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The Adventures of Stickboy
1. "I'm Pretty Sure I'm Gay"
2. "Please, Please, Please"
3. "I'm Pretty Sure I Can't Go On Vacation with My Parents Anymore"
4. "Kiss Me on the LRV"
4. "It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands"
5. "I'm Pretty Sure I Want to be a Famous Comic Book Artist"
Carousel Roundup
August 2010: The Booze Tour
July 2010: Sisters of Mercy
June 2010: Groovy Singer-Songwriters
Thomas Cooney:
"Decade in Review"
"The Deep Night Of Day"
The Cyprus Chronicles:
"Life Itself"
Kevin Griffin:
"The Bass Man"
New Crush/Old Crush
Vampire Weekend
War Elephant
Theresa Moorehouse
Kaya Oakes' Miscellany:
"Dylan: He's Just Like Us"
The Roberge Report:
"Just for Openers"
"Jay Walter Bennett"
"Closet Classics"
"Urinal Tour Diary; A Week on the Road with the most Punctual and Polite Band in Punk"
"Room #8, Joshua Tree Inn"
Studio Musician Gossip:
"We Need A Public Option Radio Station"
"Make Out/Make Over"
"Re-Make, Re-Model"
Book Reviews
Getting in Tune, by Roger Trott
Hew, Screw + Glue: How Stuff is Made, by James Innes-Smith
Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride With Tommy James And The Shondells , by Tommy James
Mingering Mike, by Dori Hadar
New York Dolls, by Bob Gruen
Red Album of Asbury Park, by Alex Austin
Satchmo: The Wonderful World And Art Of Louis Armstrong, by Steven Brower
Stalker Girl, by Rosemary Graham
Stone Roses, by Alex Green
Three Wishes: An Intimate Look At Jazz Greats, by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz
DVD Reviews
Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium
Rush - Snakes and Arrows Live
Live Reviews
2010
2010 - Sick Puppies
2010 - Jennie DeVoe
2009
2009 - Forever Young Dylan Tribute
The Meat Puppets
Bob Mould with Juliana Hatfield
Pet Shop Boys
Pixies
Bonnie Whitmore
2008
2008 - The Kooks
The Subways
2007
Big Star
Coachella
English Beat
Sondre Lerche
Placebo
Sonic Youth
Best Of:
The Subways
Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco
July 30, 2008
There are a lot of British indie bands out there and they're easy to find, particularly if you read NME every week. The Subways are one such band, praised to no end for their gritty rock and raw live energy.
The Subways started the night off with a song off their new album, the frantic and appropriate "Kalifornia." Their set was a mix of old and new songs, with vocalist/guitarist Billy Lunn asking the crowd to sing along through favorites such as "Oh Yeah" and introducing tracks off the band's new album All or Nothing.
Bassist Charlotte Cooper was a blond whirlwind, dancing all over the stage as she played, while Lunn screamed more than sang the lyrics to songs such as the driving "Young For Eternity" and the newer "Shake! Shake!"
The Subways gave it their all, with Lunn telling the crowd at one point they were "sweating their arses off." Perhaps because it's been two years since their last release, it took a bit for the crowd to warm up to them. The band was aware of this, repeatedly thanking the audience for standing by them during their absence and coming to the show. Their effort paid off at the end when Lunn initiated a screaming contest and stage-dove into the crowd during the irresistible "Rock & Roll Queen."
With their exhilarating performance and new songs such as the intense "Alright" and the searing "I Will Let You Down," the band showed it was indeed worth the wait.
—Jessica Simons
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