Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Finally getting to this e-mail that’s been sitting in my inbox for a couple days now. A press release on Lawrence, Kansas artist DRI (from Adrianne Verhoeven). I had not heard her before I got the e-mail, but I took a quick listen and loved her voice. But I didn’t have the words to write […]
Who : Friendly Fires from St. Albans, UK.
What : Can you imagine a better song to hear during this sunny weather? Check out this British three-piece who are blowing up right now. Even though since 2006 they’ve put out discs on People In The Sky (EP called Photobooth ) and Moshi Moshi (EP called Cross […]
So far so good. CONFIRMED ARTISTS: Burt Bacharach, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hot Chip, The Persuasions, Dan Deacon, Cori Bishop (aka Elyse Weinberg), United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Dodos, Liam Finn, Wintersleep, Dark Meat, Headlights, Playdoe, Dabaaz, Kim, Eric B諡nger, The Veils, WIRE, Crystal Castles, Black Kids, St Catherines, Vetiver, Silver Apples, […]
Who : Young Rival (formerly The Ride Theory) from Hamilton.
What : More new material from this great foursome (only Aron and Noah pictured above) from Hamilton. Many are anticipating the new record from this group which I’ve heard is ready to hit ears in Sept. Some tourdates into the end of summer including ones with […]
“It’s better to live One Day As A Lion then a thousand years as a lamb”. Is it? Really? What would you do for that one day?? And can you imagine what you could get done in 1000 years, even as a lamb? The quote is from a black and white photograph by legendary chicano […]