NXNE

NXNE Announces 2015 Lineup

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2015

Toronto's North by Northeast returns to the city this summer for its 21st instalment, and organizers have now unveiled the initial lineup f...

Astro

Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014

Astro, The Astronomical Kid, one of the only laudable artists to pass through the populous belly of The X Factor unscathed. Before emerging...

Run the Jewels

Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014

When word first came of a full-length collaboration between Killer Mike and rapper/producer El-P, many reacted with skepticism. Two years i...

Loose Pistons

Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014

Montréal garage-rockers Loose Pistons certainly have excellent record collections (echoes of the Stones, Groovies and Box Tops as well as P...

Courtney Barnett

Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014

By the time Courtney Barnett took the stage on Sunday night to end her three-night NXNE residency at the Silver Dollar Room, the buzz surro...

Tess Parks

The Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014

Toronto native Tess Parks has been accruing a lot of good reviews since the late-2013 release of her debut LP, the bewitching, Alan McGee-a...

Bruise Cruise with PS I Love You, Calvin Love, Walter TV and the Posterz

Lake Ontario, Toronto ON, June 21

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

Hosted by the inimitable Mac DeMarco, M For Montreal's fourth annual Bruise Cruise circled around Lake Ontario for a three-hour tour as the...

Zeus

Cameron House, Toronto ON, June 21

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

They're hairy. They sounded hairy (in a good way). No messing around needed, Toronto group Zeus dove headfirst into toe-tapping classic roc...