North by Northeast has always been South by Southwest’s slightly inferior younger cousin… from Canada. The lineup is never even close to being of the same caliber as SXSW, and the music world — save Canadian media — never seems to make a big fuss about it. But the organizers of NXNE 2010 have changed this stigma by putting together the strongest lineup of music and film the festival has seen in its entire 16 year-run. Iggy and the Stooges. The Raveonettes. Surfer Blood. Mudhoney. De La Soul. The Soft Pack. Wavves. And that’s just the free Yonge-Dundas Square shows. With 650 artists/bands to choose from, not to mention 40 films, including Broken Social Scene’s This Movie is Broken, NXNE 2010 can seem a bit overwhelming at first glance. So let us give you a hand by breaking down the festival, highlighting the must-see bands and films in each time slot so you can get the most out of your festival wristband. Enjoy! Thursday, June 177 pm - This Movie Is Broken @ Royal Cinema9 pm - The Besnard Lakes @ Mod Club Theatre11 pm - Rock Plaza Central @ The Gladstone Hotel12 am - HEALTH @ Sneaky Dee’s1 am - The Ghost is Dancing @ The Horseshoe Friday, June 189:30 pm - Sloan @ Yonge-Dundas Square 10 pm - Timber Timbre @ The Gladstone Hotel11 pm - Best Coast @ The Garrison12 am - Evening Hymns @ The Dakota Tavern1:15 am - Mudhoney @ The Horseshoe2 am - Cold Cave (DJ set) @ The GarrisonSaturday, June 194 pm - The Soft Pack @ Yonge-Dundas Square5 pm - dd/mm/yyyy @ Yonge-Dundas Square6 pm - Surfer Blood @ Yonge-Dundas Square7 pm - Wavves @ Yonge-Dundas Square8 pm - The Raveonettes @ Yonge-Dundas Square9 pm - Neutral Uke Hotel @ The Painted Lady9:30 pm - Iggy And The Stooges @ Yonge-Dundas Square10 pm - Savoir Adore @ Sneaky Dee’s12 pm - Avi Buffalo @ Lee’s Palace1 pm - Les Savy Fav @ Wrongbar2 pm - Best Coast @ Wrongbar (That’s not a typo; they really are playing twice and you really ought to see them twice.)Sunday, June 207 pm - Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Yonge-Dundas Square8 pm - Kid Sister @ Yonge-Dundas Square9 pm - De La Soul @ Yonge-Dundas Square

North by Northeast has always been South by Southwest’s slightly inferior younger cousin… from Canada. The lineup is never even close to being of the same caliber as SXSW, and the music world — save Canadian media — never seems to make a big fuss about it.

But the organizers of NXNE 2010 have changed this stigma by putting together the strongest lineup of music and film the festival has seen in its entire 16 year-run.

Iggy and the Stooges. The Raveonettes. Surfer Blood. Mudhoney. De La Soul. The Soft Pack. Wavves. And that’s just the free Yonge-Dundas Square shows.

With 650 artists/bands to choose from, not to mention 40 films, including Broken Social Scene’s This Movie is Broken, NXNE 2010 can seem a bit overwhelming at first glance.

So let us give you a hand by breaking down the festival, highlighting the must-see bands and films in each time slot so you can get the most out of your festival wristband. Enjoy!

Thursday, June 17

7 pm - This Movie Is Broken @ Royal Cinema
9 pm - The Besnard Lakes @ Mod Club Theatre
11 pm - Rock Plaza Central @ The Gladstone Hotel
12 am - HEALTH @ Sneaky Dee’s
1 am - The Ghost is Dancing @ The Horseshoe


Friday, June 18

9:30 pm - Sloan @ Yonge-Dundas Square
10 pm - Timber Timbre @ The Gladstone Hotel
11 pm - Best Coast @ The Garrison
12 am - Evening Hymns @ The Dakota Tavern
1:15 am - Mudhoney @ The Horseshoe
2 am - Cold Cave (DJ set) @ The Garrison

Saturday, June 19

4 pm - The Soft Pack @ Yonge-Dundas Square
5 pm - dd/mm/yyyy @ Yonge-Dundas Square
6 pm - Surfer Blood @ Yonge-Dundas Square
7 pm - Wavves @ Yonge-Dundas Square
8 pm - The Raveonettes @ Yonge-Dundas Square
9 pm - Neutral Uke Hotel @ The Painted Lady
9:30 pm - Iggy And The Stooges @ Yonge-Dundas Square
10 pm - Savoir Adore @ Sneaky Dee’s
12 pm - Avi Buffalo @ Lee’s Palace
1 pm - Les Savy Fav @ Wrongbar
2 pm - Best Coast @ Wrongbar (That’s not a typo; they really are playing twice and you really ought to see them twice.)

Sunday, June 20

7 pm - Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Yonge-Dundas Square
8 pm - Kid Sister @ Yonge-Dundas Square
9 pm - De La Soul @ Yonge-Dundas Square

Thank you to everyone who came out last night for our May installment of My Liner Notes Presents…, where Lowlands played an incredible, stripped-down set of their gritty folk-rock tunes.

We knew things were on the right track when we started getting noise complaints from Joon’s Kitchen downstairs that the band was “stomping too much”.

One of the night’s highlights came from Lowlands’ haunting cover of Timber Timbre’s “Oh Messiah”, which sort of left us all speechless.