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The Apples In Stereo — #1 Hits Explosion

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) September 17, 2009 3:15 pm
Robert Schneider doesn't need to impress anyone. His indie rock legacy as a founding member of the Elephant 6 collective and as producer of Neutral Milk Hotel's In An Aeroplane Over The Sea is looking pretty damn solid. Then there's the short analog blasts of Beatles-esque melodies and Cheap Trick guitars in the continuously spectacular...
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The Apples In Stereo — Electronic Projects For Musicians

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 1, 2008 9:14 pm
After listening to this odds 'n' ends disc it's clear that AIS have grabbed They Might Be Giants' mantle as kings of the pop ditty. Like the Giants, Robert Schneider effortlessly wrings out smart pop gems even out of his throw-away material. The surprising thing about Electronic Projects For Musicians is how well it fits together, as the first...
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The Apples In Stereo — New Magnetic Wonder

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) February 7, 2007 11:06 am
New Magnetic Wonder, The Apples In Stereo's first album in five years, marks a return to form for the seminal indie group. Previous disc Velocity Of Sound was an energetic, straightforward power-pop record that did away with much of Robert Schneider's saccharine pop genius. So it's nice to hear the frontman turn down the distortion and stick to...
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Ulysses — .010

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) October 26, 2004 3:25 pm
Robert Schneider just can't slow down. The leader and songwriter of The Apples In Stereo, Marbles and now Ulysses has released a total of seven albums and produced a handful of discs from his Elephant Six Collective. Despite having his hands in several projects, Schneider can't get away from the friendly, happy Beach Boys-inspired pop that The...
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The Apples In Stereo — Velocity Of Sound

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By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth (CHARTattack) October 8, 2002 1:48 pm
Velocity Of Sound is a fitting title for The Apples’ fourth full-lengther — a good chunk of the disc sounds like a 33 being played at 45 RPM. Lead Apple Robert Schneider’s guitar spits out standard punked-up indie pop chords at a million miles an hour and his sped-up vocals are virtually indistinguishable from drummer/co-singer/woman Hilary Sidney...
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The Apples In Stereo — The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone

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By Erin Durant (CHARTattack) April 18, 2000 11:13 am
The Apples in Stereo wear their influences on their sleeves with an affinity for pop music that stems from a love for the Beatles and the Beach Boys. As well, lead vocalist Rob Schneider's vocal stylings on tracks like "Alright/Not Quite" recall a young John Lennon. The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone will put a surefire smile on...
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I Read The News Today... For April 29, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 29, 2011 3:39 pm
Of course it would only be natural that Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Magnum would stop being a recluse by doing something like scoring music for a mind-controlled instrument designed by The Apples In Stereo's Rob Schneider. Of course. It's only natural. (Even though a mind-controlled instrument is kinda, you know, not natural?) The Donnas on a...
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I Read The News Today… For Sept. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 3, 2010 12:45 pm
Calgary's Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is taking his folky tunes across most of western Canada with LIGHTS this fall. —Facebook "Radioactive," the first single from Kings Of Leon's new Come Around Sundown album, is out Oct. 12. It's out the following week in North America. —Sony Music How's this for bizarre:...
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The Chart Time Tunnel: The Apples In Stereo

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 14, 2010 12:14 pm
While one could not accuse The Apples In Stereo being anywhere near commercial sell-outs, Robert Schneider and his band of merry (popster) men have had nine different releases enter the campus charts since the beginning of the week charts over 14 years ago. Travellers In Space And Time, their latest album, sits at #4 this week. Ten years ago...
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The Apples In Stereo — Travellers In Space And Time

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 21, 2010 4:18 pm
Robert Schneider and friends have dropped another brilliant slice of pop heaven on an unsuspecting world after providing us with one of the freshest examples of pure pop with 2006's New Magnetic Wonder. Throughout Travelers In Space And Time, The Apples In Stereo use old school keyboards and vocoders to give songs like "Hey Elevator,...
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The Apples In Stereo — "Dance Floor"

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By CHARTattack Staff April 9, 2010 3:16 pm
Elijah Wood (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Everything Is Illuminated) travels through time in the video for The Apples In Stereo's "Dance Floor" and engages in a pretty hilarious, vocoder-filled singalong with Robert Schneider and company. But the end shows you the entire thing isn't what you think. "Dance Floor" will...
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Three Albums For 2010 I'm Dying To Hear

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 3:53 pm
A couple of weeks ago Outside Music sent out an email with a list of upcoming releases. Included were three albums I've been jonesing for new material from. I know what you're thinking: a new Motorpsycho album. I haven't heard that one either, but no... They are Jaga Jazzist, Josh Rouse and The Apples In Stereo. What a trio of album. They all...
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Thee American Revolution (Featuring Apples In Stereo Members) Release New Album

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By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) December 1, 2009 1:57 pm
The Elephant 6 collective has produced plenty of legendary weirdness including its flagship bands, Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal. Robert Schneider, the label's co-founder and the frontman of lo-fi, hi-octane pop group The Apples In Stereo was central to much of that success. Schneider continues to churn out noisy, quirky pop songs. His...
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The Apples In Stereo: A Band Out Of Time

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) September 11, 2009 1:46 pm
Last week, The Apples In Stereo released a best of CD called #1 Hits Explosion. For those (really) old enough to remember those K-Tel compilation LPs from the '70s, The Apples In Stereo chose a title to honour those greatest hits packages that came out every three or four months throughout that decade. Those compilations were called things...
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) September 1, 2009 11:02 am
This is compilation is pure pop genius. Nothing but. There's not a single bad track on here.
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And The World Is Full Of Energy... New Hope For Good Music

Submitted by Chris Burland on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 9:38am
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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) July 10, 2009 9:38 am
As we are heading towards the end of the first decade of the 21st Century, it may be time to start looking at the decade as a whole stacks up to previous periods. One of the biggest evolutions came out of necessity. Traditional avenues of cultural dissemination, radio and television have for a long time been co opted more and more by established...
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CHARTtrack: The Apples In Stereo's "Shine (In Your Mind)"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 23, 2008 4:15 pm
"Shine (In Your Mind)" is from The Apples in stereo's new compilation, Electronic Projects For Musicians. The album was released in April and is a B-sides and rarities package which, according to frontman Rob Schneider, has all the band's non-album material since their 1995 Fun Trick Noisemaker debut. The sunny and infectious...
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Apples In Stereo Release B-Sides And Rarities Collection

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 24, 2008 4:00 pm
The Apples In Stereo will release their long-awaited B-sides and rarities compilation, Electronic Projects For Musicians, on April 1 through Yep Roc's Elijah Wood-owned Simian Records imprint. The record, which will also be released as a limited edition vinyl LP, takes its moniker from a recording manual by session musician Craig Anderton. It...
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The Apples In Stereo @ SXSW 2007

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Photographer: 
Steve McLean
Venue: 
Speakeasy
City: 
Austin, TX
Date: 
March 16, 2007
The Apples In Stereo's Rob Schneider (Photo by Steve McLean)

The Apples In Stereo @ SXSW 2007

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Photographer: 
Steve McLean
Venue: 
Speakeasy
City: 
Austin, TX
Date: 
March 16, 2007
The Apples In Stereo's Rob Schneider (Photo by Steve McLean)
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