Broken Social Scene

Canadian indie rock’s supergroup returns to action to show unity among their heady ranks—at a time when unity can feel scarce

An indie darling and a forgotten pop icon breathe new life into each other’s work

Surviving members are playing two shows and reissuing all three albums

Neil Young was the designated patriarch at this year’s Juno love-in between elders and upstarts

‘Super-paranoid’ Taylor Kirk is the antithesis of the soul-baring introspective Drake

While the haze still lingers, that weekend in Toronto now has a soundtrack, courtesy of Broken Social Scene and some enterprising videographer.

‘We’re not going anywhere’: the indie-rock collective returns

“Welcome to the Cultural Olympics where there is no drug testing”—Singer-songwriter-Broken Social Scene member Jason Collett, kicks

Via the Globe’s Doug Saunders and Broken Social Scene’s Julie Penner, news that the new Speaker in the British House of Commons is vowing to shorten that Parliament’s summer break. Seems British MPs sat for “just” (JUST!) 143 days last year. Seems Mr. Speaker believes a greater demonstration of accountability is necessary.

Maclean’s writers pick the records they never got sick of hearing

A Canadian indie musician teaches the Owl Magazine set how to jam, write chorus and verse—and much more

Kady reviews the latest developments and Paul explains the back story to L’Affair Ablonczy. Paul also asks an interesting question: Is a band like Broken Social Scene okay with playing a show provided for by a fund at least one Conservative MP thinks should be distributed on some sort of moral basis?