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Scene report: Broken Social Scene, a night of subtext?
Am I the only one from last night who thought that, despite the pretty sweet set of anthemic rock put on by the trimmed-down Broken Social Scene, frontman Kevin Drew might have been a little less than stoked to be in Austin?
Early in the show, he made it clear that the Canadian band was doing this “for the love.” A sweet sentiment that sounded couched in a little sarcasm, however. A few songs later he mentioned how it took him 15 hours to get to Austin, letting us know that he went to great lengths to be here, and also probably hinting to the fans that they should be appreciative, damn it!
Any doubt I had about the champagne-swilling (at least that’s what the bottle looked like) Drew being somewhat passive aggressive were removed by the fifth song when he asked the crowd what they thought about their city, their state, their country! As people’s cheers kind of died, he asked, “Yea, how’s that whole ‘Yes, we can!’ thing working out for you?” A sardonic nod to Obama and America’s ongoing healthcare reform. Drew, possibly realizing his passive-aggresiveness had lost the passivity, then joked, that it was only the fifth song and we were already talking politics.
To be honest, the crowd didn’t seem to mind. With the addition of some local horns near the set’s end, the band sounded great, their epic sound backed by the amazing stacks of the Seaholm Power Plant, a perfect pairing.
Scenes from the Seaholm Power Plant:
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