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. 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. 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, Stars' Amy Millan and novelist Ibi Kaslik, where he, Amy and Emily studied drama. He was married to Jo-ann Goldsmith, a social worker and an occasional trumpet player in BSS.On January 15, 2013 Drew announced in an interview that he has begun working on a new album with The Archies songwriter, Andy Kim. Drew's second solo album, Darlings, was released on 18 March 2014.
Broken Social Scene, KC Accidental, Young Artists for Haiti, Good Sex, You in Your Were, Safety Bricks
Nominations
Juno Award for Recording Package of the Year, MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director, Good Sex, You in Your Were, Safety Bricks
Movies
This Movie Is Broken, The Water, The Stand Up
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[on Andy Kim] He brought back that teenage feeling about why you want to make music. It had become a day job. He realigned me with that sadness that is the most beautiful think you can have inside of you.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
writer: "Looks Just Like The Sun"
Kevin Drew: Mexican Aftershow Party
2014
Video short performer: "Mexican Aftershow Party" / writer: "Mexican Aftershow Party"
LuTo
2013
writer: "Sweetest Kill"
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
performer: "Not at My Best" / writer: "No Smiling Darkness/Snake Charmers Association", "Weddings", "Ambulance for the Ambience", "Major Label Debut Fast", "Not at My Best"
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
writer: "Churches Under the Stairs", "We Hate You, Please Die", "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad", "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl"
Post Grad
2009
performer: "I Say I Go" - as K. Drew / writer: "I Say I Go" - as Kevin Nicholas Drew
Gardens of the Night
2008
writer: "Pitter Patter Goes My Heart"
The Tracey Fragments
2007
"hHallmark"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
You in Your Were
2014
Short
Kevin Drew: Mexican Aftershow Party
2014
Video short
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009
Broken Social Scene - Singer
The Salivation Army
2002
Short
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Secret Path
2016
TV Movie with
You in Your Were
2014
Short
The Stand Up
2011
A.W.O.L.
2002
Short
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
You in Your Were
2014
Short composer: theme music
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
musician
Snow Cake
2006
musician: Broken Social Scene
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zetsubou No Shima
2016
Video Game creative director
The Water
2009/I
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Movie Is Broken
2010
based on an idea by
The Water
2009/I
Short written by
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Diamond Tongues
2015
special thanks
The Tracey Fragments
2007
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Late Show with David Letterman
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Documentary short
Himself
MSN Exclusives
2012
TV Series
Himself (2014)
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) as Music Department
$700,000
