i'll bring the sun

In this winter wonderland, there is a lot of sun. Broken Social Scene brings it too.

at the end of the summer break

Mélissa Laveaux serves all these feelings perfectly. As usual. And I long for more.



Please meet the director of the video Bastien Roger.

our love

Caribou teaming up with Owen Pallet. Canadian at its best. Dream. Love. Dream.



The artwork is by Jason Evans / Matthew Cooper.

a good vibe mix from JPOD

Blending like no-one else: JPOD. The Andrews Sisters served stylishly & solidly.

welcome to the trip

When the brilliance of the sound meets the brilliance of the vision. Energy flow. ENERGY.



Please meet Intelligent Creatures company. For behind the scenes click here. Kudos to Adham Shaikh & all OB team, obvs.

collecting the moments

Heavy fog envelopes the city tonight. Perfect autumn. Dreamy. Dreamy And so is the Feist and Patrick Daughters duo.



...make a home from a rented house
and we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done

how many acres how much light
tucked in the woods and out of sight
talk to the neighbours and tip my cap
on a little road barely on the map

postman | no ritardando

I admit I do feel a bit like a postman these days distributing some good vibes postcards. Quite a hectic job. Mélissa Laveaux sets the rhythm to these moments. Her Dying Is A Wild Night (title inspired by Emily Dickinson) will be out February 25 via No Format Records. More than good. More than good. To be watched and listened to. On repeat.



Please meet the director of the video Terence Nance and see more of his works here.

Dying at my music!
Bubble! Bubble!
Hold me till the Octave's run!
Quick! Burst the Windows!
Ritardando!
Phials left, and the Sun!
Emily Dickinson

orange cup

Morning tea and overcoming the obstacles of Tuesday. Here's a perfect remedy for that: Paula and Karol and a piece of a soothing animation. Good. Vibes. Good. Day.



This unofficial video was created by TugaMOVIL.

my attitude is Hitchcock | very scary

Stepped fully today into the colourfully black and white Chilly Gonzales's Solo Piano II. Well, it's much about piano today. Therefore a good vibe kick into the ivory tower is needed to end this day. Good. Night.



Please meet the director of the video Jonathan Barré.

(...) my attitude is Hitchcock, very scary
persistence, instincts,
go the distance, prove my existence

into blessed nothingness

Dizzy with light, we dipped into that enormous book of holidays, its pages blazing with sunshine and scented with the sweet melting pulp of golden pears. Bruno Schulz


Please meet the director of the video Maxime Loisel. Montag's Phares is out now.

Tak wędrowaliśmy z matką przez dwie słoneczne strony rynku, wodząc nasze załamane cienie po wszystkich domach, jak po klawiszach. Kwadraty bruku mijały powoli pod naszymi miękkimi i plaskimi krokami - jedne bladoróżowe, jak skóra ludzka, inne złote i sine, wszystkie płaskie, ciepłe, aksamitne na słońcu, jak jakieś twarze słoneczne, zadeptane stopami aż do niepoznaki, do błogiej nicości. Bruno Schulz, August

Thus my mother and I ambled along the two sunny sides of Market Square, guiding our broken shadows along the houses as over a keyboard. Under our soft steps the squares of the paving stones slowly filed past - some the pale pink of human skin, some golden, some blue-grey, all flat, warm and velvety in the sun, like sun-dials, trodden to the point of obliteration, into blessed nothingness. (for the translation of the whole chapter click here)

when I get a little scared

Dear diary, I got a bit scared yesterday. And I strayed. Luckily my older sister came to town.



Please meet the director of the video Jamie Travis and see more of his visual works here.

remember when I was sweet and unexplainable
nothing like this person, unlovable
I just want back in your head
I just want back in your head
I'm not unfaithful but I'll stray
when I get a little scared

with attitude

She's stunningly talented, beautiful and has great aesthetic taste. What else one should need? Oh yes, she's Canadian. Feist.



