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Gold maple leaf on pavement

Canadian Gold

July 1, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

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: […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Hip Hop, Indie, Mashups, New Wave, Playlists, Pop, Rap, Remix, Rock, Sample, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop, Thugstep, Trip Hop, World • Tags: Canada, Canada Day, Canadian music, folk, indie, maestro fresh wes, music, photography, rap, Rock

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Gold fleur-de-lis gates at the jardin tuileries, Place de la concorde, Paris, sun flare

White, Gold, Wild

June 25, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Looking out through the gates of Jardins des Tuileries towards Place de la Concorde, Paris The Montreal Jazz Fest starts this Friday, which makes me unbelievably jealous. That city is just the greatest place on earth in the summer. Jazz Fest is only the first in a long string of festivals of all my favourite things: music, art, music, comedy, music. Resulting in former-Montrealers to think of the City in wistful tones “Oh Montreal…” We use the same air of […]

Categories: Alternative, Dreamwave, Folk, Indie, Rock, Symphonic • Tags: alternative, art, dreamwave, indie, indie folk, Indie Rock, Montreal Jazz Fest, music, Paris, photography, travel

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Sunglasses lake double exposed summer

Mashup Mania

June 17, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

“I quote from others to better express myself.” – Michel de Montaigne With the emergence of digital sound technology, increasing connectivity and availability, sampling has become a constant in modern musical genres. The digital synthesizer and the internet have made conversations over music intellectual property a never-ending debate. I can certainly sympathize with the artist who wants to protect the originality of their work and ensure payment of royalties. However, there is a popular argument that rises every time some […]

Categories: 80s, Alternative, British, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, Mashups, New Wave, Pop, Remix, Rock, Sample, Synthpop, Trip Hop, Unsigned • Tags: double exposure, experimental, indie, Mashups, music, musical evolution, photography

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Sun rising behind Temple of Kukulkan/El Castillo in Chichen Itza, Mexico 2012

Dissolve Me

June 10, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Temple of Kukulkan, Chichén Itzá, Mexico All week I’ve been thinking up a completely, mindblowingly awesome post- it didn’t happen. Sorry kids, time has once again escaped me, as it has done so frequently since moving to Australia. This photo was taken on an amazing trip to the Yucatan peninsula. The history major in me was on an all-time high as we explored some of the most significant sights of the Mayan civilization: Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Cobá and Tulum. I’m sure […]

Categories: Alternative, art rock, British, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Psychedelic, Rock • Tags: alternative, art rock, British, experimental, History, indie, Mayans, Mexico, music, new wave, photography, psychedelic, Rock, ruins, temples, travel

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couple walking on beach Australia

Running down to the riptide

May 27, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Stockton Beach, Worimi Conservation Lands, NSW, Australia It’s another Australian homegrown act for you this week with Melbourne artist Vance Joy. It has been a crazy roller-coaster hectic kinda weekend, but I still managed to listen to this track about 30 times in the last 72 hours. An instant favourite. I hope all you Canadians are enjoying the end of your Victoria Day. Very upset that I missed my day, but heartened to hear you found a way to soldier […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Australian, Folk, Indie, Pop, singer-songwriter, Unreleased • Tags: Acoustic, Australian, beach, entertainment, folk, indie, live, music, photography, pop, singer-songwriter

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hot air balloon preparing to take off reflection water

2004 Nostalgie

May 21, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I’m thinking it’s a sign, that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they’re perfectly aligned. Inspired by Zach Braff’s latest Kickstarter campaign, I got cozy and watched Garden State this weekend. The soundtrack transported me back to my early high school days, exploring indie music for the first time. Coldplay, Andrew Murdoch, The Shins and most notably– Iron & Wine’s cover of “Such Great Heights.” Covers are strange, 98% of them don’t come close […]

Categories: Alternative, Cover, Covers, Folk, Indie, Pop, Strings • Tags: alternative, Australia, balloons, Canberra, cover, covers, festival, folk, Garden State, indie, joy kills sorrow, music, photography, Zach Braff

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Looking out windowsill Ottawa

Mystic Mind

May 13, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I’m not going to lie to you guys: I’m exhausted, and listening to today’s song on repeat while I chose a photo has completely mellowed me out. I’m phoning this one in. The photo above was taken in last November in Ottawa. You can just make out the light dusting of snow on the trees. So… heard it snowed this weekend, eh? Six months of snow. Oh Canada. Enjoy this subdued tune. Reminds me of my favourite Cat Power track. […]

Categories: Alternative, Dreamwave, Indie, singer-songwriter • Tags: alternative, art, Canada, dreamwave, indie, Lia Ices, music, Ottawa, photography, photos, singer-songwriter

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Tame Impala live at Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia

Moos and Grooves: Part Twos

May 6, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The adventure continues! After our first three acts, we decided that it wasn’t absolutely necessary to be in the crowd for Alpine. So we went out to pasture. Pas de <<moshing.>> SILENT DISCO. Amazing. You are given headphones and then get to flick back and forth between two live DJs vying for your aural attention. Most often one DJ would come out on top ie. when one played “Thrift Shop” or “Jump Around” (second playing of House of Pain that […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Concert Pics, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australia, Australian music, British Music, Canadian music, Canberra, Candian, concert, concert photos, dance, dreamwave, electronic, electropop, experimental, festival, Groovin the Moo, GTM, music, music festival, new wave, photography, pop, psychedelic, Rock, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, The Kooks, The Temper Trap

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Seth Sentry Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia 2013 live

Moos and Grooves: Part One

April 29, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Between sets. This weekend I went to my first Australian Music Fesitval, Groovin the Moo. The guiding shtick of this festival is to take over the fields of small town Australia and bring ‘local and imported produce’ to the people and our bovine friends. I had a complete blast. Like the previously mentioned Alpine and Frightened Rabbit, the lineup featured some pretty fantastic acts, I got to enjoy some all time favourites and hear some fresh local Australian crop at […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Concert Pics, Dance, Electropop, Hip Hop, Indie, Pop, R&B, Rap, Rock • Tags: alternative, American, Australian, concert, concert photography, concert photos, culture, dance, electropop, festival, hip hop, Hungry Kids for Hungary, indie, live music, Matt and Kim, music, music festival, photography, photos, pop, r&b, rap, Rock, Seth Sentry, travel

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