Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
It was a long time ago, but I used to be a star of track and field. Portland, Oregon’s three-piece Stars of Track and Field got their name from a Belle and Sebastian song, not a classic NES game. Their newest offering, Centuries Before Love and War (Wind-up), is a collection of songs which shift […]
The blogger equivalent to checking yourself out in the mirror is checking a blog’s webstats. It gives me statistics on how many people end up here at Indie Music Filter. I’ve become a little crazy with it. And I’ve also added a button that tells me where you are coming from (or at least where […]
Alright everyone. Lets start the week out like this. Put one of your arms in the air. The other, point it towards your closest neighbour and press play on this new video from The Rapture. Check out Whoo! Alright – Yeah..Uh Huh. Yeah, uh huh really — thats right, that is, uh huh, the name […]
Check out this four-piece band from Ottawa. The Hilotrons were formed in 2002 by Mike Dubue and Paul Hogan. In December of 2005, the band put out Bella Simone, a record ‘full of upbeat, inescapable hooks and arrangements behind Dubue’s wonderfully unconventional vocal style.’ Known as one of the best live bands in Ottawa, be […]
‘Blood on the Snow’ by Portland’s Horse Feathers