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 : Mathien (pr. may-thee-in) from West Chicago.
What : For Cold War Kids fans, check out this stomper called Lettuce Head by Chicago’s Mathien . Head to his myspace for more. Love finding good stuff in the inbox….
Song : Lettuce Head .
Apparently these two guys are not brothers. Could have fooled me. Martin Nordvall and Mathias started The Sweet Serenades in Stockholm in 2002. Officially crowned Sweden’s woodsmen of indiepop, these guys are keeping up the reputation Sweden has had in recent years as an exporter of really catchy music. Maybe you’ve heard them when songs […]
Who : Built by Snow from Austin, TX.
What : For fans of The Cars and Ottawa’s Hilotrons , check out Built by Snow and a song off their upcoming release Mega (Jan. 2009). The music is fun fulled with 8-bit melodies and Casio tone driven keyboard rock. As well, coolest One-Sheet I’ve ever seen. […]
When exactly do we go on them? Or do they even exist? I always thought December was supposed to be slower because no one ever wants to start any new projects until the new year. But today, I’m up to my nose in contracts. I actually shouldn’t complain. But, with the stuff to get done […]
Why? Because its well-written and hilarious. And it might just define your personal brand. Today’s post had to do with Panda Bear and The Pitchfork 500. Summed up pretty well in the pic below.