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Library Voices

03 Thursday Jan 2013

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Commodore Ballroom, Library Voices, live music, Music, Prime Minister's Daughter, Raymond Carver, Summer of Lust, Vancouver

Ok so this post is WAY late. I forgot I hadn’t posted it. My bad. So finally here is my take on Library Voices.

Every now and again I am introduced to a band that I just can’t seem to get enough of. Library Voices is that band for me right now. And they just happened to be Canadian so yah I love them even more because of it.

Their album Summer of Lust is so much fun to listen to. It brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it especially stand out tracks like “Prime Ministers Daughter”, “If Raymond Carver were born in the 90’s” and “Reluctant Readers make Reluctant Lovers”.

I had the pleasure of seeing them live for the first time in May and considering I was already sold on them, I walked away even more smitten.

They are one hell of a dancing good time. I dare you to not get up and groove to this band if you ever see them live. They give it their all. I literally left the Commodore Ballroom in such a great space and strutted down the street. Now that is a great live show!

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Coachella 2012

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

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. Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, At the Drive in, Azealia Banks, Band of Skulls, Black keys, Bon Iver, Coachella, Dr Dre, Dragonette, Festivals, Fitz and the Tantrums, Florence and the Machine, Girl talk, Girls, Gotye, Grace and the Nocturnals, James, Jeff Mangum, Le Butcherettes, Lissie, Manchester Orchestra, Martin Solveig, Music, Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, Santigold, Snoop Dog, The Hives, The Sheepdogs, The Shins, The Vaccines

What can I say about Coachella?

Simply amazing.

If you love music then you absolutely must attend Coachella at some point in your life. It is three days of jammed packed music action in one of the most well run festivals I have ever been to.

This year Coachella was broken into two weekend with the exact same line up for both. We chose to attend the first week because we wanted to be the first to experience everything.

Day 1: The weather did not start out great for the festival. By the afternoon it was raining, cold and windy. We literally had to take a cab back to the hotel to get more clothes on. Three sweaters did not do the trick as we froze our butts off. But we did see some great bands!

The Sheepdogs, Kendrick Lamar, James, Girls, Arctic Monkeys, Madness, Pulp, The Black Keys.

So much fun to see bands like James and Pulp who I listened what seems like a million years ago. And new faves like The Sheepdogs and The Black Keys.

Day 2: The weather was better. Warm but still a bit windy. But I welcomed the breeze until night-time when it got so cold again! Despite being prepared with extra clothes, we still got chilled to the bone! But another great day of music.

Dragonette, The Vaccines, Azealia Banks, Grace and the Nocturnals. Manchester Orchestra, Martin Solveig, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Jeff Mangum, The Shins, Bon Iver and Radiohead…. holy crap right? What a day!!!

The thing I love about festivals is not only seeing bands you love but being introduced to new ones like the Vaccines, Azealia Banks and Jeff Mangum. I was thrilled to finally see The Shins live, was blown away by Bon Iver and died when Noel sang “Don’t look back in anger” my favourite Oasis song.

Day 3: Finally good weather!! So hot and not a cloud in the sky! I didn’t think day 1 and 2 could be topped but day 3 was such a stellar day of tunes. We just laid back on the grass and soaked it all in. We either were sitting, standing, dancing, or lying throughout the day depending on who we were listening to.

Lissie, Le Butcherettes, Band of Skulls, Santigold, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Hives, Gotye, Girl Talk, At the Drive-In, Florence and the Machine, Dr Dre & Snoop Dog.

There are moments at shows that stay with you and watching Gotye and thousands of fans sing “Somebody that I used to know” was one of them.  So amazing. But overall what a great day to end my Coachella experience on. Again was introduced to new artists like Lissie and finally got to see Fitz and the Tantrums. Had a 45 min dance party to Girl Talk and was mesmerized by Florence and the Machine. I have to admit though…. we missed the Tupac hologram during the Dre/Snoop Dog set. Oh wells. Can’t win them all!

Overall thoughts on Coachella. It is unbelievable people watching. And it being hot, means sunglasses so you can look all you want and no one can tell! The fashion is insane. In a good and bad way. Let’s just say, it seems pants were optional for most girls (and some guys). But there is style to be jealous of for sure! I saw a lot of selfish behaviour from a lot of people. People that drink all day should not be surprised if they can’t remember seeing their favourite band. Platforms shoes should be left at home. You can’t see every band that you want to. Make sure you see some that you don’t know because you may be surprised!

But the best thing I can say about Coachella is that it is a true example of how you can never be too young or too old to enjoy music.

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Coachella….here I come!

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

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. Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Black keys, Bon Iver, Coachella, Feist, Florence and the Machine, Indio, Mazzy Star, Music, outdoor music festivals, Radiohead, Snoop Dog, The Shins

I bought my ticket to the first week of Coachella in the summer without knowing the lineup. Every year it is amazing and I knew it would not disappoint… so I went for it. With the announcement of the lineup for the 2012 festival yesterday, I am sure glad I did.

There are so many bands set to play that I want to see, and that I have never seen before: Black Keys, Radiohead, Snoop Dog, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, Pulp, Bon Iver, Band of Skulls, Feist, Mazzy Star, Arctic Monkeys just to name a few.

And I know there are so many bands that I’ve never heard of, that I am going to see, and my mind is going to be blown. Let me know if you think I should add someone to my list of “must sees”!

Coachella is a bucket list item for me and I am so stoked! Indio…. here I come!

Coachella Lineup 2012

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