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Olympic Rings in Whistler 2010

Blades of Gold

February 24, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Olympic Rings in Whistler for Vancouver 2010 Where were you when the puck dropped? On Sunday night at 11pm I was sitting on my couch, wine in hand- ready to chug the bottle if things turned blue and yellow. Obviously hockey is huge for us Canadians and the Olympics are a time when all the enormous talent we rent out to every American NHL team (seriously, 53.3% of players are Canadian with Americans contributing only 23.9% of their own homegrown […]

Categories: Alternative, British, Electronic, Electropop • Tags: alternative, British, electronic, electropop, Gold, Gold Medal, gold medal game, Goldfrapp, Hockey, music, Olympics, photography, Soch 2014, Vancouver 2010, Winter Olympics

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Top Drops 2013 Close up of sheep

Top Drops 2013

January 7, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

As promised in last week’s Top Shots 2013, I have painstakingly culled my precious music selections from the past year and whittled down a top ten list for 2013’s Needle Drops. It was no simple task. I hummed and hawed, listened and relistened, made lists and reversed them and eventually came up with the following. Am I obsessive? Probably. Did I put too much time into this? Most likely. Am I happy with the results? Yes… I think so… Yeah…………. […]

Categories: 80s, Acoustic, Alternative, art rock, Australian, British, Canadian, Cover, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Kiwi, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop • Tags: alternative, Australian, best of, Canadian, indie, Kiwi, music, music lovers, photography, top ten

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The Nature of a Renaissance Girl

September 30, 2013 by ebembo

It is my pleasure to be back with yet another SS&ND guest blog! Oh Land’s “Renaissance Girls” is like an updated version of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl”; a 21st century tongue-in-cheek take on femininity – short bangs and all! If the mid-90s were about ironically playing on the “dumb blonde” stereotype (in addition to Gwen Stefani, we had Buffy and Cher Horowitz , to name a few), the 2010s have been about addressing the expectation that girls be all things […]

Categories: 90s, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, Pop, singer-songwriter • Tags: American, Danish, electronic, electropop, experimental, fun, indie, music, Oh Land, photography, pop

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City2Surf 2013, jogging crowds

Running Royals: City2Surf 2013

August 12, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Just me and 84,999 of the world’s other coolest people. City2Surf! City2Surf! This weekend was City2Surf! This event, the world’s largest timed race, takes its runners from the heart of Sydney to Bondi Beach: 85,000 participants, 14 kilometers and a whole lot of amazing and hilarious sights in between. Favourite moments include the plentiful costumes, KISS tribute band, kids screaming you on, impromptu YMCA jog-dancing, stunning views of Sydney harbour at the top of “Heartbreak Hill” and soaring across that […]

Categories: Alternative, Electronic, Electropop, Indie, Kiwi, Pop • Tags: 2013, alternative, City2Surf, electronic, electropop, indie, indie pop, Kiwi, Lorde, music, photography, pop, race, running, Sydney

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Happiness: Rhythmicized

August 5, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Enjoying an exceptionally warm May day. English Bay, Vancouver, Canada. An exceedingly happy, hand-clappin’, summer tune. “Waves” by Electric Guest

Categories: Alternative, Electronic, Electropop, Indie, Pop, Synthpop • Tags: Electric Guest, electropop, happy, indie, music, photography, pop, travel, Vancouver

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Osh- itimmissing- eaga 2013

Osh-itimmissing-eaga 2013

July 22, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

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 […]

Categories: Alternative, art rock, British, Canadian, Concert Pics, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, French, Funk, Hip Hop, Indie, Instrumental, Lists, New Wave, Playlists, Pop, Post-Punk, Rap, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop • Tags: 2013, concert, festival, folk, Montreal, music, music festival, Osheaga, photography

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Looking up at a Banyan tree, Mexico

The ‘Yes’ Feeling

July 15, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

  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

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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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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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