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Contact: raiseyourhands@arts-crafts.ca

Genre: Indie Rock

Last Played: 11-05-2009 10:11 am

The Canadian supergroup, Broken Social Scene, formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada. The group's core members, Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, released their debut instrumental album, Feel Good Lost in 2001 with the help of Charles Spearin, Bill Priddle, and Justitn Peroff. To make their music more dynamic with vocals and lyrics they invited their friends Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, Emily Haines and Leslie Feist with help throughout their career from James Shaw, Evan Cranley, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger and Stars' Amy Millan. After the recruitment of the various musicians, the band created their second album, You Forgot It In People in 2002, which became widely successful and received ecstatic reviews. On October 4, 2005, Broken Social Scene released their third full-length album, self-titled with contributors such as k-os, Murray Lightburn and Jason Tait. In 2006 they won a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. During the years 2007 Kevin Drew put out a solo album entitled Spirit If.. The next year Brendan Canning released his solo album, Something For All of Us, on the Arts & Crafts Label.