Reason number 129 to love Montréal: sporadic street performances by Cirque du Soleil. This is Birdy. You might have heard her wonderful cover of Bon Iver’s Skinny Love earlier this year. If you like the song, be sure to check out “Shelter” as well. “People Help the People” by Birdy
Categories: Covers, Folk, Rock, Soul • Tags: Bon Iver, cirque du soleil, cirque soleil, folk, Montreal, music, photography, photos, street performances
FREEDOM!! Freedom came for me at 3am on Wednesday morning when I finished my last of 10, twelve-hour shifts, in the past 11 nights. Within 9 hours my co-worker Mel and I picked up our paycheques and hit the road for our Ontarian homes. If you’re going to be stuck in a car with someone for seven hours it is near-impossible to beat the fine and fun company of one Miss. Mel. We talked about anything and everything. And just to […]
Categories: Alternative, Dreamwave, Electronic, Indie, Rock, Soul • Tags: Christmas, electronic, indie, music, photography, Rock, soul
This song is a little indie-style pick-me-up for all of you currently studying for exams- as well as those just coming out of them. I don’t know if you’re like me, but after writing my last exam, my brain would always take a few days to really understand that the whole ordeal was over. All that prep work and it’s done in three lightning-fast hours? This song always makes me think of road trips to the beach. “Lust for Life” […]
Categories: Alternative, Indie, Lo-fi, Pop, Rock • Tags: colour, Girls, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock
I’ve been living alone for the better part of six months now. It’s been going pretty well except yesterday, for the first time, I crossed a line- I started talking to myself. Or rather, what I should say was that I was talking to my phone. Is talking to inanimate objects better than talking to yourself? Doubtful. Regardless, these were not murmured internal ramblings, but full sentences at a conversational volume. If a girl talks in her apartment, and there’s no one […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canadian, indie, music, photography, Rock, Vancouver
Two nights ago I was reunited with my girls Lex and ST in Ottawa. These two girls are the reason I got through university with most of my sanity intact. We all took some variation of the same degrees: History, Political Science, Humanistic Studies, Art History, Religion, so we always found fantastic courses and took at least one of them together each semester. These girls and I share very specific knowledge on a range of subjects. Yeah… it’s pretty cool. […]
Categories: Electronic, Indie, Rock • Tags: AWOLNATION, electronic, friends, indie, Ottawa, Rock, snow
One morning I was having breakfast with my good friend Phil, and we were discussing the mental benefits of going for a run. He talked about how his brain seems to figure stuff out while he’s jogging only to pop up later like “hey! While you were running- we were working, and we figured some stuff out for ya!” My favourite line to come out of this conversation was when he told me he always thinks his brain is confused […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Indie, Pop, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canadian, Glasgow, Hey Rosetta, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock, Scotland
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” Slightly cheesy, I know, but when I was 15 I thought this Elizabeth Kübler-Ross quote was incredibly astute. Random fact: Elizabeth Kübler-Ross is the same psychiatrist who proposed the five stages of grief model. The photo is from inside La Sagrada Família, Antoni Gaudí’s cathedral in Barcelona. Construction […]
Categories: Alternative, Rock, Soul • Tags: alternative, Barcelona, Florence and the Machine, Gaudi, History, music, photography, Rock, soul, Spain
I’ve been working like a madwoman lately. This photo was taken during Montreal’s Tour la Nuit this past summer. It’s an annual festival where about 15,000 bike 20km through the city at night. For the event, a lot of major roads are blocked which delayed my dinner companions significantly. However, while I waited, I ended up writing one of my first posts: ‘Go. Stop.’ “My Body” by Young the Giant
Categories: Alternative, Rock • Tags: alternative, biking, Canada, indie, Montreal, music, photography, Rock, tour la nuit, Young the Giant
Fun fact: it is impossible to take a bad photo of Paris between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. This city is so freaking gorgeous. I should really just rename this blog “Paris Shots and Needle Drops” because that might be all get from me for awhile. I’m giving you some vintage Feist. This song was used on the Paris, je t’aime soundtrack- something I had not thought about when I titled this post. For those who haven’t checked out […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, French, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: Eiffel Tower, Feist, France, music, Paris, Paris je t'aime, photography, soundtrack, sunset
Snapshots and Needle Drops