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Top songs from 2014

Top Drops 2014

January 13, 2015 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s been a scarce couple of musical months, guys and dolls. Life has taken on a new kind of intensity after starting my new job– which I love– but unfortunately leaves me with little time for musical exploration or blogging. However, missing out on listing Snapshots and Needle Drops’ top ten drops and shots for 2014 was never an option… even if it is late. Once again, I plan on posting last year’s photography on the Snapshots and Needle Drops […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Irish, Jazz, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Remix, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: 2014 music, best of, Canadian, indie, jazz, music, photography, pop, Rock, top ten

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Fans by the concert stage barricade

Osheaga Playlist 2014

March 11, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Three fans mourn the end of Metric’s set while The Black Keys rock out 50ft to their left. As Canadians outside Montreal are becoming increasingly aware, for the August long-weekend there is nowhere else to be but Parc Jean-Drapeau. Starting the year before I moved to Montreal in 2006, the Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts has really exploded in the last few years, reaching 135,000 attendees in 2013 (apparently 70% from outside Québec)- practically busting out into the Saint Lawrence […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, House, Indie, Kiwi, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Swedish, Synthpop, World • Tags: 2014, Canadian, Concerts, convert, dance, festicals, festival, Montreal, music, Osheaga, Osheaga 2014, Osheaga 2014 playlist, Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts, osheaga music festival, Parc Jean-Drapeau, photography, Rock, world

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The Tree of Love

March 4, 2014 by ebembo

“I just really like my own company. And wine.” Before I get to the brilliant mind behind that quote, some backstory… I live across the street from an elementary school. On Valentine’s Day they strung up these red cardboard hearts all over the trees in the playground. They’ve left the hearts up for three weeks now, and I love gazing out my office window at them, fluttering in the breeze, weathering the snow, the freezing rain, the fierce winds, and […]

Categories: Canadian, R&B, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop • Tags: AKUA, Argentina, Australia, Canadian, Canadian music, friendship, heart, live music, love, Montreal, music, photography, R&B, Scotland, singer-songwriter, Solange, soul, synth, Synthpop, trees, Valentine's Day, wine

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Top Drops 2013 Close up of sheep

Top Drops 2013

January 7, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

As promised in last week’s Top Shots 2013, I have painstakingly culled my precious music selections from the past year and whittled down a top ten list for 2013’s Needle Drops. It was no simple task. I hummed and hawed, listened and relistened, made lists and reversed them and eventually came up with the following. Am I obsessive? Probably. Did I put too much time into this? Most likely. Am I happy with the results? Yes… I think so… Yeah…………. […]

Categories: 80s, Acoustic, Alternative, art rock, Australian, British, Canadian, Cover, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Kiwi, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop • Tags: alternative, Australian, best of, Canadian, indie, Kiwi, music, music lovers, photography, top ten

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Let Your Mind Wander & Your Heart Soar

November 4, 2013 by ebembo

The Guggenheim Museum, New York City (My thanks to Vappz for giving me the opportunity to write another guest blog.) Many months ago, I was overwhelmed with school assignments and exams. Despite needing to spend every waking moment writing, researching, and studying, I kept finding myself staring off into space, daydreaming. The reason behind these lost moments? I had gone to a concert and exchanged Meaningful Eye Contact (TM) with a bassist. I knew it was silly to keep thinking […]

Categories: Acoustic, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, Strings • Tags: Acoustic, Canadian, Groenland, indie, indie folk, indie pop, jazz, Montreal, orchestral, strings

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The Echo from the Mountain

October 7, 2013 by ebembo

View from the Ubisoft rooftop terrace in Montreal Pop Montreal has come and gone in a flash. This year’s line-up was particularly strong and the festival was made all the better by gorgeous, unseasonably warm weather.  As is often the case at Pop, deciding which concert to see when there are so many amazing acts playing at the same time proved to be especially challenging. But there was one show in particular that I knew, hands-down, I would not miss: […]

Categories: Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Pop, singer-songwriter • Tags: art folk, Canadian, concert photos, experimental, festival, folk, indie, indie folk, indie pop, music festival, night photography, photography, pop, Pop Montreal, Swedish, Thus:Owls

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Looking up at a Banyan tree, Mexico

The ‘Yes’ Feeling

July 15, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

  Eating breakfast under the Banyan trees in Tulum, Mexico The ‘Yes’ Feeling. The ‘Yes’ Feeling is when, on first listen, you grin like a fool. The ‘Yes’ Feeling is a new song on your itunes. The ‘Yes’ Feeling makes your day. The ‘Yes’ Feeling makes tireless music hunting worthwhile. I stumbled across this tune while searching through my music bookmarks tonight. I had never heard of Bear Mountain before. I extracted two important facts from their facebook page: They […]

Categories: Canadian, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave • Tags: beauty, Canadian, electronic, electropop, indie, Mexico, music, photography, travel

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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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Child plays around art sculptures, Australian National Gallery

Walk Off the Earth

January 21, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Playing around the installations in the Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Australia. Walk Off the Earth is a Canadian group that gained viral notoriety from their amazing cover of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” performed with their five members playing on one guitar. Which at the moment has nearly 145,000,000 views on YouTube. Indeed the band does outstanding covers of many artists. A couple weeks ago I featured them on the Snapshots and Needle Drops’ Facebook Page […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Covers, Folk, Indie • Tags: alternative, art, Australia, Canadian, covers, entertainment, folk, indie, music, photography, sculpture

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