The Canadian equivalent to South By Southwest just got a little better. The 17th edition of the NXNE Music and & Arts conference just added buffaBLOG favorites Handsome Furs, Fucked Up, and Diamond Rings! NXNE was already pretty bad-ass with a stellar line-up that included Devo, Stars, Pharcyde, OFF!, Digable Planets, Cults, Art Brut, The Dodos, Twin Shadow, Dum Dum Girls, PS I Love You, and many, many more. With 7 whole days of music, films, interactive conference sessions and other random art, NXNE is shaping up to be one of the best festivals of the year. Plus its only like an hour and 45 minutes away, so you have no excuse not to go. Check out more information here.
~bw
Ferocious version of new Handsome Furs track 'Repatriated' on this Thai tour film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbk1ZkjeG-A