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Broken Social Scene
Signed to label: Arts & Crafts
From: Toronto, Canada
Based around the Toronto independent record label Arts & Crafts, Broken Social Scene is a collective comprising some 17 musicians and singers surrounding the core duo of Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, including Leslie Feist, members of Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think and many more. Murray Lightburn from The Dears also guests on the album.
Their current touring line-up is:
Kevin Drew -Â Vocals, Keyboard, Guitar
Brendan Canning -Â Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard
Andrew Whiteman -Â Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Justin Peroff - Drums
Lisa Lobsinger - Vocals
Julie Penner - Violin
Johnny Crossingham -Â Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Charles Spearin -Â Guitar, Trumpet
Ohad Bencherit -Â Guitar, Saxophone
News
- 30/05/2008: Friday Fun: What's Your Music IQ?
- 09/05/2008: Social Scene, Annuals, Malkmus and more confirmed for free-entry Siren fest
- 06/05/2008: Can it, Canning: Broken Social Scenester announces new album
- 30/10/2007: Broken Social Scene scored film released Friday
- 15/10/2007: Young and Lost: Noah and the Whale wander off on tour
- 13/08/2007: Money Mondays; Universal to buy indie V2. Lid slams shut on coffin
- 20/06/2007: BSS's Kevin Drew announces solo album
- 21/05/2007: Emily Haines (Metric / BSS) free download
- 16/04/2007: Emily Haines: UK tour and debut album release
- 28/02/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: The Charts, or why we're obsessed with numbers
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In Depth
- 01/10/2008: DiS is 8! A stumble down memory lane...
- 22/05/2008: Explosions' ATP: the DiS review
- 13/05/2008: Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- 11/09/2007: Kevin Drew: Socialising Solo
- 18/12/2006: A Review of 2006: DiS is what it's all about, yo
- 13/10/2006: DiS is 6! Our 66, part 2
- 31/08/2006: Carling Weekend 2006 - Sunday
- 31/08/2006: Carling Weekend 2006 - Sunday
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Releases
Reviewed Events
- Tue 29 Nov at London Camden Barfly
- Wed 08 Feb at London Astoria
- Tue 14 Feb at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape)
- Fri 17 Feb at Glasgow Art School
- The United Sounds of ATP - Weekend Two, Fri 19 May at Camber Sands All Tomorrow's Parties
- Reading Festival 2006: Sunday, Sun 27 Aug at Reading Little John's Farm
- Laneway Festival, Sat 01 Mar at Brisbane Fortitude Valley
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