![]() But the two most notable moments in Boulder on Saturday night were actually comical.ĭuring “Cause = Time,” BSS’s signature tune, the group was forced to sit on C for several minutes, Canning remarking “C feels so good in my body!” while Drew asked the audience, then Canning, then Peroff, then a roadie with a smartphone, for the lyrics to the second verse. Tempering big-time rockers like “Superconnected” and the aforementioned “Fire-Eyed Boy” with timely saxophone solos and downright genius from-the-soundboard effects on Drew’s vocals and Peroff’s flowing drums, what impressed me as usual about Broken Social Scene was the group’s ability to make relatively simple songs-many sit on one chord for what seems like a dreamy hour-into layered psychedelic symphonies. And then on the fierce new ballad “Sweetest Kill,” dedicated to “your ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend and the person that died,” Drew showed Lobsinger-and any fledging rockstars in the crowd-how the whole slow-burning romantic lead-singer thing is really done. On “All in All,” from last year’s long-awaited BSS LP Forgiveness Rock Record, and the slow-motion Amy Milan classic “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl,” Lobsinger fared better, her smooth voice and elegant-meets-ostentatious demeanor aptly juxtaposing the abstractly romantic (or romantically abstract) BSS style. Lobsinger conversely stalked the stage slowly like Miles Davis, often with her back to the audience as if it were an enemy, and stood still while singing Feist’s jubilant verses in a silky middle range before again turning away from the crowd. ![]() Lobsinger’s first chance to win the Boulder Theater crowd’s favor was “7/4 Shoreline,” which the versatile Feist famously highlighted on 2005’s Broken Social Scene like a dynamo in high heels. Saturday was my first chance to witness Broken Social Scene singer Lisa Lobsinger, who has an incredibly tough gig filling the shoes of not only Feist but also Amy Milan and Emily Haines, all of whom cut their teeth as mesmerizing BSS sidewomen. Sometimes the metrosexual Whiteman came off as about 40 years late to help found Wings, and sometimes it worked. Supported by three rhythm guitarists for most of the night, Andrew Whiteman seemed more indulgent than ever on lead, insinuating assortments of improvised laser-like melodies over nearly every inch of music that didn’t feature vocals, in an effort to juxtapose Johnny Thunders and Jerry Garcia. As ever, Drew worked the loving audience, which in some cases knew the lyrics better than he did, and the sizeable band-highlighted by the awe-inspiringly fluid drumming of frizzy-haired Justin Peroff. Right out of the gate, BSS sustained a frenzied momentum with up-tempo, ecstatic guitar workouts such as “7/4 Shoreline,” “Fire-Eyed Boy” and “Stars and Sons” (with its big “Freebird” ending), performing in front of a cloth backdrop featuring a mountain range not unlike the Flatirons which tower over Boulder. And unlike its last few tours, BSS-which currently features four guitars, a two-man horn section, bass and drums-is now filling its setlists with fan favorites rather than toying around with hit-or-miss material from Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew’s solo records, so feeling crammed in didn’t feel so bad. and Naropa hipsters and 30-something music geeks standing shoulder to shoulder, drinks in hand amid the intermittent clouds of pot smoke Drew is always requesting come his way when he’s on stage. So was the packed Boulder Theater, full of C.U. We’re gonna play as many songs as we can…and I’m sweatin’ it out.” “I’m trying to lose weight, people,” Drew said. Then again, it’d be wrong to expect absolute reason from the man made famous by singing lines like, “I swore I drank your piss that night / to see if I could still live.” Seeing as most of Saturday featured t-shirt weather in Boulder, it crossed my mind that the proudly Canadian rockstar could be holding on tight to the idea that winter might not be over. Better Than: Learning just hours before the show that our armed forces had entered yet another war with a small Middle-Eastern nation rich with natural resources.ĭressed in a cream-colored parka, Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew skipped onto the Boulder Theater stage last night pumping his fist along to the Toronto-based indie supergroup’s customarily euphoric opener, “KC Accidental,” from BSS’s 2003 breakthrough You Forgot It in People.
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