Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) - "Follow Back"

About this episode

Dan Mangan interviews Kevin Drew about the music industry, creativity, and the rise of Broken Social Scene.

Dan discusses crappy bosses, privilege, the music industry and "aboutism" with Kevin Drew, frontman to the iconic genre-busting indie rock ensemble Broken Social Scene. Among other things, they chat about Ennio Morricone's film scores, how naivety can be a superpower in creative settings, how social media has removed mystery from music discovery, the origins and popular rise of Broken Social Scene, and how Dan got signed to Kevin's label Arts & Crafts despite Kevin not liking his music. This episode features a surprise needle drop of "You Don't Wanna Leave It Alone" by J.E. Sunde.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Mangan

Guest: Kevin Drew

Topics covered

• music industry
• creativity
• social media
• indie rock
• privilege
• naivety

Keywords

• music
• indie rock
• social media
• creativity
• privilege
• Ennio Morricone
• Broken Social Scene
• Arts & Crafts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broken Social Scene, Arts & Crafts

Books & works: You Don't Wanna Leave It Alone

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