Squamish Valley Music Festival 2015 Day By Day Lineup

by Carmen Cruz


To better help you with your music festival planning. 

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August 7th, 8th & 9th. Tickets on sale NOW.

See you there!

Besos,

CC.  


#StarbucksDrakeHands = #Fail

by Carmen Cruz


Found this on Buzzfeed and couldn't help but share.     

"A guy went up to a girl at Starbucks in LA and started hitting on her. She reluctantly gave him her number. Later that day she received this video."



While the girl who actually received this video didn't post it online, the friend she passed it along to did.
Is sending a 'selfie video' to a stranger the worst idea ever? Yes.
Is posting the video of a complete stranger a douche manouver? Absolutely.
And yet, it's like a car accident. We just can't look away....

Either way, this video has spawned a whole schwack of spoofs where people are tagging their videos with #StarbucksDrakeHands. Click here to watch the magic/horror unfold...

Poor Bastard...

 Enjoy.

Besos,

CC.
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Songs Of The Week: CHVRCHES, Banks, Drake, High Highs, Beyoncé

by Carmen Cruz


Musical Awesomeness.

CHVRCHES ~ The Mother We Share - There must be something in the water in Glasgow. What's with all the amazing bands coming out of there? Yup, CHVRCHES is one of the many. If you like what you hear, lucky you! Their song 'Recover' is the iTunes free download of the week. 


High Highs ~ Open Season - The perfect 'Go For A Fall Stroll Along The Seawall' type song.


Banks ~ Warm Water - Sexy time music courtesy of  my buddy DK's ipod. Thanks for introducing me to this! Top notch. Insert this into your playlist immediately.



Drake feat. Majid Jordan ~ Hold On, We're Going Home - Is this Miami Vice inspired music video a tad over the top? Maybe. But is the song awesome? Heck Yeah! Just an FYI, the song doesn't kick in till 2:43. It's worth it though.
Drake ~ Hold On We're Going Home from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

*Side Note: The Arctic Monkeys did  a cover of this Drake tune for BBC Radio 1. Click Here to check it out. Not bad hey?

Beyoncé ~ Halo


Enjoy.

Besos,

CC.
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Feist For The Win!

by Carmen Cruz


Congrats to Canadian songstress Feist for winning the 2012 Polaris Music Prize for her fourth album  'Metals'.

She was up against some major Canadian talent this year, including Drake, Fucked Up and the newest indie musician to start making it big, Grimes (originally from Vancouver, yo!)

Feist accepted the award at last night's prize gala in Toronto, from last years winners (Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire), and she also pocketed a cool $30,000.

Just after having her name announced, this crazy lady laid down on the floor in pure shock, before finally getting up to accept her award and $$$.




Here's one of the many amazing songs off of her now award winning album.



Yay Feist!

Enjoy.


Besos,

CC.
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Favourite Albums Of 2010

by Carmen Cruz




It's tough to narrow down my list for the best albums of 2010, but I think I've got it down.

Here goes (don't judge!) in no particular order:

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise ~ Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs (Mind Blowing)

The Black Keys ~ Brothers (Ditto)

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty ~ Big Boi (I miss OutKast. Seriously)

Body Talk ~ Robyn

Thank Me Later ~ Drake

The Suburbs ~ Arcade Fire

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ~ Kanye West (I don't care that he's an egomaniac. The guy is brilliant.)

The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) ~ Janelle Monae (Holy crap she's AWESOME!!! She's like a female version of OutKast.)

Sigh No More ~ Mumford & Sons (These guys can make a BANJO sound sexy! I mean..C'MON!!!)

Plastic Beach ~ Gorillaz

The Lady Killer ~ Cee Lo Green (Fuck you!!! And fuck her too!!!)

I could literally go on and on (LCD Soundsystem, Broken Bells, Eminem, Local Natives, Vampire Weekend, Crystal Castles....etc, etc.)

HONOURABLE MENTION: Universal Mind Control ~ Common (**Ok. So I know it came out in 2008, but I didn't really 'discover it' until 2010. Better late than never!**)

You should definitely check out any or all of these albums, if you haven't already. Please feel free to suggest any albums that I should be getting into.

Alright. Bedtime. Peace out.

Besos,

CC.

P.S: I'm kinda proud of myself that I finally updated my blog. Pathetic, but true...