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Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Remember K.C. Accidental? The Toronto-based post-rock band that featured Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin as members and was the inception for what would become Broken Social Scene? They played a rare show, this time with Metric’s Jimmy Shaw on guitar, during NXNE 2014 on June 20th as part of M for … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – NXNE 2014 continued on June 19th with several solid performances from New York City-based grunge trio GHXST, who released a new track called “Dead Town” on March 16th, 2014, at Bovine Sex Club, Detroit-based 50’s pop/garage rock band Blaire Alise and The Bombshells, who released their newest self-titled EP, on August 17th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – The Bovine Sex Club on Queen St. W. hosted a few heavier acts during the first day of music at NXNE 2014 on June 18, including Toronto-based hard rock band Diemonds, who released their second album, The Bad Pack, in 2012, Toronto-based heavy metal band Midnight Malice, who released their debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) & Amanda-Susan Carson (@xoAmandaCarson) – After a few days of parties and film screenings, the music portion of NXNE 2014 kicked-off on June 18 at an array of downtown Toronto venues, including Tattoo Toronto, which featured a “secret show” by Brooklyn-based noise pop duo Sleigh Bells, who released their third album, Bitter Rivals, on October … Continue reading
There’s no shortage of concerts, film and art events around Toronto during NXNE that run into the night. While travelling between installations and shows, it’s not hard to get fatigued. With the theme of Good Energy, Starbucks Canada has brought back their caffeinated Refreshers for the humid summer months. Pre-roasted beans in a Green … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Acclaimed comedian and podcast host Marc Maron, who’s long-running podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, receives over 220,000 downloads per episode, provided a keynote talk yesterday at the Hyatt Regency in Toronto as part of NXNE Interactive, where he discussed WTF’s inception, its growth, how it changed the media landscape, how a business model evolved, … Continue reading
Photos by: Daniel Pascucci – Australian indie alt rock disco-pop band The Jezabels, who released their second album, The Brink, on January 31st, 2014 via PIAS/Self-Released, which was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat (The Vaccines, Lana Del Rey, Moby), performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto with Vancouver and Toronto-based indie electronic-rock band Gold & Youth, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – Philadelphia-based indie pop-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who released their fourth album, Only Run, on June 3rd, 2014, which features the single, e“Coming Down”, which includes vocals from The National’s Matt Berninger, performed at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto last night with Indiana-based shoegaze-noise rock duo Stagnant Pools, who … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Every year around in June, Queen Street W. shuts down to traffic, transit and even pedestrians. It’s a necessary evil to accommodate the perpetually expanding spectacle of the MuchMusic Video Awards. From a fan’s point of view, the awards are a rare opportunity to expose all five senses to their heroes. Access to the event (with … Continue reading
Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson – DigiFest Toronto 2014, which seeks to take the small screen Youtube experience into a live concert setting, took over Echo Beach in Toronto over the weekend with popular Youtube artists like Miami-based girl group Fifth Harmony, who formed on the second season of The X Factor, and who released their debut … Continue reading
