Toronto
a guide to NXNE 2014: Bruise Cruise, free shows, and more
The annual NXNE fest is currently underway in Toronto, ON with the music portion really happening Wednesday – Saturday (June 18 – 21) at venues all over the Canadian city…
Mikal Cronin, Fat Tony & more played the Bruise Cruise during NXNE (pics); watch Mikal Cronin play P4K offices today
We already posted pictures of the Mikal Cronin/Shannon & the Clams show from day 3 (6/15) of Toronto festival NXNE, and that same day we also caught Mikal on the annual M for Montreal / Panache Bruise Cruise during NXNE with Toronto locals Odonis Odonis, Montreal’s We Are Wolves, and rapper Fat Tony (who also played Yonge-Dundas Square)…
NXNE day 4 in pics: Ludacris, Joey Bada$$, Underachievers, Smif N' Wessun & Mickey Avalon in Yonge-Dundas Square
The music portion of Toronto’s NXNE festival wrapped up on Sunday (6/16), and we concluded our stay up there at the big, free rap show in Yonge-Dundas Square with Ludacris, Joey Bada$$, Smif N’ Wessun, Fat Tony, The Underachievers, Deniro Farrar, and MIckey Ava…
Deniro Farrar played NXNE, released a mixtape (pics, stream)
North Carolina rapper Deniro Farrar had a bit of breakout moment last year with Kill or Be Killed, his collaborative mixtape with Shady Blaze, and this year he caught ears with his solo mixtape, The Patriarch, which came out this past March…
The National played a free NXNE show in Yonge-Dundas Square (pics)
While the Northside Festival was going on here in Brooklyn, and Bonnaroo was going on in Tennessee, Toronto was hosting its annual NXNE festival…
Arts & Crafts celebrates 10 years with Broken Social Scene / Feist-headlined Field Trip fest, compilations, art exhibits & more
Toronto record label Arts & Crafts, which was co-founded by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and in honor of that, they’re presenting the Field Trip Music & Arts Festival in Toronto on June 8 at Fort York and Garrison Com…
Flaming Lips streaming 24 hours of record-breaking shows NOW, played Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto (pics)
As previously mentioned, The Flaming Lips will “attempt to break a Guiness World Record by playing the most concerts in multiple cities during a 24-hour period, a record currently held by Jay-Z…
Of Montreal & Portugal. The Man @ Yonge-Dundas Square (NXNE pics)
As we speak, the Flaming Lips are working towards a goal of playing the most shows in 24 hours. Back on 6/16 the band played a headlining set outdoors in Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square…
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…
Radiohead postpone shows due to destruction of equipment (from the deadly Toronto stage collapse)
Radiohead’s stage @ Prudential Center (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Radiohead says:Hello everyone,
As you will probably have heard the roof over the stage collapsed at our show in Toronto killing crew member Scott Johnson and injuring three other crew members…