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SXSW review: Broken Social Scene
If any band playing last night at the Stubb’s showcase was going to follow the stellar set from Band of Horses, it was Canadian music collective Broken Social Scene. Led by guitarist/vocalist Kevin Drew, the band variously featured at least six but sometimes many more musicians on stage, including a horn section. The set highlighted the group’s range, from what could be categorized as Stones-influenced, late 70’s classic rock to Donna Summer-infused disco. Also, like Band of Horses, they debuted new material from their forthcoming album.
They opened with crowd favorite “7/4 (Shoreline).” After “Fire Eye’d Boy” they played the new song “Forced to Love,” a pretty straight-forward rock tune; Drew told the crowd that the new album was “about forgiveness.” It was only a slice of a entire night’s worth of stage banter from the singer, which also included a bit of rambling about the American healthcare system and was probably fueled by the Shiners he was double-fisting when he took the stage.
Drummer Justin Peroff was a highlight, as was a big-haired Lisa Lobsinger, who came on stage to sing another new song, a disco number accompanied by a drum machine that, while deviating from the band’s sound, worked really well. Emily Haines and James Shaw from Metric also joined the band at one point for “Anthems For a Seventeen-Year Old Girl.”
Update: As reader Bianca pointed out, BSS opened with “World Sick,” not “7/4 (Shoreline),” as stated above.
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By bianca
March 19, 2010 2:31 PM | Link to this
I think they actually opened with “World Sick” from their new album.