Broken Social Scene

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Group Members: Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning, Jason Collett, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Emily Haines, Charles Spearin

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Broken Social Scene materialized in 1999 when K.C. Accidental's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, formerly of By Divine Right, bonded their friendship into a band. They spent the next few years honing an atmospheric rock sound in their native Toronto and the dynamic was great. Feel Good Lost marked their debut album in 2001 and introduced a revolving cast of Canadian indie musicians. Drew's fellow mate from Do Make Say Think, Charles Spearin, was added to the band, as well as Evan Cranley (Stars), James Shaw, and Emily Haines (Metric). By the time their guitar-fueled sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People, was released in fall 2002, Broken Social Scene had become an 11-piece collective. Jason Collett, Andrew Whiteman, Justin Peroff, and Leslie Feist fulfilled the band's bombastic, orchestrated sound, and critics loved it. You Forgot It in People was a buzz among indie cohorts, and plans for a stateside release on Arts & Crafts was slated for the following summer. A surprise, however, coincided with those plans in spring 2003 when Broken Social Scene won a Juno for Alternative Album of the Year for You Forgot It in People.

In order to maintain praise from critics, the band issued its first ever B-sides and rarities collection, Bee Hives, in spring 2004. For the band's 2005 self-titled studio album, Broken Social Scene once again joined producer David Newfeld. Additional contributions by select members of Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think, Raising the Fawn, the Dears, and others contributed to the ambitious sounds of Broken Social Scene. A joint North American tour with Feist followed its release. In 2007, Kevin Drew released the first installment in a series of "Broken Social Scene Presents" solo outings called Spirit If…, followed in 2008 by Brendan Canning’s Something for All of Us..., both of which featured appearances from nearly all the other members of the band. The group’s fifth full-length offering, Forgiveness Rock Record, arrived in May 2010.

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eMusic Yearbook: 2003

By Matthew Fritch, eMusic Contributor

Datelines Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal circa 2003: Something happened in the asymmetrical four corners of Canada. We don't know what it was, but it was perpetrated by Canadians - who are not unlike Americans but, as their socialized medicine, relative humility and widespread knowledge of French make clear, are not like Americans at all. Throughout the '90s, Canada was viewed as an indie-rock backwater, home to oddball outfits - DIY-folk duo Mecca Normal, psych-guitar… more »

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  • 05.04.12 MCA --- unbelievable loss. A force in Hip Hop that sounds like no other. He made so many incredible records with the boys. RIP
  • 04.13.12 BEACHWOOD SPARKS RETURN : http://t.co/2haZHHLW Amazing News.
  • 04.07.12 Sam Goldberg of SOCIAL SCENE finally brings his band YARDLETS to a proper T.O Venue. TONIGHT AT THE BOVINE SEX CLUB. Fuzzed out rock jams.
  • 04.04.12 EIGHT AND A HALF streaming here. Might be only Canada: http://t.co/9oGQ8LZm Justin, Liam and Dave making somber shadow make out light boxes.
  • 02.28.12 BRENDAN CANNING returns with his old band COOKIE DUSTER :http://t.co/WfJlrnqF
  • 11.14.11 FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT http://t.co/suyPYFLs kevin drew does last interview before the show in RIO
  • 11.10.11 KEVIN DREW EXPLAINS LAST SHOW IN THIS INTERVIEW: http://t.co/D4OqdFc8
  • 11.09.11 RIO__________Thank you. One will remember. xo
  • 11.08.11 LAST LIVE SHOW IN RIO TONIGHT: http://t.co/vxQBZ1ye Ten years of playing our guts out 4 you. Thank you all. Will see ya soon. xox BSS
  • 11.01.11 IN BUENOS AIRES TONIGHT. its a wonderful life. Last 4 shows. See you there.