What about Mark Szabo?

Mark Szabo has been a part of the Vancouver indie scene since the early 90’s. He appeared on a recording with Carl Newman, Blaine Thurier, and Dan Bejar of the New Pornographers, under the title Thee Crusaders back in 1992. He was a founding member of Good Horsey, and Capozzi Park up until they played […]

The Sleepless Nights

The blog turned 2 today! Happy Birthday Indie Music Filter. 2 years and 383 posts, still rolling. Been spinning The Sleepless Nights a lot lately here in the office. They’re a Halifax band originally formed as a three piece. Now the band has grown to a six-peice, comprised of other east coast bands like The […]

CLOVERFIELD MONSTER REVEALED

“Its Huge!! It’s Alive!!? It’s some sort of Watercorn??”. That’s right, from trusted sources on the set of the much anticipated J.J. Abrams monster movie, I’ve found out that this is what terrorizes New York killings thousands… Really didn’t see that one coming.

The Blood Lines

Perhaps it comes from the prairies. The flat land’s expanse across the horizon, like a golden ocean under a blue sky. Introspective thoughts often emanate from such broad perspectives. So, apparently, does solid music. The Blood Lines hail from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and following the impressive impact of their eponymous debut release, which landed them a […]

A Place To Bury Strangers touring with Holy Fuck

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 […]