Syncopated Sound Guide to NXNE 2012
This year’s NXNE lineup is one of the best to date, and while it’s certainly something to get excited about, it makes decision making all the more difficult. We’ve tried to help sort through the clutter with our full list of recommendations below. Since everyone knows where you are in the city often dictates which shows you’ll head to (and realistically, get into), we haven’t left any out regardless of clashes and cross-overs.
For all of those who prefer to stay put in one place for the night (otherwise known as those who didn’t grab a full wristband), we’ve included the heavy-hitter showcases for each night:
Thursday @ The Horseshoe
Friday @ Lee’s Palace
Saturday @ YDS then head to The Horseshoe (post Flaming Lips)
Wednesday, June 13
10PM - Eternal Summers @ The Drake Hotel Underground
12AM - Porcelain Raft @ The Drake Hotel Underground
Thursday, June 14
2:15 – 4:15PM – Live in Bellwoods w/ The Belle Game, Husky, Julia Doiron & more
10PM – EXITMUSIC @ Wrongbar
10PM – Husky @ The Great Hall
10PM – The Weather Station @ Great Hall Lower Theatre
11PM – God Made Me Funky @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
11PM – Violens @ The Horseshoe
11PM – Doldrums @ The Drake Hotel Underground
12AM – Zulu Winter @ Rivoli
12AM – Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
1AM – The Men @ The Garrison
1AM – A Place To Bury Strangers @ El Mocambo (Main Floor)
1AM – Julie Doiron @ Great Hall Lower Theatre
2AM – The Elwins @ Dakota Tavern
Friday, June 15
2:15 – 4:15PM – Live in Bellwoods w/ White Buffalo, Julia Fader, The Elwins & more
8PM – Plants and Animals @ Yonge Dundas Square
9PM – 2:54 @ Lee’s Palace
9PM – Matthew Good @ Yonge Dundas Square
11PM – Doldrums @ The Garrison
11PM – Utidur @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
11PM – Odonis Odonis @ Sneaky Dee’s
12AM – Oberhofer @ Lee’s Palace
12AM – Most People @ Czehoski
12AM – The Men @ Wrongbar
1AM – Widowspeak @ The Garrison
2AM – Zulu Winter @ Lee’s Palace
Saturday, June 16
2:15 – 4:15PM – Live in Bellwoods w/ Ben Caplan, Paper Lions & more
6PM – Oberhofer @ Yonge Dundas Square
7PM – of Montreal @ Yonge Dundas Square
8PM – Portugal. The Man @ Yonge Dundas Square
9PM – The Flaming Lips @ Yonge Dundas Square
9PM – The Elwins @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
10PM – Doldrums @ Wrongbar
11PM – The Lumineers @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
12AM – Young Empires @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
1AM – Dave Borins @ The Central
1AM – CATL @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Sunday, June 17
2:15 – 4:15PM – Live in Bellwoods w/ Army Girls, Luke Lalonde & more
9PM – Raekwon & Ghostface Killah @ Yonge Dundas Square
