I really like Fiest. I bought her last cd for a friend but have listened to it and really enjoy it.

Those people aren't music :P

 

I'm talking about good bands like Our Lady Peace, the Arcade Fire, Neil Young, the Trews......

well if you're talking about GOOD bands, than obviously i should take my comment back! haha

;)

Yeah... Canadian music has a bit of a split personality. Both the best and the worst. And the simply mundane.

bump!

I adore "Broken Social Scene".

they're not bad ... i'm not a fan but they're ok. :)

I just love everything that they are associated with. BSS, Feist, Apostle of Hustle, Kevin Drew, Jason Collett...its all awesome!

BUMP!

 

Has anybody listened to Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning?

 

Its one of my favourite albums of the year.

I should give this album a chance then.

 

Last night I was pretty moved when I heard Broken Social Scene on "Half Nelson" movie. And since it's really snowy down here I needed something *bright* and *brisk*. "You Forgot It In People" fits perfectly.

^You Forgot It In People is one of my favourite albums.

I've been listening to the Brendan Canning one quite a bit this week. Funny that you bumped this thread.

I can see that you've been recently talking about Canadian bands...and no one mentions Junior Boys?

I've never listened to them.

Broken Social Scene are brilliant!

Broken Social Scene leader Kevin Drew directs Feist and actor Cillian Murphy in this 15-minute short film featuring Feist's title track. It's a haunting fairy tale that's as miraculous as it is unsettling. Special thanks to Revolver Film Company for making this possible.

 

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/986-the-water/1

I love BSS especially when Feist plays with them. They're a supergroup. And they're from here.

Yay!

An update from Kevin

 

Today at 1:22pm

 

Hi. this is my first blog entry...here and now. I thought I would update all of you on what’s been happening with the band. It seems like there has been more talking then actually doing these days so I would like to explain what’s going on with us.

 

 

First of all-----------we are in Chicago - Soma studio to be precise. I am happy to announce we have started recording our first record in four years and decided to do it with the one and only John McEntire. We did a one-day session with John last October and it was a perfect fit. This plan has been in the works for nine months and it has all come together quite sweetly in the moments leading up to being here…he is a hero of ours when it comes to recordings so it seems very balanced that we are here.

 

 

We spent the last couple of weeks at Chuck Spearin’s house/rehearsal space/backyard writing tunes, drinking coffees, hanging with the family...and now its time for the record button.

 

 

To be here is a departure for us since our two previous records have been made by David Newfeld...He just finished making the new most serene republic record and is now busy working with our friends from México city, the very excellent chikita violenta. He is a very busy man at the moment but we have discussed plans for the future....

 

 

There is no one like Dave and no one who makes records like him. He has played a HUGE role in our music but right now it feels good to be at Soma with John.

 

 

Before I left I wrote him an email to ask for his blessing and here is a quote from his response:

 

 

"You don't need my blessing, I'm not a religious guy, I don't believe in Mary, Mohammed, Hindi God 3b, Buddha 1xp2, Pharaoh 4,Darth Vader, Zeppelin 3, Lucifer or Jesus, so I'm not qualified to bestow blessings, but if you want me to wish you the best in your recording, then I wish you the best!"

 

 

love that guy.

 

 

Also, we had a book written about us that has come out this week.

 

Weird?? yes.

 

Strange?? yes.

 

Our friend Stuart Berman compiled the book over the last couple of years. It's title: "This Book Is Broken " and it covers the musical years in our city leading up to us getting together, the You Forgot It in People days, and the days after. It consists of interviews with the band, friends, local promoters and musicians.

 

 

 

My brother was the original catalyst who took the idea to Canadian publisher, HOUSE OF ANANSI...a publishing house we all felt comfortable with because of their excellent reputation. I encourage everyone to go to their site and see the writers that they publish...Margaret Atwood, Sheila Heti.... We are semi-scared/honored to have a book written about us. It is sort of like a high school yearbook of our last ten years. We would like to publicly thank House of Anansi and Stuart Berman for their unending patience, efforts, design and tact in this whole process.

 

next....

 

 

We were planning our sometimes-annual show at Olympic island in Toronto this summer. The line-up was us, Explosions in the Sky, Thunderheist, Beach house, Apostle of hustle and the rattlesnake choir...if you haven't heard-It's been cancelled. Reasons are many, but please let me state, once the MOLSON INDY was announced and scheduled to happen on July 11 weekend, we did not feel right having our show the same day.

 

 

The racetrack runs on Lake Shore Boulevard and is the noisiest fucking thing going and beyond irritating…sorry racecar fans.

 

 

For us to ask, Rattlesnake Choir, Apostle of Hustle and Beach House to play while the sounds of racecars roar across the lake is absolutely ridiculous and insulting.

 

 

The audience would have to put up with the sounds of racecars the whole day, not to mention all the fucking traffic while some of our main streets by the lake are shutdown. The promoters were also worried about ticket count up to this point, and so began the evaluation of the weekend. The day is supposed to be yours, ours, the lakes and the people of Toronto and beyond. It was starting to look like trouble so we all decided to shut it down.

It was hard to do.

