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My Favourite Faded Fantasy

November 10, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

He’s back guys! He’s back! He’s back! Irish, “self-lacerating troubador” Damien Rice has, after an eight-year absence, released his newest album My Favourite Faded Fantasy today in North America. I’m still on my first run-though, but this album is so classic Damien it’s hard to believe he’s been radio silent for this long. In expected form, the majority of the songs are slow, quiet and introspective– but with 30 seconds to spare he usually builds up to a screeching, voice-cracking […]

Categories: Acoustic, Album Review, Folk, Folk Rock, Irish, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: 2014 music, album review, Damien Rice, folk rock, indie folk, Irish, music, My Favourite Faded Fantasy, new music, photography

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SS&ND Reviews: This is All Yours – Alt-J

November 4, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

 They say a band’s sophomore album is the hardest. In this age of music, if your first release flops– that’s it. In Greg Kot’s book Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music— my all time favourite book about music– he references Joni Mitchell’s remarks on how, when she was signed, record companies offered multi-album deals.  Joni’s first contract gave her something like eight albums. Mitchell claims this allowed her to grow naturally as an artist, hone her writing and musicality. […]

Categories: Album Review, Alternative, art rock, British, Dreamwave, Electronic, Experimental, folktronica, Indie, indietronica, New Wave, Rock, Sample, synth rock • Tags: album review, Alt-J, art rock, Indie Rock, music, photography, Rock, This is All Yours

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Floating Heads by Sophy Cave, Kelvingrove, Glasgow

Halloween and the Machine

October 31, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I am writing to you… from the passsst. OooooOOOOoooooo. Okay but seriously, I’m writing this a week in advance because on the 31st I will be neck deep in Mayan clay and jumping around in the ocean. Wahoooooooo! I also have to be up in 4 hours so Imma make this brief- I CAN DO IT ALL (within reason!) My more attentive readers might remember when I did a review of Florence and the Machine’s Ceremonials last year for the […]

Categories: Baroque Pop, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soul • Tags: album review, Florence and the Machine, Glasgow, halloween, museums, music, photography, Scotland, travel

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Padlocks of love on Paris Bridges

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

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Close up on Barr Brothers' guitar and harp

Releasing the Brothers

November 13, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Eeeks! I had got complaints, but I hadn’t realized it had been nearly two weeks since I had posted! Sorry, it’s been fast-times in the world of VApps, and at the moment, I’m writing to you from my best friend’s place in Paris. Alright, so about a month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the album release concert for The Barr Brothers. The Brothers have been a big hit on this blog. For previous posts click here (coincidentally a photo […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock, Soul • Tags: album review, alternative, Canada, concert, experimental, folk, guitar, Harp, indie, La Tulipe, Montreal, music, Paris, photography, Rock, soul, The Barr Brothers

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