Big surprise, our focus as always will be on Canadian indie bands we haven't seen, and some we can't resist seeing again. If you're still working on your schedulizing, we thought we'd help out with a regional round-up. We've starred the bands we've seen before and recommend. You can see our personal picks when we post our annual "Where we'll be at NXNE" next.
You can check out any of these bands by visiting the NXNE artists page.
Detroit/Windsor: Blaire Alise & The Bombshells, Danny Brown, Jovie, The Kickstand Band, Silent Movie type, The Unquiet Dead*, Vaudevillianaires, Walter Senko
Toronto: Alvvays, Andre Ethier, NQ Arbuckle, Ark Analog, Beliefs, Bidiniband, Cousins, Culture Reject, The Danks*, Dearly Beloved, Doomsquad, Dusted, Golden Dogs, Gramercy Riffs, Hands and Teeth*, John
Southworth, Julie Fader, Ketamines, Ketch Harbour Wolves, Language Arts, Lindi Ortega*/Harlan Pepper*/Lee Harvey Osmond*, Lindy, METZ, Michael Rault, Odonis, Stella Ella Ola*, Whitehorse/Jim Cuddy, Wilderness of Manitoba*, Zeus*
From around Canada: Amos the Transparent*, Barr Brothers, Federal Lights, How Sad, Jenny Omnichord*, Joel Plaskett Emergency*,The Jerry Cans, The Lovely Feathers, Mac DeMarco*, Mise En
Scene, Monomyth, Pif Paf Hangover, PS I Love You, Rah Rah*, Royal Tusk, Shred Kelly*, Sidney York, Slow Down Molasses*, The Wet Secrets*
