friday wake up call / nxne day 3 picks

Pick of the day: The Death Set @ Wrongbar, 1am




Basically, the entire lineup at Wrongbar tonight looks great:

Bass Drum Of Death, 10pm




METZ, 11pm




The Men, 12am

thursday wake up call / nxne day 2 picks

Pick of the day: Mean Jeans @ The Shop at Parts & Labor, 1am

"Anybody Out There", off their new record On Mars, out now on Dirtnap Records.




Also check out:

Mac DeMarco @ The Garrison, 10pm




Obey The Brave @ Lee's Palace, 11am




And don't forget:

FREE show at Yonge-Dundas Square tonight featuring No Use For A Name (7pm), Good Riddance (8pm) and Bad Religion (9pm).

wednesday wake up call / nxne day 1 picks

The music portion / first real day of North by Northeast Festivals and Conference (NXNE) begins today! Below are some of my picks for tonight; for the full band list and schedule, head over to the NXNE schedule page.

Pick of the day: Teenanger @ The Garrison, 12am

"Bank Account"



"Cops But Not"




Also check out:

Young Doctors in Love @ El Mocambo (Upstairs), 8pm




HiFi Phantom @ The Painted Lady, 1am

tuesday wake up call

Hell yes! — full set of Converge playing at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan, New York on May 26, 2012!

"that's why we fucking play!"

Congrats to the Los Angeles Kings for winning the Stanley Cup!

monday wake up call

Check out the video for "Saturday Night Live", super fun and catchy song by Crazy & The Brains.



"Saturday Night Live" is from Don't Need No Snacks EP, out now via Baldy Longhair Records.

sunday wake up call

"As The Sun Beat Down", the first track off of The Taxpayers' new album God, Forgive These Bastards, out on June 26 from Asian Man Records.






...and here's a video introduction to the new album:

saturday wake up call

The new CocoRosie video (directed by Emma Freeman) for "We Are On Fire" has some incredible slow motion scenes!





"We Are On Fire" is the title track from CocoRosie's new 7-inch single, out now through Touch and Go.

friday wake up call

Drop everything and watch the new Gaslight Anthem video for "45"!!!!!!!!



"45" 7-inch single is out now; the track will also appear on Handwritten, out on July 24th.

thursday wake up call

A couple of new videos from Rise Records:

First is a lyric video for a brand new Make Do And Mend track, "Disassemble".



"Disassemble" is from the band's forthcoming album, Everything You Ever Loved out on June 19.


Second is "Dead End Dreams" by Man Overboard, off of the band's S/T sophomore full-length.