{"id":3068,"date":"2012-06-17T15:30:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2015-10-19T18:34:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T22:34:50","slug":"nxne-2012-mpg-my-pet-genius-the-great-hall-june-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=3068","title":{"rendered":"NXNE 2012: MPG (My Pet Genius) @ The Great Hall June 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MPG (My Pet Genius) made their live return last night for NXNE 2012 at the Great Hall after 13 years and it was a triumphant gig for the band.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/mpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3121\" title=\"MPG NXNE 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/mpg.jpg?resize=584%2C437\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They kicked off there set with\u00a0<em>Anjelika In Jhericurl<\/em>\u00a0from &#8216;Might Strike Satellite&#8217; &#8211; watch the video for the track below which was directed by Christopher Mills.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkSkFECIcmI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nThe rest of the set saw them power through a number of new tracks from their upcoming double album, &#8216;Empire Of Light&#8217;. The three core members\u00a0Dean Mannella, Evan Sue-Ping and Zach Kourous were joined on bass for the latter half of the show by a member of Bronx Cheerleader. From the live set they ran through last night, &#8216;Empire Of Light&#8217; will definitely be an epic album and we are looking forward to hearing it.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the latest track lifted from the album.<\/p>\n<p>MP3:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/bmrc-take-2-2012.mp3\">My Pet Genius &#8211; Black Mesa Rally Cry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>MPG (My Pet Genius) made their live return last night for NXNE 2012 at the Great Hall after 13 years and it was a triumphant <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=3068\" title=\"NXNE 2012: MPG (My Pet Genius) @ The Great Hall June 16\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[25,28,36],"tags":[800,817,856,976],"class_list":["post-3068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-toronto","tag-mpg","tag-my-pet-genius","tag-nxne-2012","tag-review-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/mpg-fuel-computer.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-Nu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7140,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7140","url_meta":{"origin":3068,"position":0},"title":"Valleys interview @ NXNE 2013","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I sat down with Marc and Tillie from Valleys during NXNE 2013. 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