Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Do the work. In a previous post on Silversun Pickups and the Ship Collective I simply wrote off a band because they had the word wolf in their name. At the time, I think I might have heard too many calls of the wolf. I’m glad Dustin O’Halloran from Devics told me to take another […]
So a bunch of guys from Seattle formed a band, opened gigs for Iron and Wine, signed to Sub Pop and received favourable reviews at Pitchfork. that’s one story…. or. Perry Farrell started fronting a different band, with better songs. I’ve had Band of Horses‘s song The Funeral stuck in my head for a week […]
Its good to be back. Finally made it through a server switch and a very indecisive couple days. I’ve settled on a new look. Kind of like it. Like a new haircut. all fresh. Been loving the music I’ve heard from Brooklyn’s Bishop Allen. It’s a three or four piece releasing new EP’s every month […]
Check out this video. Beautiful. Hand on your Heart by Jose Gonzalez. directed by Andreas Nilsson. *I believe it’s actually a Kylie Minogue tune.
Thanks to IGIF for the heads up about Eagle*Seagull. I’m going to be just the messenger on this one.. Because.. I can’t put it better than Paper Garden Records (the band’s label) in saying ‘the band takes the New York rock scene of recent days, packs it up, and heads west to their roots- making […]