Live4MusiC

It’s been a little more than 24 hours and I’m still reeling from Broken Social Scene’s rockin’ concert at the Esplanade. Fans got every penny they paid for as the band played on for almost two-and-a-half hours. I ended up with a backache – not that I’m complaining.

What a well-coordinated circus it was as they conjured up their wall of sound live. It was a great bunch of old and new material – I especially liked it when they mellowed down to tender pieces like Anthems For A Seventeen Year-old Girl and Lover’s Spit.

Spontaneous jams and riffs were interspersed throughout the show, giving audiences something they could never recreate on their iPod. The live mix was especially commendable. The guitars and other various instruments were intricately layered and made for quite the stereophonic sound experience.

This made it easy to swallow the instances of ear-splitting feedback. But hey, this is BSS we’re talking about, it’s a rock concert not a concerto session, so a little unwelcome twang or two is pretty much expected.

(What should’ve been) the repertoire for the night (because they mixed it up a bit):







- Hedirman Supian