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Broken Social Scene at Palace Theatre, St Paul (08 Oct 2022)

10/08 Broken Social Scene with Poliça at Palace Theatre BSS Setlist KC Accidental Stars and Sons Almost Crimes Looks Just Like the Sun Pacific Theme Cause = Time 7/4 (Shoreline) Fire Eye'd Boy Stay Happy Fuzz I'm Still Your F** Sweetest Kill Hug of Thunder Lover's Spit Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl Superconnected Halfway Home Tour Dates Oct 9 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall Oct 10 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer Oct 13 Washington, DC, US Lincoln Theatre Oct 14 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club Oct 15 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall Oct 16 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective … Poliça Prior to doing their world tour for their forthcoming album When We Stay Alive, local favorites Polica (stylized as Poliça) will be playing a couple of home-town shows. Both shows at the 7th Street Entry are sold out. ..…

Toronto’s large ensemble Broken Social Scene is celebrating their 25th Anniversary of You Forgot It in People, stopping by the Palace Theatre in St Paul on October 8th.

Opening the show was local favorites Poliça, playing their “last show on the books, and the book is unwritten.” This was the band’s first time at the Palace Theatre (and it seemed like they love the venue).

Poliça (21 Feb 2018)

The last time we saw the band, it was in promotion of their album Music for the Long Emergency (Totally Gross National Product / Transgressive Records), in Feb 2018, and they had a whole string section Stargaze, “With 2018 continuing the same almost daily chaos of the year before, the best art in more perilous times incites, calls to action, reflects the state of the world, and provides a glimmer of light in any darkness. With Music for the Long Emergency, Poliça and s t a r g a z e accomplish all of that, and manages to be mesmerizing live in concert as well.”

In contrast, at last night’s show, it was as a trio: Channy Leaneagh on synth and vocals, and two drummers, Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu. They were missing bassist Chris Bierden, who couldn’t make it to the show.

Songs on their set seemed to be mostly from the new album called Madness, including the title track.

Every musician in the Toronto area have been, at some point, a band member of Broken Social Scene. Their alumni includes everyone from Amy Millan (of Stars) to Emily Haines (of Metric) to Feist to Lisa Lobsinger (of Reverie Sound Revue) to Elizabeth Powell (of Land of Talk), etc.

Currently, the large lineup consists of:

Kevin Drew - lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar

Brendan Canning - lead vocals, guitar

Andrew Whiteman - guitars, keyboards

Charles Spearin - guitars, keyboards

Justin Peroff - drums, percussion

Evan Cranley - trombone, guitar

James Shaw - trumpet

Sam Goldberg - guitar

David French - saxophone, flute

Jill Harris (who replaced Ariel Engle) - lead vocals

With such a large cast, touring can be difficult, especially trying to coordinate with everyone involved, and you need a rather large stage to accommodate for everyone (and every instruments). Sometime it’s rare to see them on tour.

BSS (28 Sep 2017)

The last time they played in the area, it was in Sep 2017 (five years ago), which we said, “With an ever-rotating line-up boasting almost thirty members, the Toronto collective Broken Social Scene took to the stage with about a third of that, for their 110-minute headlining set, going way back to 2002’s ‘KC Accidental’ to begin, in support of the new Hug of Thunder, released in July on Mom+Pop. With vocalists Feist, Emily (Metric) Haines and Amy (Stars) Millan off doing their own projects, the female vocals opposite main vocalist Kevin Drew fell to new addition Ariel Engle (who’s also in AroarA and married to BSS’s Andrew Whiteman) with Drew commenting after ‘7/4’- “we’re already having a wonderful time, let’s do this together” eventually making his way into the crowd of the crowd and politely shaking hands (a very Canadian gesture) as he sang.”

The thing is with BSS, is that no other band is this visually fun to watch and listen to. Not everyone is on stage at once, sometime they are backstage taking a break, especially if the song doesn’t require their instrument. So practically every song, there’s something new. Always fun to see a random trumpet on stage, always fun to see singer Jill Harris skipping/dancing on stage to take lead vocals.

For this 2022 tour, BSS is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their second album, You Forgot It in People. The record won Alternative Album of the Year Juno Award, and really established the band as having a lot of contributors (which on recorded included Priddle, Jessica Moss, Brodie West, Susannah Brady and Ohad Benchetrit).

Their live shows became the stuff of legends, as captured on the recently Live At the Phoenix Concert Theatre “bootleg” cassette (and digital), which showcased many songs from You Forgot It In People, like the 15 minute rendition of “It’s All Gonna Break”.

Update: This article was edited to add Jill Harris' name as current lead vocalist. Thanks to John W, who writes: "Actually, Ariel Engle only played the first 3 dates of this tour and since then (including this show at The Palace) the vocalist has been Jill Harris who is new to the band. I saw last night's show in Chicago and she was terrific."

Palace Theatre Marquee

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Broken Social Scene at Palace Theatre, St Paul (08 Oct 2022)

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Minneapolis: This Week (10/09/2022)

Here are some shows, this week, in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.

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10/04 Laufey with Matilda Mann at 7th St Entry Read More Laufey Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter, musician, cellist and pianist Laufey rocketed to stardom with her #1 hit with her debut single “Street By Street” on Iceland Radio… soon, her music was heard on BBC …

10/04/2022 Tuesday

Laufey
with Matilda Mann
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles-based, by way of Iceland, musician Laufey is currently enjoying a sold-out US tour, for her debut album Everything I Know About Love.

We knew about the artist, when we wrote about her in Aug 2021 for her #1 hit debut single called “Street by Street”.

Opening the show will be London’s Matilda Mann.

Tour dates:

9/13 - San Diego, CA @ HOB Voodoo Room
9/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/16 - Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
9/17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs
9/18 - Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room
9/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
9/21 - Nashville, TN @ The End
9/23 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
9/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
9/27 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
9/28 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
10/1 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
10/3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
10/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby
10/10 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
10/11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
10/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/31 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan's
11/5 - Manchester, U.K. @ Deaf Institute
11/8 - London, U.K. @ Lafayette
11/9 - Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
11/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/12 - Colognes, Germany @ Helios37
11/13 - Hamburg, Germany @ Nochtspeicher
11/15 - Berlin, Germany @ Maschinenhaus
11/17 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F

10/05 Joji with Dhruv + SavageRealm at Armory Read More Joji Japan-born singer and producer Joji is a multi-talented visionary, with a cult following from every corner of the internet. Joji is one of the most enthralling artists of the digital age. He has a total vision …

10/05/2022 Wednesday

Joji
with Dhruv + SavageRealm
at Armory
armorymn.com

Japan-born singer and producer Joji is headlining the massive Armory in Minneapolis on October 5th, in support of his highest chart debut to date for his single “Glimpse of Us.” The song debuted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, a career milestone for Joji.

Dhruv + SavageRealm to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 6 Seattle, WA, US WAMU Theater
Sep 7 Vancouver, BC, Canada Doug Mitchell Thunderbird
Sep 9 Orem, UT, US UCCU Center
Sep 10 Denver, CO, US Fillmore Auditorium
Sep 11 Denver, CO, US Fillmore Auditorium
Sep 13 Dallas, TX, US The Factory
Sep 14 Houston, TX, US 713 Music Hall
Sep 16 Outdoor Austin, TX, US Stubb’s Waller Creek Amph
Sep 17 Austin, TX, US Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Indoors)
Oct 5 Minneapolis, MN, US The Armory
Oct 6 Chicago, IL, US Byline Bank Aragon
Oct 7 Chicago, IL, US Byline Bank Aragon
Oct 9 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Oct 10 Toronto, ON, Canada History
Oct 11 Montreal, QC, Canada MTELUS
Oct 13 Boston, MA, US Roadrunner
Oct 14 Boston, MA, US Roadrunner
Oct 15 Washington, DC, US The Anthem
Oct 18 Charlotte, NC, US The Fillmore
Oct 19 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 20 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 21 Miami, FL, US III Points Festival

10/06 Sigrid with Ber at First Avenue Read More Sigrid Norwegian sensation Sigrid’s first headlining tour for her debut album Sucker Punch is going strong… selling out the Fine Line Music Café this Monday, September 30th. . ...

