They performed songs pretty evenly dispersed through their repertoire, but primarily from their self-titled album and Hug of Thunder. Speaking of Metric, guitarist James Shaw performed here and there throughout the set, picking up the trumpet on occasion as well. They performed a song off Engle’s project La Force entitled “TBT,” and referenced back to how they would play songs from band members’ side projects including Feist and Metric.
Their new singer, and wife of guitarist and singer Andrew Whiteman, Ariel Engle was an incredible addition to the group, taking the lead vocals on several songs including “Can’t Find My Heart” and more. Members may have come and go, such as Feist and Emily Haines, but the group’s cohesive sound was spot on and professional. “We’re gonna do what we’ve been doing the past 20 years and have fun!” Drew said to the crowd, honoring the duration the band has been together playing music. They opened with “Pacific Theme,” a song they had played as a show opener “many years ago” at The Fonda. “We hope you get married to it, we hope you get divorced to it…” Drew said as he dedicated the song to the crowd. The set culminated in a thoughtful dedication of “Lover’s Spit” to a crowd member who said they were going to walk down the aisle and get married to the song. The nearly two-hour performance ended with a euphoric moment as singer and founding member Kevin Drew asked everyone to tap into their emotions and let out a loud, long scream. The first show of Broken Social Scene’s three-day run at The Fonda had fans dancing and screaming into the start of the next day. It was a good complement to the emphatic, unwieldy strategies of Broken Social Scene, and in some ways it was preferable.Broken Social Scene main page Broken Social Scene Live at The Fonda, Los Angeles It also emphasized the immediacy of her songs: on “Death by Fire,” a propulsive rock tune, and “It’s Okay,” a muted ballad, she made a virtue of directness and brevity, letting small details speak for themselves. The sparseness of the setting, with just bass and drums behind her, underscored her composure. Opening the show with her fast-emerging band Land of Talk, she proved herself a strong guitarist and a calmly arresting lead singer. Then she sang “Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl,” inhabiting a part originated by Emily Haines.įor those in the crowd who had arrived early enough, Ms. Powell had stood in for Feist on “7/4 (Shoreline),” a dreamy salvo named after its time signature. “She’s brought us back to life.” He didn’t say why the band had needed the jolt Too much touring? Too many shift rotations? but his acknowledgment was duly noted. “One of the great things that’s happened to us lately is this girl Liz Powell,” he said, referring to a newer member of the fold. The guitarist Andrew Whiteman took more license, paring the musical entourage down to three pieces for “National Anthem of Nowhere,” a signature theme of his side project, Apostle of Hustle. Drew, who have each released albums in the last year, the results sounded, well, like Broken Social Scene. Here that flexibility extended to the set list, drawing from solo material by various band members. Drew but also to the bassist Brendan Canning and a host of others, notably (but not currently) including Feist. Even the center of gravity in the group is an unstable proposition, with eight or more people usually flailing about onstage and vocal duties falling not only to Mr. Indeterminacy has always suited Broken Social Scene, a Toronto indie-rock band known for its large pool of collaborators and a soaring, hazily layered sound. Whether because of coyness or confusion, the show was a sprawl of false endings and farewells. Drew pledged would not be back for a while. Their uncertainty affected many of the songs, which seemed to buckle, only to rear up again it also applied to the band itself, which Mr. But he and the rotating cast onstage often seemed vague about just where that was. Kevin Drew, a founder of Broken Social Scene, kept looking toward the finish line during the band’s sold-out CMJ Music Marathon show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Friday night.
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