tour news: Smashing Pumpkins, Glassjaw, H2O, Purity Ring, Ringo Starr, more
Plus: festivals III Points, NXNE and NOS Primavera Porto get postponed (new dates), Modern English, and more tours, festivals and events affected by COVID-19.
NXNE
Toronto band Vallens playing NXNE and other tour dates (listen to 2 songs)
Vallens are a Toronto band led by Robyn Phillips who just released their debut single, "Tennessee Haze," last month. Phillips cites Twin Peaks as a big influence and you can hear that in Vallens' dark and smoky sound...
NXNE kicks off; Doldrums added to BV showcase
Toronto festival NXNE happens this week (June 17-21) with hundreds of acts playing venues all over the city. BrooklynVegan will be there too, with our showcase happening Friday (6/19) at Lee's Palace with Atlas Sound, Foxes in Fiction, Fresh Snow and a late night set from Yvette...
Toronto dark pop duo Bad Channels share new single, playing Canadian dates including NXNE w/ Health
Toronto's Bad Channels, aka Nick Grottick and Jess Gierusz, got their start in the production world, making atmospheric beats for ISSUE and Kitty Pryde, but soon turned to their own music, as well as their city's own DIY scene...
check out Toronto psych band Fresh Snow who are playing the BrooklyVegan NXNE showcase w/ Atlas Sound & more
Toronto instrumental quartet Fresh Snow have been making mutant, motorik psych for about four years now. They've got a 2013 album and a couple singles (including a split with METZ) under the belts and a new one is on the way...
NXNE no longer hosting Action Bronson at Yonge-Dundas Square, trying to move show, release new statement
Following criticisms of NXNE booking a free Action Bronson show in Yonge-Dundas Square, one of Toronto's busiest common areas, the festival initially defended their decision to book him and said, "Those who are offended by an artist are invited to check out other Festival sho...
Vatican Shadow playing shows before Prurient/Godflesh tour
Prurient (aka Dominick Fernow) recently announced a tour opening for Godflesh for late summer/early fall, but Dominick will be playing shows sooner than that under his Vatican Shadow moni...
Petition launched to get Action Bronson NXNE show cancelled; Toronto fest defends the Queens rapper
Among this year's NXNE shows is Action Bronson's free outdoor show on 6/21 in Yonge-Dundas Square, one of the busiest common areas in T...
NXNE expands 2015 lineup; Atlas Sound, Foxes In Fiction and more playing BrooklynVegan showcase
NXNE has added a lot more artists to its 2015 edition which happens June 17 - 21 at venues all over Toronto, ON. Additions include Atlas Sound who will play a BrooklynVegan-presented show at Lee's Palace on 6/19 with Foxes in Fiction, Holydrug Couple, Fresh Snow and more TBA...
Jessica Pratt expands tour, playing Union Pool (dates)
Jessica Pratt's new bare-bones folk album On Your Own Love Again (out now on Drag City) is one of the best of its kind in a while, and she's finally expanded her tour to include her first NYC show here since its release...