Turns On My Feet and Tunes In My Head. What Is The Best Music to Ride To? Listening to your favorite music while skiing or snowboarding has been around ever since music became portable. Those of us who are old enough remember the bulky tape players, awkward headphones, batteries dying and all the other challenges that came along with transporting your tunes to slopes are relieved that modern technology has solved nearly all those challenges and music […] Brains Jonathan Thomson | October 4, 2019 0 Comments
Musilac Mont-Blanc: Most insane mountain music festival ever? Final rays of light hit the Aguille du Midi above the Musilac stage. Photo: Zeb Blais. Chamonix just hosted what is possibly the world’s most eclectic music festival. The three day festival started Thursday and drew 40,000 people from across globe. The all ages crowd danced, sang, laughed and rocked out to the weirdest collection of bands that have […] Zeb Blais | April 23, 2018 0 Comments
What’s The Consensus On Skiing With Music? Long lives the music versus no music debate within the skiing community. The majority of my friends can’t click into their bindings without first plugging into their music; however, I know a few outliers that say listening to music while skiing dilutes the feeling of being one with nature. I remain on the fence regarding this issue. Most days I […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 22, 2017 1 Comment
UNIT 1’s SOUNDSHIELD | Keeping You Safe While Revolutionizing Your Action Sports Audio Experience this article is sponsored byย UNIT 1 You probably loveย riding while listening to music.ย We all do. But for most of us, it is hard to deal withย aย fiddly interfaceย (or no interface at all)ย to controlย it. Especially when it’s below zero, weย are wearing ourย warmest mittens, and weย have to open ourย jacket to pause the music or take a call. Luckily, a team of riders and […] Matias Ricci | February 24, 2017 2 Comments
Top 6 Ski Town Music Festivals in North America Music & mountains – what else do you need? Every year, ski towns all over the country bring a little funk to the alpine air – and 2016 is no exception. From the Green Mountains to the Sierras, these 6 music festivals will keep you entertained until the snow starts up again. ameliatraynor | May 19, 2016 0 Comments
Music Mondays | Jet After a brief hiatus, Music Mondays is back once again. After a long time away we want to bring you a band many of you may be familiar with, but may not know a lot of their songs, and that band is Jet. While the Aussie band Jet, out of Melbourne Australia, is well known for their hits such as “Cold Hard Bitch”, and “Are You Gonna be my Girl”, much of their catalogue is unknown to most. With great lyrics, and riffs with an old school classic rock feel, Jet is one of the best bands you will ever listen to, and one of my favorite. Jet formed in 2001 in Melbourne Australia, with Cameron Muncey as the lead guitarist, Mark Wilson on bass, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on rhythm guitar […] Jesse Cassidy | June 30, 2014 0 Comments
Music Mondays | Fitz And The Tantrums Why hello there, it’s once again our favorite day of the week, Monday. And we here at Snowbrains want to alleviate that pain, just a little bit, with Music Mondays. So this week we introduce you to a band that a few of us may already be aware of,ย Fitz and the Tantrums. With a soulful, almost throwback feel,ย Fitz and the […] Jesse Cassidy | May 5, 2014 0 Comments
Music Mondays | Stromae Stromae, or Paul Van Haver, is a Belgian singer-songwriter who creates exceptional music in the electronic and hip-hop genres. While all his songs are in French, if you are not familiar with the language it sounds like gibberish, however, the producing and flow of the songs still make it enjoyable, even to the untrained ear. Interesting music videos, and amazing […] Jesse Cassidy | April 27, 2014 0 Comments
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