NXNE Part 3 for Friday June 20/14

Hey everybody,

End of the week, more choices to be made.
If I was more nimble, I would be bouncing around like a little rubber Super Ball. (Remember those? Hard enough to bounce onto the roof and break an occasional window? ) (Heard it from a friend...)

Anyway, as I say over and over again, there are no wrong choices.
But these caught my eye, so here we go.

Bovine Sex Club ... Hands and Teeth, Drop Dead Pinups, Happy Fangs, Arson and others
Hideout ... Skinny Bitches, Gramercy Riffs, Ugly Club et al
The Great Hall ... cool lineup including Xiu Xiu !!!
M for 159 Manning ... starts after lunch with Bloodshot Bill, includes Death Hymn Nunber 9 , Xiu Xiu
                                    (they are on the move) Old Man Canyon and KCAccidental
Horseshoe Tavern ... Lunch! Music! with Royal Tusk, Danks, Rah Rah, Odds
Massey Hall ... (limited walk up) with Barr Brothers and Spiritualized
Rancho Relaxo ... Hospital and others
Rivoli ... Cai.ro and Sidney York with friends galore
Wrongbar ... Tei Shi and Ark Analog plus so much more
Yonge Dundas Square ... FREE .. Eagulls, Swans ! St. Vincent!

But don't take my word for it.
Check out the schedulizer online at www.nxne.ca

On to Saturday, my friends...

NXNE Part 2

Hey folks,

It's getting more difficult to make those decisions, but with a blindfold and a pencil, it's possible to do so.

Here are some that caught my eye.

Baltic Avenue ... The This Many Boyfriends Club, Tei Shi, Marble Lion, Mimico and others

Bovine Sex Club... Drugs in Japan, Sumo Cyco (Indie Week winner) and lots more

Dakota Tavern ... The Lovely Feathers (loads of fun) , Sea Oleena and friends

Hideout ... Kill Matilda, The Demos, Falling Androids et al

Lees' Palace ... The Pizza Underground (silly), Shannon and The Clams

Massey Hall... (if you were thinking ahead) Weaves, Tobacco, tUnE-yArDs

Mod Club ...PS I Love you and others

The Rivoli ... Fevers, Sidney York and friends

Silver Dollar Room ... Diamond Bones, Language Arts, Julie fader, Seoul, Heat etc. **

Tranzac ... Lorraine Segato among others

Yonge/Dundas Square ... FREE... Odonis Odonis, Sleigh Bells, Golden Teacher, Danny Brown

And if you are a pirate at heart, There's always VICE Island, but count for slow ferry transport there and back.

See you later for Friday's line up!

NXNE In Progress 2014

Hey everybody,

Although technically, NXNE started a few ago, there were a reasonable number of events and artists from which to chose. If you are a diehard festival goer, it was not impossible to float about and see what there was to see, hear what there was to hear.

As of Wednesday, though, it gets hard.

So here are my picks for things to consider. As I always sa, all choices are sound ones.
Read the list, mull it over, and go your own way.

The Cameron ...Painted Saints, Amity Beach and others. Depends on how late you stay out on a school                             night
The Garrison... Thoughts on Air, Thus Owls (Montreal is well represented this festival)
The Hideout... Go for the Eyes, Big Name Actors (will be playing them on the show)
The Horsehoe ...Mutual Benefit, LOW (midnite to 1 am...hard time for a Wednesday)(dammit)
The Rivoli ... Bugs In The Dark, Amos The Transparent, Royal Tusk and friends
Wrongbar...  Mysteries, Parallals, Foxtrott and others.  Solid show

And who doesn't love a secret show? That would be The Tattoo at 1 am.

Tomorrow is another day. More completely unbiased suggestions for you listening pleasure.

NXNE Fill In Show June 14 5-6 pm

Pssst!

Fill in spot today but what a playlist!

With NXNE this week, Ruby Slippers wasn't going to be long enough to even scratch the surface of what to expect! So there we go, with a little taste of some of the bands that will be playing in TO during the event!

Was It Worth It ... Mama Kin
City Sublet (Dave Carswell mix) ... Slow Down Molasses * NXNE
As far As You Can Run ... Amos The Transparent * NXNE
Rooms ...Heat * NXNE
See the light ... Walking Motionless *
Cold & Alcohol ... Army Girls * NXNE
Something Like Summer ... Diamond Bones * NXNE
Suburban Ruffian ... Stained Glass Army * NXNE
Shields ... Foxtrott * NXNE
Babel ... Gdansk *
White Morning ... Seoul * NXNE
Emily ... Mary and The Black Lamb *
Gypsy Road ... Hollowbodies *
Take Me Higher ... Old Man Canyon * NXNE
Ghost Coast ... Zords * NXNE

WOW ! Stay tuned for part 2 next Friday at 7 on Ruby Slippers.
And as always, thanks for listening.

