Aversionline on The End Will Be Kicks and Aerial, two of my favorite bands: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/06/sweden-never-stops-being-awesome.html

The video for "Time is on fire" from Aerial is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm15BfD54gY

Nomethod has revealed that besides from new full-length albums and digital singles from both Mixtapes & Cellmates and Aerial, they'll be doing a comp this winter featuring a large cast of exciting Scandinavian artists. Names confirmed so far include Bobby Baby, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Kuryakin, Most Valuable Players, Aerial, Tar...Feathers, Echo Is Your Love, Cat Burglar, Penny Century, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns, Otur, Audrey and KVLR. More details to come!

Profile: Aerial

Podcast: Q1 highlights

Nomethod is offering a special deal to people interested in buying the new Aerial CD: http://nomethod.se/
It's one of the better CDs I've heard in 2006, so you can't go wrong when there's a free CD from The End Will Be Kicks added to the mix.

Aerial
Black rain from the bombing
Nomethod

I never cared for the term "post-rock," and I can't believe such an unimaginative phrase is used as a designation for so much great stuff. But okay, that's the banner under which Swedish rockers Aerial will find themselves placed, as they play long, rousing, atmospheric, guitar-based songs with minimal vocals. They're damn good, too, and there's a whirlwind of aural activity blowing through each of the four tunes on this CD. Think Sonic Youth meets Motorpsycho, or something like that. "A limbless stare" has a punk sort of fury to it (lyrics really aren't important, and you can't decipher most of them anyway, as they're mixed low), and the creatively titled "Yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey" is 13 minutes of blazing, densely textured guitar angst. One major complaint: you can barely hear the bass on most of this record; what's up with that, guys? It seriously diminishes the power of the first two tracks, particularly. This music screams for a more balanced rhythm section. But I dig the epic scope of Aerial's sound, and they seem like the kind of band that are only gonna grow more and more exciting over time.
- Kevin Renick

Hey old-timers! CDs now in stock for The End Will Be Kicks, Aerial, QMGR and The Skull Defekts. You want your music on a slab of plastic, I got it.

Happy February - the new record of the month is the "Tokpela" from Closer. It was a dead-heat between them and Aerial for the coveted top spot, but I had to go with the exclusive release that's only for sale here. Don't let me discourage you though - both bands are most definitely worth your time (and money). And for all you folks who missed out on last month's exclusive Kristofer Åström paid download: you snooze, you lose. The limited time offer is over.

Now available in the webstore as a paid download: Aerial - Black rain from the bombing
Four songs, thirty-six minutes of Swedish post-rock excellence. The band will be playing a special record release party at the premiere of Klubb Goo in Västerås on February 3.

Check out an e-card for the new Aerial album "Black rain from the bombing", out tomorrow on Nomethod: http://www.nomethod.se/Ecard/Ecard060131.htm
As I said before, this is one of 2006's first great releases. The record will be available here as a paid download with physical copies arriving in stock eventually.

New track today from Aerial, one of the first signings to the new label (The method of) Nomethod. No disrespect to QGMR whose "No language" EP comes out tomorrow as the label's first release (available here as a cheap paid download), but Aerial is the band that grabbed my attention. The band's four-song album "Black rain from the bombing" (yes, four loooong songs) doesn't come out until the end of the month, but I'm just too excited about it to wait that long. The label compares them to Mono and Sonic Youth with elements of "Blizzard"-era Motorpsycho, but I'm also hearing touches of classic Swedish indie like Him Kerosene. Post-guitar-rock? Anyhow, the riffs on this thing are monstrous. So many beautiful twisted patterns, weaving in and out of one another. 2006's first great release. For you lucky folk in Stockholm, be sure to check out both Aerial and QGMR at the free Nomethod showcase at Sjöhästen on February 11. Flyer here.

MP3: Aerial - Time is on fire

New track today from Aerial, one of the first signings to the new label (The method of) Nomethod. No disrespect to QGMR whose "No language" EP comes out tomorrow as the label's first release (available here as a cheap paid download), but Aerial is the band that grabbed my attention. The band's four-song album "Black rain from the bombing" (yes, four loooong songs) doesn't come out until the end of the month, but I'm just too excited about it to wait that long. The label compares them to Mono and Sonic Youth with elements of "Blizzard"-era Motorpsycho, but I'm also hearing touches of classic Swedish indie like Him Kerosene. Post-guitar-rock? Anyhow, the riffs on this thing are monstrous. So many beautiful twisted patterns, weaving in and out of one another. 2006's first great release. For you lucky folk in Stockholm, be sure to check out both Aerial and QGMR at the free Nomethod showcase at Sjöhästen on February 11. Flyer here.

Aerial - Time is on fire

2006 release schedule for upstart indie label Nomethod:

01/10 - QGMR - No Language EP
01/31 - Aerial - Black rain from the bombing CD
02/27 - The giant's dream - Idiomatic allograph EP
03/13 - KVLR - Swan Songs EP
04/24 - v/a - It´s the method of Nomethod's Summer CD

Upstart indie label (The method of) Nomethod has announced yet another signing: The Giant's Dream, an offshoot act of their first signing Aerial. In other Nomethod-related news, I'll soon be adding their releases to the webstore as paid downloads.