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Café du Cerf

June 30, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I had this song on my itunes a good two years before they released their album in 2010- I’m not saying this to sound cool… although, I mean… come on- two years before!?… but anyway- that’s how long it took for them to get released. It’s an old song for me but I still regularly listen to it. The band is Local Natives. Check out their website, it’s pretty cool. P.S. No one has correctly guessed the film from the […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, indie, Local Natives, music, Neuchatel, photography, Rock

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Water Focus

June 28, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

This composition was my favourite from last year. It grows agonizingly slow, is layered and heavy. It is epic. Warning though, if you’re in an impatient mood or too chipper… maybe hold off from listening to this piece until you’re alone in a dark room and just heard a dramatic story about a hero dying. Can you tell what film score it was composed for?

Categories: 21st Century Classical, Instrumental, Soundtrack, Symphonic • Tags: instrumental, music, night photography, photography, Soundtracks, water

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Jazz Fest Wanderers

June 27, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

These photos are the result of me waiting around for a friend at Jazz Fest. The Song is The Stand by Mother Mother. Mother Mother released their third studio album this year called Eureka. I really like this band, they have such a unique and quirky sound with smart lyrics. Mother Mother are creative, experimental and eccentric. However their hooks are so catchy that, despite their alternative heart and soul, they are still very accessible. ….and did I mention they’re […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: Canadian, experimental, indie, Montreal Jazz Fest, music, photography, Rock

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Wine Tasting in Môtiers

June 25, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

  Môtiers is a sweet little town in the Val-de-Travers district, in the canton of Neuchâtel, in the country of Switzerland. Val-de-Travers, besides having some magnificent hiking trails, is a region famous for being the birthplace of absinthe. Interestingly enough, the drink was banned in the country in 1908 after a factory worker killed his wife and children in an hallucinatory frenzy said to have been caused by the “green fairy.” The prohibition was not lifted until 2005. Fortunately, I moved to […]

Categories: Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Soundtrack • Tags: Acoustic, folk, indie, Irish, music, photography, soundtrack

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Temporary Fix

June 23, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Today I was attacked. Once upon a time, and by that I mean a couple hours ago, this damsel was battling her way back to her Air Conditioning-less fortress. Five minutes into the saga, in a shocking turn of events, my (third person is pretentious) trusty steed, my umbrella,* tried to kill me! In a flash it collapsed! Drenching me with rain water and slicing up my hand. Within seconds my palm and fingers looked like I had decided to follow […]

Categories: Jazz, Pop, Soul • Tags: Adele, jazz, music, photography, silhouette, soul

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A Super Supergroup

June 22, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I took this photo peering outside my hotel window in Florence. In all likelihood Mika’s Grace Kelly was probably playing in the background as MTV Italia was obsessed with the song at the time, and my roommates and I were obsessed with MTV Italia. Salute Your Solution is by the supergroup The Raconteurs. A supergroup is a band made up of individuals well known from other projects like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young or Broken Social Scene. Apparently, The Raconteurs don’t consider […]

Categories: Alternative, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: Florence, music, photography, Rock, soundtrack, supergroup, The Raconteurs

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The Old Port After a Storm

June 21, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Bon Iver was on the Colbert Report last night as his album “Bon Iver” was released TODAY. Justin said that this disk is a bit more colourful than the last “a little less like laying with your face on the floor,” which is amazingly accurate. Regardless, “For Emma, Forever Ago” is one of my most favourite albums. Having said this, I already used Bon Iver in a recent post so I’m not going to use him today. Instead, I’m embedding Matt […]

Categories: Indie, Rock • Tags: indie, Matt Kanelos & the Smooth Maria, music, photography, Rock

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There’s no need to convert a believer

June 20, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Bahamas aka Afie Jurvanen is a Torontonian artist. The tracks on his album Pink Strat are short and sweet- like the early Beatles stuff, with only three of the twelve songs reaching the three-minute mark. Bahamas has toured with other Canadian indie artists like Amy Milan, the Stills and Hayden. On the 24th he’s opening for Robert Plant & the Band of Joy on the first night of the Montreal Jazz Festival. He is great. The end. Already Yours by […]

Categories: Canadian, Folk, Indie • Tags: Bahamas, Canadian, folk, indie, Locarno, music, photography, Switzerland, Ticino

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À la prochain, les FrancoFolies

June 18, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The last acts of this year’s Les FrancoFolies de Montréal are currently underway. This annual ten-day music festival features over a thousand french-language acts and Francophone performers from around the world. Like other music festivals in Montreal, there are hundreds of free outdoor shows around Place des Arts (in case you had questions about how awesome Montreal is, it is hundreds-of-free-concerts awesome). Feeling the FrancoFolies vibe, I’ve decided to feature Canadian bassist and singer Marie-Pierre Arthur. Elle by Marie-Pierre Arthur

Categories: Canadian, Folk, French, Indie • Tags: Canadian, festival, flower, folk, french music, Geneva, Geneva Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, indie, Marie-Pierre Arthur, Montreal, music, photography

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