Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
This band just entered my radar. From Fredericton (New Brunswick) comes the 5-piece band The Slate Pacific. Centered around principal songwriter Logan Hawkes, we’ve got something here that hits a nice balance between moody folk and noisey indie rock. They’ve been doing some dates in the East Coast with Dog Day, Hey Rosetta! and Wintersleep […]
I find myself posting about this song yet again. Can’t help it. Seems as if no matter what form this song is in, I’m going to move to it. That means the song itself has some sort of super powers. (Normally it takes a bunch of drinks to get me on a dancefloor).
Air France put […]
Has everyone heard these ones? Interested to know what you think. All The Boys (Born Ruffians remix) by The Coast (via Clash). Zero by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant Cover) by Woodhands.
Who : Throw Me The Statue from Seattle.
What : In a lunch table discussion this weekend I heard about something called a ‘Best Of’ party from a friend of a friend (Mark). I don’t know all of the details, but from what I understand, everyone who attends the party has to compile a list of […]
The album (titled Heron Act, which is available physically only in the US and digitally worldwide via Paper Bag) was released yesterday and features a collection of live recordings, b-sides and rare songs. To go along with our recent update, The Acorn are having a tremendous 2009 thus far. Here’s a sample of the album, […]