Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Who : Foreign Born from Los Angeles.
What : From their second full length, and Secretly Canadian debut, here’s a taste off the upcoming album ‘Person To Person ‘ (June 23rd). For fans of Little Joy or Sam Roberts if Richard Ashcroft had also joined the band. Grizzly Bear has them opening a couple of […]
Before I start, here’s the things I learned: -you can get past a line faster if someone on the inside of the bar thinks you are from Pitchfork. -Canadians are easily roasted in Austin sun. -one should never mix rye and syrup. you’ll see. Following up on my half-assed posts from last week, I really […]
I promise I will no longer look like the guy in the picture (see below). I’ll recap SXSW. Also, I’ve got a ton of posts lined up from going through my e-mail and reader. To make up for my bad blogging this past week.
I had no idea the sun had my number all day. picture my forearms and forehead, red as a lobster. well, you gotta start that base sometime? like Marching Band and Deastro to start the day. The Canadian Blast was both heavily Canadian and definitely a blast. Strong sets by Arkells, Two Hours Traffic. highlights […]
safely landed in austin. had my first night out, which in the past has never really been about seeing bands. A bunch of us collected at the BMI party, then headed to Maggie Mae’s for free Margarita’s. Tons of people in the streets. The film and interactive registrants for the sxsw festival having their last […]