10/06/2022 Thursday

Sigrid
with Ber
at First Avenue
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Sigrid is back on tour in support of her highly anticipated second album, How To Let Go (Island Records).

We caught Sigrid in Sep 2019 and wrote, “Sigrid was quite playful with her audience, as she jumped on stage to sing the title track from her debut album Sucker Punch (Island Records). Fans absolutely went crazy and singing along to her singles, and Sigrid encourage, often making funny faces and interacting with her fans.”

Ber to open.

Tour dates:

9/13 - San Diego, CA @ HOB Voodoo Room
9/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/16 - Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
9/17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs
9/18 - Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room
9/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
9/21 - Nashville, TN @ The End
9/23 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
9/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
9/27 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
9/28 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
10/1 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
10/3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/7 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
10/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby
10/10 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
10/11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
10/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
10/31 - Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan's
11/5 - Manchester, U.K. @ Deaf Institute
11/8 - London, U.K. @ Lafayette
11/9 - Paris, France @ Le Pop Up du Label
11/10 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/12 - Colognes, Germany @ Helios37
11/13 - Hamburg, Germany @ Nochtspeicher
11/15 - Berlin, Germany @ Maschinenhaus
11/17 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F

10/07 Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat with Nashville Pussy at First Avenue Read More Toadies Still rubberneckin’… After a successful two legs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their defining album, Rubberneck; Fort Worth, TX band Toadies … Reverend Horton Heat The so-called "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly" Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath's latest album Rev (their 11th album!) came out last year on Victory Records. …

10/07/2022 Friday

Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat
with Nashville Pussy
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

The co-headlining Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat (with support from Nashville Pussy) will take place at First Avenue on October 7th. We’ve seen all these bands throughout the years, but it is really fun to see them all on one billing.

The Toadies are on their rescheduled 25th Anniversary tour for Rubberneck.

Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek explained the long delay, “This tour was originally slated to go out in 2020… Because of the effects of Covid, this is our third attempt at doing a tour celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rubberneck. It’s been a long time coming, but the third time’s the charm as they say. It wasn’t ever an easy decision to postpone tours, but we felt it was the right thing to do to keep everyone (ourselves included) safe. And we’re really excited to finally be getting out there to play the album in its entirety for all our patient fans across the country.”

Over two years in the making, this is going to be an awesome show, celebrating Rubberneck.

Tour dates:

Sep. 13 - Tulsa, Ok - Cain's*
Sep. 14 - Oklahoma, City, OK - Diamond Ballroom*
Sep. 15 – Amarillo, TX – Starlight Ranch
Sep. 16 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater*
Sep. 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Grand Room *
Sep. 19 - Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee*
Sep. 21 - San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park*
Sep. 22 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey*
Sep. 23 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues*
Sep. 24 - Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades*
Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom*
Sep. 27 - Portland, OR - Roseland*
Sep. 28 - Seattle, WA - Showbox*
Sep. 29 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory*
Oct. 3 - Omaha, NE – Slowdown^
Oct. 4 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads^
Oct. 5 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant^
Oct. 7 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue^
Oct. 8 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave II^
Oct. 9 - Chicago, IL - Metro^
Oct. 11 – Indianapolis, IN – HiFi^
Oct. 12 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak^
Oct. 13 - Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues^
Oct. 14 - Covington, KY - Madison Theater^
Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Jergel's^
Oct. 16 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza^
Oct. 19 - Boston, MA - Paradise^
Oct 20 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall^
Oct. 21 - Asbury Park, NY - Stone Pony^
Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts^
Oct. 23 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore^
Oct. 25 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl^
Oct. 26 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater^
Oct. 27 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
Oct. 28 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room^
Oct. 29 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live^
Oct. 31 – House of Blues - New Orleans, Drakulas

10/07 The Head and The Heart with Shakey Graves at Armory Read More The Head And The Heart Seattle's The Head and the Heart just stopped by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, as part of their national tour in support of Let's Be Still. The album was released last week, October 15th ...

10/07/2022 Friday

The Head and The Heart
with Shakey Graves
at Armory
armorymn.com

The Head And The Heart is back on tour for their latest Every Shade of Blue (Warner Records/Reprise Records).

We caught the band at Festival Palomino 2014 and wrote, “Seattle favorites, The Head and the Heart, who had maybe the biggest overall sound of the festival acts. Led by co-vocalists Josiah Johnson, Charity Rose Thielen, and Jonathan Russell, the band’s 50 min. set leaned heavily on last year’s Let’s Be Still (Sub Pop Records) and the damp crowd showed why Minneapolis is one of the band’s best markets.”

Shakey Graves to open.

Tour Dates

9/10/22 - Abiquiu, NM - Ladder to the Moon Festival
9/11/22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
9/13/22 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
9/14/22 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom %
9/15/22 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
9/17/22 - Richmond, VA - Altria Theater #
9/18/22 - Asbury Park, NJ - Sea.Hear.Now
9/20/22 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Metro Credit #
9/21/22 - Wilmington, NC - Live Oak Bank Pavilion #
9/23/22 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! #
9/24/22 - Dover, DE - Firefly Festival
9/25/22 - Bridgeport, CT / Sound on Sound
9/27/22 - Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach #
9/29/22 - Detroit, MI - Oakland University #
9/30/22 - Indianapolis, IN - TCU Amphitheater a #
10/1/22 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion #
10/3/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/4/22 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #
10/6/22 - Omaha, NE - The Admiral Theater
10/7/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Armory #
10/8/22 - St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Music Park #
10/10/22 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company #
10/11/22 - North Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery
10/13/22 - St Augustine, FL - The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre #
10/14/22 - Atlanta, GA - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre #
10/15/22 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater #
10/21/22 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Riverbreeze Friday

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10/08 Broken Social Scene with Poliça at Palace Theatre Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective …

10/08/2022 Saturday

Broken Social Scene with Poliça
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Canadian ensemble Broken Social Scene is celebrating their 20th Anniversary of You Forgot it in People.

Strangely, local popular group Poliça is set as co-headliner.

BSS Tour dates:

Sep 22 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 23 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 24 Seattle, WA, US Paramount Theatre
Sep 26 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 27 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 29 Sonoma, CA, US Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Sep 30 Oakland, CA, US Fox Theater
Oct 2 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Festival
Oct 4 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf
Oct 5 Denver, CO, US Summit Music Hall
Oct 7 Iowa City, IA, US Englert Theatre
Oct 8 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Oct 9 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 10 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Oct 13 Washington, DC, US Lincoln Theatre
Oct 14 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Oct 15 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall
Oct 16 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall

10/09 One OK Rock with You Me At Six and Fame on Fire at Fillmore Read More Fame on Fire The Ohio electronic/prog metal band has been around a decade now, out on their Horizons Tour from the album of the same name. The tour starts in KC with support from Red, Fame on Fire, and Smash into Pieces for a full evening of cutting-edge rock. …

10/09/2022 Sunday

One OK Rock
with You Me At Six and Fame on Fire
at Fillmore
livenation.com

Japanese band One OK Rock will be headlining the Fillmore in Minneapolis this October 9th. The Fueled by Ramen band’s latest single “Let Me Let You Go” is a precursor to their new album Luxury Disease (which arrives September 9th).

