Fram kom í fréttaauka Baggalúts á Rás 2 þann 25. nóv sl. að hljómsveitin Æla væri besta hljómsveit landsins um þessar mundir og að hún myndi örugglega ekki hita upp fyrir House Band og Magna í Laugardagshöll...

ODD-MEN-OUT MAKE THE NIGHT

Saturday night at Grand Rokk featured a load of home-grown metal acts, all whom showed off their impressive chops and skull-rattling riffs but ultimately served to set the stage for hometown heroes AELA, who were both the odd-band-out and a satisfying surprise for the handful of out-of-towners in the audience.[...]

[...] AELA were clearly the evenings main attraction, and for a good reason. They came on like an Icelandic version of the Minutemen, with the tuxedo-clad singer climbed on tables and yelped over warped jazz grooves, rubbery punk-funk and spidery guitar flourishes. One song kicked off with an eerie minor key groove that could have been featured in some 60s spy movie, morphed into a cracked country shuffle, then back again, all in less then 90 seconds. Many of AELAs very short songs felt like dadaist anthems - but between their nuanced arthouse stomp and the singers cracked David Byrne declamation, they were a hoot and a half.

-Christian Hoard for Grapevine Airwaves Daily, Sunday, october 23. 2005

**Cristian Hoard has contributed to the Village Voice, Salon.com, the Metro Times, the All Music Guide and The Rolling Stone magazine