Broken Social Scene

Isaac Brock's BSS Cameo

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By John Papamarko (CHARTattack) November 28, 2008 5:29 pm
It's a bit strange to write a review of a show by a band who haven't released a proper album since 2005. It's even more strange for that group to sell out two nights at the cavernous Sound Academy, but Broken Social Scene aren't your average band. With almost 20 members rotating in and out based on availability, they operate more like an extended...
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Broken Social Scene (photo by Joe Fuda)
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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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Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning's Something For All Of Us...

Kevin Drew Leads Broken Social Jamboree

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) December 10, 2007 2:30 pm
Saturday marked Kevin Drew's second Toronto show in three months, which may have been part of the reason the Kool Haus was the less than sold out. But what the crowd lacked in numbers, it made up for in ear-shattering volume. Besides, Drew and the latest version of Broken Social Scene weren't about to let anything put a damper on a homecoming...
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Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew (Photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Broken Social Scene Give It A Go Without The Girls

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 28, 2007 1:30 am
It's pretty incredible how far Kevin Drew has come. The first time I saw Broken Social Scene (the CD release party for You Forgot It In People at Lula Lounge), the mercurial frontman stood behind a keyboard at the side of the stage for most of the show and saddled his vocals with heavily layered effects. Just less than five years and two albums...
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Kevin Drew And Tom Cochrane

Broken Social Scene Kings Of Their Own Party

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By Leah Collins (CHARTattack) June 26, 2006 3:00 pm
Sun-worshipping, pot-smoking and stoner rocking on Toronto's Olympic Island: sounds like hippie heaven. So why were 10,000 hipsters there instead? They've been coming to the island for three years now, beckoned out of their usual smoky dives to shoegaze in the sun. Maybe for one day of the year, nature-loving is irresistibly ironic. But it'...
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Broken Social Scene — Broken Social Scene

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) October 11, 2005 4:13 pm
There are three words that can explain why our southern neighbours are looking to Canada for their music — Broken Social Scene. Far and away the best group on the much lauded Arts & Crafts roster, Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning and their band of merry musicians churn out another fantastically complex collection of indie jams, elegant melodies...
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Broken Social Scene's self-titled record

Apostle of Hustle — Folkloric Feel

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) August 24, 2004 1:11 pm
Taking the accessible art-rock and experimental textures from his better-known band, Broken Social Scene, guitarist Andrew Whiteman enlists some of his fellow scenesters to craft what could have been a worthy follow-up to BSS’ You Forgot It In People. Folkloric Feel sounds as if Spanish gypsies have entered the scene, dancing all over this...
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Apostle of Hustle - Folkloric Feel

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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Valley Of The Giants - Valley Of The Giants

Stars @ Pop Montreal 2002

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) October 1, 2002 11:04 pm
ChartAttack staff swarmed the Pop Montreal festival last weekend. Here are some of the highlights: In case you didn't know that Montreal's Stars have pumped up the "synth" portion of their synth-pop to join the new new wave movement, the foursome appeared in skinny ties surrounded by a bank of keyboards. But their half-hour set left...
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Check out the setlist for Broken Social Scene's "final show" in Rio De Janeiro

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By Lucas Samuels (CHARTattack) November 10, 2011 1:55 pm
Above: Broken Social Scene's final song at their final showBack in September, Kevin Drew announced that Broken Social Scene was calling it quits. “Now's the time [to stop] because there are other projects that people want to pursue, and we feel that we've done what we wanted to do. I think we've really gone as far as we can with playing these...
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I Read The News Today... For July 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 18, 2011 4:01 pm
Perhaps you've heard about The Horrible Crowes, the new band Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon's in. They've put a new tune called "Behold The Hurricane" up on the interwebs and guess who it sounds like? Bruce Springsteen! Whodathunk? Wanna hear Killers member Ronnie Vanucci's debut solo album? He's recorded it as Big Talk, and you...
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Video Of The Day: Broken Social Scene's "Sweetest Kill" (NSFW)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 8, 2011 4:28 pm
Broken Social Scene's video for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize short listed Forgiveness Rock Record's "Sweetest Kill" is like what American Psycho 2 would have been like if it starred Bijou Phillips (The Bridge To Nowhere) and didn't... you know... suck. (Sorry, Mila Kunis, but that movie was utter shit.) Patrick Bateman, you've met your match....
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Broken Social Scene (Photo by Danielle St-Laurent)

I Read The News Today... For June 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 6, 2011 4:22 pm
Here's the bad news: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are releasing another album. The good news is it's not titled Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head. Here's some more bad news: That long-threatened Limp Bizkit album is actually coming out. Gold Cobra's in stores June 28. Unfortunately, there's no "silver...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #8: Under The Influence

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 18, 2011 2:32 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This eighth edition features K-OS, Pink Eyes from Fucked Up, members of Billy Talent, The Two Koreas, The Dears, The Stills, Death From Above 1979 and...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #6: "Favourite Lyric"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 16, 2011 1:40 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This sixth edition featuring Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Fucked Up's Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham, Buck 65, Death...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #2: "My Favourite Sloan Song"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 10, 2011 2:21 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This second edition features Jason Schwartzman, Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie of The Dears/ Thrush Hermit, Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, Dave Foley of The...
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Sloan (Photo by Lisa Mark)

Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #1 With BSS, Dears, DFA79, KITH, Billy Talent

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 9, 2011 2:07 pm
Man, it's gonna be Sloanamania all up in CHARTattack for the next little while to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.Positioning ourselves yet again as the enablers at least partially responsible for why Chris Murphy needs to vaseline the sides of his head in order to fit through doors, for the next 10 days we'll...
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Sloan (Photo by Lisa Mark)

The Longest Running Albums On The Campus Radio Chart

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 12:24 pm
Here is the complete list of every album that has been on the Campus Radio Chart for 20 or more weeks since September 1995. The albums are listed in chronological order with each week total.The dates in the brackets indicate the week the record initially entered the chart, followed by the last week of continuous presence before exiting the chart....
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Sloan circa 1996

Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman Starts AroarA

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 25, 2011 1:00 pm
Broken Social Scene guitarist and bassist Andrew Whiteman's had quite the busy music career. He was previously a member of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, and has also been in Que Vida in addition to his current gig with BSS. And let's not forget Apostle Of Hustle, with whom he's released three full-length albums.Now he's started another band.AroarA...
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Broken Social Scene Guitarist Wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper Out Of Office

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 28, 2011 11:50 am
Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman made it pretty obvious what he thinks of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper during last night's Juno Awards telecast.That picture up above is a bit blurry, but it's Whiteman showing off his guitar during Broken Social Scene's performance of "World Sick." On it, he's written "VOTE HARPER OUT NOW" in...
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