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Broken Social Scene
Sandy Amphitheater — Sandy, UT
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About Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene started as Kevin Drew's solo project in Toronto in the late 1990s and grew into this sprawling collective that nobody can quite pin down. The band proper includes Drew, Brendan Canning, and a rotating cast of musicians that sometimes feels like half of the Toronto indie scene showed up to play. Their landmark 2002 album You Forgot It in People established them as people who cared more about textures and weird production choices than conventional song structures. Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl became their calling card—a song that builds from whisper to something almost anthemic without ever getting loud. They've made albums that range from the guitar-heavy brutalism of Self-Titled to the more restrained, orchestral work of Forgiveness Rock Record. Live, they've become known for their willingness to stretch songs and improvise, turning rehearsals into semi-public events. The band's influence on indie rock over two decades has been substantial, mostly because they proved you could be successful while being genuinely weird about it.

Their shows are controlled chaos with eight to twelve people on stage. Expect long instrumental passages where the crowd just watches, intently. The energy builds subtly rather than exploding. People talk less than at typical rock shows, actually paying attention.

Known for Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl, 7/4 (Shorelines), Feels Good, Cause = Time, Handsome Ghost

Broken Social Scene + Salt Lake City

Broken Social Scene last touched down in Salt Lake City back in 2008 at Gallivan Center, pulling deep into their catalog for a 26-song marathon. They opened with 'Pacific Theme' and spent the night threading together sprawling arrangements—'Churches Under the Stairs' and 'Fire Eye'd Boy' landed with the kind of intricate precision the band does best. By the time they circled back to 'Lover's Spit' twice in the set, then closed it all out with 'It's All Gonna Break,' the room had been through something genuinely expansive. It's been a minute since they've been through town.

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Live Music in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City's indie rock landscape in the late 2000s was scrappy but earnest, shaped by a community that had to work harder to build momentum outside traditional music corridors. Bands like Broken Social Scene—sprawling, orchestral, rooted in art-school sensibilities—resonated here precisely because they represented an alternative to mainstream gatekeeping. The city's venues and audiences had always been receptive to music that required some patience and rewarded close listening.

Salt Lake City road trip to see Broken Social Scene?

Stay in the Avenues neighborhood—tree-lined streets with actual character, close enough to downtown but removed from the noise. For dinner, Lazy Dog in Sugar House serves exceptional Colorado lamb and maintains a wine list that doesn't insult your intelligence. Spend an afternoon at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Red Butte Canyon; the building itself is architecturally stunning and the collection gives real context to the landscape you're actually standing in. The city's proximity to actual mountains matters when you've got downtime.

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