Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Everyone loves a good mixtape right? Well, I’ve recently put one together with all the songs coming from one Toronto record label. Hand Drawn Dracula. The label was formed by Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck) and visual aritst/designer James Mejia from almost 10 years of working the Dependent Music collective. With the same principles of friendship, […]
Day Glo by Brazos. Indie Music Filter: Hey Tony, what do you think of ‘Day Glo‘ by Austin’s Brazos? Tony VonPervieux: Dude, really cool song. I dig the vibe especially. Feels like a nice montage moment song. It’s like a beautiful slow moving train with the windows open to a world of amazing scenery, lush […]
I played road hockey and pulled a bunch of muscles in my legs. I saw 2012 and wondered why John Cusack is an action hero and why these days in disaster movies, the single father is the new hero? Really enjoyed My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. Running in Toronto until Dec. 13th, maybe longer. […]
‘Animal’ by Miike Snow. Head to Myspace Transmissions to get the audio, video and interviews of Sweden’s Miike Snow performing Animal, Silvia, Black & Blue, and Sans Soleil. Nice studio.
(Photo: Ian Witlen) A song to take you into the weekend. A fuzzed out Florida quintet called Surfer Blood who have just released the digital single to the high-rising catchy number ‘Swim (To Reach The End)‘ (below), with the band’s full length (Astro Coast) coming out on Kanine January 19th. Another album coming out on […]