By Melissa Hunter on August 2, 2009 7:55 PM
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Houston is the red headed step child of Austin, TX. They have Austin City Limits, we have the Battle of the Bands... until now with the Free Press
Summer Festival (August 8-9, 2009). Around 50 bands will perform, mostly Texan artists including Houston's: Young Mammals, Grrl Parts, and Wild Moccasins. Also Austin artists: Octopus Project, The Sword, Voxtrot, and What Made Milwaukee Famous. But what makes this festival outstanding is the surprising appearances by Broken Social Scene, Explosions In the Sky, and Of Montreal! Well worth the 2 Day $16 pass.
By Melissa Hunter on July 14, 2009 6:11 AM
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There is something incredibly magical about the rarity of the three female singers of Broken Social Scene: Feist, the Star's Amy Milan, and Metric's Emily Haines, singing live together. They all attribute to BSS albums but are never seen together live. Usually, one of them joins the band when they have a break from touring with their other bands. Along with the ladies are the guys Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Andrew Whiteman, and Justin Peroff to name a few of the cluster f of guys on stage. Broken Social Scene are in the process of recording their fourth album.
The song "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" is when you get to see all three ladies singing together live on this amazing quality amateur video. A song I wish was around when I was a seventeen year old. "Used to be one of the rotten ones, and I liked you for that...Smiling flash, talking trash, under your breath...park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me." No other lyrics could sum up a 17 year old's existence better than that. The third video is the duet couple, (I'm not sure if they are still dating) Kevin Drew and Leslie Feist. The medley includes "Safety Bricks" (Kevin Drew), "Past in Present" (Feist), and "I Feel It All" (Feist).
