Music: THIGHS
Toronto’s THIGHS started out with a pretty simple mission: make short songs that could serve as soundtracks to gifs. It sucks, but not in that way. According to the band: ”James said Dave from the...
View ArticleMusic: Valleys
Like the name Valleys, the Montreal band makes music that peaks and plateaus with the unavoidable juxtaposition of the light and the dark, the dissonant and the melodic. The NXNE alum return to the...
View ArticleMusic: Odonis Odonis
It’s the sinister side of the reverb-soaked spectrum and, apart from Odonis Odonis, there’s not much to find when you Google their self-described genre of “industrial surf-gaze.” Like their name, NXNE...
View ArticleMusic: Moon King
Toronto’s Moon King is brought to life by the busy Daniel Benjamin and his childhood friend Maddy Wilde. Benjamin’s a familiar face from other projects – including drumming for Grimes and helping out...
View ArticleMusic: Hayden
Remember when Hayden interviewed The National’s Matt Berninger? Well, now you can see them get even more face time – Hayden opens for The National on Friday, June 14th at Yonge-Dundas Square. The Arts...
View ArticleMusic: Wintersleep
They’re no strangers to crisscrossing North America, touring on their own merits and with the likes of Pearl Jam, The Hold Steady, Paul McCartney, Frightened Rabbit, and Portugal. The Man. Fresh off a...
View ArticleMusic: DIANA
There’s plenty of experience in DIANA. These familiar Toronto faces come from bands like Army Girls, The Hidden Cameras, Warm Myth, and Destroyer. Now, the four-piece step into another name and a hazy...
View ArticleMusic: Blue Hawaii
With the release of Untogether earlier this year, Blue Hawaii’s second album shows Alex Cowan and Raphaelle Standell-Preston (who pulls double duty at NXNE with her other band Braids) moving from a...
View ArticleMusic: Ryan Hemsworth
The Ryan Gosling of remixes gets set to break your heart at NXNE. And by break your heart, we mostly mean entrance you with samples that reach across the board and genres. DJ/producer Ryan Hemsworth‘s...
View ArticleMusic: Poirier
Where Poirier goes, chaotic dance floors happen. The Montreal-based producer and DJ links disparate genres seamlessly. Landscapes of vibrant drums lead to pulsating, pitch-shifting, and infectious...
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