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 just about to head out the door to see Explosions in the Sky for the first time. I have a feeling its going to blow my mind, but I’ll try not get my hopes up just in case…. Take a listen to these… Fir by Benoit Pioulard This Harness Can’t Ride Anything by Chin […]
Possibly my least productive day bandwise. I saw only 8 of them….. And I still can’t remember what I was doing between noon and 2pm. Everything else has come back to me. SXSW has always been about meeting people. I met Sue while on the plane from Denver to Austin last monday. We talked for […]
Here’s what I’ve learned about SXSW. Be ready at any time to start drinking. Normally, this began around noon and wouldn’t stop until around dinner or into the wee hours of the morning. Last week, I would occasionally wonder who was consuming more… college kids on spring break, or me in Texas on a business […]
I’m sitting here with a couple post it notes trying to piece together the week I’ve had in Austin. Most of it is coming back to me, but not all of it. The one memory that really sticks out though is what happened on saturday night after most of the official showcases were finished. A […]
I find myself right now in suite 1232 of the Hilton Hotel, downtown Austin. You can turn your head in any direction and hear amazing bands, meet interesting people and consume massive amounts of all forms of alcohol. I’m sitting here with some people who I think should get a shout out! Bexas Rienks of […]