musicleech » Broken Social Scene http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 K.C. Accidental http://musicleech.com/2010/03/18/kc-accidental/ http://musicleech.com/2010/03/18/kc-accidental/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:11:42 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=3384 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> kc

This band laid the foundation for Broken Social Scene, as it's core members were Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin, and a bunch of other people contributed on their second album (they only had two). If you're a fan of BSS you will love this, although its different--- mostly instrumental, but it keeps the same summery rock feel. Oh, warm weather.

Hear some songs at their unofficial MySpace, or read about them at their wiki page.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2010/03/18/kc-accidental/feed/ 2 New Broken Social Scene – “World Sick” http://musicleech.com/2010/02/19/new-broken-social-scene-world-sick/ http://musicleech.com/2010/02/19/new-broken-social-scene-world-sick/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:24:01 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=3311 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Broken Social Scene are putting out a new album in May called Forgiveness Rock Record, and "World Sick" is the first song that's been released from it. Head over to their MySpace to download the track and check their tour dates.

p.s. sorry for the downtime, my brother hosts the site and he let the domain expire and it took a couple days for him to put it back up... at least nobody stole it!

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2010/02/19/new-broken-social-scene-world-sick/feed/ 1 Langerado Announces Initial Lineup http://musicleech.com/2008/12/09/langerado-announces-initial-lineup-dates/ http://musicleech.com/2008/12/09/langerado-announces-initial-lineup-dates/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:29:35 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=924 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Langerado regulars are going to have some initial backlash with the news of this year's festival: it has been cut back down to three days and worst of all camping has been eliminated from the equation! Also the location has changed from the Big Cypress Indian Reservation to Bicentennial Park in Miami. But don't get too down: the initial lineup looks spectacular. Girl Talk, Slightly Stoopid, and Umphrey's make returns, plus tons of newcomers. I expected bigger headliners than Death Cab and Snoop Dogg, but this is quite pleasing for the first announcement.

Tickets go on sale December 12 at noon ET at Langerado.com.

Langerado Music Festival Initial Lineup
March 6-7-8, 2009
Death Cab For Cutie
Snoop Dogg
Ryan Adams And The Cardinals
Thievery Corporation
Slightly Stoopid
Flogging Molly
Dashboard Confessional
Broken Social Scene
Cold War Kids
Girl Talk
Chromeo
Mute Math
Black Kids
Gym Class Heroes
The Faint
The Pouges
Zac Brown Band
Matisyahu
Disco Biscuits
Umphrey's McGee
Robert Randolph And The Family Band
Michael Franti And Spearhead
Virgins

UPDATE (1/28): Deerhunter, Modest Mouse, and the Gene Ween Band have been added to the list.

UPDATE (2/3): The festival has been cancelled.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/09/langerado-announces-initial-lineup-dates/feed/ 1 Video: Isaac Brock and Broken Social Scene – “The World at Large” http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/video-isaac-brock-and-broken-social-scene-collaborate-for-the-world-at-large/ http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/video-isaac-brock-and-broken-social-scene-collaborate-for-the-world-at-large/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:32:45 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=850 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> At a recent November tour stop in Toronto, Canada, Isaac Brock joined Broken Social Scene for a little ditty from Modest Mouse's fourth LP Good News For People Who Love Bad News entitled "The World at Large".

Even though this is only Broken Social Scene's current touring configuration of people, there were still some twelve-odd people on stage during the performance. Brock's vocals are classy and poignant, but seem to drown out the band's performance until the end of the song. "The World at Large" fits in perfectly with the typical instrumentation of a Broken Social Scene show and the crowd appears to receive the collaboration quite well. The video quality is pretty good:

Broken Social Scene's current tour has had other interesting surprises. Lizzie Powell, lead singer from Land of Talk, has been taking over Feist's vocals from such signatures as "7/4 Shoreline", as reported here. Charles Spearin, from Do Make Say Think and Kevin Drew's side project KC Accidental, has also been touring with BSS, switching between guitar, bass, and trumpet. At the BSS tour stop in Atlanta, Georgia, Spearin introduced the crowd to an experiment he had been working on involving recognizing rhythm in normal speech. He played a clip of his neighbor, an elderly Jamaican woman, speaking to him in an interview and then showed how a saxophone could be played along with the correct pitch of the woman's voice in order to create a sweet melody. Very interesting stuff.

[via Pitchfork]

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/12/02/video-isaac-brock-and-broken-social-scene-collaborate-for-the-world-at-large/feed/ 0 Feist Announces A Break from Music, and the End to Her Broken Social Scene Collaboration http://musicleech.com/2008/10/22/feist-announces-eak-from-music-and-the-end-to-her-broken-social-scene-collaboration/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/22/feist-announces-eak-from-music-and-the-end-to-her-broken-social-scene-collaboration/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:34:43 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=484 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Feist's popularity skyrocketed with The Reminder, and it doesn't come as too much surprise that she has decided to take a break from music.

