February 12, 2007 (vol. 117, iss. 96) • Page Image 5
…ELO-trademarked computerized vocals take hold when the voice commands the listener to "Turn up the stereo" as the band stars to rock out with high-energy wails and a call-and-response section backed by computer-generated horns…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily~com h Monday, February 12, 2007 - 5A The 'Apple' of Sindie's eye SCHNEIDER RETURNS WITH TASTY ALBUM By MATT EMERY Daily Arts Writer Whathas TheApples in…
…Stereo frontmanRob- ert Schneider been up to in the five years since the band's last album? Quite a bit, actually - two side- projects, some schmooz- *** .," ing with Elijah Wood and others at Austin's SXSW Apples…
… more grandiose than the band's previous work, * featuring 14 "true" songs and 12 interludes that No 'do re mi' for Apples in Stereo. Schneider calls "link tracks." Unlike the other link tracks Schneider…
… a new edginess from the band. Although "Apples in Stereo" might be bet- ter known for comparisons to the Beatles, the album's first four tracks distance them from those stereotypes, and instead pick…
… really distinguishes this Apples effort from their past. "Sunndal Song" and "Sunday Song" thrust Hilarie Sidney's vocals to the fore, and just like with the New Pornographers and Neko Case, it's a shame…