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It may have taken Brendan Canning 18 years to release his first solo disc, but like his bandmate Kevin Drew before him, he has loads of help. Co-founder and leader of Canada’s Broken Social Scene, Drew planted the inaugural “Broken Social Scene Presents:” flag with Spirit If…, a solo album masked as a Broken Social Scene proper release or vice-versa. Despite the latent marketing cash-in with the album’s title, it wowed audiences and critics alike.

Broken Social Scene member Brendan Canning will release his debut solo album Something For All of Us July 22 on Arts & Crafts.

Canning first had the idea for a solo album back in January of 2007 when he started assembling songs he had written over time into a single, decidedly album-like format. He produced the album in Toronto with Ryan Kondrat and John La Manga, and emerged with 11 diverse tracks that showcase his wide range of musical influences and talents. While Canning has only performed lead vocals on three BSS songs, he has scored music for several films, and often moonlights as a DJ.

Canning hasn’t strayed to far from his BSS roots, though. Something For All of Us is part of the Broken Social Scene Presents collection, which premiered last year with member Kevin Drew’s album Spirit If…. Drew and fellow BSSers Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman and Ohad Benhetrit contributed guest vocals on Canning’s album, alongside other guest artists including Stars’ Amy Milan and Metric’s James Shaw. Broken Social Scene will perform songs from Something For All of Us during their upcoming live shows, including performances at Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.

Something For All of Us tracklist:
1. Something For All of Us
2. Chameleon
3. Hit the Wall
4. Snowballs & Icicles
5. Churches Under the Stairs
6. Love is New
7. Antique Bull
8. All the Best Wooden Toys are Made in Germany
9. Possible Grenade
10. Been At It So Long
11. Take Care, Look Up

Broken Social Scene dates:

June
15 - Manchester, Tenn. @ Bonnaroo

July
19 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Siren Festival

August
2 - Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
24 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Outside Lands Festival

Related links:
Broken Social Scene on Arts&Crafts.ca
Broken Social Scene on MySpace
Paste: Malkmus, Broken Social Scene, more to play Siren 2008

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In 2007, Broken Social Scene was all about (re)presenting. In 2008, the band will re-(re)present, and it will also encourage you to (re)read coffee table books. But it will also be doing something (re)fresh(ing): touring in two continents that have yet to be graced with the band’s presence.

Yes, the gregarious Canadian collective will be taking Oceania and Asia by storm in February and March. BSS will be docking at all of the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival ports of call, with additional dates in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.

Broken Social Scene on tour:

February
20 - Auckland, New Zealand @ King's Arms
21 - Wellington, New Zealand @ San Francisco Bath House
23 - Adelaide, Australia @ Laneway Festival
24 - Melbourne, Australia @ Laneway Festival
27 - Melbourne, Australia @ The Corner
28 - Sydney, Australia @ Manning Bar
29 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Zoo

March
1 - Brisbane, Australia @ Laneway Festival
2 - Sydney, Australia @ Laneway Festival
5 - Osaka, Japan @ Club Quattro
6 - Tokyo, Japan @ Liquid Room
9 - Singapore, Singapore @ Esplanade Theatre on the Bay

May
16-18 - Minehead, England @ Butlins Holiday Centre (All Tomorrow's Parties)

Related links:
Broken Social Scene site at Arts & Crafts
Broken Social Scene on MySpace
YouTube: Broken Social Scene – “7/4 Shoreline”

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It’s no secret that many people who live the rock and roll lifestyle have the tendency to party hard, and so perhaps to alleviate their afternoon hangover they have a cup of coffee to put some pep in their step. I will even venture further to say that they typically drink their midday coffee next to a coffee table that has books on it. With this logic I can somewhat maybe understand why Broken Social Scene would want to put out a coffee table book.

The book, appropriately titled This Book is Broken, is said to contain an oral history of the band. Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and Jason Collett are among the band members who will be featured in the java book, along with Justin Peroff who is responsible for gathering all the photos, ticket stubs, flyers, etc. for the graphic content of the literary project. The BSS gang is also getting help from the editor of Toronto’s Eye Weekly, Stuart Berman, who will most likely be overseeing the editorial legitimacy of the piece.

I guess we will have to wait until its release in fall 2008 to see just how awakening this table top text will be next to our fresh cup of brew in the morning.

Related links:
Broken Social Scene HQ
Broken Social Scene on MySpace
YouTube: Broken Social Scene's "Cause=Time"

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Coming soon! Broken Social Scene Presents Broken Social Scene founder Kevin Drew performing songs with several other members of Broken Social Scene. But, you know, solo style. It’s called Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew, “Spirit If…” Or maybe it’s just called Spirit If by Kevin Drew, and the “Broken Social Scene Presents” element isn’t included in the title. Is this filed under B or D?

Either way, Arts&Crafts will release the album on September 18. It’s the first in a series of “presentations” by Broken Social Scene, with the next being a “solo” album by member Brendan Canning. Many of these "individually" recorded songs will be played by Broken Social Scene on their “Broken Social Scene Performs” tour this fall.

Does this qualify as meta?

Related links:
Broken Social Scene official site
Arts&Crafts records
Broken Social Scene MySpace

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