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Broken Social Scene is a Juno Award winning Canada|Canadian indie rock supergroup (bands)|supergroup, a musical collective currently including nineteen members, formed in 1999 in music|1999 in Toronto, Ontario. All of its members, except for founders Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning and drummer Justin Peroff, currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto. The group's sound could be considered a combination of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is usually identified as baroque pop. It is characterized by a very large amount of sounds, grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic production style from David Newfeld.
History
The band's core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band's ambient music|ambient debut album, ''Feel Good Lost'', on Noise Factory Records in 2001, with contributions by Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin and Bill Priddle. However, when they played shows to support the album, Drew and Canning found it difficult to put together an entertaining show based on ''Feel Good Lost'', which was an almost entirely instrumental album.
As a result, they brought in a number of friends from the Toronto indie scene—Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, Feist (singer)|Leslie... read all
8. Broken Social Scene at Élysée Montmartre, Paris on 14 May 2008
Location: 72 Boulevard Rochechouart, 75018 Paris, France
9. Broken Social Scene at Den Atelier, Luxembourg on 15 May 2008
Location: 54, Rue de Hollerich, L-1013 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
10. All Tomorrow's Parties - Curated by Explosions In The Sky on 16 May 2008
Location: Minehead, TA24 5SH, United Kingdom
The event takes place over three days, from Friday 16th May to Sunday 18th May, (Check out Monday), at Butlins holiday resort in Minehead.
Butlins Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The new site not only has a supermarket, newsagent and cash points, it also has Burger King, Pizza Hut, Finnigan's fish and chips, Sun and Moon, Skyline Cafe and Yacht Club Dining room. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.
THIS FESTIVAL IS NOW SOLD OUT. The other ATP this May is ATP VS PITCHFORK:
Wegottickets have now completely sold out of their allocation for the Pitchfork weekend. There are just 18 chalets left between the other two ticket sites, which are:
If you don't want to be left at home missing out, you'd best get a move on! We don't need to tell you again how good this weekend will be! The Explosions weekend is SOLD OUT so this is your last chance to go to ATP this summer. Lastfm page: http://www.last.fm/event/375458