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Photos by © Toni Francois

Canada, meet Mexico. Mexico, Canada. Now how about a little jam?

Bridging the continent-spanning void that is the United States of America, Canada's Kevin Drew and Jimmy Shaw (Metric) linked up with Mexico's Chikita Violenta for a collaboration-heavy and supremely intimate gig this past Monday night at Mexico City's tiny Pata Negra.

A capacity crowd of perhaps 200 was treated to short sets from Drew/Shaw-- balancing Spirit If... songs and Broken Social Scene bangers proper-- and the Mexico City-based combo (if this collab and Chikita Violenta's music don't clue you in to these guys' BSS fanhood, know that they recorded their latest album with Dave Newfeld and named it The Stars and Suns Sessions).

To close out the evening, both acts united to premiere five all-new Kevin Drew compositions.

Drew returns to his native Canada tonight. He'll end 2007 with a run of gigs up north, then it's off to Japan for a spell in the new year.

KEVIN DREW and JIMMY SHAW








KEVIN DREW and JIMMY SHAW with CHIKITA VIOLENTA






CHIKITA VIOLENTA






Kevin:

12-05 Kingston, Ontario - Stages
12-06 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
12-07 Ottawa, Ontario - Capital Music Hall
12-08 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
12-14 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Ballroom
12-15 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Events Centre
03-05 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room
03-06 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro