2009 NXNE Picks!

With NXNE kicking into full gear today, it's been a daunting task narrowing down my long-list of about 62 selections(covering today until Sunday) to a more manageable number. I've opted, as I have in the past few years, to try to check out bands/artists unknown to me prior(especially out-of-towners) rather than the local acts. I've come across some interesting stuff through various bands'/artists' MySpaces and would hope that they'd be able to translate it live. Strange enough, there are a bunch of local acts participating this year that I've yet to see live(eg. Entire Cities, Whale Tooth, Evening Hymns, Everything All The Time) and I may not catch during the festival, but hopefully they'll be playing around town in the future. So without further ado here are my picks and the places/times where I most likely will be (hope to see some of you out there!):

Thursday June 18, 2009

06 pm - The Coast @ Sunrise Records
07 pm - picking up media delegate pass @ Hyatt Regency Toronto
8-9pm - haven't decided on anything so far; perhaps Melissa Auf De Mar @ Yonge Dundas Square
10 pm - Film Noir @ El Mocambo (up); alternate choices - Ume @ Neutral Lounge, Whale Tooth @ The Boat, Yellow Wood @ Rancho Relaxo
11 pm - Built By Snow @ The Boat; alternate choices - Rah Rah @ Rancho Relaxo, Experimental Dental School @ Sneaky Dee's, Poorfolk @ Mitzi's Sister, Kittens Ablaze @ Rivoli
12 am - Angela Desveaux @ C'est What; alternate choices - The Zoobombs @ Silver Dollar, Solarists @ The Painted Lady
01 am - that's the spirit @ C'est What

Friday June 19, 2009

05 pm - Black Hat Brigade @ Mill St. Brewpun Daystage
08 pm - Coeur de Pirate @ Dakota Tavern; alternate choice In-Flight Safety @ Yonge Dundas Square at 7:45 pm
09 pm - One Hundred Dollars @ Dakota Tavern; alternate choice - Wintersleep at Yonge Dundas Square at 9:45 pm
10 pm - Mika Miko @ Lee's Palace; alternat choices - The Ghost Is Dancing @ Velvet Underground, Kill Krinkle Club @ Holy Joe's, The Superstitions @ Reverb
11 pm - Valleys @ Rancho Relaxo; alternate choices - Hooded Fang @ Dakota Tavern, Love In October @ Holy Joe's
12 am - The Magic @ Reverb; alternate choices - Change of Heart @ Horseshoe Tavern, No Age @ Lee's Palace, The Coast @ Dakota Tavern
01 am - Parallels @ Reverb; alternate choices - The Sadies @ El Mocambo (down), Special Guest @ Lee's Palace, The Homosexuals @ Sneaky Dee's, Fox Jaws @ Supermarket
02 am - Experimental Dental School @ Rancho Relaxo

Saturday June 20, 2009

2:30 pm - The Zoobombs @ Yonge Dundas Square
3:30 pm - Golden Triangle @ Yonge Dundas Square
5:30 pm - Japanther @ Yonge Dundas Square
09 pm - Woodpigeon @ Horseshoe Tavern; the blank tapes @ Cadillac Lounge, Caet Mecija & Evening Hymns @ Whippersnapper Gallery, Everything All The Time @ The Drake Underground
10 pm - awkward i @ Holy Joes; alternate choice - Will Currie and The Country French @ Reverb (at least it's right downstairs from Holy Joe's)
11 pm - Olenka and the Autumn Lovers @ Bread and Circus; alternate choices - Young Galaxy @ The Drake Underground, The Zoobombs @ Velvet Underground
12 am - Ketch Harbour Wolves @ Rivoli
01 am - Nightwood @ Rancho Relaxo; alternate choices - Ghost Bees @ Bread and Circus, Entire Cities @ Mitzi's Sister

Sunday June 21, 2009

08 pm - GZA @ Yonge Dundas Square
09 pm - Rah Rah @ El Mocambo (down); alternate choice - The Cool Kids @ Yonge Dundas Square
10 pm - The Gertrudes @ Rivoli