We're not kidding around, people. Every single one of these bands rules and has a kickass live show. You can't go wrong.
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The full schedule for the festival is here. Individual tickets for most of the shows are on sale here. And you can buy a wristband ($60 for the whole week) here.
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You might know The Balconies from the fact that we never shut up about them. We go see them every chance we get. And this year, they've landed on a bill back-to-back with the excellent Saskatchewan indie rockers Rah Rah. Which means we'll be at Lee's for at least part of the night. Meanwhile, you might know shy kids and ATTAGIRL because they played our Pussy Riot benefit show last year. And they're back together kicking off the evening with sets at the Global Village Packbackers hostel at King & Spadina.
Later in the night, we'll be racing to catch Montreal's Honheehonhee at Rancho (the favourite Montreal band of just about everyone we know in a Toronto band) and the drunken powerpop awesomeness of Dangerband at the Dollar.
Finally, you might know Stars from them being super-famous. They're playing with Said The Whale — the second of two shows: you can also catch them on Wednesday night with Yukon Blonde.
THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL
Stars & Said The Whale (8pm)
MP3: "Ageless Beauty" by Stars
GLOBAL VILLAGE BACKPAKERS
shy kids (8pm) & ATTAGIRL (10pm)
MP3: "Raise 'em Right" by shy kids
LEE'S PALACE
The Balconies (10pm) & Rah Rah (11pm)
MP3: "Kill Count" by The Balconies
READ: Our review of The Balconies show at last year's NXNE
MP3: "Tentacles" by Rah Rah
RANCHO RELAXO
Honheehonhee (12am)
MP3: "We Only Go" by Honheehonhee
READ: Our interview with Honheehonhee
THE SILVER DOLLAR
Dangerband (1am) at The Silver Dollar
MP3: "Stupid Boyfriend" by Dangerband
MP3: "Working So Hard" by Dangerband
READ: Our review of Dangerband's show at last year's festival
Friday night promises to be the most exhausting night of the week. Our favourite bands are spread out all over the city. Shout-along indie rockers Boys Who Say No (pictured) are on the same bill as the surf-y girl group garage rock of The BB Guns, but they're playing four hours apart. So in between those sets at the Dollar, we'll be rushing around like drunken headless chickens clutching our SLRs, trying to catch as many of the rest of these folks as we can.
THE SILVER DOLLAR
Boys Who Say No (10pm) & The BB Guns (2am)
MP3: "No I Won't" by Boys Who Say No
MP3: "You Used To Get Along" by Boys Who Say No
READ: Our interview with Boys Who Say No
MP3: "Baby I Hate You" by The BB Guns
READ: Our interview with The BB Guns
GLOBAL VILLAGE BACKPACKERS
Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots) (10pm)
MP3: "Asshole Pandemic" by Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots)
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN
Young Rival (10pm)
MP3: "Got What You Need" by Young Rival
THE BOVINE SEX CLUB
The Dirty Nil (11pm)
MP3: "Fuckin' Up Young" by The Dirty Nil
SNEAKY DEE'S
Grounders (12am)
MP3: "Along The Line" by Grounders
WRONGBAR
Diamond Rings (1:30am)
MP3: "You & Me" by Diamond Rings
THE HIDEOUT
Bend Sinister (2am) at The Hideout
MP3: "Leroy Browns" by Bend Sinister
We saw Mozart's Sister at NXNE last summer, playing in a backyard near Parkdale. She. Was. Amazing. So we'll be at the Comfort Zone at the end of Saturday night, to see how that summer backyard awesomeness translates in a dark, skeezy, drug-riddled, afterhours basement. Earlier on in the night at the Velvet, ATTAGIRL are playing back-to-back with the fantastic Boats!, followed by the on-our-Polaris-ballot-last-year garage punk of Ketamines. While over at the 'Shoe, Brendan Canning's Cookie Duster share a bill with Shout Out Out Out Out. And that's where we'll head at the very very end of the night if we're still standing — to catch the 2:30am set by house-party-friendly rockers The Dirty Nil.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
ATTAGIRL (8pm) & Boats! (9pm) & Ketamines (10pm)
MP3: "Great Skulls" by Boats!
MP3: "Teenage Rebellion Time" by Ketamines
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
ATTAGIRL (8pm) & Boats! (9pm) & Ketamines (10pm)
MP3: "Great Skulls" by Boats!
MP3: "Teenage Rebellion Time" by Ketamines
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN
Cookie Duster (11:10pm) & Shout Out Out Out Out (1:30am) & The Dirty Nil (2:30am)
VIDEO: "Two Feet Stand Up" by Cookie Duster
MP3: "Chicken Soup for the Fuck You" by Shout Out Out Out Out
MP3: "Fuckin' Up Young" by The Dirty Nil
THE RIVOLI
The Danger Bees (11:15pm) & Cousins (12am)
PARTS & LABOUR
The Lost Babies (12:30am)
MP3: "Holy City" by The Lost Babies
THE COMFORT ZONE
Mozart's Sister (1am)MP3: "Chained Together" by Mozart's Sister
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Once the festival starts, you'll be able to find all of our coverage right here. And again, you can check out the full schedule here, get individual tickets here and buy a wristband here.
Photo: Honheehonhee at CMW 2012 (taken by Adam Bunch)
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