What would psychedelic rock sound, if the "rock" was removed completely? If there were no guitar fuzz, no vocals soaked in reverb with trippy lyrics or not even drums? One answer to this question is Acid Attack by S. Ahola.

Last year, Matti T released his debut Distraction EP. He's going on with the theme by releasing Distracted Mind EP. It's a finely crafted set of soothing and crackling tunes. And what's more, it includes a killer remix from Folkhälsan (who should put out a new release, too, if you ask us).

Noisy, drony sound collages, that's what Weathered by Roman Catholic Skulls is about, and we're pretty damn proud to have the opportunity to release it.

Now, don't take this as a suggestion to not buy the glorious white 12" vinyl EP, but Glycosaminoglycan Sulodexide (siko-026) by AER20-200 is now available as a free download.

New release, Distraction EP (siko-029), from a new Siko artist, Matti T, is out today. It will make you sleep, in a good way.

Corroded Master is the latest offspring of the ever-growing Siko family. His evil sounds makes me think he might be a problem child. I dare you to listen to Flesh of God.

Jussi Tarvainen, the director of the upcoming Sikofest documentary, and Helmi Kajaste have released a midnight movie double feature Musta hanska (Black Glove) consisting of two short films and two mock trailers.

I made the music for Kaksonen (The Twin) and Drn Drn cooked a steaming hot jam for Cocktease, both by Jussi. The parts by Helmi are called Pleksit (Wasted) and Uskon sisaret (Sisters in Faith).

There's no dialogue, so you can enjoy them without knowing Finnish.

Watch Musta hanska on Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/17954268

Like this world wasn't already vile enough a place, the hardcore punk outfit Turkka have decided to put out a live recording. Lohja EP was recorded last August at Sikofest. No, listening to the record doesn't make up for your absence from the actual event, but if you were there, you can cherish the moments of pain you went through with the rest of the audience (all of whom are listed on the CD inlay).

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Okay, this is just ridiculously cool, awesome, wicked, or whatever the kids say these days. AER20-200 has made a stunningly good four-track EP Glycosaminoglycan Sulodexide, and it is packed in a super-mega-luxus laser-cut cardboard sleeve and pressed on a white 12" vinyl. And somehow Siko Records got the chance to release this spectacle!

The music itself is hard to describe, but it's something like glitch (but less academic) or IDM (but less pompous) or ambient (but more dynamic).

Two of the tracks are available as free downloads on Last.fm, but to listen to the thing properly, I suggest…

Two new releases: Talkoot by Folkhälsan (almost 26 years of age) and 1 by QR (almost one year of age).

On Talkoot, Folkhälsan takes a step further from glitch towards the recent bass music from UK. We'd call it UK funky, if his origins didn't clash with the genre tag. SF funky?

QR has recorded a ten-minute set of jazzy improv. What did you do at his age? Not recordings, I suspect.