NXNE 2011 | June 13 – 19 | TORONTO CANADA

Blogotheque does NXNE: Silje Nes, Inlets, Neutral Uke Hotel, Anamanaguchi

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Big thanks to our friends at Blogotheque for being part of the fest this year. They came, they saw, they shot some great stuff… Check out part 2 of their NXNE series featuring awesome sets from Silje Nes, Inlets, Neutral Uke Hotel and Anamanaguchi.

New Yonge-Dundas Square videos

mike — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:42:25 +0000

Great new video clips from Yonge-Dundas Square, shot on June 19 during the day & night of fabulous free mainstage concerts presented by our good friends at Virgin Mobile. An example – from The Raveonettes:

Check out the rest of the series (including Surfer Blood, DD/MM/YYYY, The Soft Pack, and much more) at VirginMobile Presents’ YouTube Channel.

New NXNE video from la Blogotheque

mike — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:41 +0000

NxNE Blogotheque Series | Part One from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

During NXNE in June, videographers from France’s la Blogotheque caught live outdoor acoustic performances (in various west-side locales) from The Soft Pack, Avi Buffalo, Library Voices, and DM Stith. You can check them out one at a time here.

The Strange Boys @ the Silver Dollar

mike — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:12:32 +0000

Strange Boys, strange brew: an NXNE bacchanal (photo: Nick Merzetti)

Austin, TX’s The Strange Boys instigated nightly mayhem at the Silver Dollar, as they headlined the venue Thursday through Saturday. Were you there? See if you can spot yourself.

Shows we wish we’d seen, #3

mike — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:46:39 +0000

Rock Plaza Central (photo: Nick Merzetti)

NXNE fans at the Gladstone caught another great gig from Rock Plaza Central, the much-lauded Canadian roots group. More pics from NXNE’s vast flikr gallery here.

Iggy and The Stooges @ NXNE… Unforgettable

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:04:18 +0000

Photo: Brooklyn Vegan

Iggy and The Stooges absolutely destroy it for 25,000 lucky people who caught this free Dundas Square show Sat night. 100% amazing and crazy. Streets were closed, history was made. An unforgettable festival moment. Loads of great pics via Brooklyn Vegan.

The Raveonettes Yonge-Dundas Square

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:54:16 +0000

Photo: Phil Ogynist

Side-stage for The Raveonettes at Dundas Sq. We were 25,000 strong by the time Iggy and The Stooges took the stage at sundown.

Mudhoney. The Horseshoe. Awesome.

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:52:34 +0000

Photo: Brooklyn Vegan

Mudhoney played the rammed Chunklet showcase @ the ’shoe on Friday night.. early Sat morn. They took the stage @ 2am, and it was 90 minutes of awesomeness… Seriously. More pics from the show via brooklyn vegan

De La Soul at Dundas Square

Deborah — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:09:39 +0000

Photo: Phil Ogynist

Legendary hip hop trio De La Soul and 10,000 of their closest friends throw a house party in the centre of the city to close this year’s fest.

Japandroids. secret show @ The Dakota… really.

Deborah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:36:24 +0000

Photo: Albert Lee

Japandroids‘ sorta- secret show Thursday night may have been “the first and last time the Dakota Tavern hosts a mosh pit”