Dawn in Tulum, Mexico I like this week’s tune for it’s rolling waves of sound in the intro. It’s like the Japanese tetris version of Phil Spector’s “wall of sound.” “Dreams of Cannibalism” by Typhoon And for those of you who need some Osheaga love in your lives, remember to check out the Osheaga 2013 playlist!
Categories: Alternative, Indie, Rock • Tags: indie, Mexico, music, photography, Rock, sunrise, sunset, travel, vacation, waves
Osheaga 2013 is less than two weeks away. That, along with missing Just for Laughs, Jazz Fest, the new food trucks (street meat!!) and hikes up to Mile End for St Viateur bagels is enough to make anyone severely nostalgic for Montreal summer days and nights. Fortunately, I am very happy in my Australian life and will only feel slight pangs of jealousy when you all start increasingly posting about this epic indie festival. Like previous years, Osheaga 2013 features […]
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Eating breakfast under the Banyan trees in Tulum, Mexico The ‘Yes’ Feeling. The ‘Yes’ Feeling is when, on first listen, you grin like a fool. The ‘Yes’ Feeling is a new song on your itunes. The ‘Yes’ Feeling makes your day. The ‘Yes’ Feeling makes tireless music hunting worthwhile. I stumbled across this tune while searching through my music bookmarks tonight. I had never heard of Bear Mountain before. I extracted two important facts from their facebook page: They […]
Categories: Canadian, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave • Tags: beauty, Canadian, electronic, electropop, indie, Mexico, music, photography, travel
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! I spent this Canada Day’s eve as a happy little ex-pat: baking maple cookies, wearing red flannel and unabashedly, albeit ironically, belting out Sloan lyrics– “One thing I know about the rest of my life… I KNOW THAT I’LL BE LIVING IT IN CANADA”. And, while I imagined you all drinking beer on the dock and enjoying your day off, I was toiling away at my desk– not-so-secretly sporting a CANUCK tshirt under my blazer. Classic Canadiana: […]
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