Breaking: The Subways

[Rolling_Stone]

Who: The Subways, a British trio who turned two years on the road touring with the likes of Foo Fighters and Oasis and a potentially career-ending throat ailment into their edgier second album All Or Nothing. Sounds Like: Led by singer/guitarist Billy Lunn, the Subways are a pop-perfect combo of three of the band's favorite artists, mixing together Nirvana's power chords, Smashing Pumpkins' ferocious tribal drumming and Shirley Manson's vocal prowess for a fantastic alt-rock throwback stew. The common bond between all three bands? Producer Butch Vig, who also produced the Subways' new album. "The songs on All Or Nothing are like diary entries, essentially," Lunn says. "We felt compelled that we had to open ourselves up, and Butch Vig was clearly the guy who was gonna do that for us." Vital Stats:

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