NXNE

• 

  Wordburglar

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Easing into his set with a slow and steady verbal calisthenics routine, Toronto lyricist Wordburglar demonstrated pretty much from the drop...

• 

  D-Sisive

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  On this NXNE night, rap veteran Derek Christoff, otherwise known as D-Sisive, has the crowd in the palm of his hand and knows it. With freq...

• 

  Elaquent

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Hailing from Guelph, ON, producer Elaquent is a consummate beathead. With faultless J-Dilla inspirations, dude known as eQ is perhaps the s...

• 

  William Tyler

  Garrison, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  On his latest release, Impossible Truth, William Tyler showed that it is entirely possible to captivate listeners with nothing more than sk...

• 

  U.S. Girls

  Garrison, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Toronto's Meghan Remy, aka U.S. Girls, makes bedroom glam-rock that seems to exude a feeling of creative isolation. Perhaps understandably,...

• 

  Destruction Unit

  Garrison, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Destruction Unit opened their loud and aggressive set with a very long and ominous drone. In fact, most of the songs seemed to feature an e...

• 

  Milk Music

  Garrison, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  I was at Milk Music's first NXNE show at Parts and Labour on Wednesday night, and I was admittedly somewhat underwhelmed. The Olympia, WA b...

• 

  T. Nile

  Monarch Tavern, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  At one point in her set, T. (Tamara) Nile declared "I am a folkie, an electro-folkie." The Galliano Island, BC-based singer-songwriter made...