Press Release Five
For Immediate Release: April 14, 2008 •
GLOBAL ARTISTS SET TO ROCK NXNE!
North By Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference
June 12 - 15, 2008
Get ready, Toronto—North by Northeast (NXNE) is about to rock the city with three days of kick-ass new music from around the world. There’s no over-produced, pre-packaged pop and no “greatest hits” at NXNE—instead, you’ll hear great original music you’ve never heard before, from places you might have seen only on the map. Delta blues from Northern England? We got it. Aussie stoner rock? Got that, too. Indian alt-rock, Irish pop, Lebanese punk and more… NXNE bands cover a world of cultures and genres!
So far, more than 30 killer acts from a dozen countries outside North America are set to play at North By Northeast…and we’re not even finished booking yet!
AUSTRALIA: Aleks & The Ramps; City Riots; The Satellite Nation; The Tiger and Me; Catnip
BRAZIL: The River Raid
COLUMBIA: MONTERA
DENMARK: Munck//Johnson
FINLAND: Wentus Blues Band
INDIA: menwhopause
IRELAND: Angel Pier, ASC, Elder, Noelie McDonnell, Fred
ITALY: Afterhours
JAPAN: moja; ok city ok
LEBANON: Scrambled Eggs
NORWAY: The Spirits of the Dead
SPAIN: We are Balboa
UNITED KINGDOM: 6 Day Riot; Dave Arcari; Grace Emilys; Ian Britt; Koogaphone; Mad Staring Eyes; The Gin Riots; The Prelude; The Travelling Band; The Vibrants; This Is Radio Freedom; Spies in Limbo
The North by Northeast (NXNE) Music & Film Festival and Conference is a myth-busting, adrenaline-fuelled music and film festival that takes over Toronto for four days every June. The Music Festival is recognized worldwide as the place for fans to see breakout performances from great bands at intimate venues and for musicians to get vital international exposure. The Film Festival features the planet's most eclectic schedule of music-related films--concert classics to indie docs, from Rio to Rwanda. And the Conference puts music insiders and veterans alongside next-generation thought leaders and cyber-punk upstarts who are defining the industry for the digital age. Catch the 14th annual North by Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference June 12-15, 2008 at over 50 venues in downtown Toronto.