Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
‘See Fernando’ by Jenny Lewis ‘Ready For The Weekend’ by Calvin Harris ‘Luna’ by Malajube ‘You Saved My Life’ Cass McCombs ‘Consolation Prize’ by Julie Doiron ‘Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out’ by Mayer Hawthorne ‘To Be Loved’ by Joan As Police Woman ‘Black River Killer’ by Blitzen Trapper ‘Bible Thumper’ by Solid Gold “1901” by […]
Who: That Ghost from Sonoma County, California
What: Something on the lo-fi end of things for today. Here’s 18 year old Ryan Schmale with Never Have Fun. Already on his fourth album, this song comes from the record Young Fridays on Two Syllable Records, 2008.
Song: Never Have Fun.
Sappyfest, July 31st – Aug. 2nd in Sackville, New Brunswick. Sappyfest is a yearly music festival taking place in Sackville, NB. A small college town with a population of just over 5000, it’s a scenic and intimate setting for this collection of renowned and acclaimed musical acts to gather and perform. Now in its fourth […]
This weekend is Beats, Breaks and Culture at Harbourfront Centre. Always my favorite of the summer programming, this year features Winter Gloves, DD/MM/YYYY and Holy Fuck tomorrow, with Broken Social Scene and Keys and Krates on sat. Tons of other stuff going on as well. Check the schedule for more details. and its free. as […]
Sunshine Lover by Small. Song of the moment over here. Super-catchy synth-pop channeling M83, Maps and huge gusts of Air. Its Copenhagen’s Andreas Asingh and he has me wondering just whats going on in Denmark. The single is available at Beatport, out on Montreal’s Tremendous Records. Good stuff.