
The Lodger are a three-piece indie outfit from Leeds who make treble-y indie pop tunes with great success. Actual success is still awaiting them, but after just completing a tour with The Long Blondes , and an album Grown Ups sometime out this March, it might yet come along. As the new album contains some re-recorded early tracks, they've rather nicely put all their original 7" releases up for download on their website. To save the hassle, I picked a few of the best of the eight available [...]

The Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, and Iceland have sent many artists to entertain at previous SXSW festivals, but this year is especially good. This is a collection of all the Nordic bands and artists I could find appearing at SXSW. This is by no means all of them... although you surely can't quibble at forty-five free mp3s, can you? David and The Citizens (Sweden - pictured above) a heart and a hand and the love for a band big Chill let's not fall apart [...]

"Let's make a pact To bleed them all dry And let's make a treaty To make them feel guilty And make them all cry." Since this is our first real post of the new year, we'd like to take the easy way out and re-introduce you to one of our favorites: The Lodger . We've been going on about these guys for over a year, and it's really about time that you started catching on. We have a theory. We have a lot of theories, and they're all pretty much inarguable, [...]

The Lodger have made a selection of early recordings available as a free download. The Leeds based indie posters who are currently recording tracks for their debut album have made seven songs available all taken from early singles and compilation appearances between 2004 and 2005. The songs are: Getting Special Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion Not So Fast Unsatisfied Watching We Come From The Same Place You Got Me Wrong [...]