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: The Danks from Charlottetown, PEI.
What: From the follow up to the Samples EP, The Danks are coming at you with Are You Afraid Of The Danks? Am I afraid? Not really. Should I be? I’ve never feared really catchy pop before. Or records recorded and produced by Super Friendz alumni Charles Austin and ex-Thrush […]
First off, its not one guy named Miike. Miike Snow are Swedish musicians Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg with American Andrew Wyatt. Karlsson and Winberg are a production duo called Bloodshy & Avant, writing and producing for Kylie Minogue, Madonna and winning a Grammy for their work on Britney Spears’ Toxic. Wyatt had recently been […]
Zeus: From the musical friendship of Mike O’Brien and Carlin Nicholson, who have been touring together in Jason Collett’s (Broken Social Scene) backing band, comes their debut EP (Sounds Like Zeus) out June 2nd on Arts and Crafts. ‘Zeus draws upon classic influences to craft timeless songs, complete with fuzzed out guitars and shimmering harmonies’. […]
‘Two Weeks’ by Grizzly Bear ‘Sick Muse’ by Metric ‘My Cabal’ by School of Seven Bells That Look You Give That Guy by Eels ‘Awkward Kisser’ by Telekinesis ‘1901’ by Phoenix ‘Next Time Around’ by Little Joy ‘Multiplayer’ by The Voluntary Butler Scheme Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) by Florence and the Machine ‘Some Are […]
Tobasco Sole by The Voluntary Butler Scheme (featuring the Christal Connections Line Dancers). ‘Think of The Jackson 5s I Want You Back crossed with a Mellow Gold era Black County Beck through Jim Noirs psych tinged observations, and youre not far off the poptastic sound of this boombastic track.’ The video actually reminds me of […]