Broken Social Scene News

Indie rock sensation Amy Millan takes her sound in a new direction with her solo project's second release "Masters of the Burial." Although she is best known for her work in Montreal-based band Stars, Millan's solo work marks a return to her country folk roots.

NO MATTER HOW beautifully Amy Millan sings, she can't stop anyone from dying. When the dark-haired, tentative-voiced Toronto singer isn't onstage as a member of indie icons Broken Social Scene , pop-rockers Stars or with her own band, she thinks about hard subjects.

Yeah, you read right. Poker Face to be specific. Bizarre. :: Drama from Broken Social Scene .

Every morning during the International Festival of Authors we'll be previewing the day's events and making our picks for the ones that seem most promising.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:09 AM Indie rock Rashomon " I t's the PG version," Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene says of his band's history as it appears in This Book Is Broken .

A Canadian indie musician teaches the Owl Magazine set how to jam, write chorus and verse - and much more Rock'n'roll is a young person's pursuit.

Broken Social Scene and Raising The Fawn member John Crossingham has written a children's book called Learn To Speak Music: A Guide To Creating, Performing And Promoting Your Songs .

Writers from around the world have swung into town for the return of The International Festival of Authors , which once again brings an impressive array of all things literary to Toronto.

Taking time out from her main band, Amy Millan expresses herself solo The glass of wine in Amy Millan's hand is as trademark as the sexy coo that is her singing voice - that of a little girl who's seen too much, who grew up too fast.

Amy Millan has a secret weapon. Sure, she's out performing her solo material but she's also got a crew of multi-instrumental band members bringing the songs to life and making the road a little less lonely.

Following up on last week's visual art extravaganza, this week has a lot to offer for music lovers.

As a sometime member of Broken Social Scene and Stars , Amy Millan has never had to step into the limelight completely.

Amy Millan's latest solo album, Masters of the Burial, is a record for chilly nights and warm red wine.

Amy Millan doesn't get many days off. Between her work with Broken Social Scene and Stars, it's amazing she found time to record her second country-tinged solo album, Masters Of The Burial .

Twenty-three years old and beaming, the high school dropout had spent a decade playing house parties in Toronto's East York with his four best friends, and now he was being toasted by his new record label as Feist jammed onstage with Broken Social Scene .

The power plant starts puffin' at 1opm and you're getting electric sets from BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE , GENERATIONALS , and CORTO MALTESE .

Sure it is always an honor to be nominated, but at this point Metric have got to be jonesing for a win.

With all the events, after-shows, parties, and spontaneous outdoor dance parties surrounding ACL weekend, you'd be forgiven for overlooking some of the festival's incredible ancillary events.

Having ditched the tres - the Cuban guitar that has, until now, helped to define Apostle of Hustle's sound - for the band's newest album Eats Darkness, the Toronto-based group instead opted for a sample-laden, dark sound full of what singer Andrew Whiteman has referred to as songs that have "functions." Whether they're hate songs, fight songs or ...

For all the hype about the revamping of Americana tunes with an influx of indie-folk bands, the North American music scene is in no way limited to American artists- just ask Toronto-based folk rockers Great Lake Swimmers .