Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Thanks Matt for getting me into the Silversun Pickups show last night at the Phoenix. I arrived a little too late to see fellow label-mates Sea Wolf perform, but just in time to grab a beer and wait for the headliner. It was around that moment when I fully realized how long it has been […]
Thanks Gillian from the tip about the Kooks. Saw their set last night at the Kool Haus, really impressed with their songs. It was the first time in a long time I walked out of that venue without complaining about the sound in there…. I’ve been tapping my right foot and Zellers flip-flop to this […]
Its the name of the new LCD Soundsystem single. I’ll admit, I’ve been only a casual listener of this group. These days, I’m liking their songs more and more. ‘All My Friends‘ is really simple in structure, one of those two chords songs that keep building, not so much about verses and choruses. And a […]
1800s by We’re Marching On and Don’t Make A Sound by Young Rival and Smother + Evil = Hurt by The Kissaway Trail
Saw a great set from this band tonight at the Whippersnapper Gallery (opening for Five Blank Pages and Page France). The Great Bloomers from Toronto. I don’t know too much about the band other than they seem pretty new, but they don’t really sound new to this. Check out a track called Catching Up on […]