Broken Social Scene live in concert.
ON TOUR

Broken Social Scene

124
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
124
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 124 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Broken Social Scene is rated as an enjoyable live performer, though not exceptional overall. Broken Social Scene concert reviews describe live shows and performances as career-spanning, dreamy, memorable, lovely, high-energy, melodic, and powerful.

ON TOUR

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Latest release

Live at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 2003 (September 22, 2022)

artist info

GENRE
rock
ORIGIN
Toronto, Canada (1999 - present)
BIO
Broken Social Scene is an indie rock group formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada. The band's core members were Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning.
HAS PERFORMED with
Portugal The Man, Feist, Belle Game

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

QRO Magazine

October 18, 2023
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Broken Social Scene braved the flood to make it back to New York City

Exclaim (Canada)

July 13, 2023
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Broken Social Scene Skipped Soundcheck and Lifted Spirits Calgary Stampede, July 12

Canadian Beats (Canada)

December 21, 2022
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Broken Social Scene in Toronto, ON

Exclaim (Canada)

December 18, 2022
%
Broken Social Scene Went Off-Script at Joyful, Cathartic Toronto Show History, December 17

QRO Magazine

October 19, 2022
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There are certain albums from the aughts that are indie music touchstones, Gen Y’s own 'Nevermind's, like Broken Social Scene’s 'You Forgot It In People'..

Parklife DC (USA)

October 17, 2022
%
Broken Social Scene perform at the Lincoln Theater on Oct. 13, 2022.

Glide Magazine (USA)

September 29, 2022
%
Twenty years ago, Toronto was home to one of the coolest indie rock scenes on the planet. The acts that came out of this scene generally skewed towards rock with sharp underpinnings of pop and an underlying sense of cool.

Past critic reviews published in

Get Some Magazine (USA), LA Record (USA), Buzz Bands LA (USA), Grimy Goods (USA), We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

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