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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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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...

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Music: 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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