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
Fun fact: it is impossible to take a bad photo of Paris between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. This city is so freaking gorgeous. I should really just rename this blog “Paris Shots and Needle Drops” because that might be all get from me for awhile. I’m giving you some vintage Feist. This song was used on the Paris, je t’aime soundtrack- something I had not thought about when I titled this post. For those who haven’t checked out […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, French, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: Eiffel Tower, Feist, France, music, Paris, Paris je t'aime, photography, soundtrack, sunset
Today has been a good day. There’s been quite a lot of things going on lately, among them include my brother getting his pilot’s licence and I found a DVD full of photos from European travels that I thought I had lost! …. Okay, arguably it was a better day for him than me, but anyway this means that the images on this blog are going to get even more euro-centric. Starting with these, unfocused, images of the sky above the city […]
Categories: Indie, Rock • Tags: Alps, Bombay Bicycle Club, indie, music, Neuchatel, photography, Rock, sunset, Switzerland
Yesterday I went a little more public with this blog than I had before. The response was overwhelming. The stats on this page skyrocketed. Thank you all so much for your kind words of feedback, you guys are all kinds of awesome, particularly NA, MH and BB… Aces. Today I wanted to share a song by the Montreal band The Barr Brothers. I like Beggar in the Morning because of its simplicity. Consequently, I’ve chosen a simple photo. I don’t want to […]
Categories: Acoustic, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Unsigned • Tags: Acoustic, Boston, Canadian, Eiffel Tower, folk, Harp, indie, Montreal, music, Paris, photography, sunset
It’s a good life they live in Barcelona. I’ve been wanting to share this song by Australian band The Middle East for a little while now. It came out in April and has been a favourite ever since. Months by The Middle East
Categories: Folk, Indie • Tags: Barcelona, folk, indie, music, photography, sunset, The Middle East
Snapshots and Needle Drops