TIMF

TIMF

WE ARE ALIVE!! We have all just been very busy with our own lives that the blog somehow fell off the radar.

Treasure Island Music Festival is less than a fortnight away and I couldn't be more excited!

Stay tuned for a series of updates, playlists, onslaught of photos! xx

Lisa Hannigan

Lisa Hannigan

I woke up surprisingly early than usual today. With the lack of things to do at this time of the day, I chose to clean up and rearrange my computer files that has been cluttering my precious computer disk space just to find out that I do not have any feel good songs in my music folder to accompany me while I go about the task at hand.

 

With that in mind, I quickly hover to the internet and I soon discovered the beautiful and soothing voice of Lisa Hannigan.

 

 

Well, I do not know anything about her just yet, and it is not really usual for me to delve deeper on my current favorite bands’ personal lives, except for the fact that she is an Irish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; a fact which alleviated her and her beauty on a much higher pedestal than her other counterparts, if there is anyone by the way.

 

Photo credit goes to PhotoFM via Flickr 

 

Some of her songs from her debut album Sea Sew had not been an instant love at first hear kind of thing for me but those had instead just grew eventually in me as I listen to her while I indifferently just let the second hand of the clock ticked by too quickly.

 

Photo credit goes to crazybobbles via Flickr 

 

Her ethereal song Lille  may not have entirely captured my liking but Ocean and a Rock and Pistachio surely did. Venn Diagram follows in close second, topping the two other mentioned songs, for that sweet and inviting Ah ha! that fills in the atmosphere after every verses and mainly because of the fact that she named the song Venn Diagram, which is something of a phrase that I could relate with quite well. I love how she had produced something artistic and beautiful from something so mathematical.

 

 

But of course, who could forget the sweetest song of hers? I Don’t Know may have been that one, single song from the album that is playable in the radio and is easy to be liked and loved by many but the wide reach of the song does not, in any way, alter my impression on it. I just could not blame the song nor the people who had grown an unusual attachment towards it, like I did. I don’t know about you but I Don’t Know is definitely my instant pick-me-up as for the moment.

 

I could not seem to share with you here the official video of the song due to some embedding option alterations made by the one who owns it but you could just go to YouTube or Vimeo to watch it. The video is so cute and artsy.

 

There are times that I could see a Regina Spektor or hear a subtler version of Bjork from her but all in all, she has her own unique ways that would surely leave you wanting to listen to her songs over and over again and looking forward to her future creations.

 

You could also visit her MySpace here http://www.myspace.com/lisahannigan

or visit her official website by clicking the image I made below.

 

 

I Just got inspired by the abundance of stitching, patches and a whole lot of sewing related materials found in her website and album artwork. =)

TokyoPoliceClub

TokyoPoliceClub

So tell me what’s your Favourite Colour?

Tell me how’s your younger brother?

Tell me what’s the first record you owned?

Equipped with aloud and rhythmic blasts that resemble your heart pounding back in those good old times, if you what I mean. That's how the youthful guys from Newmarket, Ontario opened their 75-minute set at the El Rey Theatre in LA. Formed in 2005, this Canadian indie rock band got their big break at the annual Pop Montreal festival.

Lining up as early as 5.30pm probably cements my pseudo-fangirl status and it came with great perks:

First, a Grade A acoustic performance from Spencer MacEachern and the Fabulous Yawn.

Second, witnessing the TPC boys sound check before the show and played Nature of the Experiment for us. Sweet!

Third, watching the Freelance Whales performing Ghosting and Gen^2 less than 10 feet away from me. They sound so much better acoustic!

Okay the Fourth, this is a little tricky since a lot of people are kicking me for being such a total spaz. So the Fourth, while watching the multi-talented Whales with their banjo, xylophone, watering can, et. al., I noticed Josh Hook & Greg Alsop watching a mere 10 steps away from where I was standing. And what did I do? Nothing. It was as if they were regular bystanders. Case closed.

Outfitted with an infectious front man, Dave Monks (who by the way has the skinniest man-legs I have ever seen!), did not disappoint with his impressive vocal range and surely “happy to be back.” It is not a TPC concert without the sound of unison clapping of fans to “Tessellate” and “Be Good”.

Keyboardist Graham Wright, probably stole the show (and the hearts of girls, especially mine) in “Citizens of Tomorrow” with his crazy tambourine playing and wicked dance footwork. Even in the far back, Greg Alsop’s presence cannot be overlooked as his drum work completes the essence of a TPC song.

I was lucky enough to be situated in close proximity of Josh Hook, TPC’s enigmatic guitarist. Josh’s intense concentration never quavered throughout the set except for the occasional tambourine playing. I swear I thought I saw a drop of sweat slowly trickling down his face in slo-mo and he still continued playing like there was no tomorrow.

It was a little after 11pm when Tokyo Police Club started their set despite that, they are one of those exceptional bands that is worth every single dollar and should mosdef seen live. The boys were nice enough to perform a new song, “Top 5”, and I knew there was no stopping them.

P.S. I have crappy photos so photo credit goes to the lovely Liz Caruso

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