Billed as ‘Canada’s best-kept secret’ Toronto’s Rich Kidd took the stage at Wrongbar on Saturday night for an hour-long NXNE set. Whether you’ve heard of him or not, his work over the past two years speaks for itself. He’s produced [...]
Performing for over a decade, Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up take the stage at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern like legends themselves. I had a hard time trying to convince my friends to go to the show with me. The [...]
Another NXNE opportunity to drink beer in a parking lot? Why not. This time around, Vice hosted a party buoyed with Pabst and vodka made by the hands of a man named Tito. Oh, and it being NXNE, there were some [...]
Saturday night at NXNE in Toronto boasted many great line ups including Hand Drawn Dracula’s showcase featuring Tangiers, Fucked Up at Horseshoe Tavern, and Smif N’ Wessun at The Drake, but we opted for a little UK dance party at Chad Valley’s early [...]
Day 3 of NXNE rolled around, and after a night of hip hop and the raucousness that is Dan Deacon, I was looking for something more chill. I found just that at the Rivoli with Craig Stickland. Stickland and his [...]
Last night most of Toronto flooded Yonge-Dundas square for The National’s free headlining set at NXNE. Not as many people as Iggy Pop of Flaming Lips, but a dense crowd of astute fans, enough to stop traffic going south on [...]
Dan Deacon often appears on critic’s “must see” lists for music festivals. After awhile those lists are taken with a grain of salt… but hear me when I say this: Dan Deacon is really, truly, actually essential. I think I [...]
Their NXNE bio suggests they produce “hazy pop songs” but the DIANA experience is actually a lot more than that. The band is compiled of familiar Toronto faces from bands like Army Girls, The Hidden Cameras, Warm Myth, and Destroyer. [...]
Tallahassee, Florida’s After The Smoke have garnered major label interest lately, and in the tradition of NXNE musical discoveries, I was curious to know why… and I quickly found out. After The Smoke walked onto the Wrongbar stage and took over, [...]
The vibes were great for the first night of this year’s NXNE music festival. After a quick post-work disco nap, I checked out the Smashmouth Mentality showcase at Wrongbar for the stacked hip hop line up. Walking in with zero [...]
Their first Canadian tour date on this leg of their tour, Glasgow electro poppers CHVRCHES expressed their love for Toronto in music form on Wednesday night. A super packed Hoxton bobbed along to hits like “Recover” and “Lies” but didnt [...]
As the Field Trip day progressed, the grey skies were threatening, grey and a bit spooky. Normally these conditions are not a festival goer’s friend, but as Timber Timbre took the stage it was apparent these skies were the perfect backdrop for [...]
If any act was going to bring the sun out on Field Trip day, it was Jason Collett. Bring the sun he did, literally and figuratively, as the rays broke through the grey clouds partway through his set to bathe us [...]
After a two year hiatus Broken Social Scene reunited to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their label Arts & Crafts. Headlining Field Trip, the musical friendship collective played their 2002 album and fan favourite You Forgot It In People from front to back [...]
Oxford UK band Foals were in Toronto last month and they rocked the shit out of the Kool Haus, and on Sunday night they did it again with their Governors Ball Music Festival set. As a (somewhat) last-minute addition to [...]
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