The New Wine on tour

Norway's The New Wine are currently on tour in Europe and blogging as they go: http://thenewwine.tumblr.com/

Nordic by Nature + Karrera Klub = I'm from Scandinavia

Belin-based clubnights Nordic by Nature and Karrera Klub have teamed up for a new monthly event called "I'm from Scandinavia" which will make its premiere on April 2 at Festsaal Kreuzberg with live performances from The New Wine and Degrees.

New Wine November tour

Norway's The New Wine are touring in November:

11/03 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
11/04 - Merleyn, Nijmegen (NL)
11/05 - Magnet Club (Club NME), Berlin (GER)
11/08 - Café Video, Gent (BEL)
11/09 - Zum Teufel, Heidelberg (GER)
11/10 - Cairo, Würzburg (GER)
11/11 - Hive, Zürich (CH)
11/12 - Dqliq, Luxemburg (LUX)
11/13 - Kassablanca, Jena (GER)
11/26 - Fleche D'or, Paris (FRA)
11/27 - Cargo (Les Festival Boréales), Caen (FRA)

The New Wine - Delete, rewind

Norwegian synthrock hype The New Wine have a new track up at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/newwinemusic

Popfest = new Norwegian festival

Kristiansand, Norway will play host to a new festival this year in June, the self-explanatory Popfest. Confirmed artists include Hypertext, Moddi, The New Wine, Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson and others. Read more: http://www.popfest.no/

Festival report: By:Larm 2010 (day 2, more)

Nö Music interviews The New Wine

Nö Music talks to The New Wine and tries to get them to bad-mouth as many other bands as possible: http://www.nomusicmedia.com/2009/06/28/the-new-wine-talking-shit-at-hove/

Download free music from The New Wine

Norwegian indie act The New Wine is offering up a few tracks for free download: http://newwinemusic.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/free-downloads/
The band is currently touring Europe as support for The Whitest Boy Alive.

Øya Festival Showcase
Live @ the Bell House, Brooklyn 03/16/2009

Co-presented with NYC showlist stalwart Oh My Rockness, the Øya Festival brought burgeoning Norwegian pop acts The New Wine and Casiokids to the city on their way down to Austin for SXSW. Casiokids had built up some hype in the fall after heralded CMJ performances; however this was the US debut by The New Wine, who played slick pop music with a danceable beat and easy comparisons to NYC's Tigercity. They got the crowd moving with their catchy songs and standout vocals and keyboards. Casiokids closed out the show with a set of dance-pop and delivered a very high energy set, both in terms of tempo and stage movements. I had also been unfamiliar with them prior to attending, and the only song I recognized was their encore cover of Familjen's mighty "Det snurrar i min skalle". Overall, this showcase did well to promote the music happening in Norway at the moment and give the audience an idea of the more localized acts playing at Øya in August.
- Matt Giordano

This year's Scandinavian lineup at the Great Escape

Scandinavians representing at this year's Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England include team Norway: The New Wine, Harrys Gym, Thomas Dybdhal, Casiokids, I Was A King, Tommy Tokyo and Starving For My Gravy and Datarock; Sweden: The Deer Tracks, A Sad Day for Puppets and Dag for Dag; Finland: TV Off and Jaakko and Jay; and finally, repping for Iceland: Hjaltalín and Lay Low. Details: http://www.escapegreat.com/

Casiokids and The New Wine to play US Øya Fest showcases

As with last year, Norway's Øya Festival is teaming up with Oh My Rockness to send over a couple bands to play showcases in NYC and at SXSW. This year's picks are Casiokids and The New Wine and the shows are as follows:

03/16 - Bell House, NYC w/Anamanaguchi, Kittens Ablaze
03/19 - Habana Annex Backyard, Austin (SXSW) w/Max Tundra, Wavves, more

Both acts are also playing a bunch of other showcases at SXSW, so keep your eyes peeled.

April tourdates for The Whitest Boy Alive

The Whitest Boy Alive is touring Europe in April with support from fellow Norwegians The New Wine:

04/03 - Centraltheater Hinterbuehne, Leipzig (GER)
04/04 - Kassablanca, Jena (GER)
04/05 - Muffathalle, München (GER)
04/06 - Manufaktur, Schorndorf (GER)
04/07 - Hive Club, Zürich (CH)
04/09 - Zakk, Düsseldorf (GER)
04/10 - Motel Mozaique @ Watt, Rotterdam (NL)
04/11 - Secret show tba
04/12 - Mousonturm, Frankfurt (GER)
04/12 - Aftershowparty tba, Frankfurt (GER)
04/14 - AB Box, Brussels (BEL)
04/15 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
04/16 - Scala, London (UK)
04/18 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester (UK)
04/22 - Astra, Berlin (GER)
04/23 - Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg (GER)
04/24 - Train, Aarhus (DK)
04/25 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)

Renown Norwegian labels Smalltown Supersound and Telle Records will be teaming up for a clubnight at Cargo in London on December 11. In addition to live music from Diskjokke and The New Wine, Hot Hot Hot DJs (ft. Telle label founder Mikael Telle and DJ Asel) and STSS mainman Joakim Haugland will also spin records.