*That's a lot of Cancon

Ruby Slippers for June 13 7-8 pm

Hey everybody

As next week is NXNE, I have one more partial week to prepare the festival playlist. I will post it early (likely on the weekend) as well as day by day picks for the schedule. But let's just take a deep breath, (Breathe In, Breathe Out...that's it) and listen to some old favorites and some soon to be new favorites.

Cool?

(I thought so too)

Walking Spanish ... Tom Waits
Sixteen Tons ... Anna Domino
Rabbit Habbits ... Man Man
Miracle ... Run the Red Light *
Save Your Mama ... The Pecan Sandies *
Free 'n Easy ... Diemonds *
I Put A Spell On You ... The Kills (couldn't resist, sorry!)
Sooner Or Later ... Cricket *
Im Estado ... All Of Your Friends *
Hail Of Arrows ... Raised By Swans *
Youth ... Beach Fossils
Tessellate ... Tokyo Police Club * (truthfully, it's the only thing I have by them)
To A Crowd ... Modern Creatures *
Dracula Variations ... Zygote
An Unfortunate Invention ... Benjamin Sheridan
Over The Rainbow ... James Kasper * (I'm a sucker for this song)

That's the list. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Next week, festival mayhem

And as always thanks for listening

*loads of Cancon

Ruby Slippers for June 6 7-8 pm

Hey everybody,

This week's a marathon for Ruby Red! Coming hot off the fill-in on Wednesday, am totally energized for this week's show! Tons of Canadian goodness, and can almost guarantee that you won't recognize most of the playlist. It's an adventure! It's exciting! At times it's kinda scary! And it's sunny outside! (sorry couldn't help myself)

Here goes,

Kicking The Habit ... Trained By Aliens *

Into The Deep ... Arietta *

Second Chance ... Ark Analog *

Indio ... Matt Mays *

Tweakhead ... Rian Riot *

Map of Tansmania ... Amanda Palmer

M.A.G.I.C.  .... The Sound Of Arrows

Pass This On (Dahlback and Dahlback remix) ... The Knife

Balckhole ... Streetlight Marathon *

Cheap and Cheerful (Fake Blood remix)... The Kills

The Funeral Tango ... Vampire Bats *

This Town ... James Kasper *

In The Middle ... Lily & Madeleine 

You Can't Fix This ... Stevei Nicks, Dave Grohl et al 

Hope the show launched you into an amazing and surprising weekend.

(Who doesn't like surprises, right?)

And as always thanks for listening.

*Cancon

Phil Inn from 10-midnite June 4 /14

Hey everybody!
I am stepping off the Yellow Brick Road to do a fill in tonight. Originally it was going to be all Goth-Prog all the time, but things have a strange way of winding and twisting and coming back on themselves. You will notice Mr. Gabriel is well represented. And a whole lot of brand spanking new (to me, anyhow) Canadian stuff. There's even a Gothic Funk number.
So, follow me down the Rabbit Hole and enjoy the free fall.

Here goes...

Beat And The Pulse... Austra *
She Gave Me Water ... Gothic Funk The Mixed Meta One *
Tweakhead ... Rian Riot *
Excellent Birds ... Laurie Anderson
Close Up ... Peter Gabriel
There's Hope Yet ... Raisd By Swans *
Transparency is the New Mystery ... Marnie Stern
Don't Forget My Birthday ... Viami Mice *
Als H Tte Ich Das Alles Schon 'mal ... A.R. & Machines (I don't know what it means either)
So Said The Lighthouse Keeper ... Klaatu * (you KNEW I couldn't leave these guys out)
Animal Magic ... Peter Gabriel
On Bedford and Grand ... The Besnard Lakes *
Ruins of The City ... The Silence Industry *
Tribute to Wicca (Sting) ... Wandering *
Abound ... Zintek *
Oreiades ... Monica Richards
All You Say ... Diavoloops *
Blood On The Dance Floor  ... Lost Fate *
Psychic Seasons ... Quest For Fire *
Carpet Of The Sun ... Renaissance
An Angel's Whisper ... Deliver The Sin *
The Unborn Byron ... Slapp Happy
Aphrodite ... Phedre *
Inside Its Cloak The Ocean Tide Held.... Aural Method
Violet... Birthday Massacre *
Take The Long Road and Walk It ... The Music
Catherine of Aragon ... Rick Wakeman (the ultimate keyboard wizard)
Silent Talking ... YES

Thanks for listening

*Cancon