AUX’s panel of bloggers will be highlighting the best entries.

Chris Budd

Chris BUDD

Chris is the owner/editor for the Toronto music blog, Indie Music Filter. The site has existed on the blogosphere since 2006 and hosts thousands of unique visitors daily with short and quick introductions to the best new artists and tracks.

Raina Douris

Raina DOURIS

Raina is currently a guest host on CBC Radio 3 and hosts a web series and blog called Rain's World. You may have heard her on 102.1 the Edge where she spent just over a year as an on-air personality. Near the end of her schtick there, she started Rain's World.

Nicole Villeneuve

Nicole VILLENEUVE

When Nicole isn’t writing for AUX, she's writing or reading about bands elsewhere. Or you'll find her trying to figure Toronto out, watching downloaded TV, listening to comedy podcasts, or staring at someone else's cute dog.

Anne T Donahue

Anne T DONAHUE

Anne writes for sites and magazines like AUX, BITE, NME and Spinner and knows more about old TV shows than you can imagine. Her spirit animal is a Liz Lemon-Leslie Knope hybrid, and she regrets not keeping her circa-'97 Spice Mice sweatshirt.

Lisa Lagace

Lisa LAGACE

Lisa is a Toronto based writer who works in digital marketing when not putting words on the page. Her blog turntherecordover.com is where you will find her thoughts on the Whiskey Rocks submissions, along with mixtapes, show reviews, and musings on music and culture in the city.

NEWS

Chris’s Favourite So Far

October 26, 2012   |  

elos arma

So the submissions are up and there’s 55 videos to check out. Got a favourite so far?

I’m partial to Lisa’s choice of ilvekyo, but my top choice so far would be the submission from Elos Arma, the track called “San Diego”.  The video shows the band starting the day as usual, having a band meeting then planning a tour of their town’s local parking lots where they’d “throw down” in costume to the shock of anyone who’s watching or passing by.  The video is well produced, using a lot of slow motion throughout the clip.  The song, which is slightly outside of what I normally listen to, grabbed me with with its driving rhythm, angular guitar lines and gang vocals on the choruses.

How would this band sound opening for the Trews if they were to win?  I’m guessing they could fire up the crowd.

I’ll be the dude in the black cape standing proud…..

Click here to vote for them.  Check out the other submissions here.