![]() ![]() So great have been prior leading ladies that more current ones can get caught in their shadow, but Engle really shined at The Paramount. Other Drew-less pieces included guitarist/bassist Brendan Canning ( QRO interview) singing “Stars and Sons” (like “Accidental”, a classic from their amazing 2003 breakthrough, You Forgot It In People), side player as guitarist Andrew Whiteman ( QRO interview) doing “Fire Eye’d Boy” from 2005’s self-titled follow-up, and numerous pieces where singer/guitarist Ariel Engle took the lead.īSS have long had a rotating spot for the female vocalist, which has featured the likes of Metric’s Emily Haines ( QRO photos with Haines), Stars’ Amy Millan ( QRO live review with Millan), and Leslie Feist ( QRO photos with Feist), to name a few. Accidental”, whose epic beginning is instrumental. ![]() Indeed, the show began with him in the back on keys for opener “K.C. would easily joke with one another, as well as with the audience – yet their set didn’t require him to be frontman, 24/7. “There’s no division between us” main man Kevin Drew remarked at one point (though The Paramount did have a large photo pit between the crowd & the stage).ĭrew & co. The band has been around long enough to have a natural rapport, both between each other and with their fans. But that did not dampen the group’s enthusiasm on stage at The Paramount. The recent return and distance from downtown did seem to depress ticket sales (the New Jersey show, in particular, seemed easy to win tickets). For the NYC area, at least, they played new spaces, further out. It was only last fall that BSS played within the five boroughs, at Brooklyn Steel ( QRO review), yet the Toronto group was on the road again. The Canadian collective closed out their second tour off of last year’s Hug of Thunder ( QRO review) in the New York City area – but not the Big Apple itself, ending at New Jersey’s Wellmont Theater, and playing Long Island’s Paramount ( QRO venue review) the night before on Saturday, April 7th. Artists that you can’t get enough of, such as Broken Social Scene. There are some acts that you wish would never take time off, even if it would be good for them, both career-wise and personally. ![]()
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