Monday, June 16, 2008

The NXNE Thread



This list is not going to be limited to 'Official North By Northeast' events just what I know about that is going on around town this weekend. If you want to add stuff to it leave me a comment and or send an email via this thingy. I've post-dated this post so it stays at the top until Sunday.

Please also feel free to leave comments about stuff you've seen and done during the 2008 NXNE.

THURSDAY JUNE 12



THE TRANZAC (Better Reasons Festival A fundraiser for SKETCH, an artist studio for homeless and street-involved youth)

Forest City Lovers, The Magic, Evening Hymns

THE BOVINE SEX CLUB

9pm the Naam, 10pm Machetes, 11pm Hell yeah Fuck yeah, 12am Brown Hornets, 1am Tracii Guns, 2am Monotonix

SNEAKY DEE'S (Myspace NXNE Showcase)

9pm Andre Charles Theriault, 10pm Gregory Pepper and his Problems, 11pm Amit, 12pm Young Rival, 1am The Darcys

LEE'S PALACE

BBC Radio 2 recorded and broadcast on "Live from Toronto" with Bob Harris on Saturday, Bob harris who is doing the keynote speech as well.

9pm Kendel Carson & Outlaw Social 10pm Dave Gunning, 11pm The Wailin Jennys, 12am The Trews, 1am TBA

THE HORSESHOE

9:00pm The Coast, 10:00pm The Wet Secrets, 11:00pm Small Sins, 12:00am Money Mark, 1:00am Flash Lightnin

EL MACAMBO(Downstairs)

8pm KAPOW!, 9pm The Mercy Now, 10pm The Vibrants, 11pm Chin Injeti, 12am New Odds, 1am Major Maker

EL MACAMBO (Upstairs)

9pm The Dress Whites, 10pm Spirits of the Dead, 11pm TBA, 12pm Sylvie, 1pm TBA

SUNRISE RECORDS (Free In-store performances)

1pm The Vibrants, 2pm The Vicious Guns, 3pm keein6, 4pm Sabrina Korva, 5pm Stand, 6pm David Martel

CRIMINAL RECORDS (Free In-store performances)

6pm The John Henrys

FRIDAY JUNE 13


SNEAKY DEE'S Mint Records Showcase

11:00pm Young and Sexy 12:00pm - The Pack AD

GLOBAL VILLAGE BACKPACKERS

12:30pm Lorrie Matheson, 1:05pm The Summerlad, 1:40pm Andrew Vincent, 2:15pm Andy Swan, 2:50pm Junior Pantherz, 3:25pm Rhume, 4pm Ultimate Power Duo, 4:35pm The Violet Archers, 5:10pm Camp Radio, 5:45pm Hilotrons, 6:20pm The Blood Lines

THE TRANZAC(Better Reasons Festival A fundraiser for SKETCH, an artist studio for homeless and street-involved youth)

Lily Frost, Prairie Cat (backed by The Bicycles), Scraps from Boil Street: Puppet Shorts by Juliann Wilding and Henry Fletcher, Laura Barrett, Peter Project

DRAKE UNDERGROUND

Tens Kens, Winter Gloves, Ruby Coast, Will Currie and the Country French

THE SILVER DOLLAR ROOM

Bird Week, The Hoa Hoas, Action Makes, The Mark Inside, Oholics, The Diableros

THE REVERB
9pm The Priddle Concern, 10pm Great Lake Swimmers, 11pm Laura Barrett, 12am The Meligrove Band, 1am Justin Rutledge

THE HORSESHOE
9pm Shawn Hewitt, 10pm TBA, 11pm Julie Doiron, 12am Evan Dando, 1am Crush Luther

2:15am - The Pack AD

LEE'S PALACE

9pm TBA, 10pm Uncut, 11pm TBA, 12am The Besnard lakes, 1 am Swervedriver

EL MACAMBO (Downstairs)

9pm Empire Air, 10pm Special Guest, 11pm Pride Tiger, 12am Brant Bjork. 1am TBA, 2am TBA

EL MACAMBO(Upstairs)

9pm songs from a room, 10pm Casey Baker and the Buffalo Sins, 11pm moneen, 12 am Black Lungs, 1am Bedouin Soundclash

SUNRISE RECORDS (Free In-store performances)

1pm David Martel, 2pm Miss Derringer, 3pm Triple Cobra, 4pm Trigger Effect 5pm This Is Radio Freedom, 6pm

CRIMINAL RECORDS (Free In-store performances)

5pm Calm Down It's Monday, Old Man Luedecke, Shotgun Jimmie feat. Attack in Black, The Superfantastics, and Mardeen (in-store)

SONIC BOOM (Free In-store performances)

6:30pm Hot Springs, 7pm Two Hours Traffic, 7:30pm The Two Koreas


SATURDAY JUNE 14


SCOTIABANK THEATRE
5 PM YOUNG PEOPLE F**KING and talkback
A public discussion about the movie, the impending Bill C-10 and the social implications it proposes will follow a matinee screening on June 14th
5pm Screening, Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto.

