Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
Who: The Hiltrons from Ottawa
What: Somewhere in between Talking Heads , Devo and XTC , these five create "frantic melodies fueled by driving keys/synths, steady-tight drums, trebly/tremlo’d guitars and rump-roasting bottom ends ". Fun live show. New record (Happymatic ) just came out on Kelp .
Song: Deep River .
The Coast are set to release Expatriate on Friday night (details below) in Toronto. We haven’t done a contest here in a while, so we figured, why not? Here’s the contest. Send me an e-mail answering this question. Who was the producer on the Coast‘s record Expatriate? (Hint: try their myspace page). We’ll draw two […]
Who: The Static Jacks from New Jersey.
What: Four 17 year olds who’ve been together since they were 13. Band on the rise, look for this indie/garage rock outfit to open for Tokyo Police Club at the Bowery Ballroom in NY this month.
Song: Northern Bank . Thanks for the tip on this band Evan.
Its Saturday and I’m in the office. Granted, its not a ton of work I’ve gotta do, but its taking some time to get it done. Been listening to a catalog of songs that I represent and trying to see which ones sound close enough to JUSTICE, YYY’s, Interpol and Bloc Party. I shouldn’t be […]
Who: Evan Voytas , multi-instrumentalist and bedroom musician from rural Pennsylvania.
What: A new spin on The Association ‘s sunshine-pop classic.
Song: Never My Love