Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
I think this year I’ll keep a list of favorite releases, that way when I do my year end best albums of ’08, I won’t be stuck. I think this band is going to make my top ten for sure. The full length from Maps called We Can Create came out last month in the […]
Ever wonder what Jason Schwartzman was up to these days? Take a listen to Coconut Records. I haven’t heard the whole disc, but I gotta admit I’m liking his track West Coast. Soon enough though it will be cast as an opening theme to a popular teen show (Schwartzman‘s other hit was California when he […]
A while back, I (along with the sometimes heard from Burtch) posted a sort of wrap-up for the Virgin Festival last summer. I wrote a bit about Kid Koala, who I was really impressed with (even though his set was cut short). I wasn’t able to find his version of Moon River on the net, […]
Check out Kasabian‘s video for Me Plus One. Anyone know Sam Roberts? I swear that’s what they are going for in this song. I once saw a skull made of naked women, but I don’t have enough space in this post to explain…
Diamonds In The Dark by Mystery Jets. Check their myspace to hear Umbrellahead, great song. If you were looking forward to seeing these kids in North America, I’ve got bad news. Visa problems are cancelling their current tour.