Apollo Sunshine

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Apollo Sunshine is an alternative rock band of the 2000s currently based out of Boston, MA, San Francisco, CA and Brooklyn, NY.

History

Members Sam Cohen, Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met in Boston, MA . Since then, they have recorded three full length albums and attained a large, widely diverse following of people all over the world.

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 College of Music. The first single, "I Was on the Moon," was released in 2003.

The New York Times describes 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."^[1]

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^[2] and the band was featured in Rolling Stone as an "Artist to Watch".^[3] Additionally, several Boston alternative weeklies declared Apollo Sunshine the best Boston band in their 2005 year-end issues.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4]

Members

• Sam Cohen - Guitar, Vocals, Pedal Steel
• Jesse Gallagher - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
• Jeremy Black - Drums
• Oli Rah - Percussion

PAST:

• Quentin Stoltzfus- Guitar, Vocals
• Sean Aylward - Guitar, Vocals

Discography

• Katonah (October 7, 2003)
• The Other Side of the World EP (May 3, 2005)
• Live at the Paradise (2005)
• Apollo Sunshine (2005)
• Shall Noise Upon (2008)

References

• James Sullivan What a racket - Apollo Sunshine The Boston Globe, September 2, 2008
• Joan Anderman Critic's picks - pop music - Spare Change Benefit The Boston Globe, August 10, 2008

External links

• Apollo Sunshine homepage
• Live show photos of APOLLO SUNSHINE by Space Monkey
• Headless Heroes (record label)
• Black & Greene Records (for Apollo Sunshine vinyl releases)
• Apollo Sunshine on Myspace
• Apollo Sunshine Announce New Album, 2008 Tour Dates
• Short review of Aug 4, 2008 Union Pool Show