Grow

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- Madd

You win or you lose...

2008-04-20T13:14:00.003+03:00

Hi,

This time no victory for Anydoll at Big Boom semifinal. Still it was very nice trip to Oulu.

Thanks to everyone at Big Boom staff, mixer Vili, Laivue, Ravage Machinery and Rainbowcrash. Special thanks to bar Kulma, nice flaming drinks you got there and Kemppainen from Firestation. =)

Hmmm... and well thanks for judges... nah... ;)

Next time Anydoll parties will be held at Henry's Pub Kuopio. It will be tuesday evening 22.4.2008. See you there!

- Madd

Urbandplayground: Anydoll video online!!!

2008-04-05T23:41:00.004+03:00

Hello all,

Check this link and you will see our video from Urbandplayground final:

URBANDPLAYGROUND VIDEO

Check out the video and give us a vote !!!

Thnx.

- Madd / Anydoll

Vote for us!

2008-03-30T21:29:00.002+03:00

Anydoll will be playing live @ Narinkkatori, Helsinki next Saturday, April 5th, in Urband Playground band contest final! Check to from www.urbandplayground.com! Song #3 in our set will be filmed and recorded, so you can watch it, listen it and vote it.

So, thanks beforehand!

Good news!

2008-03-24T18:23:00.003+02:00

We made it to the semifinals in Big Boom 2008 band contest! Our semifinal will be held April 17th in Oulu. Check more info from www.bigboom.fi.

AND: also check out the new Anydoll comic:
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