July 2008 | Brendan Canning

Issue #: 197
Inventory: 500

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Kevin Drew may be the face of Broken Social Scene, but Brendan Canning is the glue that keeps it together. He's finally striking out on his own.

FEATURES
Sebastien Grainger talks about life after Death From Above 1979
Matt Mays goes rock again with El Torpedo
My Morning Jacket do the evolution
King Khan & The Shrines channel James Brown
CSS get more serious
Black Lungs aren't quite an Alexisonfire side-project
Nardwuar vs. N*E*R*D
The Serviette blows Pharrell's mind with information

SECTIONS
Blatant Propaganda: xxx
Blah, Blah, Blah: We run afoul of Cure, Three Days Grace and Rush fans
Scrapyard: The Wet Secrets teabag themselves, The Johnstones have sex and Ben Gibbard is old and contrary
Chartarazzi: Behind the scenes at the MuchMusic Video Awards, the North By Northeast music festival and a Death Cab love-in
Listen Up: The National Parcs go green and Slim Twig's rockabilly is concrete
Reviews: Elliott Brood, The Dandy Warhols, The Pack A.D., The Stills and a whole bunch more
Charts: Constantines top the chart
Grist: The Grist 13 And Shitty 7, Pump up the (graph)jams