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Man stands alone on beach, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Sam Smith, so hot right now

May 26, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Secret beach at Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia Ah! I’ve been meaning to write about Sam Smith for the past couple of months, but I’ve been humming and hawing about his high level of notoriety– yes… I am a music blogging snob, and?… But then, I had the same internal debate last August with sharing Lorde– and it turns out she was still pretty under the radar. Once again, like I mentioned in the RAC post from last month, […]

Categories: Ballad, British, Indie, Jazz, Pop, singer-songwriter, Soul, Unreleased • Tags: Australia, beach, British, music, new music, new release, photography, sam smith, travel

On the Road

October 21, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

A secret beach. Tunnel access only. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Well, I’ve done it again. I’ve turned my life upside down and am now living on a farm in rural South Australia. Just over a month ago I hopped a flight from Canberra to Adelaide with the intention of going orange picking. Intentions are all well and good, but the best laid schemes […]

Categories: Alternative, Folk, Indie, Rock, Unreleased, Unsigned • Tags: alternative, Australia, beach, books, folk, indie, jack Kerouac, Kangaroo Island, music, photography, Rock, travel, wanderlust

Running down to the riptide

May 27, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Stockton Beach, Worimi Conservation Lands, NSW, Australia It’s another Australian homegrown act for you this week with Melbourne artist Vance Joy. It has been a crazy roller-coaster hectic kinda weekend, but I still managed to listen to this track about 30 times in the last 72 hours. An instant favourite. I hope all you Canadians are enjoying the end of your Victoria Day. Very upset that I missed my day, but heartened to hear you found a way to soldier […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Australian, Folk, Indie, Pop, singer-songwriter, Unreleased • Tags: Acoustic, Australian, beach, entertainment, folk, indie, live, music, photography, pop, singer-songwriter

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

Hometown Visits

June 4, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Man, I miss that waterfront… The summer after my first year of university these two fine women came to visit me in my hometown. The Parisienne attracted a lot of attention at dinner in my small town, by the end of the meal, the entire wait staff had come over to say “bon-jer.” I have two ideas for these photos, it all depends on how you want to perceive them. Happy? You Are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne Nostalgic […]

Categories: Acoustic, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, Barrie, beach, Black and White, folk, happy, indie, music, photography, Ray LaMontagne, sad, Sam Amidon, waterfront

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Sam Smith, so hot right now

On the Road

Running down to the riptide

Vamps from Ipa’hema’

Hometown Visits