Spiral Beach

I didn’t accomplish much when I was a teenager. The best I could do musically was play bass in a band called The Daily’s, win a battle-of-the-bands at the El Mo and put out a two song tape with studio time we won from the show. If I had the mp3s handy, I’d post Kidnapped […]

A Classic Education

Got an e-mail in my inbox from Jonathan Clancy, one of the members of A Classic Education. While checking out their myspace page and listening to Stay Son (below), I noticed the band was from Bologna, Italy. My mind swept back to 2002, stop number 31 on my European backpack tour. What a great city! […]

This post has nothing to do with music

Its a little known fact that when I’m not writing here on the Filter, or working here, I’ve probably got something balancing on my chin. I used to work at a resort in Muskoka (2 hours north of Toronto) and for two years, I was the Jr. Sports Director, responsible for the 10-14 year old […]

MGMT Material

It was a quick look before. Here’s more of a story about MGMT. Also known as The Management, MGMT is the name for Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden of Brooklyn. After forming the band at college and touring to support their initial EP Time To Pretend, people took notice. The band started opening for Of […]

Film School

Been spending my monday here listening to some tracks my San Francisco’s Film School. If you’re a fan of this sort of dark pop (blissed out sweeping guitars and keys, soft unisex vocals overtop), dive in. Did anyone catch them on tour last month with Eulogies and Land Of Talk?? Solid bill. Take a listen […]