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Apteka
Rock / Psychedelic

"The Loudest Band in New York"

CHICAGO, Illinois
United States

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Last Login:  8/20/2008
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   Apteka: General Info
Member Since4/27/2006
Band Websiteaptekamusic.com
Band MembersDino, Jesse, Adam, Dave
InfluencesBarbarella
Bauhaus
Black Sabbath
Blonde Redhead
The Byrds
Carl Buddig®
Chad
cheese sticks
The Clean
Clinic
The Cure
David Bowie
Dungen
Echo & the Bunnymen
eye gougers
Flower Travellin' Band
Fugazi
Galaxie 500
glooms
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
Gold Bond®
Humble Pie
Interpol
Jane's Addiction
Jeffey Swindleton
Jesus & Mary Chain
Joy Division
killer whales
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Low
Lurky
Mandini
moderate nature
mods
Mogwai
Mojave 3
Mr. Wolf
My Bloody Valentine
Nate
nerds
The Oblivians
Om
Paz
permafries
pick thieves
Pink Floyd
Ride
The Robby Burton
safaris
Scott
seiches
shankers
Shellac
The Shocking Blue
Siouxsie & The Banshees
skinks
Slim Pickins
Slowdive
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
Spacemen 3
Stereolab
The Stone Roses
Stooges
Suicide
Sun Kil Moon
Syd Barrett
Thin Lizzy
thumpers
Tonewood
tough trippers
The Velvet Underground
The Verve
Wheelhouse
The Who
The Zombies
Sounds LikeGelflings


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 18 2008 9:00P
O’Briens Pub Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 19 2008 8:00P
Tritone Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 20 2008 8:00P
Annex NEW YORK
Aug 22 2008 9:00P
Rehab w/Dead Leaf Echo NYC, New York
Aug 23 2008 8:00P
The Hexagon Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 2 2008 6:00P
South Lawn – UW-Stout Menomonie, Wisconsin
Sep 6 2008 9:00P
Double Door w/Sons & Daughters Chicago, Illinois

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East Coast Tour 2008  (view more)

Speed of Dark/Pasta- The Sheet/Edie Sees  (view more)

Chicago Public Radio Interview  (view more)

APTEKA VS GERMANY  (view more)

SXSW 2008  (view more)

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   About Apteka




Washburn acoustic=$20...Recording vocals after going to the C..priceless.




We've been covered by (links to posts)-

Said the Gramophone
Largehearted Boy
Pasta Primavera
Speed of Dark
The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Bullets From the Belfry
The Last Pop Song
Auralgasms
FutureSounds
(and featured on their compilation)
Chicago's NPR
Little Radio
BreakThrough Radio in NYC
Local 101 in Chicago
Different is Dangerous
Your New Favorite Song
Phonic Rapture


Past Shows


12.14.06 Chicago, IL Subterranean
1.20.07 Chicago, IL Metro
1.30.07 Minneapolis, MN Nomad Pub
2.1.07 Iowa City, IA The Picador
w/Thunderbirds Are Now! + Oxford Collapse
2.2.07 Milwaukee, WI Riverwest Commons
2.3.07 Kansas City, MO The Brick
2.8.07 Chicago, IL The Darkroom
2.27.08 Chicago, IL Schuba's
3.9.07 Champaign, IL Cowboy Monkey
3.23.07 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
3.31.07 Milwaukee, WI Stonefly Brewery
5.18.07 Chicago, IL The Hideout w/Sybris + L.D.W. Dj's
6.21.07 New York, NY Pianos w/The Jealous Girlfriends
7.8.07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
8.18.07 Chicago, IL Av-aerie
10.18.07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle w/ Adam Franklin
11.21.07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11.29.07 Chicago, IL Darkroom w/ the Blakes
12.29.07 Chicago, IL The Hideout w/L.D.W. Dj's
1.12.08 Chicago, IL Metro
2.8.08 Chicago, IL The Darkroom w/Airiel
3.8.08 Chicago, IL The Hideout SXSW Send Off Showw/Sybris, Tight Phantomz, Make Believe, others
3.8.08 Iowa City, IA The Picador w/Jealous Girlfriends, Most Serene Republic
3.9.08 Champaign, IL Canopy Club w/Sybris
3.10.08Oklahoma City, OK Sauced
3.11.08 Tulsa, OK Exit 6C
3.12.08 Houston, TX Notsouh
3.13.08 Austin, TX Agave Bar
3.13.08 Austin, TX Bikini Bar
3.14.08 Austin, TX ATX
3.14.08 Austin, TX Pete's Bar
3.15.08 Austin, TX Agave Bar
3.19.08 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen w/Retribution Gospel Choir
4.15.08 Bloomington, IN Uncle Festers
4.18.08 New York, NY Arlene's Grocery
5.9.08 Chicago, IL Subterranean w/Sybris & Bon Savants
6.6.08 Detroit, MI Small's Bar w/Four Star Alarm
6.12.08 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
7.4.08 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle w/The Living Blue
7.11.08 Chicago, IL Metro w/Empires & AbsentStar
7.18.08 Minneapolis, MN Hexagon Bar w/Gospel Gossip, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie, & Flavor Crystals
7.20.08 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge w/Office
8.2.08 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen




