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Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning — Something For All Of Us...

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) July 22, 2008 9:11 am
The stakes were undeniably high going into this venture seeing how Brendan Canning's bandmate Kevin Drew had already crafted a wildly popular solo effort under the BSS Presents label. What will ultimately set Something For All Of Us... apart from Drew's Spirit If... is it's apparent that Canning had a clearer vision about how he wanted this disc...
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Valley Of The Giants — Valley Of The Giants

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By Darrin Keene (CHARTattack) February 10, 2004 2:18 pm
Valley Of The Giants could be construed as a supergroup of sorts, given that the project involves Canadian music manipulators Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think) and Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), among others. Ostensibly inspired by a viewing of the sci-fi western flick, Westworld, the...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 3, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 3, 2011 3:20 pm
Buck 65 has been nominated for two Genie Awards! He's up for best original song and best original score for the work he did on Sook-Yin Lee's Year Of The Carnivore. Elliott Brood are also up for best original song for "West End Sky" from Grown Up Movie Star. Paul J. Spence is also up for best original song for "There's No Place Like Christmas"...
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Broken Social Scene Considers Merits Of Juno Brawl Versus Arcade Fire

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) February 1, 2011 6:35 pm
Broken Social Scene are going to be all over the 2011 Juno Awards. The indie rock Voltron was nominated for four awards — group of the year, alternative album of the year, video of the year, and music dvd of the year. Band member Justin Peroff was also part of the design team nominated for recording packaging of the year for the Forgiveness Rock...
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Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning Get Twitter

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 11, 2011 5:42 pm
It's been a little over a year since Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning deleted their MySpace pages... so they probably figured it was about time to give this new Twitter thing a try. Drew waded into the Twitterverse on Friday, while Canning joined yesterday. Canning's only tweeted once, but it looks like Drew has the potential...
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Broken Social Scene, Sadies Members On Ron Sexsmith Album

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 5, 2011 12:43 pm
Ron Sexsmith went all out for his upcoming Long Player, Late Bloomer album, which comes out March 1. It'll be worth looking at the liner notes when you've got a copy, because there are some pretty well-known and important names attached to it.For starters, it was helmed by super-producer Bob Rock, who's worked with everyone from Metallica to Bryan...
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Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning Trash Talks Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Van Koeverden

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By CHARTattack Staff June 11, 2010 5:01 pm
When all the hubbub of secret Arcade Fire shows, NXNE music festivals and giant Toronto Island concerts with Pavement finally subsides, there are going to be a bunch of malnourished, drug-addled rock stars and rock star hanger-ons ceremonially trotted on to Toronto's BMO Field for something called the "Put The Boot In" Charity Soccer...
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Elvis Costello, BSS, Lou Reed Highlight Hal Willner's Neil Young Project In Vancouver

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) February 19, 2010 6:01 pm
Bringing the Hal Willner Neil Young Project to Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games was a complete no-brainer — if you're celebrating Canada's diverse talent and rich music history, it's a major coup to recruit some of the country's most revered musicians (plus American greats) to play the selected songs of one of its finest and most...
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Broken Social Scene Members Delete MySpace Pages

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 2, 2009 6:12 pm
Egads! Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning no longer have MySpace pages. Upon scouring the internet today, we discovered Drew and Canning's pages both no longer exist. It's true, Google them if you don't believe us. The unified front that is myspace.com/brokensocialscene is still alive, however. Your favourite Toronto musical...
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Still Life Still — "Pastel"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 20, 2009 2:07 pm
Still Life Still's clip for Girls Come Too's "Pastel" features cameos from Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, who play variety show hosts introducing the band on their show. What follows is a full-scale, old school dance party.
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BSS Are Wedding Singers In Movie

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 12, 2009 11:25 am
Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff and Andrew Whiteman will play wedding singers in the film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife, according to the Playlist blog. The movie, which stars Eric Bana (Munich, Hulk) and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Mean Girls) and is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan), features...
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New Brendan Canning Video Hearts Saturday Night Fever

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 10, 2009 4:47 pm
Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning just released a new video for "Love Is New." The Something For All Of Us... disco-inspired track is a shot-by-shot remake of the opening sequence for Saturday Night Fever. The video, directed by Shelley Lewis, features Canning strutting around Toronto's Kensington Market. Look out for cameos from...
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BSSer Cameos In Stills Video

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) December 10, 2008 5:14 pm
The Stills have just released a new music video for Oceans Will Rise opening track "Don't Talk Down," and you'll never guess which Broken Social Scene member makes an appearance. (Hint: He has a beard. Wait, that doesn't really narrow it down, does it?) The video opens with Brendan Canning manning a sound board and, as he turns up the...
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The Stills - "Don't Talk Down"

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By CHARTattack Staff December 10, 2008 4:53 pm
Check out The Stills' new video for "Don't Talk Down," the opening track from their third album, Oceans Will Rise. It features a cameo from another Arts & Crafts labelmate: Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning.
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Broken Social Scene @ 2008 Verge Music Awards

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Tattoo Rock Parlour
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 24, 2008
Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Andrew Whiteman (photo by Kate Harper)

Broken Social Scene @ 2008 Verge Music Awards

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Tattoo Rock Parlour
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 24, 2008
Brendan Canning (photo by Kate Harper)

Brendan Canning: Photo Shoot Pt. 1

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By CHARTattack Staff August 7, 2008 2:15 pm
ChartAttack's Jen White catches up with Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning and his dog Santana at day one of his cover photo shoot for Chart Magazine.
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Brendan Canning: Photo Shoot Pt. 2

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By CHARTattack Staff August 6, 2008 2:11 pm
Check out day two of Brendan Canning's cover photo shoot for Chart Magazine, which took place at Brendan's sweet pad.
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CHARTtrack: Brendan Canning's "Hit The Wall"

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By CHARTattack Staff July 28, 2008 7:14 pm
CHARTtrack (August 1, 2008)Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning's "Hit The Wall"ChartAttack brings you "Hit The Wall," the first single from current Chart cover star Brendan Canning's solo album, Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us.... If you're eager for more Canning goodies...
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Brendan Canning Documentary Coming

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) July 11, 2008 3:34 pm
For most musicians, being part of a successful band would be enough, but "supergroup cog" is just one of the many hats that Brendan Canning wears these days. The Broken Social Scene bassist recently stumbled into an active film life after cozying up to Hard Core Logo director Bruce McDonald. It began with the soundtrack for the 2007...
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