According to the poster, You Me At Six and Fame on Fire to open.

Tour dates:

09/19/2022 Austin, TX - Emo’s
09/20/2022 Houston, TX
09/21/2022 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
09/23/2022 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
09/24/2022 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle*
09/25/2022 Charlotte, NC - The Underground
09/27/2022 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
09/28/2022 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
09/30/2022 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10/01/2022 Boston, MA - House of Blues
10/02/2022 Montreal, QC - Club Soda
10/04/2022 Toronto, ON - Rebel
10/05/2022 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore*
10/07/2022 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10/08/2022 Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
10/09/2022 Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore
10/11/2022 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
10/12/2022 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
10/14/2022 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
10/15/2022 Vancouver, BC - Harbour Event Centre
10/16/2022 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
10/19/2022 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
10/20/2022 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium

10/09 Superorganism with Blood Cultures at Varsity Theater Read More Superorganism London-based eight person collective Superorganism will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on May 2nd… a massive upgrade to their previous appearance at the 7th Street Entry. …

10/09/2022 Sunday

Superorganism
with Blood Cultures
at Varsity Theater
livenation.com

After a delay in their 2019 tour, Superorganism is back on tour in support of their sophomore album, World Wide Pop.

Blood Cultures to open.

Tour dates:

Sep 6 Berlin, Germany Hole 44
Sep 7 Warsaw, Poland Praga Centrum
Sep 9 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
Sep 10 Vienna, Austria Das Werk
Sep 12 Cologne, Germany Club Volta
Sep 13 Brussels, Belgium Botanique - Rotonde
Sep 14 Paris, France Le Trabendo
Sep 16 Brighton, UK Chalk
Sep 17 Leeds, UK Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen
Sep 18 Glasgow, UK SWG3 Warehouse
Sep 20 Manchester, UK Gorilla
Sep 21 London, UK Scala
Sep 27 Portland, ME, US Portland House of Music & Events
Sep 29 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Sep 30 Hamden, CT, US Space Ballroom
Oct 1 Boston, MA, US Paradise Rock Club
Oct 2 Montreal, QC, Canada Le Studio Td
Oct 3 Toronto, ON, Canada Axis Club
Oct 5 Columbus, OH, US Skully's Music Diner
Oct 7 Chicago, IL, US Lincoln Hall
Oct 8 Madison, WI, US Majestic Theatre-WI
Oct 9 Minneapolis, MN, US Varsity Theater
Oct 11 Denver, CO, US Meow Wolf Denver
Oct 12 Salt Lake City, UT, US The Urban Lounge
Oct 14 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Oct 15 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Oct 16 Vancouver, BC, Canada Rickshaw Theatre
Oct 19 San Jose, CA, US The Ritz
Oct 20 San Francisco, CA, US August Hall
Oct 21 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Regent Theater
Oct 22 San Diego, CA, US Music Box
Oct 24 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Oct 25 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf
Oct 27 Austin, TX, US Scoot Inn
Oct 28 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall
Oct 29 Dallas, TX, US Dada Dallas
Nov 1 Atlanta, GA, US Terminal West
Nov 2 Nashville, TN, US The Basement East
Nov 3 Durham, NC, US Motorco Music Hall
Nov 4 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Nov 5 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Rocktober: October 8

10/08 Broken Social Scene with Poliça at Palace Theatre Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective …

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

10/08/2022 Saturday

Broken Social Scene with Poliça
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Canadian ensemble Broken Social Scene is celebrating their 20th Anniversary of You Forgot it in People.

Strangely, local popular group Poliça is set as co-headliner.

BSS Tour dates:

Sep 22 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 23 Vancouver, BC, Canada Commodore Ballroom
Sep 24 Seattle, WA, US Paramount Theatre
Sep 26 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 27 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Sep 29 Sonoma, CA, US Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Sep 30 Oakland, CA, US Fox Theater
Oct 2 Dana Point, CA, US Ohana Festival
Oct 4 Santa Fe, NM, US Meow Wolf
Oct 5 Denver, CO, US Summit Music Hall
Oct 7 Iowa City, IA, US Englert Theatre
Oct 8 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Oct 9 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 10 Chicago, IL, US Thalia Hall
Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
Oct 13 Washington, DC, US Lincoln Theatre
Oct 14 Washington, DC, US 9:30 Club
Oct 15 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall
Oct 16 New York (NYC), NY, US Webster Hall

10/08 Cigarettes After Sex at First Avenue Read More Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex is currently on tour in support of their sophomore album Cry (available October 25 on Partisan Records). What is interesting about this upcoming show, is that there won’t be an . ...

10/08/2022 Saturday

Cigarettes After Sex
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Cigarettes After Sex is ending their 2022 with an appearance at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The band is celebrating their 5-Year Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl release of their self-titled album via Partisan Records.

Cigarettes After Sex’s catalog has sold over 2.5 million records to date, amassing 1.8 billion Spotify streams, over 9.6 million monthly listeners, and 585 million+ YouTube streams.

Tour dates:

Mon, Sept 12 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
Tues, Sept 13 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
Wed, Sept 14 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
Fri, Sept 16 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
Sun, Sept 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Primavera Sound LA
Tues, Sept 20 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
Thurs, Sept 22 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek
Fri, Sept 23 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Sun, Sept 25 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Tues, Sept 27 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Fri, Sept 30 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Sat, Oct 1 - New York, NY - SummerStage
Sun, Oct 2 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
Tues, Oct 4 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
Wed, Oct 5 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
Fri, Oct 7 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
Sat, Oct 8 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

10/08 Kelsey Waldon with Emily Nenni at Turf Club Read More Kelsey Waldon Kentucky singer-songwriter Kelsey Waldon was up first this evening, with a nine-song/forty-five minute set in support of her second full-length, last summer’s I’ve Got a Way (Monkey’s Eyebrow Recordings) …

10/08/2022 Saturday

Kelsey Waldon
with Emily Nenni
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Kelsey Waldon will headline the Turf Club in St Paul in support of her new album No Regular Dog (Oh Boy Records).

Emily Nenni to open.

Tour dates:

October 5—Ann Arbor, MI—The Ark
October 7—Davenport, IA—Triple Crown Whiskey Bar
October 8—St. Paul, MN—Turf Club
October 9—Madison, WI—High Noon Saloon
October 11—Columbia, MO—Rose Music Hall
October 12—Des Moines, IA—Wooly’s
October 14—Denver, CO—Cervantes’ Other Side
October 15—Fort Collins, CO—The Coast
October 18—Salt Lake City, UT—The State Room
October 20—Spokane, WA—Lucky You Lounge
October 21—Seattle, WA—Tractor Tavern
October 22—Portland, OR—Polaris Hall
October 25—Arcata, CA—Arcata Theatre Lounge
October 27—Felton, CA—Felton Music Hall
October 28—Los Angeles, CA—The Hotel Café
October 30—Palm Springs, CA—The Alibi
November 2—Phoenix, AZ—Last Exit Live
November 4—Austin, TX—3TEN ACL
November 5—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall
November 6—Fort Worth, TX—Tulips FTW
November 8—Oklahoma City, OK—Ponyboy
November 10—Louisville, KY—Zanzabar
November 11—Lexington, KY—The Burl
November 12—Bowling Green, KY—The Warehouse
November 30—Boston, MA—Café 939
December 2—Pittsburgh, PA—Club Café
December 3—Huntington, WV—The Loud
December 9—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle
December 10—Charlotte, NC—The Evening Muse
December 15—Atlanta, GA—Smith’s Olde Bar
December 16—Nashville, TN—The Basement East

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Flashback: Broken Social Scene at First Avenue, Minneapolis (13 Oct 2008)

Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective …

It looks like Lara and Dolly decided to do math problems over at the Broken Social Scene show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on October 13, 2008. As you may, or may not, know, practically every musician in Canada is a member of BSS, including Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, that woman from Metric (Emily Haines), that woman from Stars (Amy Millan), etc. Seriously, everyone is a member of Broken Social Scene.

