Apollo Sunshine

Apollo Sunshine
Background information
OriginBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
GenresAlternative rock, indie rock, indie folk, psychedelic rock
Years active2003 (2003)–2010
Past membersSam Cohen
Jesse Gallagher
Jeremy Black
Quentin Stoltzfus
Sean Aylward

Apollo Sunshine was an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.

History

Founding

Sam Cohen, Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met in 1997 in Boston, where the three were attending a Berklee College of Music summer performance program.[1]

Albums

The band released their first album, Katonah, in 2003 on SpinART records. The album was recorded in Katonah, New York in a barn which the band converted into a studio, and produced by Andy Edelstein, a professor at Berklee. The first single, "I Was on the Moon", was released in 2003.

The New York Times described their sound as "bouncy 60's-style melodies crack wide open, breaking into outbursts of pummeling and feedback before jumping back into the tune. It's all neatly and cleverly plotted, but with a looming chaos that's anything but nostalgic."[2]

The band released their second album Apollo Sunshine in 2005. In November 2005, it was named to the Amazon.com Best of 2005: Editors' Picks in Rock list at number 5[3] and the band was featured in Rolling Stone as an "Artist to Watch".[4] Several Boston alternative weeklies declared Apollo Sunshine the best Boston band in their 2005 year-end issues.[citation needed] In 2006, Apollo Sunshine toured with The Slip and Sam Champion en route to SXSW.[5]

Their third album, Shall Noise Upon, was released on vinyl and as a digital download on August 5, 2008. It was released on CD September 2, 2008.

The band has been inactive since 2010.

Etymology

We were just sitting on the couch one day and one said Apollo and someone else said Sunshine and that was it. It just kind of came to us. And then we looked up Apollo in a Greek mythology book and it turns out he's the god of music.

— Jesse Gallagher[6]

Members

Jesse Gallagher
Current
  • Sam Cohen - Guitar, Vocals, Pedal Steel
  • Jesse Gallagher - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
  • Jeremy Black - Drums
Former
  • Oli Rah - Percussion
  • Quentin Stoltzfus- Guitar, Vocals
  • Sean Aylward - Guitar, Vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Studio albums by Apollo Sunshine
Year Album title Release details
2003 Katonah
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Label: spinART
  • Format: Digital
2005 Apollo Sunshine
  • Released: September 13, 2005
  • Label: spinART
  • Format: Digital
2008 Shall Noise Upon
  • Released: September 2, 2008
  • Label: Headless Heroes
  • Format: Digital, vinyl, CD

EPs

Live albums

Singles

References

  1. ^ "Blogger". Accounts.google.com.
  2. ^ Jon Pareles "Throwbacks With Muscle" The New York Times, February 28, 2004
  3. ^ "Best of 2005 Editors Picks' in Rock". Amazon.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  4. ^ Kevin O'Donnell Apollo Sunshine Heat Up Early wakeup call leads to hugs from Smokey Robinson for neo-psychedelic crew Rolling Stone, November 18, 2005
  5. ^ "The Slip + Apollo Sunshine + Sam Champion Tour". brooklynvegan.com. February 14, 2006. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "LAist Interview: Jesse Gallagher of Apollo Sunshine: LAist". November 5, 2017. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017.

Sources

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