NXNE

• 

  NXNE - Boats

  Trinity Bellwoods, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  Despite the scattered press in attendance, Boats' acoustic Trinity Bellwoods set had an impromptu vibe to it. Setting up shop under a tree...

• 

  NXNE - Free Energy

  Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  Rocky was on television the other day; Philadelphia looked rough, begging the question: how did Free Energy get out of there unscathed? The...

• 

  NXNE - Neon Windbreaker

  The Garrison, Toronto ON June 18

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  In the Saturday Night Live skit, "Dr. Beaman's Office," Tim Meadows's robot dancing along with a quip about a lost baby cause Will Ferrell...

• 

  NXNE - Gold Panda

  Sneaky Dee

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  It's never easy to play early in a NXNE showcase, but micro-sampling beat maker Gold Panda made it look easy. For one, his lonely, one-man...

• 

  NXNE - Bishop Morocco

  The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  Born in Toronto but reunited two years ago in a small town in the Netherlands, Jake Fairley and Jim Sayce are Bishop Morocco, whose mix of...

• 

  NXNE - The Bitters

  Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  From the moment they took the Silver Dollar Room stage, the Bitters put on a blistering, full-throttle performance of their thrashy punk ro...

• 

  NXNE - Glass Candy

  Wrongbar, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  Glass Candy's otherworldly singer, the enigmatically named Ida No, came wafting onto the Wrongbar stage in a cloud of her own slowly waving...

• 

  NXNE - Japandroids

  The Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON June 17

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2010

  Of course, one of the big question marks at every NXNE is which bands will perform in each of the "special guest" slots. For fans lucky eno...