Broken Social Scene - Avalon, Boston 10-22-2005

Road rules - The Boston Globe

Broken Social Scene hit the stage around 8:15 with 8 members on "Cause = Time", probably one of their most hypnotizing songs in my opinion. The whole show was a spectacle with anywhere from 8 to 12(? maybe more) members working together like a well oiled machine. Noone missed a beat and the energy on stage was well maintained and passed around during solos like a bottle of whiskey between friends. There were as many as 5 guitars soloing and 2 drummers hammering away at a time. Feist, one of the many Broken Social Scene collaborators joined the group on several songs including 7/4 (Shorline), Lovers Spit, Almost Crimes, and Backyards. I can't imagine seeing a Broken Social Scene show without Feist, she added an energy to the stage that wasn't matched by anyone else. She just has so much fun and you can tell she is feeling the groove as she claps her fingers together like she is playing timbalas. It was too bad the band couldn't play an encore because they had to get out of their so some ravers could come in take their extacy. They closed the show with It's All Gonna Break and I was a little dissapointed that we got a requested Backyards instead of Major Label Debut. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this but the guy that was playing trumpet on a few songs looks exactly like Chris Kattan, former member of SNL. The show clocked in at almost exactly 1hr and 45 minutes. If anyone got a copy of the setlist and wants to scan it and send it to me, I'll post it here for us all to see, I'd be interested to see what other on the fly changes they made.

The rest of their tour dates are below:
Sunday October 23, 2005 Northampton, MA Pearl Street($20) w/ Feist
Monday October 24, 2005 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts($20)
Wednesday October 26, 2005 Washington, DC 9:30 Club($20)
Thursday October 27, 2005 Detriot, MI Majestic Theatre($16) w/ Feist
Friday October 28, 2005 Chicago, IL Metro ($20) w/ Feist
Saturday October 29, 2005 Minneapolis, MI First Ave($16) w/ Feist
Monday October 31, 2005 Lawrence, KS Granada($14) w/ Feist
Tuesday November 1, 2005 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre($18) w/ Feist
Thursday November 3, 2005 Austin, TX Stubbs($18) w/ Feist
Friday November 4, 2005 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room($15) w/ Feist
Monday November 7, 2005 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre w/ Feist
Tuesday November 8, 2005 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre($23) w/ Feist
Wednesday November 9, 2005 San Francisco, CA The Grand($22) w/ Feist
Friday November 11, 2005 Portland, OR Roseland($16) w/ Feist
Saturday November 12, 2005 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre($15) w/ Feist
Sunday November 13, 2005 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom($25)
Tuesday November 15, 2005 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall($20)
Thursday November 17, 2005 Edmonton, AB Reds($20)
Friday November 18, 2005 Saskatoon, SK Amigos
Saturday November 19, 2005 Winnipeg, MB Rendezvous
Tuesday November 29, 2005 London, UK Barfly
Thursday December 1, 2005 Vienna, Austria Szene Wien
Friday December 2, 2005 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Saturday December 3, 2005 Munich , Germany Feierwerk
Monday December 5, 2005 Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof
Tuesday December 6, 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
Wednesay December 7, 2005 Stockholm, Sweden Kagelbanan
Thursday December 8, 2005 Oslo, Norway John Dee
Saturday December 10, 2005 Hamburg, Germany Knust
Sunday December 11, 2005 Frankfurt, Germany Mousonturm
Tuesday December 13, 2005 Cologne, Germany Prime Club
Wednesday December 14, 2005 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
Thursday December 15, 2005 Brussels, Belgium Ab Box
Friday December 16, 2005 Paris, France La Maroquinerie
Saturday December 17, 2005 Den Haag, Netherlands State X New Forms Festival
Monday December 19, 2005 London, UK Cargo