Panelists in Toronto will include: Martin Gero (director), Aaron Abrams (co-writer/producer/star), Brad Pelman (distributor) and Richard Crouse (Moderator). More panel guests TBA.

THE TRANZAC (Better Reasons Festival A fundraiser for SKETCH, an artist studio for homeless and street-involved youth)

Doors at 8 PM
Kids on TV, Nif-D , The Phonemes, Tradition, Matias Rozenberg

Doors at 5 PM
There is a BBQ feast that begins at 5.

THE BLACK BULL

1 am Emily Weedon and Delta

THE HORSESHOE
9pm Rebekah Higgs, 10pm Spiral Beach, 11pm Hey Rosetta, 12am Matt Mays & El Torpedo, 1am The D'Urbervilles, 2am Ladyhawk, 3:15am Hilotrons
LEE'S PALACE

9pm Danny Echo, 10pm Starvin Hungry, 11pm Hollerado, 12am Miss Derringer, 1am Redd Kross

Rancho Relaxo NXNE Australian Export Showcase

Doors at 8pm

Tiger and Me, The Re-Mains, Aleks & the Ramps, The Satellite Nation, City Riots

EL MACAMBO(Downstairs)

8pm The Paper Lions, 9pm KAKKMADDAFAKKA, 10pm The I Spies, 11pm The Two Koreas, 12am The High Dials, 1am We are Wolves, 2am Black Diamond Bay (Krief)

SUNDAY JUNE 15


Rancho Relaxo Officially Unofficial NXNE After Party (free with wristband)
Doors at 9
Dinosaur Bones, Grand Analog, The Superfantastics, Hollerado

SONIC BOOM (Free In-store performances)

3pm Monotonix, 4pm Mannequin Men, 5pm Starvin Hungry

CRIMINAL RECORDS (Free In-store performances)

6pm The Pack A.D.

SNEAKY DEE'S

10pm Fraser Gielen, 11pm - Hooded Fang, 12am - $100


EDIT 1: ADDED A BUNCH OF FREE IN STORE PERFORMANCES COMPLIMENTS OF HISTORYJEN AND THE THURSDAY MYSPACE SHOWCASE FROM JANE AT MYSPACE CANADA

EDIT 2: AN ANONYMOUS COMMENTER WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN EXPORT SHOWCASE AT RANCHO RELAXO ON SATURDAY

2 comments:

historyjen said...

THURSDAY

The Vibrants (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 1pm, free.

The Vicious Guns (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 2pm, free.

keepin6 (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 3pm, free.

Sabrina Korva (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 4pm, free.

STAND (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 5pm, free.

David Martel (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 6pm, free.

The John Henrys (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6pm, free.

FRIDAY

David Martel (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 1pm, free.

Miss Derringer (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 2pm, free.

Triple Cobra (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 3pm, free.

Trigger Effect (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 4pm, free.

This Is Radio Freedom (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 5pm, free.

Fernando Saunders (in-store) @ Sunrise Records, 6pm, free.

Calm Down It's Monday, Old Man Luedecke, Shotgun Jimmie feat. Attack in Black, The Superfantastics, and Mardeen (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 5pm, free.

Hot Springs (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 6:30pm, free.

Two Hours Traffic (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 7pm, free.

The Two Koreas (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 7:30pm, free.

SATURDAY

Monotonix (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 3pm, free.

Mannequin Men (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 4pm, free.

Starvin Hungry (in-store) @ Sonic Boom, 5pm, free.

The Pack A.D. (in-store) @ Criminal Records, 6pm, free.

Anonymous said...

SATURDAY

NXNE Australian Export Showcase @ Rancho Relaxo, from 8pm

Tiger and Me, The Re-Mains, Aleks & the Ramps, The Satellite Nation, City Riots