Hot off of covering Lykke Li, American Idol's remaining hairstylist victims Adam Lambert and the Not Adam Lamberts kept it indie for this week's Ford commercial challenge with New Magnetic Wonder's "Energy." Watch it here. Next week: "Two Weeks"?... CONTINUE READING AMERICAN IDOLS COVER THE APPLES IN STEREO»
Posted on April 30, 2009 in , (8 comments)
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As Stephen likes to say, he's been a fan of the Apples In Stereo since way back when they were the Apples In Mono. Or at least, since way back to when Robert Schneider penned and performed the very special... CONTINUE READING THE APPLES IN STEREO RETURN TO COLBERT WITH NOTHING NEW TO PLAY»
Posted on August 5, 2008 in (9 comments)
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As you may already know, Target jangler, Stereogum-CMJ-party alum, and sunny pop icon Robert Schneider's been concocting infectious E6 psych since the early '90s. On top of that, he's already released a couple videos (though only one by Elijah Wood)... CONTINUE READING NEW THE APPLES IN STEREO VIDEO - "SAME OLD DRAG"»
Posted on August 22, 2007 in , (1 comments)
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For the Apples' first vid from New Magnetic Wonder, they went vintage with Elijah; next it was DIY in an SUV at Sundance; and now it's sequenced still shots and pop art. Such is E6ers artistic progression. Nice to see... CONTINUE READING NEW APPLES IN STEREO VIDEO - "CAN YOU FEEL IT"»
Posted on April 2, 2007 in (8 comments)
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As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw some old... CONTINUE READING SXSW: LAST DAY IN AUSTIN»
Posted on March 19, 2007 in (26 comments)
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Are we gonna read into The Apples In Stereo's decision to follow New Magnetic Wonder's first, Elijah-directed (and anticlimactic) clip with a one-take, DIY, handy-cam backseat singalong video? No we'd never do that. The Apples filmed it while driving through... CONTINUE READING NEW APPLES IN STEREO VIDEO - "SAME OLD DRAG"»
Posted on January 30, 2007 in (11 comments)
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The Apples have a grainy, new vid for the fun-for-all first single from New Magnetic Wonder. Elijah Wood's directing debut is ... well, he should stick to acting. (And Leto bashing.) ... CONTINUE READING NEW APPLES IN STEREO VIDEO - "ENERGY"»
Posted on January 12, 2007 in (5 comments)
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Yes, it's true: E6ers The Apples In Stereo invented a friggin' scale (the "Non-Pythagorian Music Scale") for their first release with Yep Roc and Elijah Wood's Simian Records. But don't be scared! Let this, the first single from New Magnetic... CONTINUE READING NEW APPLES IN STEREO - "ENERGY"»
Posted on January 4, 2007 in (13 comments)
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Last night's Colbert Report dedicated the ENTIRE show to settling the much-blogged feud between Stephen and hyperliterate prog rockers The Decemberists. That made for a lot of cameos. Everyone from Eliot Spitzer to Robert Schneider, who performed an opening tune... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS VS. STEPHEN COLBERT ROCK & AWE: COUNTDOWN TO GUITARMAGEDDON»
Posted on December 21, 2006 in (30 comments)
Tags: Stephen Colbert | The Apples In Stereo | The Decemberists