Broken Social Scene News: Label from the North Country: Arts & Crafts

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Toronto seems like as much of a thriving metropolis as Canada could possibly hope to produce. It’s home to a relevant international film festival, a bevy of skyscrapers and�"if you count its outlying suburbs�"nearly a quarter of its country’s residents.

Had you found yourself in the city’s music scene in the early 2000s, though, it would seem so much smaller that it was nearly incestuous�"a tight-knit community tied together by backyard barbeques, drunken house parties and a downtown core of venues supportive of anything-goes eclecticism. Shows are free-form messes that veer from post-rock instrumentals to zany pop songs, and multi-membership between...