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Toronto, Canada (1999 – present)

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian 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 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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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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sea_bee wrote:
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ummm the new album's been old news for a year already...

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gaga- wrote:
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News on new lp: http://pub.gaga.com.au/new-broken-social-scene-lp-in-may

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sinkorswimm wrote:
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what fran0 said

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fran0 wrote:
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www.last.fm/music/frano if the new album is as good as previous i may cry from all outlets

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New album oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! :o

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NEW ALBUM!!!!!! fuck im so excited

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Soo stoked about the new album. STOKED.

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holy. shit. new album. can't wait.

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zootwomann wrote:
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cant wait for first single ;]

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Dylanology wrote:
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They keep surprising me.

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colleeeen wrote:
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yesyesyes new album!

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Garbagemx36 wrote:
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You know even though I hated their self-titled, the quality of the two "solo" albums have me looking forward to this new one.

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the song with all-girl singers will be awesome.

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This is going to be the best year musically that I've lived.

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sinkorswimm wrote:
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can't wait for all features on the album. Sebastien Grainger <3

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can't wait for the new album.

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omg new album on may 4. so excited

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May 4th needs to come soon.<333

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Feb 18 Hal Willner's Neil Young Project Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, Canada
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May 1 Broken Social Scene The Fillmore, San Francisco CA, United States
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May 3 Broken Social Scene Henry Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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New Album May 4

1 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/brokensocialscene

Broken Social Scene will be releasing their highly anticipated fourth studio album on May 4th, 2010, following up 2005's self-titled record. The yet to be titled release was co-produced by the band an. …

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