If you’ve ever been to NXNE’s sister festival, SXSW in Austin, you know the daytime parties are just as big a part of the action as the nighttime showcases. This is becoming true of NXNE as well, with both officially sanctioned events and guerrilla parties heating up the daylight hours.
Sanctioned highlights include the June 16 Bruise Cruise on the Captain Matthew Flinders boat, featuring sets by Bleached, Mac DeMarco (see preview, page 48), Hooded Fang, Teenanger and DJ Jonathan Toubin. Kops Records is throwing a pre-NXNE Park Jam And Record Swap Saturday and Sunday (June 9 and 10) in Bellevue Square Park, with DJs and bands all afternoon. For more day parties and special events, check nxne.com. Kops is also hosting the first annual Record Show June 16 at the Hyatt Regency.
Among the unofficial events: the folks at Weird Canada host three nights of adorably strange music at various venues under the name NXNWyrd the team at Pretty Pretty (see Ell V Gore preview, page 48) are throwing their second annual NXNExperiment day party June 15 in the backyard of El Gordo’s, and are putting together an after-party at Bambi’s that night. More under-the-radar events happen throughout the fest, so don’t sleep.
