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: Gregory Pepper & His Problems from Guelph, Ontario.
What: Just diving into the album With Trumpets Flaring from Guelph’s answer to Brian Wilson, Gregory Pepper. Choosing 13 songs out of 500 or so anthems of confusion and ambivalence, this 26-year-old musician and visual artist has quite an act for mixing poppy 1960’s melancholy with modern […]
Who: South Ambulance from Stockholm.
What: A song from the 2nd of 3 EPs to be released this year by Sweden’s South Ambulance. Stream the whole EP here at Indiecator.
Song: Dear Mutiny. I love how this gloomy almost sea-shanty builds while maintaining that 6 beat clang. Seagulls are a nice touch too.
Phaseone remixing Daily Routine by Animal Collective (from Mad Decent). Think I like this version better than the original. Both nothing I’ve lost it over though, still never really got it…… like them.
What do you think? I just ordered a bunch of these Indie Music Filter Badges. Thought it would be a great foray into the world of music blog merchandise. I’ll be selling them for $3 each plus shipping (which shouldn’t be too much as they’re small and can fit in small envelopes). The patch is […]
Who: Throw Me The Statue from Seattle.
What: Anther mobile post about this great band. Stereogum were the ones that tipped us yesterday about the new album (Creaturesque) which Secretly Canadian will be putting out Aug. Not sure if this taste below will last you all the way through the summer until then, but it […]