GETTING DRUNK ON THE NEW WINE

Like Erlend Oye’s The Whitest Boy Alive…on a budget

Photo: www.myspace.com/newwinemusic

MP3: The New Wine - “Revolving Cylinder” (from MySpace EP, 2009)

our months into the new year, I think it’s safe to say 2009 has already found its sound. So far we’ve heard Passion Pit’s huge, gooey synths, Phoenix’s palm muted guitar licks and, now, Norway’s The New Wine — a quartet who’s wrangled all these sexy sonances into one EP.

Given away to fans via a free digital download on MySpace, this self-released untitled EP possesses a certain charm none of the aforementioned bands do. There aren’t any children’s choruses or slick producers here. Rather The New Wine’s output is content to be lo-fi dance-punk, thanks mostly to what has got to be a starter Casio — much like the one your penny-pinching parents probably gave you on your 9th birthday in hopes of you becoming a musical prodigy someday. Though lo-fi can be a deceiving word, think Erlend Oye’s The Whitest Boy Alive…on a budget. The two bands are actually good friends. Check out this video of TNW covering TWBA’s “Golden Cage”:

Available for download today is the EP’s final track “Revolving Cylinder.” Here The New Wine uses that kids’ electric piano to dance with a slinking bass line that backs up bright, shiny guitars, Phoenix-like palm mutes, and, duh, a disco beat.

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4:22pm Dance-Punk, Erlend Oye, Norway
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FLASHBACK: FAMED RÖYKSOPP VIDEO ILLUSTRATOR ANIMATES LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Tomas Nilsson, winner of the 2002 MTV Europe Music award for “Best Music Video,” is back, unfortunately not for Royksopp’s latest LP

Photo: www.royksopp.com

t’s been a few weeks since Röyksopp’s third LP, Junior, leaked and despite its strong line-up of guest vocalists, I’ve concluded it’s a snore. So, let’s take today to harken back to a time when the Norwegian duo released not only interesting downtempo music but also interesting music videos that coincided with 2001’s Melody A.M. While that debut spawned four wonderful singles, only the third one, “Remind Me,” was animated by Tomas Nilsson. Nilsson, a design student at Sweden’s Linköping University, took us on a fascinating, day-long British commute using infographics to illustrate in fine detail how our daily objects (alarm clock, toilet, cereal, train, escalator) and environment (weather patterns) all function.



Nilsson is finally back. Earlier this month the animator returned with a new class project that took on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Again, breaking things down to even the cost of Red’s bottle of wine, we see Nilsson’s engrossing use of infographics. Who knew Grandma was so high in fiber?

10:42am Music Video, Director, Trip-Hop, Dance, Norway
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