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Toronto, Canada (1999 – present)
Broken Social Scene is an indie rock group formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada.
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 from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors.
After the release of Feel Good Lost (an almost entirely instrumental album), Drew and Canning decided to transition the band into a more energetic sound reflective of the Toronto indie music scene of the early 2000’s. As a result, they brought in a number of local artistic and musicial friends — the Apostle Of Hustle 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, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Sam Goldberg, and Stars’ Amy Millan.
Many 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 widely positive reviews, and landed on many music critics’ year-end Best-Of lists.
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 from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors.
After the release of Feel Good Lost (an almost entirely instrumental album), Drew and Canning decided to transition the band into a more energetic sound reflective of the Toronto indie music scene of the early 2000’s. As a result, they brought in a number of local artistic and musicial friends — the Apostle Of Hustle 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, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Sam Goldberg, and Stars’ Amy Millan.
Many 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 widely positive reviews, and landed on many music critics’ year-end Best-Of lists.
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IceSpoon wrote:
"Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me, Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me, Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me,Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me" [2] Park that car, drop that phone. park that cark, drop that phone....
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Jedimax wrote:
Relaxing Evening = Drifitng in and out of consciousness with Broken Social Scene
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Persigraal wrote:
"Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me, Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me, Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me,Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me"
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Sweetest Kill
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Capture the Flag
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Tribute to Megaupload R.I.P: http://www.lastfm.es/group/We'll+miss+you%2C+Megaupload
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the-cause wrote:
For those of you who are looking for BSS at Terminal 5 on youtube, they haven't disappeared, I uploaded the whole concert and a lot more BSS concert stuff / rarities quite a while ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx__3Grc4Eo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Enjoy!
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elftkn wrote:
absolutely beautiful! I love this band!
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c-dog00 wrote:
Think Yo La Tengo is the best comparison personally.
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bubba_ch wrote:
"Best compared to Mars Volta." I don't think so. I'd say they sound like a mix of Arcade Fire and Dinosaur Jr.
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guilty_cubicles wrote:
@edgelike looks like it. officially a hiatus but this one looks like it will be a long one. at least we'll have new do make say think/Kevin Drew/Apostle of Hustle to tide us over
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IceSpoon wrote:
I found a blog packed with bootlegs of these guys. Never saw them live, but it's a good way to "kind of live that experience"
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EdgeLike wrote:
band has disbanded now?
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guimaraesamanda wrote:
SEUS LINDOS!
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SeanSkyline wrote:
Cum back 2 me....miss u Kevvy bro....miss u Holy Trinity....miss u Lisa sis...miss u Brenden bro even without ur beard...miss u plenty of other band memberz...just cum bak h8 this hiatus <3 BSS.
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billandrewz wrote:
not exactly. while that is an amazing collaboration between my two favorite groups of all time (see my profile for proof!), I am specifically looking for videos/audio from some show that was hosted by Bowery Presents on YouTube. The venue was Terminal 5, I believe. It was an amazing show, but it was taken off YouTube!
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blackholebird wrote:
http://thefreestylelife.com/TheVoiceProject/broken-social-scene-covers-modest-mouse-the-world-at-large.html this?
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billandrewz wrote:
Can anyone point me to an audio/video compilation of the Terminal 5 show... For some greedy reason it's no longer on youtube and I'm DYING to rewatch it...
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H0USE-MD wrote:
Just bought You Forgot It In People, my first original CD in God knows how long. Awesome band deserves it.
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llamagesicht wrote:
Sometimes I have trouble listening to this band because they're so good.
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THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN - DVD RELEASE
24 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/brokensocialscene
This Movie Is Broken will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in
stores across Canada Tuesday, September 28th. The DVD can be
ordered right now from GalleryAC and you can also pick up a copy by
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