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Broken Social Scene
On Tour518,214 listeners (18,257,088 plays)
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indie, indie rock, canadian, post-rock, alternative… see all
Toronto, Canada (1999 – present)
The band’s core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band’s ambient debut album, Feel Good Lost, in 2001, with contributions by Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin and Bill Priddle. However, when they played shows to support the album, Drew and Canning found it difficult to put together an entertaining show based on Feel Good Lost, which was an almost entirely instrumental album.
As a result, they brought in a number of friends from the Toronto indie scene — Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, Metric’s Emily Haines and Leslie Feist — to flesh out their live show with lyrics and vocals. Over time, the band also came to include contributions from James Shaw, Evan Cranley, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger and Stars’ Amy Millan.
All of the later guest musicians joined with Drew, Canning, Peroff and Spearin to record the band’s second album, You Forgot It in People, in 2002 on the label Arts & Crafts. This album, an eclectic, restlessly creative collection of experimental yet accessible pop songs, became the band’s critical and commercial breakthrough — it was greeted with ecstatic reviews, and landed on many music critics’ year-end Best-Of lists. More notably it won the Alternative Album of the Year Juno Award in 2003.
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Our Faces Split the Coast in Half
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Shoutbox
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findmexx33 wrote:
why dont you have anthem of a seventeen year old girl on there.
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brighteyesx wrote:
self title is wonderful
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msz_darby wrote:
you forgot in it people is in my top 5 greatest albums.
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Rudelyy wrote:
Rudely Interrupted have been invited by the United Nations to perform in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on the 3rd of December 2008 to mark international disability day.
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angelicaaaa wrote:
Estoy enamorada...
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babolatt wrote:
met these guys at the folkfest. brilliant.
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mcpaper wrote:
'Hotel' is a totally knockout!!
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realmighty wrote:
Indie Rocks!
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prairieskies wrote:
Regina Folk Festival Friday night was amazing...Rock Plaza Central, Final Fantasy, Library Voices, The Weakerthans, and of course Broken Social Scene..what a night.
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come to NC pleaseeee....
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deanno wrote:
i just saw them tonight. completely brilliant.
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truffel23 wrote:
this is uberawesome.
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prosopagnosia wrote:
Yeaaaaah! I'm with minusthepedro! Puhleeeeease come to this side of the globe! We are eager to see all of you guys! Your #1 Filipino fan, T.
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minusthepedro wrote:
can you please please please visit the philippines?? i'd kill just to watch BSS live
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Albert_Transom wrote:
Just barely discovered these guys and I listened to all three proper albums in one sitting. I really liked the self titled, enjoyed Feel Good Lost, and You Forgot It is my least favorite so far.
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palanwen wrote:
why do they all look so polished and identical
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ilovetracecyrus wrote:
love.
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Snow_rus wrote:
супергруппа, ёк )
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cosmo411 wrote:
lover's spit is just an amazing song!
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higginst wrote:
i really don't like this picture, kindly stop voting for it.
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- Aug 14 Ottawa Folk Festival Britannia Park, Ottawa, Canada
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Broken Social Scene
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City, United States
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Outside Lands Festival 2008
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, United States
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