Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Normally The Horseshoe never gets more that half full on a Nu Music Tuesday night. And its nice to be able to stroll around the bar and talk to the same faces you see every week. This past Tuesday was a zoo. In Flight Safety opened, played well and drew the most by my count. […]
So its going to be Stephen Harper eh? We’ll I propose that if we are going to be led by him for the next 4, we can give him a cute little nic name. If you take the letters of Stephen Harper and rearrange them, you can spell Panther Herpes (or check here). Awesome!! (I […]
Saw a band called The Ghost Is Dancing at a converted Chinese Food restaurant called The Boat the other night. Whenever I walk into a room and see balloon animals, I get excited. I get even more excited when 6 piece bands like TGID ignite the crowd with pounding 4-on-the-4 breakouts, anthemesque singalongs and clever […]
I have to get this one out of my head before I leave this office. I turned 28 today. Which is kind of cool because it is not 30. And 30 is cool because it is not 50… and so on. Birthdays need good rock songs. Check out this band. ‘Beginners‘ by FACES ON FILM […]
I love watching a great band live, left hand with my bottle of beer by my waist, thumb hooked into my pants pocket. Legs shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent. Right hand is free to tap out the beat. And to find the beat, its not normally too difficult when watching a rock band. Unless […]