Broken Social Scene perform on Conan O'Brien

Updated: Video expired & removed

A few friends asked for this, so here's Canadian indie supergroup Broken Social Scene performing on the Conan O'Brien last week, January 31st. The song is '7/4(Shoreline)' from their new self-titled album, featuring Emily Haines from Metric and Leslie Feist. I love Conan's call for "more guitars". When you see them live, you tend to get this many people. Here we have 6 guitarists, 2 singers, 1 drummer, and a 5 piece brass section.

Quick bio: Broken Social Scene grew out of the Toronto music scene, with a number of peroformers who play with other bands. Many of them, such as Jason Collett, Feist and Andrew Whiteman (Apostle of Hustle) have found success on their own albums, and many of the members collaborate on each others projects. The reason I keep telling people to see them live is I can't imagine how long something this creative and lumbering can keep going. Just in case, catch them any chance you have. I have literally played their 2003 CD You Forgot It In People into the ground, and had to buy a replacement. Twice.

You can find more about Broken Social Scene and the assorted bands that each artist contributes to here at the Arts and Crafts label site. The site has plenty of music and videos to go around.
Links:
Arts&Crafts: Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People: Pitchfork Review
Broken Social Scene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia