![]() I know I said I’d only upload one song of the week, but there have already been six this week, so why stop now? This was one of the gig highlights. Tickets are on sale now and available via Gigwise Gig Tickets. I didn’t enjoy this show as much as last time, as the above probably implies, but, to be fair, this time I’d a) rushed from the football (and rushed straight back to watch the rest of the game after writing the above – what an absorbing match), b) was stood at the back (though at least this was cooler than my usual spot five feet from the stage) and c) only had one pint to drink (for journalistic objectivity and driving reasons). ![]() At their best, which is about a third of the time, Broken Social Scene make a raucous, joyful noise, and they’re always worth seeing. I counted nine people, not including Lisa, crowding the stage on several songs. Kevin says he yearns to be back in Toronto, getting kettled in the G20 demonstrations. Sadly, he refused requests for their best number Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl because ‘it’s not on the setlist and we’d have to bring Lisa back on’: a bit of an insult to the fans and to new singer Lisa Lobsinger, who isn’t given a lot to do. After that, things became a little shambolic, with two failed attempts to play Fucked Up Kid from Kevin’s fine solo album, before they pulled it all back together with a great Lover’s Spit and a magnificent It’s All Gonna Break complete with its superb Emerson, Lake and Palmeresque ending.Įarlier, Kevin Drew has frequently performed from a spot in the crowd and turned in a fine version of my second favourite BSS number Cause = Time (from YFIP, he told the band to play it ‘mellow’ but thankfully, it wasn’t too mellow). More is sometimes less, though, and the set might have ended better with Superconnected at the 90 minute mark. 130 minutes later, having broken the curfew, they finally leave the stage. They promise to entertain us for an hour. 1 Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE TOUR DATES 2010 FULLThey’ve taken a short break since then, with solid, more conventional side project solo albums from Brendan Canning and front man Kevin Drew.ĭespite a sweltering night and competition from the World Cup they draw a near full house, kicking off with a spirited World Sick, lead track from the new Forgiveness Rock Record. Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Their last visit to the Rescue Rooms, just over four years ago, was an outstanding two hours of intense, adventurous music. They’re at their best on their self-titled 2005 album and 2003’s classic You Forgot It In People, both heavily represented tonight. They play near grungy, avant garde rock with the occasional hint of prog. If it’s any good, that’s a complete accident.īroken Social Scene are a collective from Toronto whose members have previously included Lesley Feist and Emily Haines. This is a longer, slightly more personalised version of a piece that will appear in tomorrow’s Nottingham Evening Post. They’ll also play a gig in New York’s Central Park on September 18.I don’t often review gigs, but it seems appropriate in this week of not writing a Glasto diary that I’m doing two. In addition to their headline tour, BSS will make festival appearances at Sasquatch in George, WA, on May 29, and July 16 at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. ![]() The band has been celebrating their new album with a few standalone gigs over the past week, beginning last Saturday in San Francisco. ![]() Broken Social Scene have extended their North American tour to a total of 29 dates, mostly in September and October, all in support of the just-released, SPIN-approved Forgiveness Rock Record. ![]()
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