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Here is a math problem: At any given moment a few dozen Broken Social Scene band members exist on this planet, creating Music! (M!), either collectively or individually. If k = Kevin Drew, b = Brendan Canning, i = instruments and their humans, and f = previous female vocalists with established solo careers and/or have been featured in Apple commercials, then solve for M!:

(k + b) + 20i) – 2f = M!

Watching BSS perform on Monday was similar to watching a math genius write some really long complex equation on a chalkboard: confusing, nauseating, awesome, mentally painful, impressive, bizarre-o, nice. It’s literally impossible for me to describe the show in a logical, succinct fashion because in order to do so I would probably need to create new words like “bogglebang” and “fantizzle“ and I’m just really tired. Instead, what follows is a bulleted list of highlights from the show, immediately followed by some lowlights. Both lists are underlined:

List of Highlights

Brendan Canning (“beardy”) literally leaping into the air, defying age and science (and answering the question: what would Peter Pan look like if he grew up and didn’t shave for ten years?).

Kevin Drew peeling off a used band-aid and tossing it into the audience (not on eBay yet).

Two men in business casual dress high-fiving each other after a particularly awesome/nauseating “song.”

On a similar note, the ratio of hipsters to normal people was surprisingly not 500:2.

KD attempting to crowd surf but actually sort of walking off the stage into the audience. I think he was giving hugs.

Sam Goldberg of curiously (and probably ironically) named Canadian group Hawaii singing THE SEXIEST SONG EVER: “Three Thousand Miles.”

LOUD. At one point Goldberg mouthed “loud” to a bandmate. Yeah, I know dude, I’m standing right in front of a giant speaker.

BSS fans are easy to please! KD promised to “rock his guts out” for us but could have stood on stage eating a sandwich, judging by the crowd’s apeshit reaction to every single song (even the bad ones).

Some Lowlights

The “impromptu jam” inspired the dude in front of me to initiate air drumming.

A large cluster of unwashed youth obstructed my view of the large cluster of unwashed musicians; stepping on (my own) gum was also upsetting.

This may be sacrilegious to say, but: sometimes the dizzying instrumental outros made me feel like I needed to use the bathroom.

Adorable Liz Powell (of Land of Talk) contributed pretty lady sounds to the man mix but had to leave early due to strained vocal cords (or maybe she was gettin’ some backstage. Who knows, really).

Lowlights notwithstanding, BSS was pretty fucking awesome (am I right, apeshit fans? Yeah! Trumpets!). I’m going to guess that the reason why the band has such a loyal, diverse following is their ability to produce accessible “experimental” music, in the same vein as The Flaming Lips or a more convoluted Arcade Fire. You can dance like a crazy person or you can just, you know, stand there and robotically move your head, it doesn’t matter. That’s the beauty of this type of music—it’s embracing (and forgiving). Supposedly the band played, like, seventeen encores and then KD refused to leave the stage or something. We didn’t stay. Another thing about accessible experimental rock shows is that you can leave any time and still feel fulfilled and generally positive about life (take that, techno!).

Broken Social Scene is currently on tour, through November (select dates with Land of Talk). Visit their website for more information.

* This is also one of three ways that math can be applied to real life. The other ways are: calculating tips and teaching math.

Broken Social Scene at First Avenue, Minneapolis (13 Oct 2008) photo by Dolly

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Broken Social Scene w/ Frightened Rabbit at Palace Theatre, St. Paul (28 Sept 2017)

Broken Social Scene Setlist KC Accidental 7/4 (Shoreline) Halfway Home Protest Song Fire Eye'd Boy Texico Bitches Stars and Sons Stay Happy Hug of Thunder Sweetest Kill Skyline Almost Crimes w/ Diamonds and Pearls snippet- Prince cover Major Label Debut (Fast) Cause = Time Superconnected Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) -- Encore -- It's All Gonna Break Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl Meet Me in the Basement Frightened Rabbit Setlist Holy Living in Colour Get Out The Modern Leper Roadless Fast Blood Head Rolls Off The Oil Slick The Woodpile Lump Street Tour Dates 10/06/2017 New Haven, CT College Street 10/07/2017 Boston, MA House Of Blues 10/18/2017 Calgary, AB The Palace Theatre 10/20/2017 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom 10/21/2017 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom 10/22/2017 Seattle, WA The Neptune 10/23/2017 Seattle, WA The Neptune 10/24/2017 Portland, OR McMenamins 10/26/2017 Oakland, CA Fox Theater 10/28/2017 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern 11/01/2017 Windsor, ON WFCU Centre 11/03/2017 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 11/04/2017 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Read More Broken Social Scene One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective … Frightened Rabbit Frightened Rabbit is back in Minneapolis next Wednesday, April 27th, touring in support of Painting of a Panic Attack. The fifth studio album came out April 8th ..…

With potentially so many members on stage, we should have brought a wide-angle lens—

Canadian musical collective Broken Social Scene returned to the area, after a five-year absence, for a rousing recent show at the Palace Theatre in downtown St. Paul. 

This evening’s solid double-bill line-up began with a perfect prime-the-pump set by Scottish indie rockers Frightened Rabbit, who just released a three-song EP, appropriately titled Recorded Songs (Atlantic Records/Canvasback)-  a trio of songs that weren’t B-sides or leftovers, but fit together as this small package and gave the band something new in the marketplace, between full records. 

Early on, singer Scott Hutchison called out the “sitters” (those in the building upstairs with reserved seats vs. the open floor), cracking “I’m playing close attention to you”. 2010’s ‘Living in Colour’ got heads nodding and hands clapping in time with ‘Get Out’ the breakout song from their last album, still achingly showing the fine line between love and loss.

Hutchison remarked that is was their first time in St. Paul, after so many times on the other side of the river, and that he could tell the crowd was with them early on, instead of after a few songs in, which he and the band appreciated. 

‘Roadless’ from the EP, was the newest song played, a strumming lower tempo track with downhearted lyrics that still glimmer with a flake of hope, and the exclamation point of their set, the closing ‘Woodpile’ and ‘Lump Street’ won over new fans who will no doubt, be in attendance, at their next area headlining show. 

With an ever-rotating line-up boasting almost thirty members, the Toronto collective Broken Social Scene took to the stage with about  a third of that, for their 110-minute headlining set, going way back to 2002’s ‘KC Accidental’ to begin, in support of the new Hug of Thunder, released in July on Mom+Pop.

With vocalists Feist, Emily (Metric) Haines and Amy (Stars) Millan off doing their own projects, the female vocals opposite main vocalist Kevin Drew fell to new addition Ariel Engle (who’s also in AroarA and married to BSS’s Andrew Whiteman) with Drew commenting after ‘7/4’- “we’re already having a wonderful time, let’s do this together” eventually making his way into the crowd of the crowd and politely shaking hands (a very Canadian gesture) as he sang.

Members rotated in and out as the setlist demanded it, with as few as four and as many as nine on the stage at one time, several often trading instruments as well.  Drew spoke briefly about the band’s (and Canada’s) kinship to this country, that all things will pass, and the band believes the best is still ahead for everyone.

Multi-instrumentalist Charles Spearin came back on stage to shine on the ballad, ‘Sweetest Kill’, with Drew mentioning that he and Spearin met and had been collaborating since Drew was nineteen.  The crowd, somewhat restless during the slower songs, was a bit of a broken social scene themselves, with handfuls chatting and drinking throughout, though perplexingly still clearly fans of the band. 

