Broken Social Scene news

One of the rare gems in indie queen Feist 's discography will once again be available to the public -- if you own a turntable, that is. The "1,2,3,4" singer and past- Broken Social Scene member announced on Twitter yesterday that she was re-releasing her "lost" first album Monarch: Lay Your Jewelled Head Down on limited edition vinyl. "Found some Monarch on vinyl if you want it. =)," she wrote ...

As an integral part of Broken Social Scene, and now as one of third Eight And A Half - who play their first UK shows this week - Justin Peroff is clearly a man who knows his way around a beat. We asked him to make us a mixtape to get us in the mood for their show on the DiS stage at The Great Escape this week, and this is what came back...

itting in the pew of an empty church, Jason Collett keeps circling back to one feeling: gratitude. The carpenter-turned-musician has steadily been playing music for years, both on his own and as a part of Canada’s treasured indie rock collective, Broken Social Scene.

Feist Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist - Feist to you - can be one of alt-pop's most annoying artists, when she isn't busy being one of its sharpest. As a onetime member of Broken Social Scene and a collaborator with the likes of Grizzly Bear (thei

TORONTO - Earlier this month, a gob-smacked Leslie Feist rose to accept her third Juno Award, the lofty artist of the year honour. Only a few minutes prior, a similarly stunned Dan Mangan walked across the stage to collect his second Juno trophy, for new artist of the year.

Songstress Leslie Feist will take the stage at the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre this Monday. by Micah Ling Leslie Feist, know to most by surname only, will be at the Egyptian Room with Timber Timbre on Monday, April 30. We were first introduced to Feist as part of the Canadian collective Broken Social Scene, but she’s been making music as a solo artist since 1999.… [ Read more ...

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Mass., is inviting Brendan Canning, a founder of the Canadian musical collective Broken Social Scene, to be the DJ at a Memorial Day weekend dance party that is part of the opening of a summer-long exhibition of Canadian art called "Oh, Canada," billed as "the most comprehensive overview of contemporary Canadian art ever mounted ...

Eight and a Half is an indie-rock supergroup made up of former members of the Stills , Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil, and Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff. As the latter is based in Toronto, the two Montrealers decided to relocate from La Belle Ville to the Big Smoke. But, as Hamelin's artist blog below makes clear, it was not an easy decision, especially given his sorta-separatist ...

VIDEO - Spinner joined forces with the Red Bull Music Academy and Young Lions Music Club for the Artist Select Series at Toronto live music hotspot The Garrison during CMW 's Canadian Music Fest. The first two nights were curated and hosted, respectively, by Canadian rapper Shad and Junior Boys ' Jeremy Greenspan. ( Watch video here ) The final night featured picks from Broken Social Scene 's Brendan ...

A Broken Social Scene member is likely to debut a brand new song this weekend. Which member, and what type of song it's going to be is where the mystery begins. Both Broken Social Scene leader Kevin Drew and sometimes member Jason Collett will be participating in something called the 2012 Juno Concert Series at Toronto's Horsheshoe Tavern on March 3. The event, which supports the charity ...

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