7/30 Superlatives
by Katie
It’s yearbook time! C U NEXT YEAR!* BFFs 4E and E!
*not Tuesday.
Senior Superlatives
Prabir and the Substitutes
Most Adorbs/Most Likely to Steal the Show
I shouldn’t have to convince you that Prabir and the Subsitutes are the most adorbs. I’d like to keep them all in my pocket (they would fit because, as the above photo indicates, they are wittle). Occasionally they could hop out and teach me the secrets to writing sunny, funny pop songs and four-part harmonies. (Case in point: “Everybody’s Got Someone to Fuck But Me” could be a lonely lament of Oberstian proportions; instead, crashing cymbals and a healthy does of shouting replace that self-conscious loneliness with a sense of fuck-all.)
And here’s the thing about their set: these guys were on FIRE. There was so much energy coming off the stage that, I shit you not, people were dancing. Prabir is a relaxed frontman even as the Substitutes whoop and harmonize and generally cause pandemonium behind him. I guess he’s right to trust them, though, because they don’t miss a note. (As far as I can tell.) They’ll be at the Takoma Park Street Festival on October 4th, if they don’t come back sooner.
Yearbook message: XO GUYS! It was gr8 getting 2 kno u! Don’t evr change! See u next year!!
The XYZ Affair
Most Likely To Hit Their Heads on Low-Hanging Speakers/Friendliest
We already know XYZ put on a really good show. They seemed to start off tentatively Thursday night, with (yesssss) “All My Friends” being expectedly rad but not quite bold. They gained confidence with each song until they closed with a fun and funky rendition of “Sock You In the Face With Love.” Wondering who “called out” Alex on the abuseyness of the chorus last time they came through? Me too.*
Besides being rad, I only rarely see performers being as social after their set as XYZ were. I think, between the whole band, they conversed with everyone in the club. Also, I’ve mentioned this before, but they’re all really tall. It seems important to note this because I’m usually at eye level with the performers on the slightly-raised stage at DC9. I’m 5’9. All of these guys are way bigger than I am.
If I could give individual awards for Most Involved, Best Dancer, Best Power Stance, and Best Performance By A Drummer Who’d Never Played With The Band Before, these guys would clean up.
Yearbook message: Hey yous! Remember the time I got drunk and blogged about your show? OMG I was soooo embarrassed! HAGS, don’t change a bit!
Poor But Sexy
Funkiest/Most Spirit
I’ve heard Poor But Sexy’s name before, which is why they get the most (local) spirit award, but I don’t think I’d ever seen them live before last night. Though they were fun and funky, they were nearly upstaged by their hyperactive openers. Ummm, that is all I’ve got. Sorry, Poor But Sexy. Grandma over here gets tired around… 3pm.
*Not really. It was me. Awk.
All photos from the various myspaces. (Plz don’t sue me for half-assed citations.)
