What an epic show is pretty much the summary of this blog post. For real, I had a train to catch at 11:30 (for a show that started if I call correctly). My boyfriend asked me, "will Broken Social Scene play for over 2 hours", and naturally I was like "oh, of course not", and boy how wrong I was. Like most of the bands I have written about so far (soooooooo jaded), I've already seen Broken Social Scene, but I was truly blown out of the water for this performance.
Wilbur theater was a completely different venue than the one I had seen before. I had managed to nab floor seats (thank you, Cragslist!), and was litearlly touching the stage in the very center. I was actually mad thirsty, and the temptation to grab the water sitting on the side of the stage meant for the bands was a hard one to surpress.
One of my favorite parts of the concert was the opener, Land of Talk. I would not have known that the opener was even called "Land of Talk" had I not been close enough to the stage to read the tape labeling their equipment, because they never really mentioned their name. Needless to say, they were EXCELLENT. Their style reminded me a little bit of Rilo Kiley, and their casualness and modesty was truly admirable. At one point, someone in the (relatively vocal) crowd said "That song was fucking awesome!" and Elizabeth Powell, the lead singer, confessed that she "fucked up the bridge". The whole show had just a really personal feel, and people in the audience kept shouting stuff to them (which actually got like mad annoying after a while) and they just kept responding. The only time at which they didn't really seem to connect the audience was when they started talking about sports and clearly they were speaking to an audience that views sifting through racks at the Salv. Army strenuous excersize. Hipsters, how I love thee.
I acutally got to spend a little time with E. Powell after the show--I ended up having to leave the show a teensey bit early to catch a train so as we were leaving she was selling t-shirts, and I of course, had the shame to not only buy one (consumerism=so not indie) but to ask for an autograph (celebraty admiration=the devil). She really liked my bracelet. I'm listening to their EP Some are Lakes right now, and E. Powell did artwork for the cover of that too. (random piece of unnescesary informaiton).
Of course, I haven't even gotten to the main event: Broken Social Scene! What a fucking show is pretty much the summary of the event. Literally it may have been one of the most epic things I have ever seen. Elizabeth Powell was covering the female vocals (sorry, new woman crush of mine) and she did a great job. She seemed a little awkward at first but over the course of the show she really seemed to be hitting it off and meshing with the band. The best part about BSS in concert, in my opinion, is that they're just people having fun onstage. Like, they don't take themselves too seriously, and the fun they ahve onstage always seems to carry over into the audience.
Their set was honest to god spectacular. At one point in the show, they did this weird thing where they played a recording of this woman's voice (I think it was a Jamaican neighbor) and then they replayed the voice with a trumpet. It was really weird but also kind of cool. Definately the hilight of the show, for me, was Anthems for a Seventeen-year-old girl, which I could not believe that they would actually do live (esp since none of the female members of the band were there), and I couldn't fathom how it would work life, but everyone I talked to after the show was marveling at how epic that song was.
Unfortunatly, the show was abound with technical difficulties. At one point, I'm not entirely sure what happened, but they needed to turn the power from the instruments off or something, and so they could only play really quietly without electrical amplification. So literally the entire band sat down and started jamming and just doing whatever they could to continue the show. It was so great. I don't think words can communicate.
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