Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Its amazing where people discover new music these days. I seem to keep hearing good tunes in commercials. I’ve gotta give credit to some amazing people working in the advertising industry. They’ve helped launch successful music careers for musicians who deserve the attention. Remember a Sony BRAVIA (televisions) commercial where 250,000 multi-coloured ‘superballs’ were released […]
‘One More Time’ was the first some I heard from The French Kicks. Like the Walkmen (who the band shared a label with and toured together), this band originally came from from Washington, D.C. but really started their sound in New York. Everywhere I look on the web, everyone used the same line to describe […]
Many thanks to whoever put together this page. I’ve tried clicking on all the phrases from Napoleon Dynamite, but I find myself stuck on ‘Tina come get some ham’… Went to see a band called the Juan Maclean on Monday night. It was one of two things that got me to listen to this band. […]
So I found this old Sailor’s hat at Value Village today. I gotta say, it fits very well. Kind of makes me feel more worldly. But I keep getting this suspicion that the ghost of some old Sea Dog (or alley Captain) is going to take over my brain and the writing. Someone warn me […]
What a great record name….’The Minor Highs And The Major Lows’. Maupa‘s disc came accross my desk months ago in a package dressed in British postage. (I guess based on this post and the one before it, it looks like I’m going through the archives. I’ve just got a really messy desk. I use the […]