Category Archives: Electronic

Top Drops 2014

January 13, 2015 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s been a scarce couple of musical months, guys and dolls. Life has taken on a new kind of intensity after starting my new job– which I love– but unfortunately leaves me with little time for musical exploration or blogging. However, missing out on listing Snapshots and Needle Drops’ top ten drops and shots for 2014 was never an option… even if it is late. Once again, I plan on posting last year’s photography on the Snapshots and Needle Drops […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Irish, Jazz, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Remix, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: 2014 music, best of, Canadian, indie, jazz, music, photography, pop, Rock, top ten

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SS&ND Reviews: This is All Yours – Alt-J

November 4, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

They say a band’s sophomore album is the hardest. In this age of music, if your first release flops– that’s it. In Greg Kot’s book Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music— my all time favourite book about music– he references Joni Mitchell’s remarks on how, when she was signed, record companies offered multi-album deals. Joni’s first contract gave her something like eight albums. Mitchell claims this allowed her to grow naturally as an artist, hone her writing and musicality. […]

Categories: Album Review, Alternative, art rock, British, Dreamwave, Electronic, Experimental, folktronica, Indie, indietronica, New Wave, Rock, Sample, synth rock • Tags: album review, Alt-J, art rock, Indie Rock, music, photography, Rock, This is All Yours

Beats on Repeat

June 30, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

We’re branching into something a little different at Snapshots and Needle Drops today. Beats on Repeat will be the periodic (re: whenever I feel like it) publication of my weekly musical obsessions. These are songs that I just can’t stop hitting replay on; the tracks I can’t get out of my head and, for whatever reason, will not get a Doodledrop of their own. Beats on Repeat will be featured pretty much solely on Snapshots and Needle Drops’ facebook page. So get […]

Categories: Alternative, British, Electronic, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Soul • Tags: British Music, electronic, indie, music, playlist, pop, remix, Rudi Zygadlo, sam smith, soul

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Ria Sia

June 16, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Toronto Pearson International Airport, dawn, New Years Day 2013 Sia’s smash-hit “Chandelier” and its incredible music video have infected the internet with a healthy dose of power vocals, phenomenal dancing and mainstream-busting unconventionality. If you happen to be one of the 12 people who have not seen the video yet, I’ll link it through after today’s track(s). All this talk of Sia, however, reminds me of a remixed version of her 2004 “Breathe Me” that I became obsessed with in […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Ballad, DJ, Dreamwave, Electronic, Experimental, Indie, indietronica, Pop, Remix, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: Australian, Chandelier, dreamwave, indie, music, photography, pop, remix, Sia, travel, travel photography

Paris, 2am

April 29, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

2am, Rue du Bac, 7e arrondissement de Paris I chose this photo because today’s song reminds me of some sort of chase scene through Europe– like it belongs on Jason Bourne’s running mix. This is undoubtably because it reminds me of “Running Away” by G. Love (embedded below) a great piece used in the movie Cellular. I’ve been running flat out for the last two weeks, so these tracks are fitting. I can finally see the light at the end […]

Categories: DJ, Electronic, Electropop, Indie, indietronica, Pop, Soundtrack • Tags: electric, Electric Guest, G. Love, indie, music, new music, night photography, Paris, photography, pop, Rock, Rue du Bac, running, Soundtracks

Lost Giraffe

April 21, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Merida, Yucatàn, Mexico— The Yucatàn Peninsula is stupidly photogenic. First off, I want to give a quick shout-out to the lovely Alexiane P., a former McGill touree of mine and an absolutely stunning vocalist. She has been selected as a finalist to sing at this year’s FrancoFolies (click for SSND post). For those of you who don’t know, Les FrancoFolies is a French music festival, possibly the largest, where francophone artists from all over the world descend on our spectacular […]

Categories: Dance, DJ, Dreamwave, Electronic, House • Tags: Chris Malinchak, DJ, electronic, flowers, FrancoFolies, house, Mexico, music, petals, photography, pink, travel, Yucatàn Peninsula

Remix Artists Collective

April 7, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Groovin the Moo, 2013 “Have you heard this song before?” Snapshots and Needle Drops’ Emily (WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS THIS WEEK) is oh so much more than a fantastic contributor: Emily often serves as my eyes and ears back in North America. My main audience for this blog are in Canada and the US, though the number of visitors from the UK and Australia are also growing. It can be incredibly difficult to write across the globe for an audience who […]

Categories: DJ, Electronic, Indie, Remix • Tags: electronic, festival, Groovin the Moo, indie, music, music festival, photography, RAC, remix, Remix Artists Collective

Treasure Hunting

March 17, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia A few weeks ago, I wrote briefly about a trip my friend Matt and I took to Kangaroo Island. Matt and I make the perfect travel companions. We’re relaxed, adventurous, spontaneous, and we like climb all over shit. One big hangup we had about visiting Kangaroo Island is that most people do it in a day or two. A DAY OR TWO??! We had a full week there and felt like we had […]

Categories: Alternative, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Experimental, House, Indie, Instrumental, New Wave, Unreleased, Unsigned • Tags: adventure, Australia, dance, dreamwave, electric, experiemental, indie, Kangaroo Island, music, photography, Remarkable Rocks, South Australia, travel, unsigned

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Osheaga Playlist 2014

March 11, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Three fans mourn the end of Metric’s set while The Black Keys rock out 50ft to their left. As Canadians outside Montreal are becoming increasingly aware, for the August long-weekend there is nowhere else to be but Parc Jean-Drapeau. Starting the year before I moved to Montreal in 2006, the Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts has really exploded in the last few years, reaching 135,000 attendees in 2013 (apparently 70% from outside Québec)- practically busting out into the Saint Lawrence […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, House, Indie, Kiwi, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Swedish, Synthpop, World • Tags: 2014, Canadian, Concerts, convert, dance, festicals, festival, Montreal, music, Osheaga, Osheaga 2014, Osheaga 2014 playlist, Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts, osheaga music festival, Parc Jean-Drapeau, photography, Rock, world

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