Broken Social Scene

This year’s RSD Black Friday exclusives include ’The Life Aquatic’ soundtrack, The Wrens‘s ‘Secaucus,‘ classic Luaka Bop comp ’Beleza Tropical,’ the ‘Blue Velvet‘ soundtrack and lots more.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from late reggae legend U-Roy, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, A Place to Bury Strangers, and more.

“I didn’t have anything to say on this record,” Kevin says. “But I had so much to feel.”

Released under the name K.D.A.P., the all-instrumental album will be out in July via Arts & Crafts.

From The Cure, R.E.M. and The Smiths, to Broken Social Scene, Pavement, Portishead and more, here are 20 songs by bands where the singers keep their mouths shut.

Broken Social Scene will headline a New Year’s Eve livestream show that benefits Canadian performing arts and hospitality workers who have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Listen to new holiday songs from Daveed Diggs, Big K.R.I.T., HAIM, Black Midi, Chassol, Sound of Ceres, STRFKR, Pup & Charly Bliss, Anti-Flag, Little Boots, and more.

Listen to new songs by Arca, Chance The Rapper, The Ruins of Beverast, Django Django (Hot Chip remix), Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, and more…

Broken Social Scene, Khruangbin, The War on Drugs, Andy Shauf, Fruit Bats, Bedouine, Tegan and Sara, Delicate Steve, Molly Sarle, The Shins, Chaos Chaos, Stars, Lucius, Tim Burgess, Patrick Watson, We Were Promised Jetpacks and more have all contributed playlists to Music Runs, a virtual charity run supporting NIVA.

The Victoria, BC club had been open for more than two decades. Japandroids’ Dave Prowse said seeing Dan Boeckner’s pre-Wolf Parade band there in 2002 was what made him want to start a band.