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Is it a collective? Certainly, it can seem that way when you see some 15 people crowding the stage, but BSS aren’t so much a united front as a perpetually mutating aggregate of competing creative energies. Is it a cult? Nah-some of them have the beards, but they could never agree on the right robes. Bands tend to have defined memberships and aesthetics and goals Broken Social Scene have never been bothered with such limitations. It’s hard to know what to make of an ongoing experiment like Broken Social Scene. Quite the opposite: Since debuting in 2001, Broken Social Scene have personified the unyielding, incomparable power of IRL human connection. But this social network didn’t require you to stay glued to your smartphone to take part in it. And yes, occasionally, it became a forum for arguments and oversharing. It became a place where they could live out their best lives or fret about the fragile state of the world. Like other such networks you’re familiar with, it quickly expanded to include friends, and friends of friends. After that, they ended the night with another favorite from their third album, 'Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day).At the dawn of the 21st-century, just as the internet began infecting every aspect of our daily lives, Toronto musicians Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning began building a social network of their own.

While part of me wished they'd played the album straight through chronologically, I couldn't fault them for adding a couple of their most beloved songs into the mix mid-set, nor for the eventual outcome, which was to finish the album performance with the always-magnificent 'Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl.' While night one didn't get a surprise appearance from Meryl Streep and Tracey Ullman on that song like night two did, Kevin did dedicate the song to Busy Philipps for her ongoing support of independent music, and she waved and cheered from the VIP balcony. Drew explained that when he'd seen Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, she'd switched up the song order too, inspiring them to do the same. 20 years later, the songs remain as compelling and irresistible as ever, and they all sounded fantastic.Īfter 'Pacific Theme,' BSS veered off from YFIIP, playing a couple of favorites from their 2005 self-titled album - '7/4 (Shoreline)' and Fire Eye'd Boy' - and 'Stay Happy' from their most recent LP, 2017's Hug of Thunder, before returning to YFIIP. Stars' Amy Millan got cheers when she first came out on 'Almost Crimes,' dueting with Kevin Drew,`and Jill Harris was also on hand to add vocals. While each are individually captivating performers - from Brendan Canning's high kicks and jumps to Andrew Whiteman's guitar flourishes - they shine even more as a collective, and the stage remained a hive of activity, with members switching instruments and taking turns on vocals, striking heroic guitar poses and making way for the horn section at key points.

After beginning their set with a full band huddle, BSS launched into YFIIP in track order at first, with members coming on and off stage as needed. We caught night one on Saturday, which fell on the album's actual birthday.

Broken Social Scene have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough sophomore album, You Forgot It In People, on tour this fall, and they stopped in NYC for a pair of shows at Webster Hall this weekend (10/15 and 10/16).

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