Accidental вЂ“ QRO Upcoming Releases), BSS only started in 2001 with Feel Good Lost, breaking through as part of the вЂCanadian InvasionвЂ™ the following year with one of the decadeвЂ™s best albums, You Forgot It In People. While Drew, Canning & the rest have been performing various acts since the nineties (indeed, thereвЂ™s going to be a re-release of Anthem For the CouldвЂ™ve Bin Pills by Drew & SpearinвЂ™s pre-BSS outfit, K.C. Most bands that play that long have a massive, multiple-decade discography, and mix in the rarities in a вЂgreatest hitsвЂ™ set list. And thereвЂ™s also the supporting cast of horn players, percussionists & more, all arrayed around the wacky Canning and the вЂmaster of ceremoniesвЂ™ Drew, who takes the time to introduce every single member of the band at various points in the show.

ThereвЂ™s the rotating female vocalist slot, previously filled by such luminaries as Emily Haines (of Metric вЂ“ QRO live review ), Feist ( QRO live review ), and Amy Millan (of Stars вЂ“ QRO live review ), and currently held by the beautifully bouffant Lisa Lobsinger. More recent recruits include drummer Justin Peroff and guitarist Sam Goldberg, along with producer/drummer John McEntire (of Tortoise and opener The Sea & Cake вЂ“ QRO photos ). ThereвЂ™s multi-instrumentalist Charles Spearin ( QRO interview ), who mans just about everything but singing (heвЂ™s also in seminal post-rock/vocal-less outfit Do Make Say Think), and is the mad scientist/mustache wearer of the group. The Apostle of Hustle ( QRO spotlight on ), who looks like a young Tom Waits, moves like a rockinвЂ™ mime, and plays like no one else. ThereвЂ™s guitarist Andrew Whiteman ( QRO interview ), a.k.a. Frontman Kevin Drew and sideman Brendan Canning ( QRO interview ) have long had a murdererвЂ™s row of a line-up around them in Broken Social Scene. Two of the most obvious ways the Toronto collective is epic is in size of the band, and length of their sets.

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