Jan 24 2006 Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene are a large ensemble of Canadian musicians, may of whom have other projects, whose last album You Forgot It in People is credited by some as the release that opened the floodgates for the recent crop Canadian bands to be noticed internationally. Their sound borders on undefinable as the seventeen strong crew […]

Oct 11 2003 Broken Social Scene - Met Lounge, Peterborough - 10th October 2003

Mojo 64 are really not worth talking about, so I’ll keep this brief. Their music was horribly clichéd, sort of like a mix between Ocean Colour Scene and Reef but worse. Far better were Sanctuary For The Deacon’s Sons, whose leftfield post-hardcore was quite interesting, although it did go a bit wrong for the middle […]

Sep 8 2003 Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

When I heard the Broken Social Scene’s latest single, Cause = Time, I decided I didn’t like it quite quickly. I also decided, however, that this was probably not a band who wrote songs that worked outside the confines of an album. Now that I am in possession of the album, I can tell you […]