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miércoles, 1 de octubre de 2008

Minutos Musicales: The Lodger

Estimados,
hoy os ofrecemos otro de esos grupos con solera que provienen del Reino Unido: The Lodger
Tienen 2 discos bajo sus espaldas y ya han realizado diversos tours con éxito por Japón.

En Noviembre tienen previsto hacer una gira intensiva por Alemania y quien sabe si algún día se pasarán por nuestro país. Su referencia más clara es que este año estuvieron tocando en el festival Indietracks... con esto te lo digo todo.

"The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside an LS6 bedsit.

After 3 sold-out limited 7s and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, the group released their debut album “Grown-Ups”, produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007 on Angular Records in the UK, Slumberland Records in the US, Fabtone in Japan and Speak N Spell in Australia.

Critical acclaim for the album followed, particularly on the blogs; the band have featured heavily on the elbo.ws charts since the release along with heavy rotation on US college radio and other stations worldwide.

The album was voted as 62nd best of 2007 on www.amazon.com and 95th in Woxy.com's Top 97 of '07.

The Lodger completed their first tour of the USA in October 2007 and then entered the studio to record their 2nd album in November.

After touring Europe with The Long Blondes in early 2008, the group's second album "Life is Sweet" was released in May 2008. Over the summer The Lodger are playing a couple of festivals and embark on their first tour of Japan, alongside rehearsing new songs for their third as-yet-untitled album, which they intend to record before the year is out."


Grupo: The Lodger
Disco: Life Is Sweet
Año: 2008
Web oficial: http://www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds y http://www.thelodgersblog.blogspot.com/
Canciones destacadas: The Conversation, My Finest Hour, The Good Old Days y A Her´s Welcome



martes, 30 de octubre de 2007

Minutos Musicales: Good Shoes

Estimados,
menuda semana esta de eventos.... !Un no parar!

Hoy toca presentaros un grupo de Londres (como tantos otros) de 4 miembros que inició su andadura por 2004 aunque hasta la fecha sólo han publicado el disco que hoy os presento.

Su lider Rhys Jones y el guitarrista Steve Leach solían tocar y escribir música como hobby hasta que un día decidieron, a raiz de tocar un par de temas en un festival, que debían formalizar este hobby y crear una banda en condiciones. Por ello se unieron Tom Jones (hermano del lider) y Joel Cox (amigos del resto). A partir de aquí comienza su trayectoria dando conciertos en 2005 y el hecho más destacable es la publicación de su único disco en marzo de este año.

"The band started looking for gigs in January 2005, their first gig was put on by a friend at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge University on 1 February.[citation needed] Their second was at a secret party on Eel Pie Island with Mystery Jets and from then on they played as many gigs as possible in and around London. This led to them playing the Artrocker clubnight in August put on by Artrocker Magazine. At this gig, the band were recommended to their current label, Brille Records by a member of the band FC Kahuna, and after playing In The City music festival in Manchester they signed with Brille in November 2005. John Kennedy (a DJ at London-based radio station Xfm) started to give the band airtime based on a demo which was recorded in the bands shed[citation needed], and a new demo, recorded at Southern Studios started to get the band recgonition from stations like Radio 1, 6 Music and other mainstream radio stations, with both Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe playing the demo.

The band travelled to Malmö, Sweden to record their first album, called Think Before You Speak, with Per Sunding at Tambourine Studios. It was released 26 March 2007.

On 28 May 2007, the band performed a secret free gig at Morden Park bandstand. The bandstand and other landmarks from the local area are featured in the video for their next single "Morden", released on 11 June 2007."


Grupo: Good Shoes
Disco: Think Before You Speak
Año: 2007
Web oficial: http://www.goodshoes.co.uk/
Canciones destacadas: Blue Eyes, Nazanin, Morden, Photos y In the City