NXNE

Ghostface played NXNE w/ Raekwon Killer Mike, Action Bronson & more (pics), plays Prospect Park Saturday (free)

Opening things up with a blazing, pace-setting flourish, Raekwon and Ghostface let loose with a tight four-pack of Wu classics, including “Incarcerated Scarfaces,” “Glaciers of Ice” and the timeless “Ice Cream…

NXNE Saturday night in pics (Automelodi, Lumineers, Les Breastfeeders, Young Empires & more)

“Montreal’s Automelodi most definitely are channeling 1981 but have songs as well-crafted as their haircuts.” As you know, NXNE went down in Toronto over the weekend, not far from in the same country where the Sled Island Festival is now beginning…

Bleached, Mac DeMarco, Teenanger, Hooded Fang and Jonathan Toubin played the Bruise Cruise at NXNE (pics)

With the backdrop of a beautiful day on Lake Ontario, the M for Montreal Bruise Cruise set sail on the afternoon of June 16th, the third day of the NXNE festival in Toronto…

NXNE day 2 in pics (Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Doldrums, Art vs Science, TOPS & more)

Like a Japanese Kiss, the self-described “Noh-wave” seven-piece were as much about the live spectacle as about their music, which oscillated between standard, straightforward rock and doom metal atmospherics…

NXNE Thursday in pics (Mac Demarco, Bleached, Grass Widow, The Black Belles and more)

DeMarco and his two accompanying guitarists often literally drop a knee to the floor and continue to play on during their live set, which on a couple of occasions resulted in not really being able to play at all if they lost their balance…

METZ sign to Sub Pop, touring this summer (dates); LP in Oct.

Toronto’s pummeling post-punks METZ have signed with Sub Pop who will release the band’s self-tiled debut album on October 9. You can watch a short video preview for the album at the bottom of this post…

Archers of Loaf documentary screening @ CBGB Fest, NXNE, Sled Island & elsewhere; reissues of final 2 albums due in August

Archers of Loaf at Bowery Ballroom in April (more by Joe McCabe) Archers of Loaf, who were last here in April, are part of this year’s 4Knots Festival in July which will be NYC’s first chance to see the reunited ’90s indie rockers for free since reuniting last year…

this week in Hip Hop (Northside, NXNE, Kool Keith, EPMD, Yasiin Bey, RJD2, Tech N9ne, Black Thought + Rahzel, GZA & more)

Ultramagnetic MCs at ATP NJ 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As mentioned in What’s going on? last night, Prodigy‘s upcoming “Queens Day” show at Irving Plaza, which was supposed to happen next week (6/19) has been cancelled…

Hume playing shows, added to BV Northside (dates & stream); Future Islands side projects playing Death By Audio

Baltimore psych poppers Hume have a few dates scheduled this week, including a NXNE show tonight (6/13). We/re thrilled to announce that one of those shows is now also the Official BrooklynVegan Northside Showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday (6/15), which Hume, along with Fort Lean, have just been added to, joining a lineup with Frankie Rose and Caveman…

NXNE 2012 kicks off in Toronto

NXNE 2011, Yonge-Dundas Square (more by Natasha Ryan) Our friends to the north in Toronto are gearing up for the music portion of the annual NXNE festival to begin…
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