“Bad Apple” - Apollo Ghosts, “Hastings Sunrise” (2009)
Today’s spookily-named group is Vancouver DIY rock band Apollo Ghosts. Their debut album “Hastings Sunrise” got a lot of critical acclaim in the musicoblogosphere earlier this year. I like their stripped-down sound a lot, although the record is a little hit-or-miss to me. My favorite song of theirs is “Little Yokohama”, but I already posted a link to their stream of it a while back so I figured I’d put my next favorite song. You can hear “Little Yokohama” on their MySpace. On the whole, AG give me bittersweet feelings about the internet’s role in the music world—I’m glad I’ve been able to hear these good songs from a small-time Vancouver band, but it sucks because they never play in NYC!
I’ve said it before: their singer has the best “woo!” in the business.