Ted Avery

ShareLast month I attended two beautiful indie-folk/pop concerts in Toronto. They were Sufjan Stevens at Lee’s Palace on October 1, 2009 and Loney Dear at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 12, 2009. Unlike most of the concerts I attend, I took very few photos and videos. They were both very quiet and intimate concerts, some [...]

ShareColdplay came to visit Toronto at the Rogers Centre on July 30, 2009. Although disappointed at how horrible my view was for how much I paid for the tickets, I did manage to get a few good videos, especially when Coldplay was kind enough to perform a few songs on a centre stage.
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Last night (May 23, 2009) I had the pleasure of seeing Keane perform at The Sound Academy in Toronto, with opening acts Mat Kearney and The Helio Sequence. The energy at the concert was incredible, both from the crowd and the band. Although frontman Tom Chaplin [...]

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The Mentalists play Kids by MGMT on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using only apps downloaded from the Apple App Store. Apps used Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth, DigiDrummer Lite.  I love MGMT, and I love my iPhone, so naturally I love this video. More than anything, I’m just amazed that music today can even be [...]

ShareAnyone who pays the slightest amount of attention to Web 2.0 services and websites out there probably knows about the unique social network Last.fm that revolves entirely around the music you are into, as well as the music you have yet to discover. It’s been a site I’ve always known about but never really paid [...]

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Coldplay has released a video for their new single, and it’s hilarious!!! Coldplay never seemed like a band who would kid around like this, yet here they are in puppet form performing for a bunch of freaked out kids. Coldplay fan or not, you need to check this out.

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I’m still doing my wading through the previously mentioned top albums of 2008 according to music blogs, but Bon Iver immediately stood out to me. Ranking in at the #4 album of 2008, this is Flume, the opening track to their album For Emma, Forever Ago.
I love it, it gives me chills. I’m a [...]

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New music, especially from smaller indie bands, is easier to find than ever before with the internet. With it, there are many music blogs out there that scour the internet finding new sounds and bringing them to the readers. One of my favorite websites, The Hype Machine, [...]

ShareChill out, concentrate with the atmospheric noises of the Drone Zone.
Around the time of midterms, I posted a site called SimplyNoise, a whitenoise generator that you can use to block out distractions. If you liked that but are looking for something a bit more interesting when studying for your finals, try listening to the Drone [...]

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Well, we’re halfway through November already, and I think most people agree that it’s okay to start thinking about Christmas now! In 2006, indie-folk favourite Sufjan Stevens released his anticipated Songs For Christmas CD collection, and I just wanted to take a moment to highly recommend it.
Let’s face it. We’ve been listening to the same [...]