Enjoying the holiday? Enjoy it a little more with choral symphonic pop rock band The Polyphonic Spree and this feel-good number. Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree
Categories: Alternative, Choral, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul, Symphonic, World • Tags: alternative, Autumn, Canadian, colours, indie, music, perspective, photography, pop, Rock, Thanksgiving, The Polyphonic Sree, tree
So when you commute home from your job at 6:30am, do you get to bike through beautiful aerial shots? At the moment Montreal’s Promenade des Artistes is adorned with sixty spectacular photographs of earth and its waterways. They were taken by space tourist Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, during his 2009 trip to the International Space Station. The images can also be found in his coffee table book Gaia. Proceeds from Gaia go towards his One Drop Foundation which supports […]
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Covers, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, beauty, covers, folk, indie, Montreal, music, night, photography, space
Just some Mother Mother for you- because some Mother Mother is infinitely greater than zero Mother Mother. Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: alternative, Canadian, concert, indie, Montreal, Mother Mother, music, photography, rock experimental
Old Port after a rain storm. The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine P.S.
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, alternative, folk, Iron and Wine, Montreal, music, old port, photography
This beauty was waiting for me by the staircase to my apartment. I’m a big fan. You can’t really tell from the photo, but this mama is huge. Probably about 30cm wide- pretty big for the urban jungle. I thought I’d follow up yesterday’s super sombre post with a super jubilant one. I especially feel this song is apt as this is my first post from my brand… new… computer! Woot! This baby allows me to open iTunes and iPhoto […]
Categories: Folk, Pop, World • Tags: Casa Di Mondo, colour, flower, folk, music, photography, pop, world
Last Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending an incredible dance show, Flexx, as a part of Divers/Cité Montreal (thank you Mr. Director!) Musically, they primarily used a beautiful, thin orchestral score except for one well-placed Cat Power song. I immediately knew I would use it for snapshots. However, the only pic I wanted to match it with was this breathtaking shot of Britt Lavigne. This lovely lady and I used to dance together on a competitive hip hop team […]
Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie, Soul • Tags: Acoustic, Black and White, Cat Power, dance, music, photography, soul
Sorry guys, I’ve been the worst at posting lately. It’s been a busy couple of weeks- girl’s gotta life, ya know? I have quite a few half-baked posts saved so I’ll work on them some more and hopefully be posting more frequently in the near future. This pic was taken at the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria in Barcelona. It’s one of my favourite places in the world. (Side note: the market dates back to 1217.) I did mentioned […]
Categories: Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul • Tags: Barcelona, funk, hip hop, Markets, music, photography, reggae, soul
Continuing with bands playing at Osheaga this coming weekend, we have The Sounds. Music imports from Sweden tend to fall into one of two categories: heavy death metal or lively, colourful pop. The Sounds fall under this second grouping and provide exactly the type of fun music we’ve come to expect from this country and their artists: artists like Robyn, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Caesars, Teddybears, The Hives, I’m from Barcelona, Ace of Base and, of course, the […]
Categories: Alternative, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Rock • Tags: alternative, indie, London, music, photography, pop, Rock, Swedish, travel
Huzzah for sunglasses as makeshift filters! Last week I spent some quality time in my radio station’s library. My wonderful DJ partner and I were in this musical paradise into the early hours of the morning. We went through a bunch of the new promo CDs we’d received over the past three months… um… yes: Jackpot. I had already heard and liked the new TV on the Radio single Will Do, so I gave the album a listen and discovered that […]
Categories: Alternative, Experimental, Funk, Indie, Jazz, Rock, Soul • Tags: experimental, indie, jazz, living in montreal, Montreal, music, photography, Rock, TV on the Radio
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