Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwgR-Xhgb64] This is the song Jeroen Van Aken by the band Gregor Samsa (video directed by Rick Alverson from the band Spokane). It comes from the upcoming release Rest, the bands’ third full-length album in 7 years. Nine pieces composed over e-mail during the course of nine months by key members in New York, Chicago, […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUC0ezAlHwE] This is the video for Lykke Li‘s song Little Bit. I remember seeing this a couple weeks ago but it didn’t stick right away. I probably came out of the video thinking that she was cute, sounded cuter, and had the lips that rich women die for. It was a reminder from her publicity […]
Who: Brendan Canning from Toronto’s Broken Social Scene.
What: From the upcoming and latest ‘Broken Social Scene Presents ‘ solo records coming out on Arts & Crafts . The record is called Something For All Of Us, available July 22nd.
Song: Hit The Wall . The song is one long build, I can almost picture 30 […]
Who: Alan Wilkis from Crooklyn.
What: An independent musician from Brooklyn who just finished a solo album called Babies Dream Big . Think a mash-up between 70s and 80s soul and classic rock with a wide variety of electronic elements. I’m still working my way through the record, each track jumps out in its own […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ve2_hqze2I] Thats Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings. Think Great DJ would have worked better.