Riverfest Elora 2018: Day 2: Heartstreets - Concert Photos

I've seen Heartstreets perform a few times over the past years. The duo is Emma Beko and Gab Godon from Montreal. They're always fun and deliver some solid tunes with great vocals. The songs have emotional depth, great grooves and musical innovation, while striking familiar recollections. This time they were in the Koop tent at Riverfest Elora 2018.

We caught previous performances at NXNE 2017 and Field Trip 2016. Follow the links to those posts.

Give their music some time with your ears:

"Piece by Piece"

"Crawling South"

"Blind"

"Cruising with You"

NXNE 2017: A Compendium of Posts - Concert Photos

Please enjoy this post as the launching point to all my NXNE 2017 coverage. Click the friendly links below to check out my photos from each performer that I caught this year, and enjoy some photos I took from around the Portlands site throughout the fest. 

I can barely wait for NXNE 2018!

June 16

Marlon Chaplin

Beautiful Nothing

The Lifts

June 23

Post Malone

Sleigh Bells

Amir Obè

Twin Peaks

EMP

Cold Specks

The Regrettes

June 24

Kaytranada

Bleachers

Tinie Tempah

MUNA

Son Little

John River

K.I.D

Blajk

Caveboy

Heartstreets

Beach Season

Ebhoni

NXNE 2017: Heartstreets at Portlands - Concert Photos

Montreal's Heartstreets were one act from NXNE 2017 Portlands day two that was not entirely new to me. I had caught their show at Field Trip 2016. Check out my thoughts on that show and my photos here.

This time we got a sneak peek - the premiere of a brand new song that Heartstreets had put together with Kaytranada - as well as a number of other tunes. I enjoy the band's emotional tunes to spark the heart and intellect while moving your body.

Check them out:

"Nonchalant"

"Under My Skin"

"Cruising with You"

NXNE 2017 is almost here! Line-up for Portlands, Info on curated club series, GameLand and more!

It's coming up really soon! June 16-25 to be exact. It's the 23rd Annual North by Northeast music festival, more commonly known as NXNE or Northby. Yup, this year it's expanding to ten days, with a dynamic selection of music, gaming, comedy, and more. I hope to be there to capture all the action. Check out the coverage from last year, in case you missed it.
 
NXNE returns to the Port Lands for three days from June 23-25, 2017. NXNE Port Lands will include two main stages, art installations, sponsor activations, and comfortable places to chill between acts, as well as a comedy tent, and carnival rides.

This year's NXNE Port Lands music festival features: Passion Pit, Tyler the Creator, Post Malone, Bleachers, Sleigh Bells, The Soul Rebels featuring Talib Kweli, Twin Peaks, Cold Specks, Muna, Son Little and dozens more. NXNE's Club Land festival will feature the best up-and-coming bands as curated by some of Canada's best musicians.

"In it's first year the NXNE Port Lands saw thousands of attendees in two days," said Michael Hollett, President and Managing Director of NXNE. "Our growth and expansion for 2017 are based on the success of last year with cool programming from indie rock to hip hop to soul and much more each day."

Let’s hope they found a way to pipe in fresh water for this year!

New for this year is a curated club series featuring line-ups hand picked by Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness, Ian D’Sa of Billy Talent, Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene, Shad, Leah Fay of July Talk, Nick Rose, Tasha the Amazon, The Dirty Nil, Rural Alberta Advantage and Raina Douris from Indie 88 and CBC. These shows are Monday through Thursday at venues including The Baby G, The Garrison, Cold Tea, The Rivoli, The Dakota Tavern, Bovine Sex Club and The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern.

NXNE Game Land will kick off the 2017 Festival at Yonge-Dundas Square with a massive live e-Sports competition, new video game demos, interactive activations, and live music June 16-18, 2017.

From June 19-25, 2017 NXNE will host hundreds of new and established artists at over a dozen venues across the city for NXNE Club Land, including The Danforth Music Hall, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, and Adelaide Hall.

NXNE Game Land will present Canada's largest-ever, free outdoor e-Sports competition at Yonge Dundas Square.

Here are some of the artists I'm most looking forward to:

Sleigh Bells

Passion Pit

Yukon Blonde

Twin Peaks

Son Little

And some inspiration from the curators:

July Talk

The Pursuit of Happiness

Broken Social Scene

Field Trip 2016: Day 1, Band 2: Heartstreets - Concert Pictures

​Heartstreets is Emma Beko and Gab Godon. They're a duo from Montreal producing a great combination of hip hop and beautiful soaring R&B melodies. They were the first band to hit the main stage at Field Trip 2016 at Fort York Garrison Common on a gorgeous June 4.

"Crawling South"

"Bubble of Joy"

"Under My Skin"