
At the moment, I'm reading Tom Holland's "Millennium", which concerns itself with the history of Europe from the Dark Ages through the millennium (at 1000AD, not the one nine years ago). One of the fascinating little nuggets of information that he's so good at peppering his books with was about the Viking invasion and settlement of northern England. Apparently, despite our perception that the Vikings were a smelly, rampaging horde of barbarians, they bathed once a week, wore eyeliner and took a lot of care over their hair. This, of course, made them rather popular with the [...]
Aerial Aerial - All Refrain (video) Références musicales : Athlete, Doves, Pavement Aerial - All refrain (mp3) Usually, pop bands begin their career with simple and efficient melodies. Then they get bored and experiment a little towards less immediate music. Aerial did the other way around, between the last time I mentionned them in 2006 and today. From post-rock, they have turned into pop. I did not expect that. How come? There [...]

Sweden's Aerial will release their new single "All Refrain" on Sept.7 on Nomethod records. The band have been working on their third album "put it this way in the headlines" for the last 3 years, and it is ready for release this fall.The new album will come with a limited edition DVD which will include the whole Aerial backcatalogue (2 albums and one EP) as well as a mini tourdocumentary and all their older videos. Here is the new single, both as an mp3 and on video: Aerial [...]