NXNE
Thug Entrancer
The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
With the crowd a bit shaken after a very angry Xiu Xiu set, Software's newest beat maniac Thug Entrancer provided a nice shift into the lat...
Oneohtrix Point Never
The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
Oneohtrix Point Never is a scientist of sound, a man whose electronic entities are living, breathing organisms that flourish alongside a mi...
Spoon
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
The announcement that Spoon would play a (no longer) secret show at the Horseshoe Tavern was a delicious proposition made tastier in execut...
Eagulls
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
The task of kicking off NXNE's Friday night of music at Yonge-Dundas Square can be a thankless one on the best of days, with artists often...
Omar Souleyman
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
The growing international acclaim for a middle-aged Syrian singer 20 years into his recording career and whose popularity at home rests on...
Swans
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
"Let's bring these buildings down!", shouted Swans' Michael Gira before kicking into "The Apostate," from 2012's The Seer — and no on...
St. Vincent
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2014
With four LPs under her belt, St. Vincent's Annie Clark has built a solid back catalogue of first-rate songs and could probably get away wi...
Pusha T
VICE Island, Toronto ON, June 19
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014
He's King Push, and it was his hour. For a man who refuses to rely on rap money to put food upon his plate, Pusha T still brought his a-gam...