Volume turned up and more members returned to the stage for 2002’s ‘Almost Crimes’ with wailing guitar by Whiteman and a great meld of dueling male/female vocals, punctuated by the horn section, who worked in a coda of ‘Prince’s ‘Diamonds and Pearls’. “We’re just gonna keep playing songs, is that ok?” Drew asked, “…too much talk these days…” as drummer Justin Pernoff then counted off ‘Cause=Time’.

Do you want the mellow, or do you want the fast” Drew asked going into the former for ‘Superconnected’, promising “we’ll change it half way through” and the main set ended with the hopeful ‘Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)’, “We play this one for you” Drew said, also mentioning The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie (who’s fighting a terminal cancer) has been “representing your city, wearing a First Avenue hat every day for the last two years” getting the crowd to scream his name in tribute and support.

Though they would never leave the stage, the encore portion began with a blistering ‘It’s All Gonna Break’ appropriate for the times, that still reveals a little light in the tunnel, followed by a fragile Engle-led ‘Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl’, with the band refusing to leave until one last song was done.

“Meet Me in the Basement!” one crowd member screamed, with Drew replying “…we’ll never play that one!” and “…take this song with you and put it in your back pocket for the tough times”, before diving into the anthemic instrumental, “May your lives be enjoyed more, and may they sound like this!” Drew exclaimed as the band ramped it into an explosive finish. 

With their new album, Broken Social Scene has keenly crafted a soundtrack for current times- “We’re trying to create that hug of thunder. That sound. That embrace amongst the chaos”, Drew has explained, and that was exactly the spirit of their live show as well.

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Minneapolis: September 28 to September 30, 2017

We're closing out September with these Minneapolis/St Paul shows.

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Read More Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene, that band consisting of three thousand band members, including Feist, Amy Millan (Stars), Emily Haines (Metric), Brendan Canning, etc., well it looks like Jason Collett of BSS … Frightened Rabbit Frightened Rabbit is back in Minneapolis next Wednesday, April 27th, touring in support of Painting of a Panic Attack. The fifth studio album came out April 8th ..…

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
at Palace Theatre
Thursday 09/28/2017 (7pm/$31)
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One of the most important Canadian band Broken Social Scene is making their return to Minnesota at the Palace Theatre next Thursday. The all-star collective (they have officially 19 band members!) has produced notable stars such as Metric, Feist, Stars, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Apostle of Hustle, etc. This is going to be a great, fun time.

We haven’t seen BSC since 2009 and 2008, so it’s a rare treat that they can all come together to tour.

Expect to see these guys rocking together on stage at the Palace show: Kevin Drew, John Crossingham, Brendan Canning, Sam Goldberg, Charles Spearin, Ariel Engle, Justin Peroff, Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman, Emily Haines, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, Jimmy Shaw, Lisa Lobsinger, David French, Ohad Benchetrit, and Jason Collett.

BSC’s long-awaited fifth album Hug Of Thunder is out now.

Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit to open. The last time we saw the band at Festival Palomino 2016, we wrote, “The band undoubtedly gained new fans as a result of their early slot and songs like ‘Old Old Fashioned’ seemed tailor fit to this type of festival. ‘The Woodpile’ remains a sonic tour-de-force and the band closed with 2010’s somewhat somber, ‘The Loneliness and the Scream’.”

Tour dates:

9/24/17 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
9/26/17 Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman *
9/27/17 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater *
9/28/17 St. Paul, MN @ The Palace *
9/29/17 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom *
9/30/17 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
10/1/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater *
10/3/17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
10/5/17 Portland, ME @ State Theater *
10/6/17 New Haven, CT @ College Street *
10/7/17 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/18/17 Calgary, AB @The Palace +
10/20/17 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ~
10/21/17 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ~
10/22/17 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ~
10/23/17 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ~
10/24/17 Portland, WA @ Crystal Ballroom ~
10/26/17 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ~
10/28/17 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern ~
11/1/17 Windsor, ON @ Family Credit Union #
11/3/17 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre #
11/4/17 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre #

~ - with The Belle Game
* - with Frightened Rabbit
+ - with Dear Rouge
# - with Arcade Fire

Read More Judah & the Lion Nashville’s Judah & The Lion is back in town, supporting their sophomore album Folk Hop N Roll. The record entered the Billboard’s Heatseekers Album Chart at an impressive #2 and #1 on the Heatseekers South Central! …

JUDAH & THE LION
at First Avenue
Friday 09/29/2017 (8pm/$22/Sold Out)
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Judah & The Lion has sold out their appearance at First Avenue for September 29th. We’ve always known they were a special band, especially after seeing them for the first time in 2014 and wrote, “It's feel-good singalong folk rock, think Mumford & Sons, and you get the idea. Many of their songs got their most dedicated fans to help sing along, especially on "Back's Against the Wall", where Akers stopped a second to hear his fans finish the lyrics... with the biggest grin on his face.”

Judah & The Lion’s Going To Mars is out now.

Irish indie rockers The Academic will open the show. After this US tour, the Choice Music Prize nominee band will be returning to the UK to play some of their biggest headlining gigs this November.

Tour dates:

09/24 @ Broncos Block Party in Denver, CO
09/28 @ The Blue Note in Columbia, MO
09/29 @ First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
10/01 @ The Intersection in Grand Rapids, MI
10/02 @ The Rave II in Milwaukee, WI
10/04 @ Mr. Smalls Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA
10/05 @ Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH
10/06 @ Headliner’s Music Hall in Louisville, KY
10/07 @ Minglewood Hall in Memphis, TN
10/08 @ HOB in New Orleans, LA
10/10 @ Maverick’s in Jacksonville, FL
10/11 @ State Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL
10/13 @ Iron City in Birmingham, AL
10/14 @ Music Farm in Charleston. SC
10/15 @ The Ritz in Raleigh, NC
10/16 @ Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, VA
10/18 @ Irving Plaza in New York, NY
10/19 @ Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY
10/20 @ Paradise Rock Club Ballroom in Boston, MA
10/21 @ Theatre of the Living Arts
10/22 @ 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
10/25 @ The Metroplex in Little Rock, AR
10/26 @ Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK
10/27 @ Stubb’s in Austin TX
10/28 @ HOB in Dallas, TX
10/29 @ White Oak Music Hall in Houston, TX

Read More Hundred Waters Get a chance to see an intimate show with Florida's Hundred Waters before they set sail and tour with Interpol this November! … Jackie Venson Berklee School of Music graduate Jackie Venson with an energetic and generous forty-five minute set, in support of her latest, the self-released Live at Strange Brew … Wand Again, Los Angeles' Wand is not to be confused with Canadian band Wand (who was forced to change their name) or Denmark's The Wands or Japan's Wands. They also suffer from same-name/similar-sounding ....

Other shows in the area:

• 09/28/2017 Banditos is headlining the 7th Street Entry on Thursday, September 28th. Banditos’ Visionland is out now. Michaela Anne to open. 7pm, $10.
  
  
• 09/28/2017 Soul/Pop guitar virtuoso/vocalist Jackie Venson is touring in support of her new EP Transcends (due out September 29, 2017). Venson will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul this Thursday, September 28th. We previously caught Venson with Gary Clark Jr in August 2017. Jessica Manning to open. 7pm, $10.
  
  
• 09/29/2017 Bill Frisell and Jazz trio the Bad Plus (drummer Dave King, pianist Ethan Iverson, and bassist Reid Anderson) will be reconstructing the first 10 years of recordings of Frisell in this very special Walker Art Center commissioned show. They perform on Friday, September 29, in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater, with two showings: 7pm and 9:30pm. 7/9:30pm, $24.
  
  
• 09/29/2017 We’ve seen Hundred Waters a few times, so we’re pretty happy to see them back in town at the 7th Street Entry this Friday, September 29th. The trio will be promoting their new album Communicating. Lafawndah to open. 8pm, $13.
  
