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NXNE - Said the Whale

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

Vancouver indie rockers Said the Whale have made a lot of stops in Toronto and it showed, as an enthusiastic crowd greeted their early Frid...

NXNE - Zola Jesus

The Garrison, Toronto ON June 18

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

"There was nothing wrong with that set," said Zola Jesus' Nika Danilova at the end of her Friday night gig. Well, that's not quite true. Th...

NXNE - Iggy and the Stooges

Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

"We are the fucking remains of the fucking Stooges," said Iggy Pop during the band's Saturday night appearance, proving once again he's nev...

NXNE - JEFF the Brotherhood

The Garrison, Toronto ON June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

Who starts their set, down on their knees, in the crowd? JEFF the Brotherhood do. Brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall, playing a three-stringed...

NXNE - The D'Urbervilles

The Drake Underground, Toronto ON June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

T-shirts for $2, heaps of post-post-punk bass lines and doses of, at turns, jittery then muscular art rock make for a compelling Saturday n...

NXNE - Surfer Blood

Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

One of North by Northeast's most hotly tipped acts was Surfer Blood, whose jangly, energetic debut Astro Coast should have been easily repl...

NXNE - Les Savy Fav

Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

When Les Savy Fav front-man Tim Harrington started dramatically decorating himself in protective rollerblading gear and streaking his cheek...

NXNE - De La Soul

Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2010

Hip-hop is a tough genre in which to grow old, but alongside the likes of Jay-Z and the Roots, one act that has aged gracefully is Long Isl...