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December 18, 2008

Broken Social Scene Give Letterman Something For All Of Us

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A-grade chocolatiers Broken Social Scene brought a slice of their latest Presents... project -- Brendan Canning's Something For All Of Us -- to David last night. It's a very BSSy track, this "Churches Under The Stairs", with a very BSSy band ... because it's basically BSS. Kevin Drew and Brendan take turns on the vocals, and as we saw at NYU earlier this year and certified in this performance, Land Of Talk's Liz Powell is the new female face of the Canadian collective.

Well done gang. When Dave asks them if they know where he got that tie, he means from Jennifer Aniston's GQ photo (for real). There's your throwaway fact of the day, here's another track from Brendan's album:

Brendan Canning - "Hit The Wall" (MP3)

Broken Social Scene Presents... Something For All Of Us is out now via Arts & Crafts.

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Is Liz a permanent member? The newest Land of Talk album didn't resonate quite like the last...

Posted by: DayTracing at 12/18/08 4:44 PM  | Reply
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"Some Lakes" is different from the EP, but it really grows on you. it's a very well written well recorded album in my opinion.

land of talk = fucking awesome love love love (and more love)

Posted by: D  in reply to DayTracing's comment at 12/19/08 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Since when has there ever been a "permanent" female member in Broken Social Scene?

All I know is, Broken Social Scene destroyed Nashville with amazing awesomeness.
Awesomeness, that's right. I said it.

Posted by: Shawn at 12/18/08 5:04 PM  | Reply
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"It's a very BSSy track"

That's one of the problems with this "Broken Social Scene presents..." series. Especially in the case of Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, I mean they ARE BSS. Why the heck do they need to release an album under their names that sound exactly like BSS stuff.

When it comes to outside of BSS stuff I'm down with Apostle of Hustle and Jason Collet, he released a very good album this year that no one paid attention to, by the way.

Posted by: d33r profile link at 12/18/08 5:43 PM  | Reply
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I absolutely agree with you. Jason Collett has repeatedly put out fantastic music. He definitely hasn't recieved as much credit as he deserves.

Posted by: Kim  in reply to d33r's comment at 12/18/08 10:15 PM  | Reply
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hit the wall is a fucking great song

Posted by: davistradamus profile link at 12/18/08 5:58 PM  | Reply
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outstanding performance

Posted by: bob at 12/18/08 7:13 PM  | Reply
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Great performance, and Whiteman, Kevin, Charles, Justin, and Brendan are pretty much the constant members of BSS, so if it contains them, it is BSS to me, none of that presents... stuff.

Posted by: Derek at 12/18/08 9:09 PM  | Reply
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underrated album!!!

Posted by: Christian at 12/18/08 9:25 PM  | Reply
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these guys roooock....

Posted by: Eric Strom, "The Daily Song Guy" at 12/18/08 10:15 PM  | Reply
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the album is SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US not EVERYONE

Posted by: blah at 12/18/08 11:07 PM  | Reply
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You go, gotcha journalism!

Posted by: soloudinMAINE profile link  in reply to blah's comment at 12/18/08 11:30 PM  | Reply
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Raising The Fawn is, by far & wide, the best BSS off-shoot.

Posted by: jnuh at 12/19/08 1:15 AM  | Reply
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I didn't find anything amazing about this song or performance.

Posted by: Sexual Robotics profile link at 12/19/08 9:04 AM  | Reply
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Right on jnuh.
Though I also agree with the above comments on Collet being horribly underrated, WAY more people should really be going back and discovering those Fawn records.
It appears though, that they are no more, unfortunately. They quietly played a "final" show at Toronto's Rivoli a while back.

Posted by: J at 12/19/08 10:28 AM  | Reply
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anyone know what kind of guitar Brendan plays?

Posted by: YerGhost profile link at 12/19/08 10:53 AM  | Reply
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That's a Gibson ES-335.

Posted by: JPC  in reply to YerGhost's comment at 12/19/08 11:56 AM  | Reply
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Boring.

Posted by: Jeff at 12/19/08 11:42 AM  | Reply
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Kevin Drew looks like Russell Brand.

Posted by: Other Jeff at 12/19/08 2:19 PM  | Reply
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i like it. what's with the scarfs and hats? sxsw '06 stubbs still best bss show i've seen.

help bands tour smarter and cheaper > Better Than The Van

Posted by: betterthanthevan.com at 12/19/08 3:05 PM  | Reply
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liz powell is alright, but lisa lobsinger is the shit, i hope she's all over the next album. for those of you who don't know her, check out her old band, reverie sound revue. she also sings on branden cannings "antique bull"

Posted by: daver at 12/19/08 3:17 PM  | Reply
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Andrew wasnt playing his orange guitar. does anyone happen to know exactly what model he uses? I;ve never seen it before.

I just remember how awesome his tone was when i saw them live.

Posted by: Nathaniel profile link at 12/20/08 8:33 AM  | Reply
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Posted by: proofermove at 03/12/09 9:26 AM  | Reply
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