QRO’s spotlight goes back again to Brooklyn for the most unusual high school band, The Subjects.
Note: It appears that The Subjects have called it a day. But Jimmy Carbonetti & Matthew Iwanusa have a new band, Caveman.
Name: The Subjects
Associated act(s): Caveman
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Members: Jimmy Carbonetti, Matthew Iwanusa, David Sheinkopf, Joseph Smith
Albums: The Subjects EP (2005), With the Ease, Grace, Precision, and Cleverness of Human Beings (2007)
Has toured with: Bad Veins, Beach House, Black Tie Revue, Buke and Gass, The Dig, Drug Rug, The End of the World, The Epochs, Frances, Frankpollis, French Kicks, Harlem Shakes, Land of Talk, The Long Blondes, Low vs. Diamond, Mannequin Men, Maps & Atlases, Peter Bjorn and John, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, The Soft Pack, Tapes ‘n Tapes, The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Wild Light
Related Articles:
Live review at Music Hall in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on September 14th, 2007
Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on December 13th, 2007
Interview with entire band, Part I
Interview with entire band, Part II
Photo gallery from Music Hall in Williamsburg on June 7th, 2008
Review as part of CMJ 2008 Day Five at Lit Lounge in New York, NY on October 25th, 2008
Photo gallery from The Red Door New Year’s Eve party in New York, NY, 2008
Review as part of SXSW Day Four at Submerged in Austin, TX on March 21st, 2009
Tour dates:
none upcoming… ever
The Subjects playing “Time” live at Music Hall in Williamsburg on September 14th, 2007:
The Subjects discussing the test audience reaction to Gigli backstage at Music Hall in Williamsburg on June 7th, 2008:
The Subjects recounting their experience at SXSW backstage at Music Hall in Williamsburg on June 7th, 2008:
The Subjects on making With the Ease, Grace, Precision, and Cleverness of Human Beings backstage at Music Hall in Williamsburg on June 7th, 2008: