In addition to a recent film project, Canadian collective Broken Social Scene are again set to diversify their musical hustle, this time with the release of This Book is Broken, a forthcoming book documenting BSS from the inside out -- yes, Broken will be penned by the outfit's many members. So far, according to Pitchfork, BSS' Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and Jason Collett are onboard for the collection, which editor Stuart Berman said compiles "lots of photos, gig posters, flyers, scrapbook ephemera, etc." Though a release date is still unclear -- tentatively sometime next year -- Toronto's House of Anansi Press will handle the book's publishing. A band representative was unavailable for comment at press time.

Cat Power Slates Second Covers Album

Collaboration friendly songstress Chan Marshall, known better under the Cat Power moniker, has announced a Jan. 22 release date for Covers II, her second collection of other artists' tunes dispatched by Matador, Billboard.com reports. Though a final tracklisting has yet-to-be announced, Covers II will reportedly include renditions of songs from the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Moby Grape, and the Velvet Underground, among others, and will feature Marshall backed by her Dirty Delta Blues band. The forthcoming effort follows 2006's acclaimed set The Greatest. A Matador representative was unavailable for comment at press time.

Smashing Pumpkins Concert Death Not Due to Injury

According to an autopsy completed yesterday, 20-year-old Richmond, BC resident Kenny Leung, who died Monday (Sept. 24) during a Smashing Pumpkins show in Vancouver, BC, was not killed in the mosh pit, reports the The Globe and Mail's web site. Coroner Owen Court, who conducted the autopsy, found no injuries to Leung's body and is now administering a toxicology test in an attempt to determine his cause of death. "There is absolutely no evidence of any injury and therefore I would say, what you would call moshing or crowd surfing would have nothing to do with this whatsoever. There was no injury on this young man," Mr. Court said.

Meanwhile, Smashing Pumpkins have posted a message to their web site in response to Leung's death:

"The Smashing Pumpkins were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of a young man who attended their Vancouver show Monday night (September 24). As they and everyone else await news from the investigation into the nature of his passing, the band want to express their sincerest condolences to his family and friends."