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Flexx

August 7, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

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

Looking up Montreal street, Avenue du Parc, Apartments

Signing the Brothers

July 20, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Early last month I posted a track by unsigned Montreal band the Barr Brothers: Beggar in the Morning. Out of the forty some-odd snapshots and needle drops posts to date, this track received by far the most positive feedback. Just praise, it’s fantastic. Well… Exciting news fans! The Barr Brothers have been signed!! Secret City Records have added them to their lineup alongside fellow Montreal artist Patrick Watson (who I featured in my very first post). This means quality studio time and… a […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Lo-fi, Rock • Tags: Canadian, folk, indie, music, photography, Rock, The Barr Brothers

Mother Mother Concert in Mac store July 2011, Molly Guldemond

Mother, May I?

July 19, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

So far I’ve avoided listing a song by the same band twice, but yesterday I attended a free Mother Mother concert at the Apple Store in downtown Montreal (I know!) It was fantastic and deserving of a post. As I lined up alongside fellow music hipsters/snobs, cars on the street and passerbys stopped to ask “what’s the new gadget?” Our response that it was a concert upstairs by a group called ‘Mother Mother’ only served to increase their looks of confusion. I’d […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: Apple, Canadian, concert, indie, Mother Mother, music, photography, Rock

Jazz Fest Wanderers

June 27, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

These photos are the result of me waiting around for a friend at Jazz Fest. The Song is The Stand by Mother Mother. Mother Mother released their third studio album this year called Eureka. I really like this band, they have such a unique and quirky sound with smart lyrics. Mother Mother are creative, experimental and eccentric. However their hooks are so catchy that, despite their alternative heart and soul, they are still very accessible. ….and did I mention they’re […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: Canadian, experimental, indie, Montreal Jazz Fest, music, photography, Rock

Wine Tasting in Môtiers

June 25, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Môtiers is a sweet little town in the Val-de-Travers district, in the canton of Neuchâtel, in the country of Switzerland. Val-de-Travers, besides having some magnificent hiking trails, is a region famous for being the birthplace of absinthe. Interestingly enough, the drink was banned in the country in 1908 after a factory worker killed his wife and children in an hallucinatory frenzy said to have been caused by the “green fairy.” The prohibition was not lifted until 2005. Fortunately, I moved to […]

Categories: Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Soundtrack • Tags: Acoustic, folk, indie, Irish, music, photography, soundtrack

There’s no need to convert a believer

June 20, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Bahamas aka Afie Jurvanen is a Torontonian artist. The tracks on his album Pink Strat are short and sweet- like the early Beatles stuff, with only three of the twelve songs reaching the three-minute mark. Bahamas has toured with other Canadian indie artists like Amy Milan, the Stills and Hayden. On the 24th he’s opening for Robert Plant & the Band of Joy on the first night of the Montreal Jazz Festival. He is great. The end. Already Yours by […]

Categories: Canadian, Folk, Indie • Tags: Bahamas, Canadian, folk, indie, Locarno, music, photography, Switzerland, Ticino

À la prochain, les FrancoFolies

June 18, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The last acts of this year’s Les FrancoFolies de Montréal are currently underway. This annual ten-day music festival features over a thousand french-language acts and Francophone performers from around the world. Like other music festivals in Montreal, there are hundreds of free outdoor shows around Place des Arts (in case you had questions about how awesome Montreal is, it is hundreds-of-free-concerts awesome). Feeling the FrancoFolies vibe, I’ve decided to feature Canadian bassist and singer Marie-Pierre Arthur. Elle by Marie-Pierre Arthur

Categories: Canadian, Folk, French, Indie • Tags: Canadian, festival, flower, folk, french music, Geneva, Geneva Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, indie, Marie-Pierre Arthur, Montreal, music, photography

Cathedral arches, St Paul's Basilique, Paris

He is… his daughter’s father.

June 17, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I spent a long time trying to find a photo to match the song I had selected for today. I eventually decided on this one because the band, Fleet Foxes, often use incredible and layered vocal harmonies… they’re almost choral-like. As well, there’s this reverb quality to their sound almost as if they record in an empty cathedral. This week I was a very proud daughter. My dad was visiting for a couple days and we spent some time in HMV. […]

Categories: Americana, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: Basilique Saint-Denis, cathedral, father-daughter, Fleet Foxes, folk, indie, music, Paris, photography, Rock, shopping

Highway north of Whitehorse, mountain, forest,

“Put the friggin’ camera down!”

June 16, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Alaskan Highway, Yukon Three cheers for the Yukon! This is on the Alaskan highway going north from Whitehorse. My aunt repeatedly yelled at me to put the camera down but I just couldn’t, that whole territory is breathtakingly gorgeous. The song is A Million Years by Alexander. He’s the lead singer from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Ima Robot. I feel like ‘Alexander’ is one of the most un-google-able artist names out there. You pretty much have to know […]

Categories: Folk, Indie • Tags: Alexander, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, folk, googol, indie, music, photography, Rock, Yukon

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