pirate heart

have you heard of cœur de pirate yet? she is 22, covered in tattoos, a beautiful piano player, and up until this past year, has sung only in french. she recently collaborated with Toronto's bedouin soundclash for her first english-speaking song, brutal hearts. you can check out one of her original songs, fondu au noir, here. 

cœur de pirate will be playing franco-fete festival this weekend at the harbourfront centre. it's an annual festival celebrating all things francophone. p.s. there is also a magic show.

p.p.s. doesn't the beginning of the first song totally sound like, "it's the time, of the season..."

stare at the sun

whoa, wayback playback.

but back to thrice, does anyone else absolutely love artist in the ambulance. because i do. A. LOT.

today's tune: dead man's bones - pa pa power

today's tune is by none other than our favourite canadian (and drop dead gorgeous i might add...) , ryan gosling and his friend zach shields band, dead man's bones.the song is called pa pa power. enjoy!

did i mention that i am absolutely addicted to this band. i am hooked on all of their songs, they're bloody geniuses!

today's tune: hot panda - mindlessnesslessness

today's tune is from canadian indie band hot panda. they're from edmonton, alberta and they are fantastic. i caught a performance by them (read here) during canadian music week this year and was blown away. they're dancy and eclectic and just a lot of fun to watch. to i took a couple photo's on my trusty iphone and posted them for your viewing pleasure. oh and also of my dear, dear friends who accompanied me to said concert (even though i think the extended bar hours had something to do with it). here is their song mindlessnesslessness off of their new album "how come i'm dead"

from left: callum, jake, andrew

today's tune: beady eye - the roller

i'm going to see beady eye on june 20 at the sound academy and i'm so freakin excited. i never caught oasis in concert, and after the assault on noel galager incident and the fact that oasis is no more, this is the closest i'm going to get. their newish song 'the roller' is fantastic and perfect for a sweltering hot, sunny day like today.

today's tune: the white stripes - we're going to be friends

photo via pinterest

so it's now day four of trying to learn the guitar. i have added a grand total of three chords to my repertoire, so watch out! living with one of the best guitar teachers around definitely has it's perks (thanks callum!). i hope within a couple of weeks some songs will begin to take shape. until then, here's to the first song i butchered on the guitar.