Grab some rhyme filled lyrics, a touch of techno bopping, beat boxing, rock guitar solos, with a splash of neon colors, for good measure, and you have yourself the Bumblebeez.
Chris Colonna, the bands captain-n-chief and only permanent member, explains their all encompassing sound is due to the fact that “we’ve never really known who the (insert f-word) we are.”
“Feel Good Lost” was released in 2001 as Broken Social Scene‘s debut album. The instrumental album suits its name perfectly as it does make you feel good getting lost in the tunes. There was one problem with this, when it came time to play it live it was difficult to create an interesting show with the instrumentals.
The band pulled together some of their Toronto friends from the Indie music scene to create a more bangin live performance. The collaberative line-up included Leslie Feist, Amy Milan, from the Stars, and James Shaw, from Metric(to name a few.) The creative group came back to work on Broken Social Scene‘s second album “You Forgot It In People”, adding lyrics to their already groovy sound.
Lesson: Sometimes it takes 14 people to get the sound you are looking for. Broken Social Scene is rockin out on tour this season and you can see them at The Brooklyn Masonic Temple on October 24th, 2008
“Like O, Like H in your gut.” It felt like I waited a lifetime for this concert to arrive. I had anticipated seeing them play live ever since the first time I heard “Where does the Good Go.”
They have a gift. A gift that not every talented musician has. They make me want to cry. There are those who are great at playing their instruments, singing, and putting on a good show and then there are some that have all the aforementioned characteristics plus they write music that tears at your soul.
Tegan and Sara make me want to lay on the floor and pound my fists into the wall to every word they sing. When I listen to them it feels like they have been inside my heart these long 24 years and now finally someone is telling my story. ”when I was 8 I was sure I was growing nerves.”
On their latest album, The Con, Tegan and Sara take you to a strange place. Their songs are catchy enough to want to dance to but when you pay attention to the lyrics it stops you in your tracks, but only for a second. Their lyrics stir up my emotions, every single one off The Con pings me in one way or another. The music they play takes me to a whole different place. I could be on the subway and 5 minutes later realize I have just been pounding the ground with my foot to the drums in “Nineteen”. Its so good I dont even mind infringing on my neighbors space. Not only is their music bananas but their style is too.
It is well known, if you are a Tegan and Sara fan, that seeing them live is a truly unique, mirthless, perhaps life making, time. You are provided with comic relief in between songs as the Canadian born twins recall certain stories from their past, and its only fair that they try and make us laugh after they play song after song of tear invoking tunes. I saw them this past May and it is still the best concert I have ever been to. Their stage presence is ridiculous. They interact with their crowd and are hilarious while doing it. It was once said in an interview that they dont play any of their old songs that they don’t feel are relevant to them today, and it shows. Tegan and Sara are back in town today and tomorrow at Terminal 5, go see them if you have the chance.
