There’s nothing that I can say about Broken Social Scene that can’t be better communicated by this video. If watching this montage of home videos and tour footage set to “Major Label Debut” doesn’t make you weep tears of joy at the prospect of seeing them tonight at the Moore, I’m not sure if we can really be friends any more.

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They’re kicking off their fall tour in support of their latest, a beautiful compromise between a solo project and a collective effort called Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew’s Spirit If… [ms]. More restrained than the band’s self-titled jamboree and a little more in line with the quieter rambling parts of You Forgot it in People, this co-frontman’s project is an an album that continues to endear itself to me with each repeat listen. With New Buffalo. $25, 8pm [moore]