Artist
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is a rock artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 1999. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Best rock albums
- 17
- Releases
- 2001–2026
- Active years
- 1999
- Formed
Artist
Broken Social Scene is a rock artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 1999. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Best rock albums
Most popular
You Forgot It in People
2002
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto. The band refuses the label "supergroup", based on size or the ubiquity of their members, claiming that in the indie scene everyone is involved in more than one project. The group's sound could be considered a combination of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is occasionally considered baroque pop. It is characterized by a very large number of sounds, grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic production style from David Newfeld, who produced the second and third albums. In 2009, This Book Is Broken was published. Written by Stuart Berman, it details the band from its inception to its critical acclaim. In 2010, Bruce McDonald made This Movie Is Broken, a movie about the band's Harbourfront show during the 2009 Toronto strike. The band's core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Ca…
