Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
There was music going on that Sunday, but I opted for something a little different. Three words. Fucking Roller Derby. A couple of us spent most of the afternoon sipping some margharita’s and red bull coolers. The Meligrove Band were there, Eric from V2, Endearing Records and Ryder from White Whale. I checked the local […]
Music in Haiku. Sliversun Pickups Played me great music in the rain Kissing Families You, Jason Collett sang well to distracted ears I was listening Six Decoder Rings Again impressed me with Lush music and film Jose Gonzalez Must now love bouncy balls and Bravia TVs. Jade Tree found Snowden I loved Anti Anti live […]
Stop number one. The Australian Party at Brush square. Caught the last song from Decoder Ring. Checked my watch to make sure it was past 12pm, had a beer. And so on. Stop number two. The Paste party. Great magazine, always a good party every year at SXSW. They had this cheese sauce…. wow. It […]
I only saw 8 bands that day. That seems a little low for SXSW. This one is short and sweet. Big ups to these bands. Calla. Go to that site and ‘It Dawned On Me’ will start playing. Sounds kind of like Dandy Warhals. Inward Eye. 3 young brothers from Winnipeg with amazing live energy. […]
Here’s what I remember….. I spent most of that afternoon (last wednesday) at the Canadian Blast party in the Brush square. Solid sets by Magneta Lane and Pilate. Swollen Members, not so great. They did have a great big tour bus, but I’m not sure the crowd appreciated the long wait in between them and […]