Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars Bring the Right Kind of Nostalgia to Brooklyn Paramount: Review
Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars brought their “All the Feelings Tour” to Brooklyn Paramount, presenting a shared celebration of the bands’ pasts while stressing their continuing relevance. The review argues that the concert avoided empty nostalgia by framing their long-running careers through friendship, collaboration and the prospect of a future rather than simply revisiting an earlier indie-rock era.
The three Canadian-connected acts have deep personal and professional ties spanning Toronto, Montreal, New York and the Arts & Crafts Productions orbit, including relationships dating back decades. That history made the triple bill feel like a reunion for Gen X and older millennial fans, with the first of two Brooklyn Paramount dates serving as a testament to the enduring connections between the musicians and their audience.
- Three indie bands turned nostalgia into a celebration of enduring friendship.
- Their shared history gave the Brooklyn show reunion-like warmth.
- The review sees the tour as forward-looking, not merely retrospective.
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Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars are Canadian-connected indie rock bands whose careers grew alongside a music scene linking Toronto and Montreal with New York. Their musicians have worked and toured together over many years, with connections to the Toronto-based Arts & Crafts label and music company.
The bands rose to prominence in an era when independent guitar music reached a wider audience, and many fans have followed them for decades. Their shared history helps explain why a concert featuring all three can feel like a gathering around both familiar songs and lasting relationships.