The boys in San Francisco’s Big Light will tour this summer in support of their debut album, Animals In Bloom. I see these guys as spectators at just about every show I go to these days. I’ll be seeing them perform and hang out at High Sierra as well, and they’ll be opening for Apollo Sunshine at the Independent on August 4th as THE pre-party to Phish’s three night run at the Greek. Read on for the dates… READ MORE
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One of my favorite bands from the past few years, Apollo Sunshine, is decidedly coming back for four shows on the East Coast after a brief hiatus. They play tonight in Northampton, MA…
Apollo Sunshine Tour Dates:
April 22 Northampton, MA—Iron Horse Music Hall
April 23 Somerville, MA—PAs Lounge
April 24 Andover, MA—Collins Center
April 25 New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom
[via jambands.com]
If anyone’s planning on hitting these shows, get in touch and let us know. For anyone else uninitiated, we did a podcast a while back featuring a strong 30 minutes from their Langerado set a few years back.
If there is a worse night of the week to see a gig than Wednesday I don’t know what it is. Wednesday is hump day; three days of work have already tired you out, but you still have two more staring you down, so it’s not always best to go all night. That said, the right show can change all that. A great concert with the band and the crowd feeding off each other’s energy can make you forget about all your midweek woes.
I was really hoping Wednesday night’s Apollo Sunshine show at Mercury lounge was going to be one of those gigs. I hadn’t actually checked out much of Apollo Sunshine’s music prior to the show, but I had heard enough people sing their praise that I was really looking forward to checking out a new band. When I heard that in the spirit of the season they would actually be appearing as The Apollo Sunshine Experience, donning costumes straight out of Hair and playing Hendrix covers I was totally sold.
Unfortunately it was the spirit of Wednesday that owned the night. I’m not entirely sure if it was a lack of energy from the crowd that through the band off, or if their was something slightly off with Apollo Sunshine that led to a weak crowd. Whatever it was, something wasn’t quite clicking at Mercury Lounge. READ MORE
The Apollo Sunshine tour rolls on further with three nights (starting tonight) as The Apollo Sunshine Experience, a tribute-esque performance with costumes and music celebrating the art of Jimi Hendrix. Sam’s going to be there tonight and I’m sure it’s going to rule. Then the band rolls through the rest of the country supporting their fantastic release, Shall Upon Noise, as the opener for Dead Confederate, a band I saw at SXSW and didn’t really think too much of.
Oct 29 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
Oct 30 – Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)*
Oct 31 – Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse Music Hall*
Nov 02 – Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND @ Mandela Hall (w/Dirty Pretty Things)
Nov 03 – Dublin, IRELAND @ Academy (w/Dirty Pretty Things)
Nov 05 – Cork, IRELAND @ Cyprus Avenue (w/Dirty Pretty Things)
Nov 06 – Wicklow, IRELAND @ Greystones Theatre (w/Dirty Pretty Things)
Nov 07 – Galway, IRELAND @ Roisin Dubh (w/Dirty Pretty Things)
With Dead Confederate
Nov 08 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk (Fun Fun Fun Festival After Party…w/White Denim)
Nov 11 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
Nov 12 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Nov 13 Las Vegas, NE @ Beauty Bar
Nov 14 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland (Co-headline)
Nov 15 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door (Co-headline)
Nov 16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Nov 18 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Nov 19 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Nov 20 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Nov 21 Park City, UT @ Sidecar
Nov 22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
*performing as the Apollo Sunshine Experience
Apollo Sunshine just announced some new tour dates, including a few dates over in the UK with Dirty Pretty Things.
Apollo Sunshine announced some tour dates last week in support of their new album, Shall Noise Upon, a fantastic piece of music front-to-back and one that I’ve already spent a lot of time on. I even got to buy Jeremy, the drummer, a beer at the Benevento/Russo Duo show at the Mojito. I complimented him on the new album and how I was truly grateful to be able to get an album like that early. I asked him if they had any dates booked coming up and he had mentioned that this tour was in the works and that they planned on playing San Francisco sometime in November. Expect more dates to get announced.
I tried my best to keep up with the reports from All Points West this past weekend, but I also tried to get away from the computer to check the Everyone Orchestra here in SF. Unfortunately my press contact’s list must have been a bit borked because I was told my name wasn’t on the list (and also that I wasn’t the only one that thought my name would be). Craptacular.
We’ll have our update from APW day three up today (hopefully). Also I’ve been meaning to write up some words from the Special Disco Version show I saw last Thursday, so stay tuned to the site for updates…
One of the first shows I caught when I got to San Francisco was the Apollo Sunshine / Big Light show that I opted to see instead of Fleet Foxes, which I’m still torn on whether or not that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life considering that Fleet Foxes are like, huge now. But the Apollo Sunshine show was seriously tight; the new stuff this band was kicking out just had me so mesmerized and awestruck that I’ve long waited for their new album to get released so I can get a taste of the songs again. Their Archive page hasn’t gotten much love in a while and this new album was going to be my ticket to “music stuck in my head” salvation, that feeling you get where you can finally re-listen to something that has been haunting your brain for days or weeks prior. Today my musical prayers were kindly answered.
JamBase just did a post updating everyone that they had a embedded copy of Apollo’s new album, Shall Noise Upon, and after two listens through I’m convinced this is the best new album that I’ve listened to all day. I know that’s not saying much, but still. Read on to give it a listen yourself, and let’s see what else is going on…
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