The history of the Canadian band $100 deconstructs the transition from a vulnerable acoustic duo to a high-stakes Alternative Country ensemble through the architecture of a near-fatal medical hiatus. Driven by the unvarnished songwriting of Simone Schmidt and Ian Russell, the group's evolution from the 2007 Hold It Together EP to a two-time Polaris Music Prize nominee and the eventual formation of The Highest Order serves as a profound study in creative survival and artistic metamorphosis. We begin our investigation by stripping away the "standard garage band" narrative to reveal a 2006 Toronto scene where Schmidt and Russell functioned as a raw, stripped-down duo with nowhere to hide on stage. This deep dive focuses on the "Coiled Sprin ...