Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Big day for music news. –Exclaim! says the Arcade Fire are planning to release their as-yet-untitled third album in May, with a single before that with tourdates in the spring. The new record will also be produced by Coldplay‘s producer Markus Dravs. –Phoenix are on la Blogotheque. Versions of ‘1901’ and ‘Litszomania’ are there, filmed […]
I went to the Phoenix last night to see the Friendly Fires show with The XX opening. It was a blast. The XX had a solid set, moving the Toronto audience in slight movements from left to right. Running through crowd pleasers ‘Basic Space’ and ‘Crystalised’ well as a three-piece, the combined vocal play of […]
Who: Andrew Austin from Toronto.
What: I’m feeling sorry for sitting on this post, as tonight is a release party for Toronto’s Andrew Austin. The Drake will host the party, which is to announce the release of 2 new songs and a video for the songs ‘So Easy’ (below) and ‘No Flowers’. Considered a folk-ier departure […]
‘Long Form’ by The Dodos
Shout Out Louds – Walls from Merge Records on Vimeo. Grab the song here.