Broken Social Scene have turned out to be anything butalthough we
haven’t had the good fortune to see the whole group in Seattle since
2005, the products of its splintered members are continuous reminders
that the success of the band weighs equally on about 15 peoples’
talented shoulders. On his fifth solo work, Here’s to Being Here,
Jason Collett offers up a much different vibe than that of the last
BSS man who released a solo record (that’d be Kevin Drew with last
year’s Spirit If . . . ). Created largely with Collett’s former
touring band Paso Mino, Being Here meanders along in a pleasing, if
less energetic than you might expect, Dylanesque way. He’s more than
an important piece of the Toronto puzzle; he’s a fine songwriter and
showman in his own right. With Burning Rivers and Great American. RACHEL SHIMP
Fri., March 21, 10 p.m., 2008