 

 

 

So....we arranged a free concert at the Harbourfront that same day-July 11, after all the car racing is done for the day. Some of the originals have already confirmed that they will be a part of the show, and if it proves to be anything like the last time we played the Harbourfront five years ago, it should be a lot of fun

 

 

 

Besides that, it's onwards with music. I can't tell you what this record will sound like, who from the other great bands will be involved, but I can tell you it feels amazing to be in Chicago recording.

 

 

We're grateful and we are thankful. Enjoy your lives, avoid the instant gratification society, watch out for vampires, easy on the all the drugs out there (legal and illegal), don't ask guidance from your stereo, just ask for a little bit of truth. Also watch out for this twitter shit that has become the new thing these days...if instant communication keeps going like this we’ll have to all find our own personal shaman to help remind us how to live and there is not enough of them on this planet for all of us.....

 

 

 

thanks, kevin

 

xo

Yipppeee, new BSS. Thanks Briggins for the update. :)

No prob. I will be ridiculously excited when it comes out. They're one of my top 5 bands for sure.

bump bump bump...

 

New song (World Sick) is available for free download: http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/

 

New Epic Broken Social Scene Song!

Five years. That's a long time, and that's how long we've been waiting for a new Broken Social Scene album. But on May 4, they'll finally release the follow-up to 2005's self-titled affair, via Arts & Crafts. (It's out May 3 in Europe via City Slang/Cooperative Music.)

 

The new album's title? Forgiveness Rock Record. That busy-looking graphic you see above? That's the cover art. That Lala stream up there? Well, that's what you click on to hear "World Sick", the almost seven-minute epic that's also the first song they've let us hear from the album. (For a free download of "World Sick", enter your email into the widget we've embedded below the jump. It signs you up for future updates from the band, but you will have the option to unsubscribe.)

 

A few weeks ago, Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew told us all about the album, and there's a lot to tell. They've stripped down their once-sprawling lineup to a lean and mean six-member core, but many friends show up to contribute to the album, Wu-Tang style. Those hordes include Leslie Feist and members of Pavement, Metric, Stars, Do Make Say Think, the Sea and Cake, and Tortoise. Tortoise/Sea and Cake member John McEntire co-produced the whole shebang, which the band recorded in Chicago and Toronto last year.

 

Broken Social Scene:

 

03-14 Elkton, FL - Harvest of Hope

03-18 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ

03-19 Austin, TX - The Parish

05-01 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

05-03 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre

05-07 New York, NY - Webster Hall

05-13 London, England - Brixton Academy *

05-14 Minehead, England - All Tomorrow's Parties

05-17 London, England - Heaven

05-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg

05-19 Cologne, Germany - Burgerhaus Stollwerck

05-21 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie

05-23 Linz, Austria - LinzFest

05-24 Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus

05-27 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival

05-29 George, WA - Sasquatch

06-19 Toronto, Ontario - Toronto Island *#

 

* with Pavement

# with Band of Horses

 

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/37959-new-epic-broken-social-scene-song/

 

And also this is the album cover for the new album:

 

 

 

Just listening to it for the first time now and it's really great!

I was totally just going to post that, but I was taking the time to listen to the song twice. Great to see BSS back in action.

 

"Forgiveness Rock Record"? My mind is boggling in an attempt to decipher the meaning of that. Forgiveness for their lengthy absence? Forgiveness for other rock that has been crappy? Forgiveness for the decline of the record? I forgive you guys, dammit. :P

I was totally just going to post that, but I was taking the time to listen to the song twice. Great to see BSS back in action.

 

"Forgiveness Rock Record"? My mind is boggling in an attempt to decipher the meaning of that. Forgiveness for their lengthy absence? Forgiveness for other rock that has been crappy? Forgiveness for the decline of the record? I forgive you guys, dammit. :P

 

hmm... perhaps all of the above...haha

 

 

Just listening to the song for a 2nd time and it's really amazing! Now I'm really excited for this new album!

:o

 

:shocked3:

 

:surprised:

 

:awesome:

 

 

 

I really, really like this song. :nice:

 

Excited for the tour as well!

:dance:

two new songs have been put online via the band's website:

 

 

Hear Two New Broken Social Scene Songs: "Forced to Love" and "All to All"

From the forthcoming Forgiveness Rock Record. Hear Two New Broken Social Scene Songs: "Forced to Love" and "All to All"

 

Photo on front page by Norman Wong

 

After making a very solid initial impression with "World Sick", the first track released from the forthcoming Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene are putting two more Forgiveness tracks out there. The rousing "Forced to Love" and the airy synth-pop jam "All to All" (featuring Lisa Lobsinger on lead vocals) are available to stream (for free) and download (for money) at the band's site right now.

 

Forgiveness Rock Record is out May 4. Read our recent interview with group leader Kevin Drew about the record here. And check out the album's tracklist below:

 

Forgiveness Rock Record:

 

01 World Sick

02 Chase Scene

03 Texico Bitches

04 Forced to Love

05 All to All

06 Art House Director

07 Highway Slipper Jam

08 Ungrateful Little Father

09 Meet Me in the Basement

10 Sentimental X's

11 Sweetest Kill

12 Romance to the Grave

13 Water in Hell

14 Me and My Hand

http://pitchfork.com/news/38254-hear-two-new-broken-social-scene-songs-forced-to-love-and-all-to-all/

 

 

http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit: I really like these two songs. I like "All to All" a bit more though.