______________________________________________________________________________________ NXNE Day 2 – DIANA, Braids, Blue Hawaii, Brendan Canning, Wordburglar During day 2 of NXNE, we saw DIANA at The Horseshoe, Braids, and Blue Hawaii at The Silver Dollar, Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning at The Hoxton and Wordburglar at Sneaky Dee’s. Full story Lauren Garbutt | June 14, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Portugal. The Man, SKATERS @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre Portugal. The Man is a remarkably talented band with a unique sound and an array of catchy tunes. Full story Adam Harrison | June 14, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ NXNE Day 1 – The Maladies of Adam Stokes, Samantha Martin and the Haggard The Maladies of Adam Stokes performed at The Horseshoe Tavern, while Samantha Martin and the Haggard performed at The Supermarket. Full story Bruce Emberley | June 13, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ NXNE Day 1 – Mozart’s Sister, Reuben and the Dark, Grounders Our first night of NXNE began with Montreal-based electro-pop artist Mozart’s Sister, Calgary based indie rock quartet Reuben and the Dark and Toronto-based indie rock quintet Grounders. Full story Neil Van | June 13, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Rancid, Transplants @ Echo Beach Punk legends Rancid performed at Echo Beach in Toronto with Transplants and a slew of other punk bands. Full story Stephen McGill | June 13, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Spitalfield @ Sneaky Dee’s  Chicago-based pop-punk trio Spitalfield celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2003 album, Remember Right Now, when they performed at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto. Full story Josh Moody | June 13, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Postal Service, Mates Of State @ Air Canada Centre Nostalgia ran high throughout the Air Canada Centre as newly reunited indie electronic pop duo The Postal Service brought their decade-old album, Give Up, to Toronto. Full story Curtis Sindrey | June 12, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Faceless, Within the Ruins, Today I Caught The Plague, Rings of Saturn @ Mavericks, Ottawa Los Angeles-based death/metalcore quintet The Faceless performed a sold-out show at Mavericks in Ottawa, with Within the Ruins, Today I Caught The Plauge, and Rings of Saturn. Full story Scott Penner | June 12, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ !!! @ The Horseshoe Tavern Sacramento, California-based dance-punk sextet !!! (chik chik chik) performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto in support of their new album THR!!!ER. Full story Stephen McGill | June 11, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival 2013, St. Catharines The 2013 S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival invaded downtown St. Catharines over the weekend for its 18th year and this year featured Tokyo Police Club, Comeback Kid, Hollerado, The Dirty Nil, Ascot Royals, and more. Full story Stephen McGill | June 11, 2013

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