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 find myself right now in suite 1232 of the Hilton Hotel, downtown Austin. You can turn your head in any direction and hear amazing bands, meet interesting people and consume massive amounts of all forms of alcohol. I’m sitting here with some people who I think should get a shout out! Bexas Rienks of […]
Well, I’m all set to head off to Austin tomorrow for SXSW, don’t think I’m going to be able to post too much while I’m down there… I’ll try and remember everything I see and hear. Take a listen to Strings Break by The Union Trade and Somebody Out There by We Are The Take
That’s Ian McGettigan from Camouflage Nights. They’d played a ‘unofficial’ showcase yesterday in a second floor loft near Much Music. I think they would have sounded better in a bar setting, but the show was very entertaining. Lots of hand claps and tambourines. Amazing set last night by Rock Plaza Central. If I had my […]
I’m thinking about getting that way tonight…. A couple shows peaked my interest. Chart magazine is throwing another bender at the Horseshoe. Its probably going to be packed all the way from You Say Party, We Say Die! (10pm) and Cadence Weapon (11pm) to Land Of Talk (midnight). Kill The Lights (1am) are also a […]
This festival really seems to be about the artists. Bands do not have to pay to apply to this festival and all the bands are paid for their performances. And I might add, a solid contender for best music festival happening this weekend in Toronto. That festival is Pitter Patter Nights. Its the first year […]