Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
I’m: -still catching up. -downloading Creatures by Modernage. Reminds me of The National doing Joy Division. Check out the Sirhan Sirhan EP. -putting together a song pitch for a movie -thinking about what tomorrow night’s Band Of Skulls Toronto show might be like? Heard of them yet? Check iTunes free download this week (US and […]
Who : Azeda Booth from Calgary.
What : While tipsy in Austin I kept reading Azeda Booth on posters, thinking it was a typo for this guy (also from Calgary). This stuff is shoegazy, electronic, experimental, and beautifully interesting. The song that really grabs me leads off the Tubrek EP. Absolutely Kosher and Azeda Booth want […]
I’m catching up. I’m: -Streaming Kingdom of Rust, new album from Doves (myspace). -Watching the new videos on IMF.tv (Silversun Pickups ‘Panic Switch’, Phoenix with Lisztomania on SNL, Tongue / Bye Bye and Golden You by Ryland Bouchard on La Blogotheque, and ‘Harmless Lovers Discourse’ by Odawas). -Sniffling a little bit, but not spinning anymore. […]
Who : Honey Claws from Austin, TX.
What : Something about this one really has my ear. From the 4 song Healer EP, here’s a chilled Stone Roses -esque number which shows the bands ability to ‘straddle the lines of multiple musical genres while offering a complicated, yet logical musical progression’.
Song : Pemporer .