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Summer Anthem

July 16, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Return of the short posts! Icona Pop’s “I Love It” has turned into my summer anthem for 2012. I listen to it when I run, drive, let loose… pretty much all the time. Now, usually when “I Love It” gets played, someone interjects with “I prefer this one” and links through “Manners” by the same group. “Manners” is awesome- but it ain’t my summer anthem. However, because I’m feeling generous, I’ll link it through as well. Like many good bands, this duo […]

Categories: Alternative, Dance, Electronic, Indie, Pop • Tags: Canada, dance, electric, entertainment, Icona Pop, Montreal, music, photography, pop, ste catherine, summer, summer anthem, summer songs, Swedish, travel, vacation

Locked: A Crash Course on Coldplay

July 11, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The love locks of Paris. It seems like everyone has an opinion on Coldplay. Today, I asked a good friend what hers was. Mixed reviews it seems. My opinion? Let me say this about Coldplay, they are the only artist that I have gone out and bought every one of their albums. This is saying something as I currently have some 1,633 different artists on my itunes. The “too mainstream” argument, which is often used against Coldplay, is one I can’t […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: Acoustic, album review, alternative, Coldplay, France, love, music, Paris, photography, pop, Rock, travel

Canada Day Bonus

July 2, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Kinda like how Canadians are getting an extra holiday today, even though Canada Day was yesterday, I’m posting a little bonus to follow up yesterday’s doodledrop. The photo is of Barrie, Ontario’s patriotic celebrations down by the bay, (where the watermelons grow…) What did you all get up to this July 1st? In my Canada Day post this year I noted a few popular Canadian artists. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention our latest international sensation, Carly Rae Jepsen. […]

Categories: Canadian, Experimental, Mashups, Pop • Tags: Annie Lennox, Barrie, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian, Carly Rae Jepsen, couple, experimental, fireworks, international sensation, Mashups, music, night photography, patriotic celebrations, photography, pop, Rostam Batmanglij, travel, vacation, Vampire Weekend, walking on broken glass

One Year, One Hundred Doodledrops

June 12, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Celebrations! Remember when we were kids, how birthday parties were always pushed to the weekend so your friends could all come over and dance the Macarena? We’re going to apply that same concept here. I took my blog public just over a year ago on June 5th, so a few days late, but regardless- let’s party like it’s 1995! Coincidentally, it also happens to be my 100th snapshot and needle drop (or “doodledrop”) posted! The term doodledrop was coined this past […]

Categories: Alternative, Pop, Soundtrack • Tags: anniversary, baking, cupcakes, food photography, monster, music, photography

It’s a Force Field

March 4, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

This song is slowly creeping its way into my favour. Anyone else unable to get it out of their heads? Tomorrow it will move to first place on my running playlist. This photo, taken from Granville Island after a seafood dinner with some of the greatest company one could ever ask for, is of light worms invading Vancouver. Watch out. “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris

Categories: Dance, Electronic, House, Pop • Tags: dance, electric, house, music, photo, photography, pop, travel, Vancouver

The Main

February 19, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The Main is the nickname for boulevard Saint Laurent in Montréal. This street is the heartline from which everything stems from in the city. You are either west or east of Saint Laurent, and historically it was also the unofficial demarkation between English or French. This 18th century road has been referred to as “The Main” for hundreds of years, as it was the principle path up through the city from the old port. This fact is according to Shwartz’s, […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Folk, French, Pop, Soul • Tags: french, indie, Montreal, music, photography, saint laurent, shwartz

Balloons caught on St Catherine, Montreal

Ready, Set… OK Go.

February 5, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Today, music-video masters OK Go came out with a new video! This one clip quickly turned into a OK Go marathon. The group’s videos, like their music, are super fun and awesomely quirky. At first their style was very DIY, filming and releasing their music clips themselves on YouTube- even though they were signed. OK Go gained particular attention after one of their videos, in which they performed a hilarious dance routine on eight treadmills, went viral in 2006. In […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: alternative, art, balloons, creative, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock, superbowl ads

A Ways Away

January 26, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Sorry for my absence. I will be back in the next few days. For now, here is my substitute. I hope she entertains you all. “Musicbox” by Regina Spektor

Categories: Alternative, anti-folk, Baroque, Experimental, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: anti-folk, baroque pop, music, pets, photography, photos, Regina Spektor, vacation

Into the Wild

January 20, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I was recently commiserating with my good friend Taylor about applications; on her end: law school, on mine: employment. “Eff law school imma go live in the woods!” she tells me. This naturally prompted me to compare her to Emile Hirsch in “Into the Wild.” As recent graduates, Taylor and I can sympathize with his character in the film. We are certainly feeling the post-convocation-must-find-role-in-life stress. The job market is a fearsome place, which is why this song is appropriate. The photo […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Pop, Rock, Unreleased • Tags: music, photography, pop, Rock, Sahara Desert, Tunisia

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