Enjoying the holiday? Enjoy it a little more with choral symphonic pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree and this feel-good number. Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree
Categories: Alternative, Choral, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul, Symphonic, World • Tags: alternative, Autumn, Canadian, colours, indie, music, perspective, photography, pop, Rock, Thanksgiving, The Polyphonic Sree, tree
So when you commute home from your job at 6:30am, do you get to bike through beautiful aerial shots? At the moment Montreal’s Promenade des Artistes is adorned with sixty spectacular photographs of earth and its waterways. They were taken by space tourist Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, during his 2009 trip to the International Space Station. The images can also be found in his coffee table book Gaia. Proceeds from Gaia go towards his One Drop Foundation which supports […]
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Covers, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, beauty, covers, folk, indie, Montreal, music, night, photography, space
Just some Mother Mother for you- because some Mother Mother is infinitely greater than zero Mother Mother. Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canadian, concert, indie, Montreal, Mother Mother, music, photography, rock experimental
On Thursday night I was part of “the most polite giant mob” Win Butler had ever seen. Hometown heroes, Arcade Fire, drew a crowd of 75,000 people for their free show which, both concluded their international tour and kick-started the 10th annual indie-music festival, POP Montreal. This has been a fantastic year for the band, in August 2010 they came out with their third studio album, The Suburbs. The Suburbs received wide acclaim by both music critics and fans. The NME’s […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Indie, Rock
I loved them when I was 14 and I love them now. The band Stars are Montreal legends. It has become tradition that, every autumn, the lovely Ms. GB and I attend a Stars concert in the fabulous city that both we and the band calls home. Sadly, my bestie and I are parted at the moment, but I was fortunate enough to be asked by another stellar individual to go to a free Mother Mother and Stars concert organized […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Indie, Pop, Rock
This morning a message from one of my favourite singers, Kate Nash, popped up on my facebook feed. It urged me (and I suppose the rest of the ‘like’ Kate Nash community) to go buy the newest Peggy Sue album, Acrobats. I didn’t- but I did check them out. They’re a pretty cool band from Brighton, UK. I’ve embedded my favourite, but there are also some really great ones of them doing street-side performances in a few cities. The video […]
Categories: Alternative, Folk, Indie, Pop
Old Port after a rain storm. The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine P.S.
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, folk, Iron and Wine, Montreal, music, old port, photography
Last Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending an incredible dance show, Flexx, as a part of Divers/Cité Montreal (thank you Mr. Director!) Musically, they primarily used a beautiful, thin orchestral score except for one well-placed Cat Power song. I immediately knew I would use it for snapshots. However, the only pic I wanted to match it with was this breathtaking shot of Britt Lavigne. This lovely lady and I used to dance together on a competitive hip hop team […]
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie, Soul • Tags: Acoustic, Black and White, Cat Power, dance, music, photography, soul
Continuing with bands playing at Osheaga this coming weekend, we have The Sounds. Music imports from Sweden tend to fall into one of two categories: heavy death metal or lively, colourful pop. The Sounds fall under this second grouping and provide exactly the type of fun music we’ve come to expect from this country and their artists: artists like Robyn, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Caesars, Teddybears, The Hives, I’m from Barcelona, Ace of Base and, of course, the […]
Categories: Alternative, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Rock • Tags: alternative, indie, London, music, photography, pop, Rock, Swedish, travel
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