Broken Social Scene is a band I didn't fully appreciate until I saw them play live. I had their self-titled album sitting on my iPod for years, but it was getting much play. In early July, I caught them at a free city festival in Detroit. Since then I’ve been a bonafide fan.

Andrew Whiteman, Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew (from left) are a few of the mainstays in Broken Social Scene's ever rotating lineup.

Just a few months after playing Lollapalooza and a Lolla after show at the Metro, BSS returned to Chicago for a sold out show Thursday at the Vic Theater. The Canadian indie rockers put on a crowd pleaser by playing some of their biggest hits from over the years. There was “Cause = Time” and “Anthems For a 17-Year-Old Girl” from their 2003 breakthrough record You Forgot It In People; “7/4 (Shoreline),” “Fire Eye’d Boy,” and “Superconnected,” from 2005’s self-titled follow up; “F-ked Up Kid” and “Safety Bricks” from Kevin Drew’s Spirit If…; and “Hit the Wall,” “Love is New” and “Churches Under the Stairs” from Brendan Canning’s Something for All of Us. With the exception of a few missing songs, these are the tunes that have made Broken Social Scene stars with the indie crowd.

Here's some more snapshots from the show.

Liz Powell (from opening band Land of Talk) provided the female vocals.

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