Oh, how nice it is to hear a fresh band that knows its way around their instruments. That’s what happens when you attend Berklee School of Music in Boston: you learn music performance and theory really, really well — or at least everyone I ever met from there did.
The same rule applies to Apollo Sunshine, a group of Berklee grads who recorded Shall Noise Upon (Headless Heroes, September 2) in the summer of ’07 in the Catskills of New York "in the house next door to the original Uncle Sam." This consummate music sparkles with attention to detail and a subconscious grasp of harmony, counterpoint and other elements of music theory. Check out their live Bach cover.
The song below, "Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You)" finds them in a gentle mood but these guys get pretty rough and tumble too, as a brief visit to their MySpace page demonstrates. No matter what style they’re working with, they bring the quality goods — or so I thought, anyway. As always, your mileage may vary.
Take a listen to Apollo Sunshine’s "Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You)":
The band plays Monkey Town in Williamsburg, Brooklyn tonight — here’s the rest of the dates on their ongoing North American tour:
Sep 16 Brooklyn, NY @ Monkey Town Sep 19 Andover, MA @ Andover Town Hall Sep 26 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland Oct 03 Fairfield, CT @ The Field Oct 08 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s Oct 09 Washington, DC @ DC9 Oct 14 Nashville, TN @ 3rd and Lindsley Oct 15 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn Oct 16 Hattiesburg, MS @ Thirsty Hippo Oct 17 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern Oct 18 Austin, TX @ Mohawk Oct 19 Norman, OK @ Opolis Oct 21 Kansas City, KS @ Record Bar Oct 22 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Oct 24 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen Oct 27 Columbus, OH @ The Basement Oct 29 New York, NY @ The Mercury Lounge Oct 30 Boston, MA @ Middle East Oct 31 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse
