Brendan Canning

Credit: Photographed for Spin by Austin Hargrave

Broken Social Scene: Friends Forever

At the turn of the millennium, the internet was a new and novel discovery vehicle for music outside the usual routes. While New York's rock scene…

Jeremy Gordon / July 6, 2017

Premieres

Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning Enters His ‘Home Wrecking Years’ on Lush New Album

Ensemble-rock renaissance man and Broken Social Scene founding member Brendan Canning has quite the resume. Not only has he released five records with his Toronto cohort…

Rachel Brodsky / August 9, 2016

Premieres

WATCH: Broken Social Scene’s Oil-Wrestling Video!

Forget mud wrestling -- how about oil wrestling? No, not that kind of oil, you perv. Think Deepwater Horizon, Iraq, There Will Be Blood --…

William Goodman / December 13, 2010

Spotlight

Brendan Canning

What? The members of Broken Social Scene collect side projects the same way most people hoard takeout menus. But while the umpteen others quell their…

Sharon Steel / July 22, 2008

News

Festival Faves: Bonnaroo ’08

What do Nicole Atkins and Gogol Bordello have in common? Outside of being red-blooded and enjoying the music-making process, probably not much. At least until…

SPIN Staff / July 21, 2008

brendan canning

Broken Social Scene: Friends Forever

Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning Enters His ‘Home Wrecking Years’ on Lush New Album

WATCH: Broken Social Scene’s Oil-Wrestling Video!

Brendan Canning

Festival Faves: Bonnaroo ’08

Reviews \