On Tuesday at Toronto’s Great Hall, jammy Brooklynites DIIV and dream poppers Wild Nothing came together to play to a pretty packed house. It was actually somewhat surprising how packed it was even before DIIV began, considering they had an [...]
In our opinion Friday night at Lee’s Palace during NXNE 2012 had the best up and coming line up of Brooklyn-based bands including Friends, DIIV, and the UK opener 2:54. We made it for most of 2:54′s easy to swallow lo-fi [...]
We really loved seeing DIIV perform last weekend during NXNE alongside 2:54 and Friends (review to come) and we’re delighted to share their debut LP Oshin which is streaming in full below via the good music folks over at Hype Machine. [...]
We were sad to hear that Brooklyn lo-fi band Violens NXNE set had been cancelled on Thursday night, but were happy to find Kingston rockers PS I Love You as their replacement when we showed up at Horseshoe. [...]
On Thursday night we ventured over to Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Island to check out Dusted and Smith Westerns at the JanSport Bonfire session. Vice parties are always a good time and this particular one boasted a couple of [...]
After a few kick off parties, we decided to head to the Drake Underground for the first set of North By North East 2012 featuring Eternal Summers, Mac DeMarco, and a highly anticipated set by Porcelain Raft. Though we skipped [...]
One of the top artists on our NXNE must-see list are Brit sisters 2:54 and they’ve just released a video for their debut album’s single “Creeping” directed by Frode & Marcus, which is getting us revved up to see them [...]
So Toronto, this years North By North East festival (NxNE) starts next week and we’re gearing up marking our schedules for all the amazing bands that will be in town. Some of this years most anticipated acts are of course headliners [...]
What do you get when you drop a bunch of weed, pills, and dollar bills into a dryer? Death Grips new video for “Hustle Bones” from one hustler to another. [...]
We’ve been following the slow build of London based band 2:54 and they’ve just released a new single called “Creeping” off their self titled debut LP set to drop on May 28th via Fat Possum. [...]
Violens are about to drop their new record True and we’ve gotta say, it’s a pretty darn fantastic record if you’re a fan of lo-fied out sounds. They’ve just released an awesome video for one of our favourite track on the [...]
We’re always excited to see who will play NXNE 2012 each year and after some pretty amazing past years, it just keeps getting better and better. Stand out acts we’re psyched to see this year include Brooklyn lo-fi outfit Violens, [...]
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