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We Know The Moves

September 22, 2014 by ebembo

The West Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa – Scheduled to reopen in 2017 Having each calendar year begin on a seemingly arbitrary day smack in the middle of the winter – just another cold day, undistinguishable from the cold days that preceded it – always struck me as an odd way to start fresh. If I had my way, I would have advised Pope Gregory to start every year in September. What better way to begin anew than during the most dramatic […]

Categories: Electropop, Indie • Tags: Alanis Morissette, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, coffee, Concordia University, electropop, indie, Kid Koala, McGill University, Montreal, moving, Ottawa, Parliament, Phil Collins, Pop Montreal, Sylvan Esso, The Strokes

Writing a Life of the Stars

October 15, 2013 by ebembo

New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room Ah, Spencer Krug. In his latest incarnation as a solo artist, he goes by Moonface. It seems you can’t mention Spencer Krug without touching on his former bands, the most prominent of which was Wolf Parade. Full disclosure: I think their first album, Apologies to the Queen Mary, is a masterpiece and, not to get too High Fidelity here, is one of my top five albums of all time. Needless to say, I […]

Categories: 21st Century Classical, Canadian, Classical, Indie, singer-songwriter • Tags: Canada, Canadian music, classical, concert, indie, Montreal, Moonface, music festival, piano, Pop Montreal, singer-songwriter, Spencer Krug, Wolf Parade

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

Close to the Cold Coast

September 23, 2013 by ebembo

I’m very excited to be Snapshots & Needle Drops’ first guest blogger! Many thanks to Vappz, who is currently driving somewhere along the Australian coast, about to embark on a springtime fruit-picking adventure. Right now Montreal is experiencing that wonderful brief window when you wake up in the fall, spend your day in the summer, and go to bed in the fall again. It’s beautiful and warm, but there’s a certain crispness in the air. People are going out of […]

Categories: 80s, Alternative, Canadian, Electropop, Indie, Pop • Tags: alternative, Canada, electropop, indie, Montreal, music, music festival, photography, pop, Pop Montreal

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We Know The Moves

Writing a Life of the Stars

The Echo from the Mountain

Close to the Cold Coast