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NXNE 2013 Reviews And Photos

Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon

The 2013 edition of NXNE has finally ended and I can say with a certain sense of shock that I didn’t end up developing my annual case of paralyzing bad back from it (though I do appear to have a cold).

Over the course of NXNE I ended up seeing the following acts: Brendan Croskerry, Calexico, Santiago x The Natural, Sunfields, Brendan Canning, Wordburglar, D-Sisive, Elaquent, Sunclef + Peroff, By Divine Right, Hayden, The National, Blowfly, Brave Little Toaster, CTZNSHP, Weaves, The Lytics, Catl, White Lung and Mickey Avalon.

Some of whom I wrote up about in the NXNE wrap story for Huffington Post Music Canada. You can read that by clicking here.

I also took some photos of varying quality. Check those out below.

 

 

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Best And Worst Of The MMVAs

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

As anyone who lives near Toronto’s Queen West district is fully aware, the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards just happened over the weekend, dramatically disrupting everyone’s lives for the sake of a giant teenager-baiting street party/live television event.

I’ve been to a number of these over the years in a professional capacity so I wrote about some of the best and worst MMVA performances for Huffington Post Music Canada.

You can read that list, highlighted by Lady Gaga‘s exploding boobies, by going here.

 

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Father’s Day: Best And Worst Dads In Music

Neil Young

Neil Young

It’s Father’s Day soon so Sarah was tasked with listing up some of the best and worst dads in music for Huffington Post Music Canada.

In said list you’ll find out why hating on Neil Young‘s Trans album means you’re an asshole and why Eminem‘s, well, bad.

To read the story go here.

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of June 14 (Long List Reaction)

Owen Pallett

Owen Pallett

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

This week Polaris announced the 40 albums that made the 2013 Long List. It’s kinda a big deal, so this week’s Polaris People column was dedicated to reaction to that list.

To read the column, and find out what people like A Tribe Called Red, Rhye, Anciients and Jim Guthrie had to say, go here.

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NXNE 2013 Best Bets: Blowfly, Mickey Avalon And More

Sloan

Sloan

Today the NXNE music festival properly begins and with it a million bands will descend on Toronto to perform.

I haven’t quite figured out how to fold time and space yet, so there are many conflicts, but here are the Best Bets — including the particularly exciting raunch double-shot of Blowfly and Mickey Avalon — I’m going to try to check out over the next five days.

For the first time in a long time I’ll be relatively untethered, so I’m also willing to deviate from this course if there’s bribery (hint).

Wednesday, June 12

10 p.m. Calexico @ Mod Club
10 p.m. Jane’s Party @ 1093 Queen St. W Unit 2
11 p.m. Devon Sproule + Mike O’Neill @ The Piston
12 a.m. Sunfields @ Monarch Tavern

Thursday, June 13

9 p.m. Wordburglar  @ Sneaky Dee’s
10 p.m. Diana @ Horseshoe Tavern
10 p.m. D-Sisive @ Sneaky Dee’s
12 a.m. No Joy @ BLK Box
12 a.m. Jane’s Party @ Supermarket
12 a.m. White Cowbell @ Lee’s Palace
1 a.m. Supersuckers @ Lee’s Palace

Friday, June 14

7 p.m. By Divine Right @ St. James Gazebo
9 p.m. Blinker The Star @ Horseshoe Tavern
9 p.m. Psyche Tongues @ BLK Box
9:10 p.m. The National @ Yonge-Dundas Square
10 p.m. July Talk @ Mod Club
10 p.m. Mike O’Neill @ Great Hall
10 p.m. Shooting Guns @ The Hideout
10 p.m. UN @ Sneaky Dee’s
11 p.m. The Magic @ BLK Box
11 p.m. Red Mass @ Lee’s Palace
12 a.m. The Danks @ The Hideout
12 a.m. Nu Sensae @ The Shop/Parts & Labour
12 a.m. Sloan @ Great Hall
1 a.m. Blowfly @ Horseshoe Tavern
1 a.m. Gold & Youth @ BLK Box

Saturday, June 14

4 p.m. Blinker The Star @ Yonge-Dundas Square
8 p.m. Chains Of Love @ Danforth Music Hall
9 p.m. The Lytics @ Nocture
10 p.m. Antiheroes @ Wrongbar
10 p.m. Catl @ Horseshoe Tavern
11 p.m. White Lung @ Horseshoe Tavern
12 a.m. Tangiers @ The Garrison
1 a.m. Mickey Avalon @ Lee’s Palace
2 a.m. Silvergun & Spleen @ Painted Lady
2 a.m. Monster Voodoo Machine @ Bovine Sex Club

Sunday, June 15

3 p.m. Mickey Avalon @ Yonge-Dundas Square

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