The Culture Of Me — The new single from Bergen, Norway's Casiokids, a group that we've lost our shit to a few times before, is a delightfully sharp and simple song called "Finn Bikkjen!" and the guys just shot a video for the track, a... more info

Nialler9 — You’ll know this tune if you’ve seen Casiokids live at all this year. ‘Finn Bikkjen!’ is infectious and bouncy Scandanavian synth-pop at its best. The glacial falsetto manages inflect the song with some genuine pathos but for all I know, the ... more info

The Music Fix — News: Casiokids have announced details of a UK tour. Tipped by many to hit the big time this year, the band undertake a fairly extensive outing that finishes at Bestival in October. The dates are: MAY 10 - Colchester, Art Centre 11 - Cardiff, Buffa... more info

JamBase — THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL MAY 14, 15, 16 2009 - BRIGHTON 4th YEAR OF EUROPE'S PREMIER NEW MUSIC EVENT 3 DAYS / 34 VENUES / 300 OF THE WORLD'S BEST NEW BANDS Evan Dando With a deserved reputation for unearthing the music scene's most excit... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jacob Blickenstaff "There's plenty of retro, synth-driven pop here at SXSW. We've already discussed Little Boots and missed other acts such as Tigercity. Add the Casio Kids to the list, whose afternoon performance was their 10th in the... more info

Music Mule — mp3: Casiokids - Togens Hule Casiokids are from Norway and sing in Norwegian. A novel concept when you think of all the other popular Scandinavians of recent years (The Concretes, Peter, Bjorn & John, Lykke Li, etc). Highly danceable indie rock with ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir DOWNLOAD: Casiokids - Fot I Hose (Axemax Remix) (MP3) Slow Club Sunday (3/15) night's pre-SXSW show at the new venue Cameo in Brooklyn had the impressive lineup of Norway's Casiokids, and England's Mumford and Sons and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Norway's Casiokids are in the middle of their 2009 NYC-to-SXSW run of shows, and I forgot to mention yesterday that they also have one more NYC show left before heading to Austin. You can catch them... more info

The Culture Of Me — We couldn't get ourselves together in time to make it out this year to Austin for SXSW (no money, no problems right?), but we have to say this: if you don't have a badge and you still want to party better than pretty much anyone else in the entir... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — In 2009 to be a band is a precarious occupation. Unless you’ve got synths, Joy Division’s back catalogue or a lead singer called Bono this year isn’t looking great, particularly for the humble indie band. That is until you hear F... more info