Kevin Drew
| Kevin Drew | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Performing with Broken Social Scene at the Intonation Music Festival, 2005. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | September 7, 1976 |
| Origin | Toronto, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, Baroque pop, Alternative |
| Labels | Arts & Crafts |
| Associated acts |
Broken Social Scene KC Accidental |
| Website | kevindrewmusic.com |
Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene.[1] He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which consisted of Drew and Charles Spearin, another current member of Broken Social Scene.
Drew has shared in the direction of Broken Social Scene videos under the name Experimental Parachute Movement. In 2008 he wrote and directed a short film called "The Water," inspired by and starring his bandmate and former girlfriend Leslie Feist.[2] In 2009, Drew contributed to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Drew grew up in west Toronto and attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts, along with Metric's Emily Haines,[3] Stars' Amy Millan and novelist Ibi Kaslik,[4] where he, Amy and Emily studied drama. He was married to Jo-ann Goldsmith, a social worker and an occasional trumpet player in BSS.
Drew's second solo album, Darlings, was released on 18 March 2014.[5]
On January 15, 2013 Drew announced in an interview that he had begun working on a new album with The Archies songwriter Andy Kim.[6] The album, It's Decided, was released in 2015.[7]
Drew along with Dave Hamelin did the production on the The Tragically Hip album Man Machine Poem released on June 17, 2016.[8]
Discography
Solo
- Spirit If... (2007)
- Darlings (2014)
Broken Social Scene
- Feel Good Lost (2001)
- You Forgot It in People (2002)
- Bee Hives (2004)
- Broken Social Scene (2005)
- Forgiveness Rock Record (2010)
KC Accidental
- Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub - (1998)
- Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills - (2000)
Videography
Experimental Parachute Movement
- Apostle of Hustle
- Cheap Like Sebastian
- Broken Social Scene
- Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)
- Almost Crimes (with Chris Mills)
- Cause=Time
- Fire Eye'd Boy
- Constantines
- Our Age 2009
- Stars
- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
- Bitches in Tokyo
- Still Life Still
- Pastel
- The Most Serene Republic
- Content Was Always My Favourite Colour
- The Water (2009) Starring Cillian Murphy, David Fox & Feist
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/26toronto.html
- ↑ http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/811-kevin-drew-and-feist-the-water
- ↑ Berman, Stuart. This Book is Broken. 2009.
- ↑ http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/356819
- ↑ "Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew Announces New Album Darlings, Shares "Good Sex"". PitchforkMedia. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ↑ Dumbol, Ryan. "Kevin Drew". PitchforkMedia. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Andy Kim - "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)". PopMatters, January 26, 2015.
- ↑ Bliss, Karen. "The Tragically Hip, 'Man Machine Poem': Track-by-Track Review". Billboard.July 1, 2016
External links
- Official Site
- Interview with Kevin Drew on kevchino.com
- with Kevin Drew at Prefix
- Interview with Kevin Drew on AOL Music Canada