In Canada, Broken Social Scene is somewhat of a phenomenon. Since wooing fans and critics alike with their 2003 Juno Award-winning album You Forgot It in People, the band's peculiar popularity has made them stars. The community that surrounds the 15-member-plus band is a family-like atmosphere with its many Canadian artists and musicians. When listening to Broken Social Scene, you also get the individual sounds of Feist, Stars, Memphis, Metric, and Apostle of Hustle, among others. It's camaraderie and education combined. The lush dynamic that carries Broken Social Scene's self-titled third effort is definitely built upon that. The 14-song set is as bright and moving as the band's previous efforts, but Broken Social Scene holds more charisma, more depth, and surely more complexities. The mix isn't messy in conventional terms. It's artistically untidy without production boundaries. Album opener "Our Faces Split the Coast in Half," which features the Dears' Murray Lightburn, makes a grand entrance with its polished horn arrangements, tight guitar riffs, and hypnotic harmonies. Additional standouts include indie rock moments such as "7/4 (Shoreline)" and the nervy "Fire Eye'd Boy." Handclaps and crowd chatter dosie-do with a sharp ock aesthetic on "Windsurfing Nation," which was the original title. Here, Toronto rapper K-Os and Feist vocally find their way through this majestic cinematic backdrop for one of its finest songs. From here, Broken Social Scene is a simply a rush of mini epics: "Handjobs for the Holidays," "Superconnected," and album closer "It's All Gonna Break" (this could have been a Nada Surf song) showcase how smart, creative, and brilliant this band truly is. Broken Social Scene are more than a collective; they're an orchestra for both the slacker generation and the literati.
I think I'm even more incoherent now than I was after the Raconteurs, but I can't sleep so I figured I'd do this while I'm still on that concert high.- Oh. My. God. If you haven't seen Broken Social Scene yet this year, do it. ASAP. Seriously. It's well worth the ticket price/gas money/plane ride. In fact, it pays dividends.- Land of Talk opened. Elizabeth Powell is great, especially on the gui...
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Broken Social Scene "Fire Eye'd Boy" (mp3) from "Broken Social Scene" (Arts & Crafts) For those who don't know, Broken Social Scene is an 'indie rock supergroup' from Canada made up of core members Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning who formed BSS in 1999. A whole cast of their other friends including: Jason Collett, Leslie Feist, Charles Spearin, David Newfield, and too many other people to...
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The beginning of this song is most certainly the best part. Her voice...so sexy. The beat that starts it out is infectious. The entire song is good, very good. But I listen to it for the beginning. And for those of you who "wake up late," this song's for you.
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Yes, that's right. Sex appeal. What music has it?Personally I would have to choose "Hotel" by Broken Social Scene. Every time I listen to it I'm like damn! Maybe it's because he whispers the whole song. Maybe it's because of the lyrics (although I must admit I can't understand what he's saying for most of the time). To be honest, I don't really know what makes it so appealing, but the whole atm...
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This album has to be one of the most amazing I have ever heard. I purchased it on iTunes a month or so back and have been listening to it almost non-stop since I bought it. One of the most complete records I've ever heard. Every song is good. EVERY song. Yes, even the thirty second instrumental breaks. What an amazing band. This whole album is like an explosion of sound. Some of my favo...
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hot hot hot.
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Creatives rule!That is all.
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So I'm a little biased, me and Brendan from BSS go back a little, and BSS were really what started my whole music afinity, but hot damn is this new video good. I'll admit they've been churning them out lately and maybe not with the quality they should since they've found youtube, but this one's funny("they made us eat organic oatmeal" "can we make the song instrumental" Brilliant!), and i've ev...
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Broken Social Scene "Fire Eye'd Boy" (mp3) from "Broken Social Scene" (Arts & Crafts) For those who don't know, Broken Social Scene is an 'indie rock supergroup' from Canada made up of core members Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning who formed BSS in 1999. A whole cast of their other friends including: Jason Collett, Leslie Feist, Charles Spearin, David Newfield, and too many other people to...
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I think I'm even more incoherent now than I was after the Raconteurs, but I can't sleep so I figured I'd do this while I'm still on that concert high.- Oh. My. God. If you haven't seen Broken Social Scene yet this year, do it. ASAP. Seriously. It's well worth the ticket price/gas money/plane ride. In fact, it pays dividends.- Land of Talk opened. Elizabeth Powell is great, especially on the gui...
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BSS with Feist and Emily Haines on Conan O'Brien. Stick around for the end, cuz Conan's impressed.
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WOW! Saw these guys last night and this was the best show I have seen come thru town in a while (I should qualify that I missed AIH late last year... damn weddings). The venue had technical difficulties and one of the band members (Kevin Drew) had a leg injury, but neither one slowed the show down at all.
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...but it's my one year mog-niversary today! In merely a year, my music library has expanded tenfold (maybe more) with the help of artists such as The Decemberists, Cat Power, Stars, John Vanderslice, etc. etc. etc. I have seen more live shows than I'd ever have imagined in a lifetime. And of course, I found a place that feels like home. For me, mog is an escape from the judging eyes of the I-l...
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So I'm a little biased, me and Brendan from BSS go back a little, and BSS were really what started my whole music afinity, but hot damn is this new video good. I'll admit they've been churning them out lately and maybe not with the quality they should since they've found youtube, but this one's funny("they made us eat organic oatmeal" "can we make the song instrumental" Brilliant!), and i've ev...
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Backwards from Feist to Broken Social Scene I go. Somehow, in all of the articles I have recently read about Feist, the name Broken Social Scene only managed to tap lightly on the door of my subconscious information storage system. By accident I came across them online. By accident I forgot to buy one of their CDs this weekend when laying down some serious cash for some other purchases. Had to ...
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on some blog somewhere today, someone mentioned "hotel" was their favorite broken social scene song and i couldn't recall which song that was so i typed it into my little itunes search thingie and sure enuff, there it was...along with several other songs which made a perfect little "hotel" mix. i got death cab's "brothers on a hotel bed," leonard cohen's "chelsea hotel #2," the silver jews' "th...
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I have to wake up in Seven hours for Work Work Work... To those of you with 8 to 5s or 9 to 6s you understand my admiration for this blessed day. The only way I get through it just fine is if my morning routine includes a swim (or run), some reading (or mogging) and blackberries (I can't function with out them) so I dont feel super sluggish when I get to work...so here is a reminder about wakin...
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cause=time is a personal favorite, but the video's kinda dark. in light of today's abundant sunshine, fire eye'd boy is a better fit. oh, how i love these hairy canadians! hell, i'll even throw in the tune... enjoy
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Would you do this?For $40 an hour?I love the music its Broken Social Scene!
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The strangest and best band to come out of Canada, ever!
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Yes, that's right. Sex appeal. What music has it?Personally I would have to choose "Hotel" by Broken Social Scene. Every time I listen to it I'm like damn! Maybe it's because he whispers the whole song. Maybe it's because of the lyrics (although I must admit I can't understand what he's saying for most of the time). To be honest, I don't really know what makes it so appealing, but the whole atm...
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hot hot hot.
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This album has to be one of the most amazing I have ever heard. I purchased it on iTunes a month or so back and have been listening to it almost non-stop since I bought it. One of the most complete records I've ever heard. Every song is good. EVERY song. Yes, even the thirty second instrumental breaks. What an amazing band. This whole album is like an explosion of sound. Some of my favo...
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