If you saw her interview with Pitchfork back in May, you might have gotten that feeling.

Speaking to the Canadian Press, she said: "[My career] has become kind of large and it really began for me very, very small, like me alone in my bedroom with my four-track and a pair of headphones. I just need to go back there for a while to get my bearings again and then know what to do next."

Luckily this break doesn't seem permanent, but she has also announced that she has no further plans to collaborate with her Canadian up-start band, Broken Social Scene. "It's not really as interesting for me as it once was," she said. "[It] would be like a reunion to be able to hang out with everyone -- but I can do that around a kitchen table."

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/10/22/feist-announces-eak-from-music-and-the-end-to-her-broken-social-scene-collaboration/feed/ 0 Video: Broken Social Scene – Live In Juan’s Basement http://musicleech.com/2008/09/30/video-broken-social-scene-live-in-juans-basement/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/30/video-broken-social-scene-live-in-juans-basement/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:23:51 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=384 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A super trimmed-down version of the 15+ member Broken Social Scene perform "Stars And Sons" and "Churches Under The Stairs" along with a few jams inside Juan's (tiny) Basement.

We get to see Kevin Drew on drums for "Stars And Sons", lyrical & musical improv on "Churches", and a random rash (see the interview...).

Note: This session was recorded last fall before "Churches Under The Stairs" was released, so take this version as a prequel.

"Stars And Sons":

Interview: Kevin Drew:

Untitled Jam #2:

"Churches Under The Stairs" (Jam):

Kevin Drew (on drums) & Brendan Canning brewing up a minute of Death Metal (we all know Kevin can't really play drums but here's his righteous attempt amidst Justin Peroff's absence):

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/30/video-broken-social-scene-live-in-juans-basement/feed/ 0 Broken Social Scene Extend Tour Into November http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/broken-social-scene-extend-tour-into-november/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/broken-social-scene-extend-tour-into-november/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:38:13 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=339 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> For the third time the Canadian collective has extended their fall tour of Brendan Canning's semi-solo debut Something For All Of Us..., this time through November.

As you were probably wondering, Feist has tour dates now through mid-November so sadly, don't expect her to perform with the band.

Here are the dates. You can buy pre-order tickets now through the Arts & Crafts Gallery AC.

October
30 - Ottawa, On. @ Bronson Centre
31 - Montreal, Qc. @ Metropolis

November
8 - Mexico City, Mexico @ Manifest
18 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Cannery Ballroom
19 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
20 - Tallahassee, Fla. @ The Moon
21 - St. Petersburg, Fla. @ Jannus Landing
22 - Pompano, Fla. @ Club Cinema
27 - Toronto, On. @ Sound Academy

Among all this action, the band's new website is live! Click HERE to visit.

[via Paste]

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/26/broken-social-scene-extend-tour-into-november/feed/ 0 Video: Broken Social Scene w/ Lizzie Powell “7/4 (Shoreline)” (Live at NYU) http://musicleech.com/2008/09/06/video-broken-social-scene-w-lizzie-powell-74-shoreline-live-at-nyu/ http://musicleech.com/2008/09/06/video-broken-social-scene-w-lizzie-powell-74-shoreline-live-at-nyu/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:40:50 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=269 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Headlining the 'Mystery Concert' at NYU yesterday, Broken Social Scene top off their performance with the epic "7/4 (Shoreline)", with Lizzie Powell of Land of Talk filling in for the Emily Haines and Amy Millan. And despite the minor mic issues, she does a really impressive job. Of course it's no competition for Feist's job on the original recording, but that's kind of implied. 

As saddeningly usual, the band was not in full force. Only 11 members this time.

Some other outtakes of the night:

BSS: "Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl"

Pattern Is Movement - "Bird"

[via Pop Tarts Suck Toasted]

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2008/09/06/video-broken-social-scene-w-lizzie-powell-74-shoreline-live-at-nyu/feed/ 0 New Music: Kevin Drew – “Summer Time Dues” [download/stream] http://musicleech.com/2008/07/31/new-music-kevin-drew-summer-time-dues-downloadstream/ http://musicleech.com/2008/07/31/new-music-kevin-drew-summer-time-dues-downloadstream/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:16:10 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=110 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Always collaborating with someone from his monster of an indie rock band, Drew takes this one solo-style. For once.

The Broken Social Scene frontman delivers "Summer Time Dues", which interestingly starts out with Drew --- coughing. Cue classic Kevin Drew style acoustic guitar and melodic vocals, and you have yourself there a quality intro.  Sounding almost exactly like... well... uh... Coldplay during the chorus, the song builds on itself quite nicely moving toward the ending. Trombone and trumpet propel the latter half of the piece in a mellow but bright way, giving it a unique feel from Drew's Spirit If... which had a more progressive feel throughout.

Download / Stream "Summer Time Dues"

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