Indie band breaks onto Va. scene
Broken Social Scene put on an electrifying show Tuesday night at Toad’s Place.
The 14-piece group hailing from Toronto performed a masterful display of baroque pop incorporating a plethora of horns, guitars, woodwinds and string instruments.
Starting off with fan favorite “Late Nineties Rock For The Missionaries” and working its way into such songs as “7/4 (Shoreline)” and “Lovers’ Spit,” the Broken Social Scene kept the crowd mesmerized with fantastic instrumentation.
Broken Social Scene put on an electrifying show Tuesday night at Toad’s Place.
The 14-piece group hailing from Toronto performed a masterful display of baroque pop incorporating a plethora of horns, guitars, woodwinds and string instruments.
Starting off with fan favorite “Late Nineties Rock For The Missionaries” and working its way into such songs as “7/4 (Shoreline)” and “Lovers’ Spit,” the Broken Social Scene kept the crowd mesmerized with fantastic instrumentation.
As the show progressed, it played some of its more melancholy songs, including “Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl,” but not without returning to high-energy ballads such as “Fire Eye’d Boy” that kept its fans dancing well into the night.
If Broken Social Scene wasn’t enough of a collaborative effort – it is made up of several solo artists – two members of the No BS! Brass Band accompanied them on trumpet and trombone.
During a seemingly never-ending encore following a three-hour set, front man Kevin Drew took three last requests from the crowd, underpinning the excitement of playing their first show in Virginia. They received a warm Richmond welcome with a packed venue of wide-eyed fans unwilling to let them leave the stage-a good reason for them to return.
Rebecca Wagoner contributed to this report.
