Basements

They're in.  Radiohead did it in Nigel Godrich's.  Broken Social Scene apparently did too; in support of Kevin Drew's release of Spirit If about a year ago.   Though I suppose their technical proficiency could be questioned (however unnecessary), their honesty and sonic breadth cannot: from the baroque post-rock of Feel Good Lost, the relative accessibility of You Forgot it In People, to Broken Social Scene, the collective's most recent album, which adorns a sound that my brother describes as ten bands playing at the same time.    I'm seeing these guys at the Wilbur Theater later this month.  Here's the band playing in a basement (Kevin Drew playing drums):

Basement Part II:

Mr. Drew all by his lonesome (music video):

And, although I just heard it for the first time, Brendan Canning's "Hit the Wall":