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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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Beats on Repeat

June 30, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

We’re branching into something a little different at Snapshots and Needle Drops today. Beats on Repeat will be the periodic (re: whenever I feel like it) publication of my weekly musical obsessions. These are songs that I just can’t stop hitting replay on; the tracks I can’t get out of my head and, for whatever reason, will not get a Doodledrop of their own. Beats on Repeat will be featured pretty much solely on Snapshots and Needle Drops’ facebook page. So get […]

Categories: Alternative, British, Electronic, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Soul • Tags: British Music, electronic, indie, music, playlist, pop, remix, Rudi Zygadlo, sam smith, soul

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Ria Sia

June 16, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Toronto Pearson International Airport, dawn, New Years Day 2013 Sia’s smash-hit “Chandelier” and its incredible music video have infected the internet with a healthy dose of power vocals, phenomenal dancing and mainstream-busting unconventionality. If you happen to be one of the 12 people who have not seen the video yet, I’ll link it through after today’s track(s). All this talk of Sia, however, reminds me of a remixed version of her 2004 “Breathe Me” that I became obsessed with in […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Ballad, DJ, Dreamwave, Electronic, Experimental, Indie, indietronica, Pop, Remix, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: Australian, Chandelier, dreamwave, indie, music, photography, pop, remix, Sia, travel, travel photography

Paris, 2am

April 29, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

2am, Rue du Bac, 7e arrondissement de Paris I chose this photo because today’s song reminds me of some sort of chase scene through Europe– like it belongs on Jason Bourne’s running mix. This is undoubtably because it reminds me of “Running Away” by G. Love (embedded below) a great piece used in the movie Cellular. I’ve been running flat out for the last two weeks, so these tracks are fitting. I can finally see the light at the end […]

Categories: DJ, Electronic, Electropop, Indie, indietronica, Pop, Soundtrack • Tags: electric, Electric Guest, G. Love, indie, music, new music, night photography, Paris, photography, pop, Rock, Rue du Bac, running, Soundtracks

Tickle Me Pink: Color Run Canberra

February 18, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The Color Run Canberra On Sunday I was FINALLY in the same place as a Color Run. That’s the trouble with all this traveling around- I’m never in one spot long enough to wait for these things to come around. Fortunately, I knew I’d be returning to Canberra for the pleasure of having coloured cornstarch hurled at me. The Color Run has long been a bucket list item for me. It was my first real motivation for being able to […]

Categories: Alternative, Electropop, Indie, Pop, Synthpop • Tags: alternative, Australia, Canberra, color, colour, electropop, Happiest5k, indie, music, Pacific Air, photography, pop, race, running, Swisse, Synthpop, The Color Run, The Color Run Canberra

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Okie Sochi

February 3, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Panels of colour at MoMA, New York YOU GUYS. The Winter Olympics start this week and I’m suck in this damn sun-infested country! I adore the Winter Olympics. I will watch anything and everything during the games: hockey, ski jumping, curling, hockey, luge, speed skating, snowboarding, skiing, biathlon, figure skating, hockey… S, I might actually manage to push our internet streaming to the limit this month. Of course, the big controversy with these games started in June 2013 when […]

Categories: Alternative, British, Cause, Indie, Pop • Tags: alternative, art, Autoheart, British, cause, gay-rights, indie, LGBT, MoMA, music, Olympics, photography, pop, Protest, Russia, Sochi 2014, Winter Olympics

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The Whole Wide World is Whistling

January 14, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Kingscote Pier, Kangaroo Island, South Australia One of the absolute greatest weeks of this fabulous past year was the time I spent on Kangaroo Island with my friend Matt. Our days were jam-packed with adventure and our stupid, incredibly nerdy, humour. I took this photo within our first hour of arriving. We drove straight to the pier at sunset, walked right up to some pelicans, took a few pics, spotted a stingray, had beers with this fisherman and played with […]

Categories: Alternative, Electropop, Funk, Indie, Pop, Swedish • Tags: art, Australia, happy, indie, Kangaroo Island, music, photography, pop, Swedish music, travel

Carry Me Home… to my Australian Christmas

December 23, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Now excuse me for getting sentimental with you all, but Christmas is a time for family. Whether with your own homegrown kin, or some hand-selected, family-like creatures of your own choosing, it’s always wise to have fellows around to be merry and to save you from eating all the cake. As regular followers know, the past three months have lead my passive wanderlusting-self away from my norm to work on a farm in South Australia. A scenic break and a […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Christmas, Indie, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: alternative, art, Australia, Austrlian Christmas, Canada, Christmas, family, Hey Rosetta, holidays, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock

Boom, she clack-clack

October 29, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Waiting for my connection, just my water and I, at Heathrow At the moment, I live with two kids on a South Australian farm. There are many advantages to this rural life: running with the farm dogs past fields of crops, relaxed hours, daily fresh eggs, playing hide and seek in the canola flowers, picturesque sunsets. But for all its advantages, living on a farm does not easily loan itself to tracking down new music. The kids have literally been […]

Categories: Alternative, art rock, Dreamwave, Indie, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Pop, Rock, World • Tags: alternative, art rock, farm, indie, jazz, Malaysian, music, photography, pop, Rock, Zee Avi

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Top Drops 2014

Beats on Repeat

Ria Sia

Paris, 2am

Tickle Me Pink: Color Run Canberra

Okie Sochi

The Whole Wide World is Whistling

Carry Me Home… to my Australian Christmas

Boom, she clack-clack