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)
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