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The Underdog

October 28, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Meet Rocky. Rocky lives in Vancouver. Rocky is gorgeous. Rocky is fierce. Rocky was made for the camera. The photo here was taken by a Mr. Davidson at a high tea hosted by the ever-dashing Mr. Ting. It was well posh. The song, The Underdog has been used both wisely and unwisely by music supervisors in quite a number of projects. For instance, it’s used awesomely in Horrible Bosses, How I Met Your Mother, but awfully in 17 Again. There is an […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canada, dog, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock, Spoon, Vancouver

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Red ball on reflective water, cloud reflections

Making Mirrors

October 26, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Feel like having a xylophone song break your heart? Here is Belgian-Australian Gotye and Kiwi artist Kimbra, who will, with layers of synthesizers, cowbells, and xylophones, rhythmically give off a vibe that is both quirky and bleak. Gotye spent eight weeks at number one on the Australian charts this summer with this single off his 2011 album Making Mirrors. He is the first Australian act to do so since Savage Garden and their hit “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (a song that I still […]

Categories: Alternative, Experimental, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australian, balloon, Canada, experimental, indie, Kiwi, mirrors, music, photography, reflections, Rock, Vancouver, water

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Birthday Post!

October 24, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Hello friends! Today just happens to be my birthday. You can celebrate it yourself by eating some cake… and by listening to my favourite song. Coconut Skins by Damien Rice

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, birthday, Canada, Coco Locale, cupcakes, Damien Rice, folk, indie, Montreal, music, photography

The New Gig

October 22, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s been a post-less few days, but I promise I’ve been thinking about you. The new headline in my life is my new job with Steal My Playlist! I am their new resident album reviewer. Now I’ll get new music sent directly to my house! My first article is on Feist’s new album Metals. So check out my thoughts on that over on SMP! The first song on Metals really reminded me of a campfire, so, for your listening pleasure, here it is. […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, bonfire, Canada, Canadian, Feist, fire, indie, music, photography, Rock

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View looking up at colourful fall autumn tree from trunk

Happy Thanksgiving

October 10, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Enjoying the holiday? Enjoy it a little more with choral symphonic pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree and this feel-good number. Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree

Categories: Alternative, Choral, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul, Symphonic, World • Tags: alternative, Autumn, Canadian, colours, indie, music, perspective, photography, pop, Rock, Thanksgiving, The Polyphonic Sree, tree

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Gaia by Guy Liberté, photos from space in Montreal's Place des Arts

Commuting Home

October 2, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

So when you commute home from your job at 6:30am, do you get to bike through beautiful aerial shots? At the moment Montreal’s Promenade des Artistes is adorned with sixty spectacular photographs of earth and its waterways. They were taken by space tourist Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, during his 2009 trip to the International Space Station. The images can also be found in his coffee table book Gaia. Proceeds from Gaia go towards his One Drop Foundation which supports […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Covers, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, beauty, covers, folk, indie, Montreal, music, night, photography, space

Band Mother Mother live at Concordia University Frosh, Montreal

It takes a dedicated hand to put it through the wall

September 29, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Just some Mother Mother for you- because some Mother Mother is infinitely greater than zero Mother Mother. Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canadian, concert, indie, Montreal, Mother Mother, music, photography, rock experimental

Setting the Arcade on Fire

September 26, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

On Thursday night I was part of “the most polite giant mob” Win Butler had ever seen. Hometown heroes, Arcade Fire, drew a crowd of 75,000 people for their free show which, both concluded their international tour and kick-started the 10th annual indie-music festival, POP Montreal. This has been a fantastic year for the band, in August 2010 they came out with their third studio album, The Suburbs. The Suburbs received wide acclaim by both music critics and fans. The NME’s […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Indie, Rock

Lazy Tuesday

September 20, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Today is one of those rare and strange days with absolutely no commitments. Made even more odd because it’s a Tuesday. You know how people like to find celebrity lookalikes for themselves and their friends? Yes? No? Just the foolish people I know? For whatever reason, my friends are always at a loss when it comes to me and can never think of anyone. EXCEPT this one time a girl told me I look like Ingrid Michaelson. I think it’s the […]

Categories: Folk, Indie, Pop

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Category Archives: Indie

The Underdog

Making Mirrors

Birthday Post!

The New Gig

Happy Thanksgiving

Commuting Home

It takes a dedicated hand to put it through the wall

Setting the Arcade on Fire

Lazy Tuesday