11.13.05 Broken Social Scene/Most Serene Republic

this was an all ages show. as a result of the same day evening show selling out, the promoter added a second show. all of commodore's matinee shows are non-boozer events.

most serene republic. they've played here like 3 shows in the last 2 months here. they played a 45 min of sometimes interesting sometimes 'meh' indie rock. i dunno i guess pitchfork was justified in giving them 6.8.

BSS: feist's last show on this tour was yesterday in seattle. so new BSSer Lisa L. had to handle the female vocals by her lonesome. she kinda sounds like amy milan w/ a narrower vocal range. easy on the eyes, but rather disappointing. i'm not sure if i'd rather hear her or kevin drew w/ a falsetto. they played around and hour and 40 min. played all their hits. and about half from you forgot it in people and half from their newest album. another disappointment was hearing a the slow version of major lable debut. maybe they found out feist played it the fast version here recently and wanted to mix it up. lastly, one of the cooler points of this show was hearing an unreleased song called 'where's your heart, where's your mind'. apparently they also played it last time they were here on their "no ladies, no horns" tour. that song... what a treat. it was single worthy. fast and upbeat. during almost crimes, they let 2 girls up on stage to dance. but of course in vancouver, if you let one person up on stage, you basically make an open call. everyone started jumping on stage until it was filled. after the song, they were all escorted out... i mean off stage.