Broken Social Scene, Art School, Fri 17th Feb

Warm up pint in the Variety. An early show, doors open around seven, we rolled up around 7.45. Upstairs to find the tills were broke and they weren't serving any drinks. One sensible chap behind the bar was serving pints of TL, but only if you had the right dough. He kept a tally of pints sold scribbled on his arm. That boy'll go far. I only had a tenner so i bought 5 and shared em amongst our posse of 4. BSS shambled onstage soon after the drinks issues, 8 or 9 of them always on stage at one time. Looked they all attended GSA, rather scruffy in their personal presentation it must be said. However, they sounded great, really full on, with each of them putting their heart and soul into it. Passing around vocal duties is an inspired move with such a large group, it really varies the tone and the vibe of the show. I was a bit disappointed that my fave tune (stars and sons) was done in a fairly low key way. On record it features tight crisp drum beats and a rigid structure, with swooping keyboard washes and breathy, distorted vocals which build to an ace crescendo. Played live it was just a very straightforward walk through. Other tracks included 'lovers spit', sung by the bloke rather than the girl, and some more stuff off 'Forgot it in people'.
Only neg note was their bullshit awe at playing in Glasgow. One of the guitarists said, in a Canadian accent with full on annoying high rise terminals 'Could you, like, put a hex on my guitar to make it play better, like a highland hex?' FUCK OFF AND PLAY ANOTHER TUNE!!! There was also some needless Mogwai sycophancy and other refs to their last show in Glasgow. it didn't ruin the gig but it didn't add to it.
Quick skip down to Asia Style for a quick feed then home. Highlight of the Asia Style experience was the proprieter telling two dudes in no uncertain terms that they had not been overcharged and that the conversation was over. Brilliant. Wouldny take an open pay packet hame tae her!!