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Tame Impala live at Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia

Moos and Grooves: Part Twos

May 6, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The adventure continues! After our first three acts, we decided that it wasn’t absolutely necessary to be in the crowd for Alpine. So we went out to pasture. Pas de <<moshing.>> SILENT DISCO. Amazing. You are given headphones and then get to flick back and forth between two live DJs vying for your aural attention. Most often one DJ would come out on top ie. when one played “Thrift Shop” or “Jump Around” (second playing of House of Pain that […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Concert Pics, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australia, Australian music, British Music, Canadian music, Canberra, Candian, concert, concert photos, dance, dreamwave, electronic, electropop, experimental, festival, Groovin the Moo, GTM, music, music festival, new wave, photography, pop, psychedelic, Rock, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, The Kooks, The Temper Trap

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Seth Sentry Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia 2013 live

Moos and Grooves: Part One

April 29, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Between sets. This weekend I went to my first Australian Music Fesitval, Groovin the Moo. The guiding shtick of this festival is to take over the fields of small town Australia and bring ‘local and imported produce’ to the people and our bovine friends. I had a complete blast. Like the previously mentioned Alpine and Frightened Rabbit, the lineup featured some pretty fantastic acts, I got to enjoy some all time favourites and hear some fresh local Australian crop at […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Concert Pics, Dance, Electropop, Hip Hop, Indie, Pop, R&B, Rap, Rock • Tags: alternative, American, Australian, concert, concert photography, concert photos, culture, dance, electropop, festival, hip hop, Hungry Kids for Hungary, indie, live music, Matt and Kim, music, music festival, photography, photos, pop, r&b, rap, Rock, Seth Sentry, travel

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Sparkling water silhouette Muskoka shadow dog

That Expectedly, Unexpected Sound

April 15, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The stunning ST a ‘Sparkling Hour‘ in Muskoka Dulling the pain created by the release of Osheaga’s 2013 line-up and the acceptance that I won’t be attending this year is the anticipation of going to the Australian music festival called ‘Groovin the Moo” in two weeks! Groovin’ the Moo has stacked the deck with awesome bands from Australia. And Australia, if you haven’t noticed, has recently been flooding the market with killer new acts. Today’s feature is a band that […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Post-Punk, Synthpop • Tags: Alpine, alternative, Australian, Canada, cottage, dog, dreamwave, electric, electropop, entertainment, experimental, Groovin the Moo, indie, lake, music, music festival, Muskoka, new wave, photo, photography, pics, pop, post-punk, summer, Synthpop

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wave crashing against water-smoothed tree on Mexican beach

Vamps from Ipa’hema’

March 19, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Tulum (Mexico) beach at sunrise D’ya get it? Vamps from Ipahema. Judge me all you want, but I am shamefully proud of that title. Now that the incredible Osheaga lineup has been announced- even though there is next-to-nil chance I’ll be attending this year- bands will subsequently fall into one of two camps: those that are playing at Osheaga and those that are not. Today we feature Vampire Weekend who are not only playing in Parc-Jean Drapeau this summer, but […]

Categories: Baroque Pop, Caribbean, Dreamwave, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Rock, Synthpop, World • Tags: baroque pop, beach, dreamwave, electropop, experimental, indie, Mexico, music, new music, new release, new single, new wave, Osheaga, osheaga music festival, photography, photos, pop, Rock, Synthpop, Tulum, tulum mexico, Vampire Weekend, world

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Enlighten Festival Canberra light projections on building

Ain’t No Love

March 11, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Canberra’s ‘Enlighten’ Festival March 2013 I woke this fine Australian morning to find that my friends at Ain’t No Love have come out with a beast of a new video for their latest ‘Gone Already.’ It opens with haunting beats and singer Saidah’s entrancing vocals. The mix lures you into a chilled rhythmic groove only to be shaken awake by the purposely frantic and silver-tongued stylings MCs Beanz and 1990. Love Thy Brother’s Liam Clarke is masterful as he creates […]

Categories: Canadian, Electronic, Pop, Rap, Renegade Pop, Thugstep, Trip Hop • Tags: Ain't No Love, Australia, Canadian, Canberra, electronic, entertainment, festival, music, photography, pop, rap, renegade pop, thugstep, trip hop

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Angled shot of bar lights at Kool Haus, Toronto

Brooding Vintage Keyboards

January 14, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Diamond Rings is 80s revivalism to a tee. With lamenting synthesizers, deep steady vocals, and a glam to rival David Bowie himself, Diamond Rings taps into the power of neon lasers and shoulder-pad blazers. The persona of this Canadian artist was created to challenge the expectations of the male pop star; again… à la Bowie with rock in 1972-73 with Ziggy Stardust. Doesn’t it sound like it would have been perfect for the Drive soundtrack? I’m especially digging the intro, it’s mad rad. As for […]

Categories: 80s, Alternative, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Funk, Glam Rock, Indie, Pop, Rock, Synthpop • Tags: 80s, alternative, Canadian, dance, electronic, electropop, funk, glam rock, indie, music, photography, pop, revivalism, Rock, Synthpop

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Top 10 songs from 2012

Top of the Drops 2012

December 30, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Music and I got off to a rocky start in 2012. Most of the new releases from early 2012 left me underwhelmed. Everyone seemed to be wrapped up in a big electro-techno wave that I was not whole-heartedly on board for. While I see these genres as great platforms for creativity and modernity, the majority of it does little to captivate me. This disheartened attitude took a turn for the better in the summer when I started discovering amazing new […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, anti-folk, British, Canadian, Dance, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Lists, Pop, Rock, Sample, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop, Unsigned • Tags: 2012, Acoustic, alternative, Americana, best of, best of 2012, British, Canadian, dance, electropop, entertainment, experimental, folk, indie, list, music, photography, photos, pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, soul

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mouse ornament, closeup, christmas bulb reflection, silver

It Was Christmas Eve Babe…

December 24, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, EVERYONE!! Just a quick post to wish you a wonderful season. I hope this time finds you all happy, healthy and surrounded by cozy things like Christmas tree ornaments from your childhood. I’ll be writing you again before the end of the month with my list of favourite songs from 2012, followed by some exciting updates in the new year! Look out for them! Please take a listen to this awesome Christmas track. It’s a cover of […]

Categories: Alternative, Americana, Canadian, Cover, Folk, Indie, Pop • Tags: 2012, art, Canada, Canadian, Christmas, Christmas tree, decorations, folk, indie, music, ornament, photography, pop, Rock, Stars

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Hot Shots of 2012

December 18, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Since “Obsessed with 2011” went over so well last year, I decided to include the photos in this year’s roundup of favourites. 2012 had me bouncing all over, hence there is some location variation. I’ve probably gone through background of these shots in their original posts (which can be accessed by clicking on the photographs or their titles), so I won’t bore you and just let you get straight to the pics! Top 10 ‘Snapshots’ of 2012 10. On Returning: Alright… it’s a […]

Categories: British, Dance, Dreamwave, Electropop, Lists, Pop, Synthpop • Tags: 2012, arts, Barcelona, best of 2012, Canada, Ellie Goulding, France, list, lists, Montreal, music, Ontario, Paris, photography, photos, Scotland, Spain, top ten, travel, Vancouver, winter

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