Tonight saw The Subways come to Glasgow as part of their biggest tour to
date.
The Dials
These guys are starting to get recognition from the like of
XFM. Bigging up Jim Gellatley (XFM)
during their set will do their relationship no harm at all. However for me, I found nothing special here
I’m afraid, just an average indie band.
The Sunshine Underground
This band on the other hand played a belter of a set and I’m
sure they have a new army of fans after that performance. Singles ‘Commercial Breakdown’ and ‘Put you
in your place’ went down an absolute storm.
They may not be big enough to headline the academy just yet, but a
couple of year’s time and another album later, it’s much advised to watch this
space…
The View
Probably the most hyped band around at the moment, I was
curious to see what else they had to offer besides their nifty wee single
‘Wasted little DJs’. When they came on, you would have thought they were the
headliners due to the reception they got which didn’t stop till they left the
stage. I enjoyed ‘Wasted little DJs’ but
apart from that the rest of the songs seemed distinctly average and also it was
virtually impossible to make out their babble in between songs. Their definitely full of energy, no one could
argue that, but if more energy was put into the actual song writing, I would
maybe go and see them again.
The Subways
Having such high profile supports, people’s expectations
must have been sky high as The Subways took the stage. However they did not disappoint with an hour
long set; blasting through such hits as ‘Oh yeah’ and ‘youth for eternity’,
along with treating fans to new material.
The Subways seem to have a tag associated with them as not really rock,
but they certainly do and they seemed determined to dispel this myth even if it
does mean taking it too far. During
their final song ‘Rock and Roll queen’, the lead singer stood on top of the
speaker stacks (which must have been about 20ft from the floor) and jumped into
the crowd, not once but twice!). Now I
know many people would have gone home thinking ‘Man their so rock and roll that
was brilliant’. Everyone was watching in anticipation each time he did it to
see if he was ok, cheering when he got back on the stage. But with all these fans to land on, of course
he’s going to be ok! It was so jam packed down the front there was nowhere for
people to move even if they did want to move out the way. My concern was for the fans underneath, as
from that height, he could have caused some serious damage to someone! I think the Subways proved enough during
their set that they can rock out, without having to feel they have to justify
it by doing this. Overall though was a
good night, just don’t stand down the front of a Subways gig unless you want to
go home in an ambulance. ;-)
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