Please meet again the director Martin de Thurah and read more about his colaboration with Feist here. (via Nowness).

start with colours 
they always get away with attitude 
but they'll try to convince you of your mood 
and what you want they'll give it to you 
but it's only therapy, that's all they do (...)

when the flag changes colours
the language knows 
when the month changes numbers
it's time to go 

a distant call

Montag talks beautifully about Trish Keenan from Broadcast. Read more about Montag's Phases here. 

  Montag - New Found Land Audio Documentary by Montag - Phases

get the cuts you need

Storyboard. Directing. Cutting. Editing. Shooting. These are the key words for today. All in tiny measures but in a good company :) See another good work of Angela Kendall for Tegan and Sara.



get the cuts you need,
eyes focus like a microscope

feel it in my bones

This week has been filled with good days. All of them were my favourite and I feel it in my bones that there are more good ones coming :) I have heard from an old friend of mine and was brought to that song. Brilliant.



We have insurance on our hands, right? They are hilarious! Make sure to check out Tegan and Sara's Carpool Confessional, a TV show shot during recording of their new album.

what rushes into my heart and my skull
I can't control

good (night) songs from Cold Blue Kid

Speaking of Canadians, I was somehow brought to Broken Social Scene senses tonight thanks to this good discovery from Chicago: Cold Blue Kid. Don't they just sound a bit like BSS (in a good sense I mean)? I also think it's high time to establish a new label here: Canadian :). I was reminded about it by a surprise message from an old friend. Ironically it comes with the post on a Chicago band. Confusing. Not at all. Just logically connected through all the social circles we are involved in.



Check also Footloose Montana, a non-profit organization the band asks to support.

damas de blanco

So I skipped the Record Store Day yet I managed to get a Record Store Day release: the very white (well it's actually a bit creamy) vinyl version of Tegan and Sara's Get Along :). Sisters have never been much politically involved as these Damas de Blanco (although they have supported  PETA, Get Your Vote On and Warchild), but one must admit they definitely look good in white. It's a making-peace-with-yourself video. White video. Calming and peaceful. And so is the song. Even though it's sad I officially end the black spring of this year with it and put myself into summer mode (which means taking my white trousers out of the closet:)). Suddenly it all seems clear at this time of the year. Summer, I dare you to come!



Meet the director of video Angela Kendall.

Read more about Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), an opposition movement in Cuba, and the Sakharov Prize the movement received in 2005.

I won't regret saying this thing that I'm saying
Is it better than keeping my mouth shut that goes without saying (...)

music and philanthropy

When good music meets a good cause my soul is satisfied. Arcade Fire, the best good imported from Canada, has been doing that since 2007 when it started working with Partners In Health, a non-profit health care organization based in Massachusetts.

Yesterday the band gave a lecture at the Univeristity of Texas at Austin (and somehow everything nowadays seems to be related to SXSW regions;)) about their support for people of Haiti. The band pleased the audience with a small performance that included "Haiti" and "Wake up" from their debut album. The last song brings to me a memory of summer 2011 and Arcade's phenomenal concert at SBSR in Portugal. And this brings me to yet another phenomenal performane of Arcade recorded five years ago... in the elevator and on the streets of Paris .

cause on the surface the city lights shine

This song was inspired by the book Mountains Beyond Mountains ... If you haven't read it yet you can pick it up here (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812980557/?tag=partnersinhea-20), or at your local bookstore. Or if you would like to give to Partners in Health - the organization the book talks about - you can go here (https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/donate). 
Love, Arcade Fire (via Arcade Fire @Merge Records)



Please meet the director of the video Vincent Morisset.

these days, my life, I feel it has no purpose,
but late at night the feelings swim to the surface
cause on the surface the city lights shine,
they're calling at me: come and find your kind

my mind is open wide

And yet again SBSR and all the good people there proved to be worth coming to this corner of Europe. And by this corner I mean Portugal :)