Below are some the reviews/writeups we received as a result of being a part of NXNE.. entertaining to say the least!

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Muchos Backflips! @ The Bovine Sex Club
by: Andy Schmidt - torontoindie.com

I really didn't care to research this band prior to attending the show, only because their name was the cover on the book that sold me. Muchos Backflips? How can you go wrong? And I didn't. This band certainly surprised nearly everyone in the Bovine that Saturday night.

Visually, this band had diversity written all over it. Why? I'll break it down. This Texas five-piece included a drummer that looked a lot like Eddie Murphy, a lead guitarist who looked like a biology major, a bassist who looked hand-picked from a folk-ska unit, a trumpet player who looked like she just came from a law firm, and a saxophone player that could have been at a Slipknot rehearsal before coming to the show. That's diverse enough for me, and so were the tunes.

For starters, very few bands can impress the hell out of me without any lyrics. Instrumental compositions are a difficult genre to be in, especially for a rock group. Much like jazz, the notes and rhythms must carry the attention of an audience and make them forget that lyrics even mattered. Muchos Backflips! did just that.

From the first note played, I knew I would have trouble categorizing their sound. The instruments played hot, fast and loudly. Try to imagine the Dave Matthews Band, if they played metal. Muchos Backflips! are simply a group of incredibly talented musicians. They worked around time measures that would even make Radiohead scratch their noggins. Individual players executed each note with technical precision, without compromising any of their live performance. The bass player even looked like he was trying to put out a fire on the stage with his feet moving so fast. Honourable mention must also go to their drummer, who played faster, funkier, and utilized more complex fills than any drummer I've witnessed since Bernard Purdy.

Next time Muchos Backflips! comes into your town, be sure to get your ticket. This instru-metal (damn, that's good) band is sure to satisfy fans of anything from Pantera, to John Coltrane, to Al Green.

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NXNE @ Bovine Sex Club
by: Pam Nichol - torontoindie.com

I find the name Muchos Backflips! a very interesting band name, so I was intrigued to see what they would bring to the plate. I definitely didn't expect what I was about to encounter. It only took me one song to come to the conclusion JAM BAND. They are a jam band. Whether or not that is what they entail to be, but they definitely came off as a jam band. Personally, I can't stand jam bands. Unless you bring some crazy interesting form of music that can keep me interested my mind is definitely going to wonder and that's exactly what it did. Now, the only way that Muchos Backflips! could have redeemed themselves in my eyes was to actually give us some backflips. But no, that didn't occur which I was sad to not see and was very happy once the jam session was over.

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NXNE Festival Preview, Bands from all over the world.
by: Lucie Davies - NOW Magazine - NowToronto.com

In a further attempt to increase its international profile, NXNE went globe-trotting again this year, plucking an array of bands from all corners of the world. From curiosity alone, check out India's Menwhopause (June 14, Kathedral, 10 pm), a quintet of players who make gentle pysched-out rock, or South African Chris Letcher (June 12, Dakota Tavern, 1 am), whose disquieting pop has stirred interest in his adopted home of London. MENWHOPAUSE. Same country of residence, entirely different approach, synth-driven Domino-signed punks These New Puritans (June 12, Reverb, 1 am) arrive fresh from a Kills support slot with a slew of glowing write-ups under their belts, while ska-punk metal benders Muchos Backflips! (June 14, Bovine Sex Club, midnight) reach their destination by way of another convenient festival city – Austin, Texas.

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Muchos Backflips! @ Bovine Sex Club
by: Caitlin Hotchkiss - Chartattack.com Staff

Background/Composition: A large collaboration of Texan weirdos, including an Eddie Murphy lookalike on drums, a guitarist who looked like a reject from We Are Scientists and a guy in a Bozo The Clown mask playing trumpet.

Comment: The only thing worse than a jam band is an unexpected jam band.

Oral and Visual Communication: This was probably the most random-looking collection of individuals that I've seen on stage at an NXNE showcase in years. It probably fit, then, that they were a jam band "in disguise," which did nothing but turn off the audience's attention. My compatriots busied themselves with beer and cigarettes.

Musical Analysis: Okay, so at least they were all active players, from Bozo to another trumpet player who appeared out of nowhere, to the bored-looking guitarists. But it should go without saying that fuzzy, meandering jams are not the best use of time when you've got the midnight slot at the Bovine. At least give us some of those advertised backflips.

Other Skills and Areas of interest: Seriously, buzz band or not, this fuckery should not have been granted this slot. Even I went gasping for a nicotine fix after this mess ended.

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NXNE'ing (Saturday)
by: HistoryJen - Blogger.com

The friend (standing behind me) was going to stay at the Bovine for the midnight set. I had no definite plans---attempt to get in to see Monotonix at Sneaks? I don't think so---so, heck, I stayed too. A group from Austin came on. They were odd, but mostly in the good way. I didn't really get it, but I certainly enjoyed myself while I pondered the costume(s) and the wacky combination of musical styles going on in front of me (to the right and a couple feet higher). Muchos Backflips! were kinda like jazzy, psychedelic metal, with a bit of hip hop thrown in on occasion. Some people really got into it; others, not so much. They certainly made an impression, though. Hope they had a good time in Toronto.

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We did indeed!

-winston bee