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Broken Social Scene were last minute replacement performers at North America's first Virgin Festival, at Toronto Islands Park, the weekend of September 9–10, 2006. Contacted on September 7, after headliners Massive Attack cancelled due to problems involving obtaining US visas, the entire band, just returned from a European tour in August, managed to assemble to close the festival Sunday night. Appearing on the main Virgin Mobile Stage, immediately following performances by international superstar bands The Strokes and The Raconteurs, BSS took the stage at 10:00 p.m., and played a set of over an hour. Through the performance the band was joined by part-time members, and stars in their own right: Leslie Feist, Amy Millan of Stars, k-os, and Emily Haines of Metric. This was ... the last Canadian performance of the band to date and features the rare 15 member lineup of the band.
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When songwriter Kevin Drew’s beard-obscured smile peaks out from behind his Broken Social Scene crew on the Vogue’s historic stage Sunday, Nov. 4, it’ll be — to say the least — the start of a different kind of show for the band. Sure, onlookers will hear a few of the usual unthinkably thick and brainy BSS tunes, but that won’t be the focus of the night. That’s right, Canada’s best export since The New Pornographers has a brand new bag.
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Broken Social Scene isn't reusing all the same tricks that made You Forgot it in People a surprise hit. "Windsurfing Nation" has a fresh vibe all its own. It's a clever (and danceable) mix of hip-hop, post-punk, and indie ethos. The beats are crisp and expressive, if down-to-earth; the vocal rounds in the chorus are catchy; and the riffs move all over the place, forcefully holding your eardrums for ransom. And maybe K-os' cameo puts the track over the top. Meanwhile, the subtle horns and jazz rhythms of "Handjobs for the Holidays" create yet another classic BSS track.
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Although details are still being nailed down, Broken Social Scene, the Dears, Death From Above 1979 and Stars will embark on a Japanese tour in May. "It will be interesting -- it's part of an expo," Stars lead singer Torquil Campbell told Billboard.com prior to the group's two-night stand last weekend in Toronto. "Who goes on first, I don't know."
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"Broken Social Scene" refuses to ride on Montreal's momentum. The production is defiantly cluttered, with multiple drum tracks, stray horn sections, instruments run backward and voices and effects arriving out of nowhere. Lead vocals are buried in the mix, and many lyrics are slurred and swallowed.
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Broken Social Scene has ... been selected to score the 2007 film adaptation of Maureen Medved's novel, The Tracey Fragments. The upcoming film will share the same title as the novel, and has been described as "a stirring tragic comedy and a 21st century Catcher in the Rye, told in a dazzling pop-art fashion."
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