Nomethod top 10 + new single from First Love, Last Rites

Nomethod lists their top album picks for the year and also gives you the new First Love, Last Rites single "I'm gone" as a free download: http://nomethod.se/?p=304

Nomethod December single preview

Nomethod has posted sample tunes from their two new singles coming out this month, "I'm gone" from First Love, Last Rites and "Bear" by In These Woods: http://nomethod.se/?p=270

Musik med Nina Kinert, PSL i Umeå

Live music with Nina Kinert at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/11/19/musik-med-nina-kinert/
Also! PSL has been spending time in Umeå and they stopped by the new shop run by friend and "former Starmarket superstar" Magnus Öberg (Nomethod/KVLR): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/11/19/our-favourite-shop-nomethod-butiken/

Robert Svensson
You're a wasteland, honey
Nomethod

I could easily sum this review up in one sentence: Robert Svensson has crafted the best record of 2010.

As I sneak up on thirty, I worry, much more so than in my younger years, that whatever visceral, overpowering connection I once had with music is slipping -- the records that were going to tear right into me have already done so; everything else is going to be an echo of those experiences. "You're a wasteland, honey", however, tore right into me. Listening to the record, I couldn't help but remember falling in love with Bruce Springsteen's "Born to run" in the mid-'90s while my peers at British boarding school were enraptured by Brit Pop, though this parallels my experience with Robert Svensson's most recent offering, it doesn't mock the occasion.

While I enjoyed Svensson's "Beat EP", I worried that it signaled his future trajectory, with bands such as Bloc Party already demonstrating how the allure of electronic music can unravel even the most talented of musicians. "You're a wasteland, honey", thankfully, is the fitting follow up to Svensson's fantastic debut, "Young punks are on the never-never". Everything I enjoyed about that first record is improved upon with "...wasteland". It's been a while since the release of a record that after the fifth or sixth listen I am not just skipping to my favorite tracks, often leaving more than half of the album behind; there is nothing to leave behind here. The record is effortlessly brilliant throughout, demonstrating how Svensson's many strengths and talents have developed since his gorgeous "Young punks..". Hands down, this is the record of the year, and the first in a while, perhaps since Laakso's "My gods" or Shout Out Louds' "Our ill wills", that has made such a profound impact on me.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

First Love, Last Rites album details

Nomethod has confirmed that First Love, Last Rites' self-titled debut will be released on January 5 and will be available on 12" vinyl or as a paid download. The LP of course, comes with a download code. Cover and tracklist: http://nomethod.se/?p=221

Simian Ghost - Transparent is ok (video)

"Transparent is OK" is the 3rd single off Simian Ghost's forthcoming album "Infinite traffic everywhere", due out November 29 via Nomethod. Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVqlJdjhB0

Simian Ghost album preview

Check out an e-card preview for the new Simian Ghost album "Infinite traffic everywhere", due out November 29 via Nomethod: http://www.simianghost.com/

Nomethod goes brick + mortar

Nomethod will be opening a physical retail outlet for records + clothes in Umeå: http://nomethod.se/?p=154
If Deleted Art/Rundgång can do it in Malmö, I don't see why it won't work up north.

In These Woods to Nomethod

Nomethod has picked up Swedish indierockers In These Woods (as first premiered here) and will be releasing the band's self-titled debut EP on December 13. Read more/hear another sample tune: http://nomethod.se/?p=120

Robert Svensson - You're a wasteland e-card

Check out an e-card for the forthcoming Robert Svensson album "You're a wasteland, honey", coming soon via Nomethod: http://www.nomethod.se/honey/
4 songs for preview plus one for new single "Runaway", due for official release on October 6.

First Love, Last Rites - Slow wind

Nomethod is giving away First Love, Last Rites' new single "Slow wind" as a free download in exchange for a tweet or Facebook post: http://www.tweetforatrack.com/FirstLoveLastRites

Nomethod fall release schedule

Nomethod has announced their upcoming release schedule:

09/01 - Aerial – Black rain from the bombing [digital only + remastered + 1 bonus track]
09/13 - First Love, Last Rites – Slow wind [digital single + video]
09/13 - Simian Ghost – Sequenced dreams of independence [digital single]
10/06 - Robert Svensson – The madness [digital single + video]
10/26 - Robert Svensson – You're a wasteland honey [LP]
11/11 - Simian Ghost – Sequenced dreams of independence [LP]
tba - Love is a Burning Thing [LP]
tba - First Love, Last Rites [LP]

Mixtapes & Cellmates
Rox
Nomethod

Returning late last year with their proper second record, Mixtapes & Cellmates have improved in every aspect. Whilst their debut and prior EPs were restrained in their reflective qualities, "Rox" sees them invert that. Could it all be the addition of a drummer? Or could it be the leaps and bounds frontman Robert Svensson has made as a songwriter (as evident on his solo debut)? I believe it's that, and the band coming together as a whole. Theor love of early 90s noisy shoegaze is exemplified on songs such as"Soon", "Rain, letters, memories" and "The lesser half of cynical boys", as is the influence of 80s British guitar pop on "Sunday", "All of the above" and "Soft eyes". What set this apart from their comtemporaries whose output may be similar is that Mixtapes take it all a bit further, adding that bit more screeching guitar notes and maxing out their phase pedals. Everything on this has a bit more emphasis, and it all melds together into blissful music.
- Matt Giordano

New Aerial single plus Nomethod sampler on the way

Aerial will be releasing "Vacant dreamers" as a new single on July 8, complete with video. Their label Nomethod has also announced that they'll be releasing a new sampler, their first ever, that same day: http://robertsvensson.com/nomethod/?p=39
Three previously unreleased tracks from the likes of Simian Ghost, Love Is a Burning Thing and The Giant's Dream plus a whole lotta great Swedish indierock.

Robert Svensson
Beat EP
Nomethod

The "Beat EP" is a bizarre three-track journey, even for indie pop wunderkind Robert Svensson: the title track and closer "Unpredictable" elicit memories of the '90s rave scene with their piano stabs and driving electronic undercurrents, while sandwiched in the middle is "Talk", a gorgeously layered, slower track more akin to reflective M83 than to dancehall destined remixes of Shout Out Louds (and there is definitely some common ground to be found between "Impossible" and "Unpredictable"). With the exception of "Talk" and the inspired breakdown towards the end of "Unpredictable", the "Beat EP" is not quite of the same caliber as "Young punks are on the never-never". That said, this EP is two parts dancehall exhilaration and one part hauntingly introspective ( "Talk", while perhaps misplaced on this EP, is a brilliant track), and charming the whole way through.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson