Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Kudos to the Shout Out Out Out Out for trying to make a Toronto audience dance dance dance dance. Stereotypically, the Toronto audience is made up of people standing with the arms crossed in front of them, with their head cocked slightly left or right, to indicate analysis. We generally won’t show too much upper […]
Day 1 of CMW. Took a trip down to the docks. Liked what I saw from Magnet. 1 guy playing a lap steel guitar at the front of the stage, looping sounds, triggering beats, and creating etheral soundscapes. And singing. Even Johansen (Norway) gets likened to artists like Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley. I think […]
Here are my picks for the festival. Make sure you check out www.cmw.net for more details or pick up an eye mag. Wednesday, March 1st: The Indies @ The Docks with STARS, MAGNET, and others including K’NAAN, ELLIOT BROOD and the FIGURINES. 8pm > KT TUNSTALL @ The Mod Club. No denying she is amazing […]
When I first heard the intro ‘Victim Card’ by Snowden, I thought it sounded like a darker version of the Kids In The Hall Intro. Four-piece band from Atlanta, Georgia led by Jordan Jeffares. Impressive list of opening gigs for bands like the Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands et al…., and the late Unicorns. I […]
I was in a commercial in high school for a product called Game Genie. It’s a device that people bought for their Sega Genesis gaming systems that would help beat hard levels, get infinite lives, etc. Along with 80 other grade 10 students from my high school, we were picked up in a bus with […]