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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Apollo Sunshine - Tonight!

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Tue, Nov 18 at 1:25 PM

Apollo Sunshine's Shall Noise Upon spawns from three multi-instrumentalists whose joyous, expansive songcraft channels the spiritual bliss of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass without obviously emulating that landmark LP's Spectorized Krishna rock. Apollo Sunshine--Jesse Gallagher, Sam Cohen, and Jeremy Black--lean toward psychedelia's whimsical end, but not cloyingly so. And they throw a few change-ups, too: "Brotherhood of Death" chugs headlong, like if Canned Heat joined forces with early Meat Puppets; "The Funky Chamberlain (Who Begot Who)" recalls Lothar and the Hand People's "Machines" (always a good thing), but it's funkier; "Green Green Lawns of Outer Space" sounds like Raymond Scott gone Hawaiian. Casual, free-range brilliance lives. DAVE SEGAL
Check out the video for "Singing to the Earth (To Thank Her for You)," which was put together from nearly 3000 still photographs by the band's Sam Cohen and his girlfriend Sarah Graves. This track definitely has some George Harrison elements, to be sure.

Apollo Sunshine play tonight with Dead Confederate and Feral Children at the Doug Fir (830 E Burnside), 9 pm, $8.

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