By Ashley Carter

What’s that old adage? You know North By Northeast is around the corner when a shirtless fist-pumping Kevin Drew is gracing the cover of Now? Something like that. Anyhow, we love previews, so we thought it was only right to preview our NXNE daily… previews. Coming at you daily starting tomorrow! KA-POW. Aside from breaking some not-so-surprise special guests, our team of scientists has calculated the exact best ways to cross out 490 of the fest’s 500 bands, 25 out of 30 films and most of the venues (kidding, don’t do that; go see everything) so you can only see the best of the best while taking full advantage of bars being open till 4 a.m. due to the magic of song. Summer!