NXNE released its initial lineup last month , announcing that The National will headline the festival. With other notable highlights including Joey Bada$$, FLAG, Hot Panda and CALEXICO, the June week-long festival is already stacked.
With the second wave of artists announced yesterday, 2013 now promises to be one of the best lineups in recent NXNE history. Added to the mix is one half of OutKast and hip hop giant Big Boi, legendary rock n rollers Social Distortion and local hardcore favourites Fucked Up.
Other additions include:
- Chanteuse talentueuse Coeur De Pirate
- Hip hop Brooklyn duo Smif N’ Wessun
- Genre-crossing WHY?
- California five-piece The Soft Moon
- English guitar-rockers Peace
- West Coast melodic punks White Lung
- Hardworking indie hometowners DIANA
- B.C. garage punks Nü Sensae
- Loud, reckless noise-punk rockers Destruction Unit
- Synth popsters Majical Cloudz
- UK new wave poppers Still Corners
- Copenhagen punks Lower
- Eclectic electro rock from Moon King
- Improv jazz out of Lean Left
- Indie rockers Blinker the Star, performing for the first time in 10 years
NXNE 2013 runs June 10-16 in Toronto. Stay tuned to audioasis.ca for more artist announcements. Passes, wristbands, and tickets are available at www.nxne.com/tickets.