So tonight I went to Kings to see Broken Social Scene. I'd totally missed the boat on this Canadian band for all of last year, despite the fact that a friend had been playing and hyping their You Forgot It In People CD for my housemate once last summer. WXYC never put the album in rotation as far as I know, and it wasn't until January of this year that I finally got a chance to fully digest the CD while riding around snowy Wisconsin in a friend's car. I must admit, my overall tolerance for new-ish "indie-rock" is not always so high these days, but damn if this CD didn't grab my ear, throw in some curveballs, and retroactively earn a would've-been spot in my top 10 of 2003...or did it come out in late 2002?!? Anyway, the live show was pretty satisfying, the 8+ people in the band played most all of the songs on the first (and best) half of the album. Several of those songs really do a great job of capturing the spirit and sound of late 80s Dinosaur Jr....which is an awesome thing when you get it right. Which these Canucks have somehow figured out how to do. Hmmm, it seems that one of these guys was actually in Do Make Say Think, who put out an awesome CD on Constellation many many years ago...
Posted by Tim at March 25, 2004 01:48 AM