Music Park: Broken Social Scene @ Rams Head Live — 4/6/18

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Kyle Gustafson in Live Review and tagged Baltimore, Broken Social Scene, Canada, chamber pop, Kevin Drew, noise pop, post-rock, psychedelic, Rams Head Live.

Broken Social Scene performs at Rams Head Live on April 6, 2018. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

What do we call it when you get super into an album 2 weeks after the band’s tour comes through your area? B/c I have that w/ the BSS album.

— Kyle GustafSon Heung-Min (@kgustafson) October 23, 2017

Is there a worse feeling than this?

Don’t Miss: Broken Social Scene @ Rams Head Live, 4/6/18

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Broken Social Scene, Canada, chamber pop, Kevin Drew, noise pop, post-rock, psychedelic, Rams Head Live.

Broken Social Scene (Photo by Norman Wong)

Broken Social Scene toured through DC after the release of Hug of Thunder, the triumphant return by Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and company, in 2017. The chamber pop darlings return for a second leg of the tour with a date at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore on Friday, April 6.

Music Park: Broken Social Scene @ 9:30 Club — 9/19/17

Posted on October 19, 2017 by regardingtess in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Broken Social Scene, Canada, chamber pop, Kevin Drew, noise pop, post-rock, psychedelic.

Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene performs at 9:30 Club on Sept. 19, 2017.

Fear. Anxiety. Depression. These psychological stressors are at an all-time high, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affecting an estimated 8.3 million American adults. Sure, meditation and exercise might be tried and true methods to calm an overloaded brain, but the Canadian baroque pop collective Broken Social Scene have an alternative prescription to offer. No, it’s not “more cowbell” — although it wouldn’t be all that surprising given how many musical instruments they utilize on stage. Kevin Drew and crew employ a more engaging and face-to-face method.