Chris Budd is a music industry sales rep, former music publisher and the founder/owner/editor of Toronto-based music blog Indie Music Filter.
To finish off the Toronto Film Fest last week, I dropped by the Drake Hotel to catch a great lineup of Toronto bands. Without intending to take away from two great openers that night (The Coast and The Diableros), I’m writing this post about the latest incarnation of By Divine Right. We saw Jose Contreras […]
I started looking into Secret City Records last week while after having a conversation with Justin from the label. It’s not only the home of Montreal’s Patrick Watson, but also a new home for an interesting project called Miracle Fortress. Dig. Solo project of Think About Life‘s Graham Van Pelt (He’s the really white guy […]
Continued from previous post. Thursday lineup… I was looking for something really interesting. Something that might help me overcome my hangover. Enter Plaster. They were booked to DJ in-between sets, but Magneta Lane cancelled so these boys from Montreal took the slot. A three piece born in 2001, their goal was to create live ‘electronic […]
Check out this event happening right now in Toronto. The Canadian Music Cafe is a series of daytime showcases at the Rivoli intended to program live music events for film people attending the Toronto International Film Festival. Supported by a slew of different organizations and repping artists/bands across all genres, its a real opportunity to […]
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