Broken Social Scene

QRO takes its spotlight up north to take in the biggest thing out Canada since their bacon, alt-all-stars Broken Social Scene. ...
Broken Social Scene

QRO takes its spotlight up north to take in the biggest thing out Canada since their bacon, alt-all-stars Broken Social Scene.


Name: Broken Social Scene

Associated act(s): Apostle of Hustle, AroarA, By Divine Right, Jason Collett, Cookie Duster, Do Make Say Think, Eight and a Half, Feist, Hawaii, hHead, KC Accidental, K.D.A.P., La Force, Land of Talk, Len, Metric, Priddle Concern, The Sea and Cake, Stars, Tortoise, Valley of Giants, The Wooden Birds, Years

Hometown: Toronto, ON, Canada

Members: Ohad Benchetrit (former), Brendan Canning, John Crossingham (former), Jason Collett (former), Evan Cranley, Kevin Drew, Ariel Engle, Leslie Feist (former), Sam Goldberg, Emily Haines (former), Andrew Kenny (former), Lisa Lobsinger (former), John McEntire (former), Amy Millan (former), Dave Newfeld, Julie Penner (former), Justin Peroff, Elizabeth Powell (former), Bill Priddle (former), James Shaw (former), Charles Spearin, Brodie West (former), Andrew Whiteman

Albums: Feel Good Lost (2001), You Forgot It In People (2002), Beehives (2003), Broken Social Scene (2005), Broken Social Scene Presents: Spirit If… (2007), Broken Social Scene Presents: Something For All of Us… (2008), Forgiveness Rock Record (2010), Hug of Thunder (2017), Let’s Try The After Vol. 1 (2019), Let’s Try The After Vol. 2 (2019), Old Dead Young (B-Sides & Rarities) (2022)

Broken Social SceneRelated Articles:

Review of Spirit If…

Live review at Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on July 17th, 2008

Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge

Review as part of the Siren Music Festival on Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY on July 19th, 2008

Photo gallery from Siren Music Festival

Interview with Brendan Canning in 2008

Review of Something For All of Us…

Review as part of CMJ Day Four at Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, NY on October 24th, 2008

Photo gallery from Brooklyn Masonic Temple

Featured in “Top 40 Albums of 2008”

Review of Charles Spearin’s The Happiness Project

Photo gallery of Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY on March 15th, 2009

Interview with Charles Spearin in 2009

Interview with Andrew Whiteman

Photo gallery from Rothbury Festival in Rothbury, MI on July 3rd, 2009

The Happiness Project featured in “Top 60 Albums of 2009”

Review as part of the Harvest of Hope Festival in St. Augustine, FL on March 14th, 2010

Photo gallery from Harvest of Hope

Review as part of SXSW Day Three at The Parish in Austin, TX on March 19th, 2010

Photo gallery from The Parish

Photo gallery from Music Box in Los Angeles, CA on May 3rd, 2010

Review of Forgiveness Rock Record

Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on May 8th, 2010

Review as part of Toronto Island Music Festival on June 19th, 2010

Photo gallery from Toronto Island

Review as part of Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL on July 16th, 2010

Photo gallery from Pitchfork

Live review at Central Park SummerStage in New York, NY on September 18th, 2010

Photo gallery from Central Park SummerStage

Photo gallery from Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on October 16th, 2010

Photo gallery from Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, CA on October 17th, 2010

Featured in “Top 50 Albums of 2010”

Live review at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on January 18th, 2011

Review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World soundtrack, including Broken Social Scene

Review as part of Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada on July 29th, 2011

Photo gallery from Osheaga

Photo gallery from FYF Fest at L.A. Historic State Park in Los Angeles, CA on September 3rd, 2011

Live review at Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY on September 8th, 2011

Photo gallery from Williamsburg Waterfront

Review of Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013, including Broken Social Scene, Brendan Canning, and Kevin Drew

Review as part of Arts & Crafts Field Trip Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada on June 8th, 2013

Photo gallery from Arts & Crafts Field Trip

Interview with Brendan Canning in 2013

Review of Brendan Canning’s You Gots 2 Chill

Live review of Brendan Canning at Mercury Lounge on January 24th, 2014

Photo gallery of Brendan Canning from Mercury Lounge

Review of Kevin Drew’s Darlings

Live review of Kevin Drew at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on April 28th, 2014

Photo gallery of Kevin Drew from Bowery Ballroom

Photo gallery of Kevin Drew & Andy Kim from Field Trip Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada on June 7th, 2014

Photo gallery of Kevin Drew from Field Trip Festival on June 7th, 2014

Photo gallery from Field Trip Festival on June 8th, 2014

Darlings featured in “Top 30 Albums of 2014”

Review as part of Pitchfork Festival on July 15th, 2016

Photo gallery from Pitchfork Festival on July 15th, 2016

Live review from Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 21st, 2016

Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 21st, 2016

Review of Brendan Canning’s Home Wrecking Years

Review of Hug of Thunder

Photo gallery from The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA on September 22nd, 2017

Live review from Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY on October 4th, 2017

Photo gallery from Brooklyn Steel

Featured in “Top 20 Albums of 2017”

Live review from The Paramount in Huntington, NY on April 7th, 2018

Photo gallery from The Paramount

Photo gallery from All Points East at Victoria Park in London, U.K. on June 2nd, 2018

Live review from Central Park SummerStage on Canada Day, July 1st, 2018

Interview with Ariel Engle

Review of Let’s Try the After Vol. 1 EP

Review as part of SXSW Tuesday at Cedar Street Courtyard on March 12th, 2019

Photo gallery from Cedar Street Courtyard

Review as part of SXSW Wednesday at Mohawk on March 13th, 2019

Photo gallery from Mohawk

Review as part of SXSW Thursday at Container Bar & Bungalow on March 14th, 2019

Photo gallery from Container Bar

Photo gallery from Bungalow

Review as part of SXSW Friday at Scoot Inn on March 16th, 2019

Photo gallery from Scoot Inn

Review of Let’s Try the After Vol. 2 EP

Photo gallery from Webster Hall in New York, NY on May 16th, 2019

Photo gallery from Webster Hall on May 18th, 2019

Live review from Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY on July 25th, 2019

Photo gallery from Prospect Park Bandshell

Interview with Charles Spearin in 2020

Review of Charles Spearin & Josefin Runsteen’s Thank God, The Plague Is Over

Featured as part of “Big Night In” livestream at Paradise Theatre in Toronto, ON, Canada on New Year’s Eve 2020

Interview with Kevin Drew

Review of Charles Spearin’s My City of Starlings

Review of “Curse Your Fail”

Review of Old Dead Young (B-Sides & Rarities)

Live review from Webster Hall on October 16th, 2022

Photo gallery from Webster Hall on October 16th, 2022

Interview with Brendan Canning in 2022

Live review from Brooklyn Steel on September 29th, 2023

Photo gallery from Brooklyn Steel on September 29th, 2023

Review of Kevin Drew’s Aging

Tour dates:

none upcoming


Broken Social Scene playing Fire Eyed Boy live at Mercury Lounge:


Broken Social Scene playing “K.C. Accidental” live at Brooklyn Masonic Temple:


Broken Social Scene playing Ibi Dreams of Pavement live at Central Park SummerStage on September 18th, 2010:


Broken Social Scene playing “Shampoo Suicide” live at Williamsburg Waterfront:


Broken Social Scene playing “Fire Eye’d Boy” live at Williamsburg Waterfront:


Broken Social Scene playing “Meet Me In the Basement” live at Williamsburg Waterfront:


Broken Social Scene playing “K.C. Accidental” live at Williamsburg Waterfront:

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