Like to see more music on the big screen? Check out the 2010 NXNE Film Festival, running June 16-20: 40 features, docs, and shorts in which music is the star. 2007’s NXNE film fest screened Glastonbury, a great doc with fantastic footage from 30 years of England’s iconic event.
Watch this site for upcoming Film Festival programming information.
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2010’s list of Juno nominees just announced… NXNE congratulates LIGHTS, who’s up for Pop Album of the Year. And if you’re in Texas for SXSW this year, come see & hear LIGHTS on the NXNE showcase, 9p Friday March 19 @ the Prague nightclub in downtown Austin.
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…looks pretty good in winter, too – especially after Sid the Kid’s overtime winner Sunday night. The next time Yonge-Dundas Square goes this crazy will be during NXNE’s four big outdoor shows this June. Watch the site for details…
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They played NXNE way back when they were called “Pez” – watch here as Billy Talent revs up Vancouver with “Fallen Leaves” earlier this week. Big hockey fans, these boys. Go Canada!
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Watch & listen – and be patient! - as Basia Bulat makes magic with just her stunning voice, handclaps, and her boot heels. The crowd at Toronto record store Soundscapes is silent & spellbound – shades of Mavis Staples, early Janis Joplin. Basia entertained the Texans at NXNE’s barbecue at SXSW 2008.
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