My second NXNE has come to an end, including all of our coverage. I caught awesome acts that I knew I wanted to see, and a few that have proven themselves to me in the past. Of course, I also made some incredible discoveries. That's what a festival like NXNE is all about.
Check out a few choice pics that Roy Cohen and I captured. Please click through to the individual posts for more pics, thoughts on the performances and music from the artists.
On the night of Thursday, June 16, NXNE's Game Land kicked off at Yonge-Dundas Square with movie stars, an a cappella group competition and a screening of the film Pitch Perfect.
The movie's stars Anna Camp and Skylar Austin were on hand with NXNE founder Michael Hollett to judge the a cappella group competition.
One of the three acts performing was Toronto's own Eh440. They put on a great performance, featuring a solid set of crowd pleasing covers consisting of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel", Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy", an awesome cover of CeeLo Green's "Forget You", a solo piece by Luke Stapleton, aka The Human Record, that involved Skylar Austin and a kazoo, all before closing with Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang". This set allowed Eh440 to spotlight the talents of each individual member while keeping the Yonge-Dundas Square audience captivated and grooving.
Check out some of the tunes they performed in their NXNE set:
Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy"
Cee Lo Green's "Forget You"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang"
And some original tunes, which sadly we didn't get to hear live at this abbreviated performance.
