Recovering Bohemian Music Snob. Currently learning to warp young minds with his knowledge of cynical conspiracy theories and the physical world.
So Holy Fuck have announced a series of 2008 winter tour dates (none of which include Toronto by the way), touring alongside New York’s A Place To Bury Strangers. Their name evokes any number of things. Mass graves? The basement of a Serial Killer? The public cemetery where Jane and John Doe end up? Perhaps […]
Ok, so I’m a Les Savy Fav fan. Accepting that I am biased, please read the rest of this and check them out for yourselves. The band recently released their 6th album in 10 years, Let’s Stay Friends. They’ve been around since ’95 when they all met at the Rhode Island School of Design. They […]
In an effort to ensure that our IMF (Indie Music Filter) distances itself from that other, less fan friendly, IMF (International Monetary Fund), I believe my first posting of ’08 should improve international relations. To that end, I present to you the label Seksound, out of Estonia. When I did some digging, I learned that […]
I haven’t posted much on here in the past year… hopefully I can work towards changing that in the new year. (I think I just made my first resolution). On that note, here are my favourite albums of the past 12 months. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Austin, Texas’ Spoon have been weaving […]
On the Saturday night of NXNE, my girlfriend and I decided to make our way upstairs from the Reverb to Holy Joe’s during a break between sets. Basically Holy Joe’s is just a room, 3 storeys up, with no windows, and a tiny bar that serves an eclectic selection of beer. It’s like the attic […]