Tag: Rock

Merry Happy

August 26, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Lavender lattes with Nams makes me merry happy. In two years of music blogging, I cannot believe I have not shared a Kate Nash tune. I often go months without listening to Kate, only to stumble across one of her gems and want to listen to nothing but this fiery Londoner for the next week. I might not have featured her, but Kate Nash did inspire the post “Because Kate Nash Said…” when she, personally (through her facebook fan page), […]

Categories: Alternative, anti-folk, British, Indie, Pop, Renegade Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: anti-folk, coffee, happy, indie, kate nash, lunch dates, music, photograhy, pop, Rock, travel, Vancouver

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Dreams of Cannibalism, Waves of Sound

July 29, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Dawn in Tulum, Mexico I like this week’s tune for it’s rolling waves of sound in the intro. It’s like the Japanese tetris version of Phil Spector’s “wall of sound.” “Dreams of Cannibalism” by Typhoon And for those of you who need some Osheaga love in your lives, remember to check out the Osheaga 2013 playlist!

Categories: Alternative, Indie, Rock • Tags: indie, Mexico, music, photography, Rock, sunrise, sunset, travel, vacation, waves

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Live a Little

July 9, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Belated birthday celebrations in Ottawa. Thanks, ST. Giving just a little today. Take it away, Florrie. “Live a Little” by Florrie

Categories: British, Indie, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: blonde, British, Canada, fun, indie, music, Ottawa, photography, pop, Rock, sparkler, travel

Canadian Gold

July 1, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! I spent this Canada Day’s eve as a happy little ex-pat: baking maple cookies, wearing red flannel and unabashedly, albeit ironically, belting out Sloan lyrics– “One thing I know about the rest of my life… I KNOW THAT I’LL BE LIVING IT IN CANADA”. And, while I imagined you all drinking beer on the dock and enjoying your day off, I was toiling away at my desk– not-so-secretly sporting a CANUCK tshirt under my blazer. Classic Canadiana: […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Hip Hop, Indie, Mashups, New Wave, Playlists, Pop, Rap, Remix, Rock, Sample, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop, Thugstep, Trip Hop, World • Tags: Canada, Canada Day, Canadian music, folk, indie, maestro fresh wes, music, photography, rap, Rock

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Sun rising behind Temple of Kukulkan/El Castillo in Chichen Itza, Mexico 2012

Dissolve Me

June 10, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Temple of Kukulkan, Chichén Itzá, Mexico All week I’ve been thinking up a completely, mindblowingly awesome post- it didn’t happen. Sorry kids, time has once again escaped me, as it has done so frequently since moving to Australia. This photo was taken on an amazing trip to the Yucatan peninsula. The history major in me was on an all-time high as we explored some of the most significant sights of the Mayan civilization: Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Cobá and Tulum. I’m sure […]

Categories: Alternative, art rock, British, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Psychedelic, Rock • Tags: alternative, art rock, British, experimental, History, indie, Mayans, Mexico, music, new wave, photography, psychedelic, Rock, ruins, temples, travel

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Tame Impala live at Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia

Moos and Grooves: Part Twos

May 6, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

The adventure continues! After our first three acts, we decided that it wasn’t absolutely necessary to be in the crowd for Alpine. So we went out to pasture. Pas de <<moshing.>> SILENT DISCO. Amazing. You are given headphones and then get to flick back and forth between two live DJs vying for your aural attention. Most often one DJ would come out on top ie. when one played “Thrift Shop” or “Jump Around” (second playing of House of Pain that […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, British, Canadian, Concert Pics, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock • Tags: alternative, Australia, Australian music, British Music, Canadian music, Canberra, Candian, concert, concert photos, dance, dreamwave, electronic, electropop, experimental, festival, Groovin the Moo, GTM, music, music festival, new wave, photography, pop, psychedelic, Rock, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, The Kooks, The Temper Trap

Seth Sentry Groovin the Moo Canberra Australia 2013 live

Moos and Grooves: Part One

April 29, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Between sets. This weekend I went to my first Australian Music Fesitval, Groovin the Moo. The guiding shtick of this festival is to take over the fields of small town Australia and bring ‘local and imported produce’ to the people and our bovine friends. I had a complete blast. Like the previously mentioned Alpine and Frightened Rabbit, the lineup featured some pretty fantastic acts, I got to enjoy some all time favourites and hear some fresh local Australian crop at […]

Categories: Alternative, Australian, Concert Pics, Dance, Electropop, Hip Hop, Indie, Pop, R&B, Rap, Rock • Tags: alternative, American, Australian, concert, concert photography, concert photos, culture, dance, electropop, festival, hip hop, Hungry Kids for Hungary, indie, live music, Matt and Kim, music, music festival, photography, photos, pop, r&b, rap, Rock, Seth Sentry, travel

Merchant City Glasgow fairy lights square

Brighten My Corner

April 22, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Glasgow’s Merchant City Just a quick indie rock fix this week. Like Wonderland’s own frightened [White] rabbit, I feel there’s ‘no time to say “hello” goodbye!’ Time is seems to be getting the better of me again. On the bright side, the countdown to Groovin’ the Moo seems to be flying by. Frightened Rabbit will be playing amongst the cows next weekend. Looking forward to it. The photos were taken around the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow’s Merchant […]

Categories: British, Indie, Rock • Tags: art, arts, beauty, Glasgow, indie, lights, music, music festival, photography, photos, pictures, Rock, Scotland, travel

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

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Tag: Rock

Merry Happy

Dreams of Cannibalism, Waves of Sound

Live a Little

Canadian Gold

Dissolve Me

Moos and Grooves: Part Twos

Moos and Grooves: Part One

Brighten My Corner

Vamps from Ipa’hema’