Broken Social Scene News

Any band that begins at the garage level and proceeds toward bigger, more lasting things will arrive at a defining moment - most likely a whole slew of them - and have to adjust accordingly.

Canadian rock icon Neil Young will be honored at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver as part of an all-star tribute concert.

Egads! Broken Social Scene 's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning no longer have MySpace pages.

Feist The Top Canadian Album Of The Decade? Posted by Mitch Michaels on 11.30.2009 Indie heavy list counts down the best from the north... Toronto music blog Snob's Music has named the 50 Greatest Albums of the Decade.

Metric is an often-Canada-based band that does some member swapping with other rock acts like Stars and Broken Social Scene.

For a band known for borrowing the super-sized approach of Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, youthful Raleigh six-piece Annuals has a better handle on dynamics than you'd expect.

DMST are a Broken Social Scene -affiliated Canadian space-rock collective who, like the aforementioned, have managed to push post-rock into novel melodic and rhythmic territories.

Bands like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene can attribute their success to early favorable coverage from Pitchfork, the Internet authority for indie music.

In 2002, Toronto's Paper Bag Records had an auspicious first year by releasing a new millennial indie rock touchstone in Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People , one of the decade's most acclaimed albums, and one that helped shape thoughts and expectations of what indie rock could look and sound like in the '00s: sentimental and anthemic but ...

After touring with such bands as Broken Social Scene and The Books, the brothers Jared and Michael Bell have taken Lymbyc Systym to the next level with "Shutter Release." "Shutter Release" takes the quiet yet pounding instrumental approach that moves the listener to another world.

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.