Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Here’s my pics of what I thought looked interesting. Visit NXNE for more details. Band.Venue.Time Thursday Night Born Ruffians.The Boat.9pm Land Of Talk.The Boat.10pm Code Pie.Holy Joe’s.10pm The Ride Theory.Silver Dollar.9pm Leaders And Dreamers.Holy Joe’s.11pm inUniform.Rancho Relaxo.11pm Barzin.Sneaky Dee’s. 10ish? Inward Eye.Rivoli.12am Fjord Rowboat.Crowbar.1am Friday Night From Fiction.Silver Dollar.9pm Royal Wood.The Art Bar.10pm Kobayashi.Gypsy Co-op.10pm […]
It’s amazing what you can find on a ship…. As mentioned earlier, there’s a house/collective in LA called the ship, a collection of a number of bands/artists who write and record music together. Take a look. Earlimart’s there, and looks like there’s a wolf band. I’m a fan of Silversun Pickups. Take a listen to […]
In the land of talk…. songs like ‘Sea Foam‘ stick in your head…. and they don’t leave. Check out some links from this Montreal band named Land Of Talk. They’re a three piece fronted by Elizabeth Powell and backed by Bucky Wheaton and Tim Kramer. Sounds like Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs meet Metric (minus analog keys […]
Did anyone see that laser last night??? While on a rooftop patio celebrating another wednesday at Beer Club, a couple of us glanced upwards to see a very prominent green laser shooting across the sky, starting from somewhere north of the city (Maybe York University?) and ending on the large bulb party of the CN […]
Check out a disc coming out next week from Vinyl Republik. The label is based in Winnipeg and has put out discs by artists such as Sinewave, Pete Samples, and Lampshade. Up next, a compilation called ‘Fear Of A Digital Planet’. You can stream the record here. Definitely a good cross-section of interesting electronic music. […]