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These are clearly the best bands playing at NXNE this year and if anyone tells you otherwise, they are lying to you. The best ones are bolded.

WEDNESDAY 15 JUN 2011

Pat Jordache

9 PM – Pat Jordache @ The Garrison (“Get It — I Know You’re Going To”)
10 PM – Wax Mannequin @ Bovine Sex Club (“Broken Friends”)
11 PM – Red Mass @ Horseshoe (“Saturn”)
1 AM – We Are Wolves @ Horseshoe (“Fight and Kiss”)

THURSDAY 16 JUN 2011

BROTHERTIGER

9 PM – BROTHERTIGER @ El Mocambo Main Floor (“Evening Glow”)
10 PM – Kovak @ El Mocambo Upstairs (“I Love the Dancefloor”)
11 PM – Black Light White Light @ The Boat (“Higher Than Low”)
12 AM – Suuns @ The Horseshoe (“Arena”)
1 AM – Dirty Beaches @ The Silver Dollar Room (“Lord Knows Best”)

FRIDAY 17 JUN 2011

Monokino

7:30 – Diamond Rings @ Dunads Sq (“Something Else”)
9 PM – Antiflag @ The Phoenix (“A New Kind Of Army) Yeah I hate punk music most of the time but these guys defined my youth so whatever. I’m going to stick out like a sore thumb at this concert, but I don’t give a fuck. Which is the right attitude I think. I might leave after 30 min when I get an accidental bloody nose.
9:30-11 PM – Stars – Dundas Sq (“We Don’t Want Your Body”) Didn’t really like their last two albums, but they sorta had an impact on me over my university years, so might be worth seeing before moving on to see…
10 PM – Monokino @ Rancho Relaxo (“New Kid”)
12 AM – Cults – Lee’s Palace (“Go Outside”
2 AM – Meleefresh – El Macombo Upstairs (“Hey Baby with Deadmau5″) Dunno much about this chick aside from the fact that she’s Deadmau5′s sidekick and that I need to kill time before the next show, so why not. She sounds kinda retarded in this track, if the vocals are her.
3 AM – Dirtymags @ The Horseshoe (“Mainline”) OR D4KOT4 @The Drake Underground (“Lion$ Rainbow”)

SATURDAY 18 JUN 2011

Grimes.

5 PM – Dirty Beaches @ Dundas Sq.
6 PM – The Coppertone @ Dundas Sq
7 PM – Cults @ Dundas Sq
9 PM – The Schomberg Fair – El Mocambo Main Floor (“Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down cover”)
10 PM – Foxfire @ Drake Underground (“Lay it On”) OR Humans @ Wrongbar (“Clothespins”). Leaning towards Humans because his stuff seems a lot more original.
11 PM – Grimes @ 918 BATHURST (“Grimes – Vanessa“)
12 AM – Diamond Rings @ WRONGBAR OR Twin Shadow @ Lee’s Dammit I really want to see both these artists and I know Diamond Rings is playing Dundas Sq also, but I know the Wrongbar show will be better because it’ll be smaller and more intimate. I will probably see Diamond Rings just because I’ll be in the west end. But Twin Shadow is also really good.
1 AM – Grimes @ The Great Hall OR Handsome Furs @ The Garrison. Yeah I know I’m seeing Grimes at 9 but I kinda wanna see her twice, but the Garrison is not too far away so I might see both.
2 AM – DJ Barletta @ Wrongbar (“Whisper”). Then back to Wrongbar to dance drunkenly.
3 AM – SoniXx – @ Wrongbar. I dunno anything about this dj but I guess it’ll be a surprise.

Tags: NXNE 2011