bss at hmv forum

at last moment: broken social scene live. shar's been wanting to see kevin drew and crew for years and years. they blew up and members started touring with their own bands (ie. feist, stars and metric). so it's been a long time a coming for shar to see the canadian crew live. last night was the night. up on the velvet benches of the hmv forum, bss was shar's. oh yes! they banged out with their latest single "world sick". kevin joked how on a talk show the night before they said they should have renamed "texico bitches" to "bp bitches", but they were in london afterall and they did not want to offend.


kevin drew jumped into the crowd to seranade us with "sweetest kill". he had a broken toe, so he was a trooper. shar loves her some kevin drew. AND he did encore with my all time fav "lover's spit". it was no this, but i still loved it and sang along. kevin said it was a song about being responsible. they rocked out completely on the final song, "meet me in the basement".

luke temple and here we go magic opened

lisa lobsinger singing "all to all"

kevin drew and brendan canning, the john and paul of bss

fever ray at hmv forum

much belated transatlantic concert: fever ray at hmv forum. shar's scoured the listings everytime she's been in london for a show. shows, shar and london go hand in hand, but never the right timing until last night. what a show to be the first. there was fog and incense to set the mood. there were lasers. there were tasseled lamps beating in synchronized unision to fever ray's beats. there was karin andersson.
wow, oh wow! michelle, rich, kristen, ben and hayden were all in tow for this extravaganza. some knife fans, some fever ray fans, and one who knew nothing about the artist. all in all, we all enjoyed the production and the tunes.
the band was always absconded in the darkness with only temporary rhythmic pulses of the lamps and the illuminating netting of lasers. shar was expecting quite the production and she was thoroughly satisfied. the perfect first london concert.