Jeff Mangum's ATP Winter Festival Postponed Until March 2012
A statement appeared today on the All Tomorrow's Parties website announcing Jeff Mangum's specially curated ATP event has been postponed until Mar. 9-11, 2012. The event will still be held at Butlins Holiday Center in Minehead, U.K. read more
Found in: Concerts, News100 Tasty Bands Combine to Form 50 Tastier Bands
After sifting through the infinite internet, we found it curious how many band names involve food. Then we decided to combine two food-related bands (Iron & Wine, String Cheese Incident) to form an entirely new, even tastier band (Wine & String Cheese). Sometimes they even create a whole new food item (Chocolate Honey Cone).... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Apples in Stereo Prep New Album
Psych-pop Elephant 6 act The Apples in Stereo will release their new album, Travellers in Space and Time, on April 20 via Yep Roc/Simian (AKA: Elijah Wood’s label)/Elephant 6. Coming three years after New Magnetic Wonder, Travellers is being billed as “their most hi-fi and hook-laden production to date,” according to Yep Roc.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology… from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond
It's hard to say exactly where it started, but The Beatles and The Byrds often get the most credit for starting the enduring subgenre that's come to be known as jangle pop. Of course, The Searchers and even The Everly Brothers were laying the foundations before them... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayApples in Stereo and Elijah Wood auction off guitar
Look at Elijah Wood, beaming like a 3rd grader during show-and-tell. Wood and his Elephant 6 buddies, Apples in Stereo, are auctioning that very guitar to benefit the folks over at Housing Works, Inc. to fight AIDS and homelessness. Brooklyn folk artist and longtime Apples friend/collaborator Steve Keene (who has also worked with Pavement) painted the guitar, which you can currently bid on here. At the time of this posting, you have precisely 12 days, three hours and 37 minutes to get your bid in. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsApples in Stereo tour to Colbert, cameo in Love Guru
The Apples In Stereo, after recently releasing their album of b-sides and rarities, Electronic Projects for Musicians, decided that they wanted to get out of the stereo and onto the stage... read more
Found in: Music, NewsApples In Stereo to release b-sides, do more math problems
If you're feeling low on blindingly bright pop songs about math equations and cranking up the radio, The Apples in Stereo are here to help. Denver's indie pop standard-bearers and Elephant 6 Recording Collective old schoolers are releasing a b-sides and rarities collection to follow up last year's New Magnetic Wonder. The 2007 album, incidentally, is an amalgamation of tracks so shiny you could see your reflection in 'em and was released and distributed in part by Elijah Woods's imprint, Simian Records. The new disc, entitled Electronic Projects for Musicians (named after a 1980 how-to manual by Craig Anderton), will... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIndependent Music Awards '08: celebrating the underdog
Most indie music award programs end up becoming little more than a celebration of "indie famous" and blog-buzz acts. The Independent Music Awards, meanwhile, take a different tack, granting exposure to a host of artists that even the most dedicated music junkie has never heard of. This year's list of nominees features a few notable names: indie pop heroes The Apples In Stereo (nominated twice over and pictured above) and blues veterans Ike Turner and Koko Taylor. After that, however, one finds a collection of regional acts just looking for a big break. This year, music fans will get the... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRobert Schneider loves math
For most people, releasing an acclaimed 24-track album and energetically touring to support it is a solid year’s work. But the Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider is all about effort, so rather than sitting back, sipping on a mint julep, and basking in the New Magnetic Wonder, the Apples’ frontman has lined up quite an offbeat gig. Schneider is making waves in a far more exclusive and cerebral realm than the most snobby indie rock clubs: the world of mathematics. He will appear at this year’s MathFest, hosted by The Mathematical Association of America. The favorite musician of numerically-minded academics... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFrodo directs the Apples In Stereo
The Apples in Stereo meet Lord of the Rings…huh? “Energy,” the first video for the Apples in Stereo’s upcoming album, New Magnetic Wonder, marks the directorial debut for actor Elijah Wood, and is now streaming on MTV2.com. The band, assisted by guest members from other members of the Elephant 6 Collective, will take their show on the road for a month two days after New Magnetic Fields hits stores on February 6. The album will be released on Wood’s Simian Records. In other Apples in Stereo news, lead singer Robert Schneider appeared on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report last month... read more
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