  
• 09/29/2017 Quinn XCII has sold out his appearance at the Fine Line Music Café. His debut album The Story Of Us is out now. Show up early to see shallou. 8pm, $15/Sold Out.
  
  
• 09/29/2017 Wand is back in town, this time touring in support of their new album Plum, available now on Drag City. We saw the band when they were last in town in 2015 at 7th Street Entry, and wrote, “Wand's 45-min set included tracks from their latest Golem album, including "Self Hypnosis in 3 Days" and their new 'western' song "Reaper Invert". Songs were energetic, often filled with experimental feedback, thrash, distortion, and, in the middle of their set, lead guitarist/vocalist, Cory Hanson was doing his best shredding solo on the guitar.” Royal Brat and Darto rounds out the triple rock at this Triple Rock Social Club show on Friday, September 29th. 9:30pm, $10.
  
  
• 09/30/2017 Ben Ottewell is touring in support of his new album A Man Apart (Sundays Best). He will be stopping by 7th Street Entry on Saturday. 9:30pm, $10.
  
  
• 09/30/2017 Obituary and Exodus to co-headline the Skyway Theatre on Friday. Show up early to check out Power Trip (in support of their sophomore album Nightmare Logic and Dust Bolt. 6pm, $25.
  
  
• 09/30/2017 Melbourne’s Slow Dancer (aka Simon Okely) is on his first-ever headlining U.S. tour, stopping by the Icehouse in Minneapolis on Saturday, September 30th. This rescheduled show was originally listed for June 27, 2017. Slow Dancer’s In a Mood is out now on ATO Records. Petal to open. Petal was last seen in town on December 2016, so she's only known snow in Minneapolis... Please note, that usually Icehouse shows starts at 11pm. 11pm, $12.
  
  
• 09/30/2017 Electronic funk duo The Floozies (brothers Matt Hill and Mark Hill) is headlining First Avenue. Boombox and Late Night Radio to open. 8pm, $20.
  
  

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Brendan Canning at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (11/22/13)

Read More Brendan Canning The main room too big for you? No problem, taking place next door is First Ave's smaller room, the 7th Street Entry. That November 22nd will feature Brendan Canning … Dinosaur Bones The Toronto indie rock band's sophomore album, Shaky Dream will be out August 6 via Dine Alone Records.…

Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning is currently on tour in support of his second solo LP, You Gots 2 Chill, stopping by the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Friday.

HARK

Opening up the show was Hark (aka Marnie Herald), who played a brief set. She tells us that she's actually in Brendan Canning's band, filling in all the guest vocal duties originally Daniela Gesundheit of Snowblink.

DINOSAUR BONES

Dinosaur Bones was next, the Toronto band is currently touring in support of their new album Shaky Dream, so they played a few tracks from the album, including "Nothing Left Between the Lines", which was their set finale.

ESCONDIDO

This was the first night that Escondido joined Brendan Canning on tour. Although the band is from Nashville, singer Jessica said she used to be a Canadian. I actually really enjoyed their set, thanks to their upbeat songs. My highlight was the trumpet for "Rodeo Queen" and their cover of The Pixies "Where Is My Mind".

By the time Brendan Canning took the stage, he asked for the lights to be turned all the way down. What follows were very moody, atmospheric music. Hark actually sang on quite a few Canning songs, even though Canning said that she's only joined the band four days ago.

Songs on their setlist were mostly from You Gots 2 Chill, including "Plugged In", "Bullied Days" (with Hark singing), and the last song "Turn Again".

Canning continues his tour:

11/24/13 Winnipeg, MB Park Theatre
11/25/13 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
11/26/13 Edmonton, AB Artery
11/27/13 Calgary, AB Commonwealth Bar
11/29/13 Vancouver, BC Media Club
11/30/13 Victoria, BC Lucky Bar
12/01/13 Seattle, WA Barboza
12/02/13 Portland, OR Mississippi Std
12/04/13 San Francisco, CA Chapel
12/05/13 Los Angeles, CA Echo
12/11/13 Christmas Show / Andy Kim
01/20/14 Allston, MA Great Scott
01/22/14 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe
01/23/14 Arlington, VA IOTA Club & Cafe
01/24/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

Brendan Canning at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (11/22/13)

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Read More Built to Spill Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love With a title like that, the album HAS to be fantastic. The fact of the matter is, in my humble humble opinion, anything Built to Spill …

SLAM DUNK
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Starting it right on Sunday, November 17th, is Slam Dunk at First Avenue. The Canadian band will be opening up for Built to Spill, a band that's been around since the early 90s.

Slam Dunk is currently on tour in support of their new album Welcome to Miami, which came out this week (November 13) via File Under: Music.

All tour dates with Built to Spill:

November 12 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
November 13 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
November 14 - Chicago, IL - Metro
November 15 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
November 16 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
November 17 – Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
November 18 - Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose
November 20 - Little Rock, AR - Rev Room
November 21 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
November 22 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
November 23 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller
November 24 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
November 25 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
November 26 - Las Vegas, NV - Vinyl
November 27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
December 29 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater
December 30 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater
December 31 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater

Read More MGMT So next week, April 13th, you can get MGMT's highly anticipated album, Congratulations, at most music retailers. However, the album leaked online and the band moved to streaming …

MGMT
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On Monday, we see MGMT at First Avenue.

This band needs no introduction, since their formation in 2006, the duo (Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden) has been a favorite among hipsters.

MGMT is currently touring in support of their new self-titled album, which came out September 2013.

Tour dates:

11/12/13 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
11/13/13 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
11/14/13 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities
11/15/13 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
11/17/13 Clive, IA 7 Flags Event Center
11/18/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
11/19/13 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
11/20/13 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
11/22/13 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
11/23/13 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
11/24/13 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
11/26/13 Washington, DC DAR Constitution
11/27/13 Charlotte, NC Grady Cole Center
11/29/13 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts
11/30/13 Richmond, VA The National
12/02/13 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
12/03/13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
12/05/13 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
12/07/13 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
12/09/13 Montreal, QC Metropolis
12/13/13 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
01/04/14 "Southbound Festival"
01/08/14 Osaka, Japan Namba-Hatch
01/09/14 Nagoya, Japan Diamond Hall
01/11/14 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast

Read More Tennis Tennis warmed up the crowd. They are based out of Denver, and I believe is driven primarily by husband and wife songwriting team. The band is from the east coast …

TENNIS
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Tuesday sees Denver-based Tennis at the Varsity Theater, in Minneapolis.

We last saw Tennis with Sharon Van Etten at First Avenue last year, but the husband/wife duo (Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore) is back as headliner. Opening up will be regular W♥M alumni: On An On and Savoir Adore and Nathaniel Rateliff.

Tennis will be supporting their latest EP called Small Sound, which follows 2012's Young and Old. Look for a new full-length album from Communion Records in 2014.

Tour dates:

11/12/13 Bloomington, IN Bluebird Nightclub
11/13/13 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
11/14/13 Nashville, TN The Mercy Lounge
11/16/13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
11/17/13 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway Nightclub
11/19/13 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
11/20/13 Madison, WI The Frequency
11/21/13 Davenport, IA Daytrotter House
11/27/13 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
01/03/14 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
01/04/14 Boise, ID Neurolux
01/05/14 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
01/06/14 Vancouver, BC Fortune
01/07/14 Seattle, WA Barboza
01/10/14 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
01/11/14 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
01/12/14 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
01/13/14 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
01/15/14 Austin, TX The Parish
01/16/14 Dallas, TX Club Dada
01/17/14 Norman, OK Opolis
01/18/14 Kansas City, MO Record Bar

Read More Big Reel Fish On this show, Kristen reports on Soundwave 2010 Festival: Faith No More, Big Reel Fish, Placebo, Eagles of Death Metal, and RX Bandits. …

LESS THAN JAKE
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Less Than Jake, the ska band from Florida, is back with a new ninth studio album called See the Light, out this week (November 12th) via Fat Wreck Chords. The band will stop at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Wednesday November 20th. Opening up for the show will be Anti-Flag, Masked Intruder, and Get Dead.

