countdown to nxne 2010!

While the music portion of NXNE does not start till Wednesday night, the festival officially begun earlier today with NXNE Interactive. I’ve always had fun during NXNE—seeing awesome bands live, hearing new music, hanging out with friends, meeting new people—but I am usually dreadfully exhausted by the end. In the past, I would rush from venues to venues and try to see too many bands each night; my strategy this year is to stick to one to two venue(s) per night so I don’t exhaust myself and because I don’t feel like rushing! Here’s what my tentative schedule looks like:

Thursday, June 17
Zola Jesus 9pm @ Sneaky Dee's
Women 10pm @ The Great Hall
Best Coast 11pm @ The Great Hall
HEALTH 12am @ Sneaky Dee’s
The Strange Boys 1am @ The Silver Dollar
The Soft Pack 2am @ The Silver Dollar

*Mudhoney 9pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
*X 10pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
*Thee Oh Sees 12am @ The Great Hall
*Little Girls 12am @ The Drake Hotel Underground


Friday, June 18
Avi Buffalo (acoustic show!) 9pm @ The Great Hall
Timber Timbre 10pm @ Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
Diamond Rings 11pm @ Wrongbar
Japandroids 12am @ Lee’s Palace

*Burn Planetarium 12am @ The Drake Hotel Underground

*Women 2am @ The Silver Dollar

*The Rough Sea 2am @ Mitzi's Sister


Saturday, June 19
The Soft Pack 4pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
DD/MM/YYYY 5pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
Surfer Blood 6pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
Wavves 7pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
The Raveonettes 8pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
Iggy and the Stooges 9:30pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
The Soft Pack 11pm @ Lee's Palace
Avi Buffalo 12am @ Lee’s Palace
Best Coast 2am @ Wrong Bar

*The D’Urbervilles 12am @ The Drake Hotel Underground


Sunday, June 20 (I probably won’t end up seeing anything this day because it’s Father’s Day!)
Phenomenal Handclap Band 7pm @ Yonge Dundas Square
De La Soul 9pm @ Yonge Dundas Square

*backups/other shows I am interested in attending