Features
Wednesday, January 19 2011
Part 1: From Admiral Radley to Glasser
The three-day 2010 edition of Slipped Discs kicks off with the folk rock of Blitzen Trapper, the collaboration of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, the timeless pop of Crowded House, the brilliant hip-hop of Drake, and many more. All records that missed our top 70 list last year.
Wednesday, November 3 2010
Coming Full Circle (Accidentally): An Interview with Kevin Drew & Charles Spearin
What is currently one of the most sprawling, dynamic indie-rock bands out there once started as a series of small bedroom recordings between Broken Social Scene members Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin. PopMatters talks to both of them about their beginnings ...
Monday, September 17 2007
"They Can't Write You and Me": An Intimate Chat with Kevin Drew
The Broken Social Scene founder has made his own bed, but just because he's lying in it doesn't mean he can sleep.
Reviews
Monday, May 3 2010
Broken Social Scene: Forgiveness Rock Record
Broken Social Scene is back and they've stumbled upon their second straight-up masterpiece. Plain and simple.
Tuesday, August 26 2008
Broken Social Scene
Chaos is always a welcome guest in the Broken Social Scene world, and the tightrope the band walks is the ability to find gorgeous melodies amidst their swirling soundscapes.
Monday, March 24 2008
Broken Social Scene
You never know who’ll show up to play a BSS gig. The six-member group who greeted tonight’s crowd was a bit of a surprise. This was, like, "old-school Broken Social Scene," explained Kevin Drew. (And oh, did I mention that Feist made an appearance as well?)
Friday, October 14 2005
Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene
Highly anticipated follow-up to Canadian collective's breakthrough album is an overblown, underdeveloped mess in need of new ideas.
Blogs
Monday, August 23 2010
Interview with Kevin Drew @ Pitchfork 2010
As the unofficial leader of the Broken Social Scene collective, Drew has a lot of weight on his shoulders. After a four and a half…
Wednesday, July 14 2010
Broken Social Dreams
As I channel my inner Fox Mulder, I should be clear that I don’t see any conspiracies here. However, I do read the When-Drew-Met-Canning narrative sketched by so many of us in the blogosphere, whether intentionally or not, as a controlling cover-up that restricts attention to the boundless spontaneity that is, in many ways, the most compelling feature of Broken Social Scene’s music and legacy.
Thursday, June 17 2010
Broken Social Scene Offers "Texico Bitches" to Jimmy Fallon
Broken Social Scene played "Texico Bitches" on Jimmy Fallon, a tune that Evan Sawdey described as "joyously disposable". Here's what else he said about the…
Thursday, June 17 2010
Stories of a Toronto Neighborhood: Charles Spearin's 'The Happiness Project'
The greatness of 'The Happiness Project' does not lie in its carefully-crafted songs. It lies in the stories it tells. 'The Happiness Project' is about aging, the suppleness of life, and finding whatever happiness you can in contemporary life.
Friday, April 30 2010
First Impressions: LCD Soundsystem, the Hold Steady, the New Pornographers and the National
A "gut reaction" to four upcoming big releases.
News
Wednesday, September 1 2010
Q&A with Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff
The rock collective Broken Social Scene is like an extracurricular nerds' music club for past and future Canadian stars. Culling from acts including Feist, Metric,…
Saturday, October 11 2008
Brendan Canning explains Broken Social Scene's splintered but still very together existence
It's not the most conventional band there ever was. But at the same time, it's not that hard to figure out.' That's how Brendan Canning…
