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A little thunder’s good

December 9, 2013 by ebembo

In movies and TV shows, there is a trope that, if properly executed, can be utterly charming, and if poorly handled, can be the most grating thing in the world, and that is the oft-used character of the Wise Beyond Her Years Child. In the movie 500 Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character seeks life advice from his kid sister, played by a pre-teen Chloë Grace Moretz, as she waxes philosophical from the sidelines of her soccer game. At first, […]

Categories: Canadian, Folk, Indie, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: Canada, Canadian music, indie, indie folk, Indie Rock, Montreal, singer-songwriter

Let Your Mind Wander & Your Heart Soar

November 4, 2013 by ebembo

The Guggenheim Museum, New York City (My thanks to Vappz for giving me the opportunity to write another guest blog.) Many months ago, I was overwhelmed with school assignments and exams. Despite needing to spend every waking moment writing, researching, and studying, I kept finding myself staring off into space, daydreaming. The reason behind these lost moments? I had gone to a concert and exchanged Meaningful Eye Contact (TM) with a bassist. I knew it was silly to keep thinking […]

Categories: Acoustic, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, Strings • Tags: Acoustic, Canadian, Groenland, indie, indie folk, indie pop, jazz, Montreal, orchestral, strings

On the Road

October 21, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

A secret beach. Tunnel access only. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Well, I’ve done it again. I’ve turned my life upside down and am now living on a farm in rural South Australia. Just over a month ago I hopped a flight from Canberra to Adelaide with the intention of going orange picking. Intentions are all well and good, but the best laid schemes […]

Categories: Alternative, Folk, Indie, Rock, Unreleased, Unsigned • Tags: alternative, Australia, beach, books, folk, indie, jack Kerouac, Kangaroo Island, music, photography, Rock, travel, wanderlust

The Echo from the Mountain

October 7, 2013 by ebembo

View from the Ubisoft rooftop terrace in Montreal Pop Montreal has come and gone in a flash. This year’s line-up was particularly strong and the festival was made all the better by gorgeous, unseasonably warm weather. As is often the case at Pop, deciding which concert to see when there are so many amazing acts playing at the same time proved to be especially challenging. But there was one show in particular that I knew, hands-down, I would not miss: […]

Categories: Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Pop, singer-songwriter • Tags: art folk, Canadian, concert photos, experimental, festival, folk, indie, indie folk, indie pop, music festival, night photography, photography, pop, Pop Montreal, Swedish, Thus:Owls

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

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

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

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

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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