U.S. tour dates:

11/13/13 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
11/15/13 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
11/16/13 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall
11/17/13 St. Louis, MO Firebird
11/19/13 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre
11/20/13 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
11/21/13 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
11/22/13 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
11/23/13 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre
11/24/13 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
11/26/13 Seattle, WA Showbox At The Market
11/27/13 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/29/13 San Francisco, CA Slim's
11/30/13 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
12/01/13 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
12/02/13 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Café
12/03/13 Mesa, AZ Nile Theater
12/05/13 Austin, TX The Belmont
12/06/13 Houston, TX Scout Bar

Read More Selena Gomez Selena Gomez has been designing her own shoes with the label "Neo" under Adidas. She recently (February 6th) unveiled her shoe line for the 2013 Fashion Week in New York City. …

SELENA GOMEZ
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Selena Gomez is playing the Target Center in Minneapolis this Thursday.

When not appearing in films like "Spring Breakers" and "Getaway" (with Ethan Hawke), Gomez is currently in the middle of a tour with her band, Selena Gomez and the Scene. The full band (singer Selena Gomez, bassist Joey Clement, drummer Greg Garman, keyboardist Dane Forrest, and guitarist Drew Taubenfeld) was previously "on hiatus" since 2012, possibly due to Gomez's very busy schedule...

Tour dates:

11/12/13 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center
11/14/13 Salt Lake City, UT EnergySolutions Arena
11/16/13 Broomfield, CO 1stBank Center
11/17/13 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
11/19/13 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
11/21/13 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
11/22/13 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
11/23/13 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
11/26/13 Auburn Hills, MI Palace Of Auburn
11/27/13 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
12/02/13 "106.1 Jingle Ball"
12/06/13 "KIIS FM Jingle Ball"
12/14/13 "KISS 108 Jingle Ball"

Read More Cults Not to be confused with the British band The Cult, Cults is an indie pop duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, from New York (although when they play live, it's a full band). …

CULTS
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When Cults originally booked their show in 2012 at the Fine Line, it immediately sold out - so the band got an upgrade to a larger-capacity show at First Avenue. Even at last year, I noticed how much buzz the band had, particularly when I saw them in Canada and they were the belle of the ball.

Anyway, when we saw them as headliner, they basically played every song known to them, plus throwing in a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows". So, when Cults come back to Minneapolis November 22nd, expect them to play new songs from their Static album, which was recently released (October 15th) on Columbia Records.

Opening for all November U.S. dates will be Mood Rings, the Atlanta-based five-piece, with a new album called VPI Harmony .

11/13 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
11/15 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
11/16 - Rio Theatre - Vancouver, BC
11/17 - Neumo's Crystal Ball - Seattle, WA
11/20 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
11/21 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
11/22 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
11/23 - Metro - Chicago, IL
11/24 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
11/25 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
11/26 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
12/05 - Philadelphia, PA TLA

Cults will also be supporting The Pixies:

01/31 - Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts
02/01 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolf Aud
02/02 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
02/04 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
02/06 - St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House
02/07 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
02/08 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore
02/11 - Kansas City, MO - Midland

Read More Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene, that band consisting of three thousand band members, including Feist, Amy Millan (Stars), Emily Haines (Metric), Brendan Canning, etc., well it looks like Jason Collett of BSS …

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The main room too big for you? No problem, taking place next door is First Ave's smaller room, the 7th Street Entry. That November 22nd will feature Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene, and Escondido.

Opening up will be Dinosaur Bones, a band that we previously mentioned was a Toronto indie rock band, out touring in support of their sophomore album, Shaky Dream (Dine Alone Records).

As for Brendan Canning, he's also on his second solo release, it's called You Gots 2 Chill (SQE Music).

Tour Dates:

11/16/13 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace #
11/18/13 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah #
11/19/13 London, ON @ APK Live #
11/20/13 Kitchener, ON @ Starlight #
11/21/13 Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
11/22/13 Minneapolis, MN - St. Entry
11/24/13 Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre #
11/25/13 Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo's #
11/26/13 Edmonton, AB @ ARTery #
11/27/13 Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth #
11/29/13 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club #
11/30/13 Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar #
12/1/13 Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
12/2/13 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
12/4/13 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
12/5/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *

*w/Holly Miranda
# w/Dinosaur Bones

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80/35 Music Festival Review

Tilly and the Wall ♥ photo by Elizabeth Soda (7/3/09) Man Man ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Matisyahu ♥ photo by Vu (7/3/09) Tilly and the Wall Setlist ♥ photo by Vu (7/3/09) Poison Control Center ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Miss Derringer ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Paper Route ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Wild Sweet Orange ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Audrye Sessions ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09) Girl in a Coma ♥ photo by Vu (7/4/09)

We arrived in Iowa on Friday, July 3^rd, morning, very excited to attend the second annual 80/35 Music Festival in downtown Des Moines. Already there was a few things I've noticed right away that the festival got right: awesome free parking, loads of portapotties, very organized setup, a lot of securities & volunteers. What I thought was disappointing was that the paid stage ($80 for both days) was somewhat expensive - considering that the two other stages (Mediacom and Meredith) lineup was just as good, if not better, for $0.

July 4^th weekends might not be a great weekend to have a music festival. At least here in Minnesota, everyone goes up to their cabins traditionally for a family get together. Most of the people that I've noticed walking around the festival were young people who overshadowed families and hippies (can someone explain to me the hula-hoops or the "balls in a sock" thing?).

Also, the one factor that put a damper on things was the weather. I realized this is beyond anyone's control, but you would reckon they saw the forecast predictions and would've been better prepared with perhaps a giant umbrella for the audience. Still, despite major contributor and sponsor, US Cellar, attempt to distribute rain ponchos, they quickly ran out in a matter of hours.

For the first day, I only covered the main stage, which included all the artists that I wanted to check out. Although I contemplated on heading over to Modern Skirts and Maps and Atlases.

 

Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black

Tilly and the Wall started off the festivities promptly at 4pm. The tap-dancing didn't start until the fourth or fifth song, and we were told that Jamie Pressnall is with child (if you couldn't have figured it out based on her newborn baby on her colorful dress).

Matisyahu - Youth

Matisyahu started off stiff (sunglasses, jacket, baseball cap) and thenreally started to get into it towards the third song. I suspect this is all part of his act, but that also means that they've kicked out most of the photographers in the press-pit (incidentally, there were a ton of media coverage for the festival). I have never seen an audience going bananas when M took off his jacket - just to give you an idea that the "act" works.

Towards the end, Matisyahu decided to do a stage dive - but the barrier was far, so the security team was right on top of it, moving the monitors and making sure Matisyahu can jump.

When Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks came on stage, I thought to myself that he "cut his hair". I also thought his drummer looks incredibly like the drummer from Sleater-Kinney - and did get confirmation:

Mendeley @weheartmusic yes she is! http://bit.ly/10Pss3
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Public Enemy's incredible 20 hour soundcheck was filled with "ai'ight" and "cd and dvd for $10". The soundcheck was so long, the press photographers, possibly bored out of their mind started taking pictures of the setup - in which the MC told them to "chill out, ai'ight, save it for the show, ai'ight?" This was followed by another warning and complaints that the DJ's third amp or something wasn't working. But the fans brave it out in the rain, I suppose sound perfection commands a high price, ai'ight?

