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June 29, 2006
Broken Social Scene at the Hook, 6/28/06
What a difference two years makes. When I saw Broken Social Scene at (yech) Dante's in the summer of 2004, I was so bored I barely made it through the show. Gee, having twenty people on stage-- that's a good gimmick. Their records never quite grabbed me, either. So when I got the invite for the Tag Team media fifth anniversary party, the first things I noticed were the offers of free food and booze. The "with an appearance by Broken Social Scene" part of the invite went largely unnoticed.
My friend Jess and I trekked out to the Red Hook for the event. We survived the B77 bus and swooped down like the good little culture vultures we are on the catering table and the bar.
After about two hours of schmoozing, boozing, and running in to a former Spinane (Rebecca Gates moved to Brooklyn. Everybody's doing it!), BSS took the stage. And man, did they rock it. The first half of the set was a little more "hey, we're the indie-rock Dead," but then the girl from Stars came out and they cranked it up. There were all sorts of horns and tambourines and two drums and it was like America (the band) for cool kids. I'm not familiar enough with their songs to give a rundown of the setlist, sorry.
They're playing Letterman tonight and Prospect Park next week. I'm glad I gave them a second change.
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Posted by Cortney Harding at June 29, 2006 5:19 AM
Comments
Good to see you back on the Team! Woop woop woop.
Posted by: Matt at June 29, 2006 9:54 AM
Hey Cortney! Hope all's well with you.
But just to add some balance to this story, Broken Social Scene in Portland at Dante's easily ranks as one of the best shows I have ever scene. So there!
Posted by: Cary at June 29, 2006 12:24 PM
