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Aaron’s Hot Picks For NXNE 2012

The Black Belles are my #1 must-see at NXNE

The Black Belles are my #1 must-see at NXNE

It’s NXNE time. That means a billion bands, a billion parties and me ignoring all your emails.

Here’s a rough sketch of what I’m hoping to see:

Wednesday, June 13

9 p.m. JF Robitaille @ Cameron House
9 p.m. Red Orkestra @ The Central
10 p.m. Eternal Summers @ Drake Hotel
12 a.m. Teenager @ The Garrison
1 a.m. Holiday Crowd @ El Mocambo

Thursday, June 14

10 p.m. Hooded Fang @ Horseshoe Tavern
11 p.m. The Schomberg Fair @ Sneaky Dee’s
12 a.m. The Black Belles @ The Garrison
12 a.m. Whale Tooth @ Great Hall
1 a.m. Bran Van 3000 @ Horseshoe Tavern
1 a.m. A Place To Bury Strangers @ El Mocambo

Friday, June 15

8 p.m. Dearly Beloved @ Mod Club
9 p.m. DZ Deathrays @ Wrongbar
9 p.m. Bradleyboy Mac Arther @ The Sister
10 p.m. Hooded Fang @ Silver Dollar
10 p.m. The Vandelles @ Great Hall
11 p.m. The Black Belles @ Horseshoe Tavern
11 p.m. Dearly Beloved @ Velvet Underground
12 a.m. Bleached @ Silver Dollar
12 a.m. Phedre @ Sneak Dee’s
12 a.m. Yamantaka//Sonic Titan @ The Garrison
1 a.m. Wordburglar @ Crawford

Saturday, June 16

I’ll be working all day at Yonge-Dundas Square, so this one’s mostly locked in already…
12 p.m. The Burning Boyz
1 p.m. Brasstronaut
2 p.m. Parlovr
3 p.m. Ceremony
4 p.m. Art Vs. Science
5 p.m. Hollerado
6 p.m. Oberhofer
7 p.m. of Montreal
8 p.m. Portugal. The Man
9:30 p.m. The Flaming Lips
11 p.m. The Mark Inside @ Gladstone Hotel
1 a.m. Bleached @ Silver Dollar

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Matthew Good Signs To Frostbyte/eOne + His Opinion On Lana Del Rey

Matthew Good

Matthew Good

Veteran multiple Juno Award-winning Canadian rocker Matthew Good has just signed a worldwide record deal with Frostbyte Media/eOne.

I know this because he told me so in an interview for a story that ran on Spinner.

In news completely unrelated to his new status as a citizen of the world, he also told me he loves Lana Del Rey‘s “Video Games” song.

“Let’s face it,” said Good. “Maybe the greatest penis euphemism of the last decade has been ‘Video Games’ by Lana Del Rey, because if you read into that song she’s talking about blowjobs. The whole joystick, video games thing? C’mon?

“I think, that song is one of the best songs I’ve heard in years. Like, it’s awesome. The actual ‘Born to Die’ song, I’m not a fan of that, but that ‘Video Games’ tune is fucking stellar. ‘Blue Jeans,’ that’s good too. When I heard ‘Video Games’ I saw that video that she did and I was just like, goddamn.”

To read the full story over at Spinner click here.

 

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of June 8 (Destroyer! Black Mountain! Hey Rosetta!!)

Hey Rosetta!

Hey Rosetta!

The latest edition of the Polaris Music Prize weekly news roundup is now online.

Dan Bejar of Destroyer and New Pornographers is speaking, Black Mountain are licking toads and Hey Rosetta! are getting with the government

Go read the story over at Polaris Music Prize by clicking here.

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This Week In Music History — June 3 – 9

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

The Risky Fuel household has become all turned around on Bruce Springsteen‘s Born In The U.S.A. album in recent months and it just so happened that the anniversary of this record’s release was this week. 2 Live Crew, on the other hand, were banned in the U.S.A., when a judge declared them obscene (don’t worry, it mostly made them more popular). Oh, and remember when Left Eye from TLC burned down Andre Rison’s house? Yeah.

To find out more things that made music history, click here.

 

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Limblifter Return

Limblifter

Limblifter

Remember Limblifter? They were kinda a thing during that first Canadian alternative wave back in the ’90s and early 2000s.

Anyway, Sarah interviewed them for Spinner because they’re reuniting at NXNE.

You can read the story by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

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