I was only there to see Flavor Flav, who never made it to the show. For a guy with a clock around his neck, you'd figure he would remember the show started at 9:30pm. Incidentally, 80/35 official twitter notes: "It's unforunate about flavor flav but the show will go on and public enemy will bring it. #8035" at 5:04 PM.

July 4^th proved a little more difficult for me, as that day required me to walk back and forth to all three stage. While the stage are not all that far apart, my "slipper shoes" did not offer much support. Here are the bands I did manage to catch:

Iowa's Poison Control Center "got the party started" as their audience sung along, "love, love is the answer, until you get cancer". They are energetic and seems to enjoy playing their duct-taped guitar upsidedown.

Miss Derringer - Click Click (Bang Bang)

Saw Miss Derringer again, the setlist and performance routine was pretty much the same from a few nights ago. Although, I think the set for the two free stages were much shorter than the main stage.

They seem more talkative at the festival, always projecting this infectious happy to be on tour (and their performance won over a few new fans who eagerly bought the new album to have autographed). Singer Elizabeth McGrath mentioned on stage much she liked these festival food. Which I can attest is true as she offered some of her deep-fried food at their touring BFF's Girl in a Coma on the next stage.

GIAC's set was essentially the same as a few nights ago, only a bit shorter. I got a chance to say hi to them and mentioned that my good friend Melinda once got lost on the train with them on the other side of France.

Audrye Sessions-New Year's Day

Wild Sweet Orange - Ten Dead Dogs

I caught briefly Man Man, who I can only describe as tribal animals with pots & pans. Audrye Sessions seems really intense, Paper Route was impressed by the people on the rooftop watching them, Envy Corps had mad-audience attendance (they should've been on the main stage, not the free stage) who invade the stage, Wild Sweet Orange's hilarious "do you guys remember what we're called? Yes, that's right we're called Wild Sweet Horses!"

Broken Social Scene-7-4 (Shoreline)

G. Love and Special Sauce's show packed and ended their set with the popular "Cold Beverages" song. By this time, I was ready for bed... but I soldiered on for Broken Social Scene - who as Lara have mentioned to me before when she saw them last year that these guys "are old". She's right. What she didn't mention was that it's ridiculous that the band have FIVE guitarists. Really? Five?  Amy Millan from our favorite band, Stars, showed up on the second song and stayed throughout their (very) long set.

Ben Harper and Relentless7's fans are insane. I mean that in a good way. They were so passionate (and drunk) and wanted every opportunity to invade the stage. I saw so many fans turned away from trying to get a closer view in the photography press area. I have never seen that much excitement for any artist at the festival!

We left before the fireworks, so we can get home at a decent hour. Overall, I wasn't looking forward to another night of pitching the tent in the dark and/or with the rain coming down on us... Although it was a lot of fun, it was too much work for me (I'm not a big fan of driving and getting lost). I think next year, I will have someone else cover the show and maybe do the Taste of Minnesota thing next year.

Update: more photos at britrockatthetop.com

 07/05/2009 18:07:28 ♥ vu () ♥ 80-35.com ♥ myspace.com/8035 ♥ twitter.com/8035 

Broken Social Scene @ First Ave., Minneapolis 10/13

 10/18/2008 09:46:24  ♥ written by lara ()

Broken Social Scene-7-4 (Shoreline) Broken Social Scene Tour Dates 10/18/08 Gargoyle St. Louis, Missouri 10/19/08 University of Illinois Urbana, IL 10/21/08 Toad’s Place Richmond, VA 10/22/08 State Theatre Falls Church, VA 10/24/08 Masonic Temple Brooklyn, NY 10/25/08 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 10/26/08 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA 10/30/08 Bronson Centre Ottawa, ON 10/31/08 Metropolis Montreal, Quebec 11/08/08 ManiFest Mexico 11/18/08 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN 11/19/08 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA 11/20/08 The Moon Tallahassee, FL 11/21/08 Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, FL 11/22/08 Club Cinema Pompano Beach, FL 11/27/08 Sound Academy Toronto, ON 11/28/08 Sound Academy Toronto, ON Photograph Broken Social Scene, photo by Dolly Read More Metric http://weheartmus... Someone told me that his theory is that Toronto bands are really from one source: Broken Social S...

Here is a math problem:  At any given moment a few dozen Broken Social Scene band members exist on this planet, creating Music! (M!), either collectively or individually.  If k = Kevin Drew, b = Brendan Canning, i = instruments and their humans, and f = previous female vocalists with established solo careers and/or have been featured in Apple commercials, then solve for M!:

(k + b) + 20i) – 2f = M!

Watching BSS perform on Monday was similar to watching a math genius write some really long complex equation on a chalkboard:  confusing, nauseating, awesome, mentally painful, impressive, bizarre-o, nice.  It’s literally impossible for me to describe the show in a logical, succinct fashion because in order to do so I would probably need to create new words like “bogglebang” and “fantizzle“ and I’m just really tired.  Instead, what follows is a bulleted list of highlights from the show, immediately followed by some lowlights.  Both lists are underlined:

List of Highlights

• Brendan Canning (“beardy”) literally leaping into the air, defying age and science (and answering the question:  what would Peter Pan look like if he grew up and didn’t shave for ten years?).
• Kevin Drew peeling off a used band-aid and tossing it into the audience (not on eBay yet).
• Two men in business casual dress high-fiving each other after a particularly awesome/nauseating “song.”
• On a similar note, the ratio of hipsters to normal people was surprisingly not 500:2.
• KD attempting to crowd surf but actually sort of walking off the stage into the audience.  I think he was giving hugs.
• Sam Goldberg of curiously (and probably ironically) named Canadian group Hawaii singing THE SEXIEST SONG EVER:  “Three Thousand Miles.”
• LOUD.  At one point Goldberg mouthed “loud” to a bandmate.  Yeah, I know dude, I’m standing right in front of a giant speaker.
• BSS fans are easy to please!  KD promised to “rock his guts out” for us but could have stood on stage eating a sandwich, judging by the crowd’s apeshit reaction to every single song (even the bad ones).

Some Lowlights

• The “impromptu jam” inspired the dude in front of me to initiate air drumming.
• A large cluster of unwashed youth obstructed my view of the large cluster of unwashed musicians; stepping on (my own) gum was also upsetting.
• This may be sacrilegious to say, but:  sometimes the dizzying instrumental outros made me feel like I needed to use the bathroom.
• Adorable Liz Powell (of Land of Talk) contributed pretty lady sounds to the man mix but had to leave early due to strained vocal cords (or maybe she was gettin’ some backstage.  Who knows, really).

Lowlights notwithstanding, BSS was pretty fucking awesome (am I right, apeshit fans?  Yeah!  Trumpets!).  I’m going to guess that the reason why the band has such a loyal, diverse following is their ability to produce accessible “experimental” music, in the same vein as The Flaming Lips or a more convoluted Arcade Fire.  You can dance like a crazy person or you can just, you know, stand there and robotically move your head, it doesn’t matter.  That’s the beauty of this type of music—it’s embracing (and forgiving).  Supposedly the band played, like, seventeen encores and then KD refused to leave the stage or something.  We didn’t stay.  Another thing about accessible experimental rock shows is that you can leave any time and still feel fulfilled and generally positive about life (take that, techno!).

Broken Social Scene is currently on tour, through November (select dates with Land of Talk).  Visit their website for more information.

* This is also one of three ways that math can be applied to real life.  The other ways are:  calculating tips and teaching math.

Note from Vu 10/18/08 9:53am: Apologies to Lara, I was waiting for a photography from this show.

Links: brokensocialscene.ca myspace.com/brokensocialscene