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Apteka has 6381 friends.
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 HOT CARL 





Apteka's Friends Comments
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Old Tiger Stadium





Aug 18 2008 4:57 PM

3 HOURS OF SLEEP, STRAIGHT INTO AN 11 HOUR DRIVE.
sordid_zine





Aug 18 2008 10:36 AM

Good to be friends.

Hard to hear how loud you are. Give us some dB stats.

We like the tunes.

Cheers

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Nocturna





Aug 16 2008 9:40 PM

Apteka will be played at Nocturna tonight. Aw, yeah........
Skinless Dipping


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Aug 15 2008 4:43 PM

sweet. maybe one day my band can open for you guys. we do punk noise, and like shoegaze math stuff. man, what a dream.
Skinless Dipping


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Aug 15 2008 4:26 PM

here's the thing. my cousins grad party is tonight, and it's way the fuck north of detroit like not even 313 anymore. I don't know if I can make it cause I'm a broke and on E in my car. If I can make it I will, trust me.
What time does it start?
ManGlaze Non-Glossy Nail Polish





Aug 12 2008 7:13 PM

I hadn't realized you have some other songs on your myspace page that aren't on the demo. This made my day! Thanks for having em up for download too.
Enjoy your tour!
Rain





Aug 11 2008 6:04 AM

Hi. Thanks for finding me. I like your stuff.
So when are you playing Los Angeles?
Bad Afro Records


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Aug 10 2008 9:38 PM

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Skinless Dipping


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Aug 5 2008 7:58 PM

Thanks for the add. You guys sound really really really cool. It's also awesome that you guys are gonna play at smalls, I'm so gonna be there. You should get your sybris friends to Detroit too.
James Osterberg





Aug 2 2008 10:09 PM

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Welcome to the Raw fucking Power
cheers
The Runnies





Aug 4 2008 5:13 PM

Way to rock the fucking shire the other night!
B(A)NXK(E)VIN





Aug 1 2008 9:08 PM

Hi,..
thanks for the add.
cheers from bandung/INDONESIA.
nice music,...
:)
-kevin-
DJ Tiger Lily


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Jul 31 2008 11:15 PM

It was cancelled- the chase goes on. . .
see you at the Kitchen perhaps :)
coletivoatalho





Jul 30 2008 1:15 AM

R E F R E S H I O N
High Jack Flash





Jul 29 2008 8:35 PM

i like. see yall in bean town the 18th, look for the loud psychedelic freak with crystals in his ears. WOW, can't wait. thanks for the add.
Miroslav





Jul 29 2008 4:52 PM

thanks for requesting
i did enjoy your songs
m
Pax Bukovic





Jul 26 2008 12:37 PM

Thanks for the add guys, you rocks! You made me think about Jane's Addiction in some ways, but different. Keep on rocking...


..
Junior Ali





Jul 25 2008 7:50 PM

Greetings everyone at Apteka how are all of you, your families, and friends doing hope all of you are doing great, and having lots of good times. It's a blessing to have the fantastic opportunity to listen to the amazingly delightful musical anthems you guy's are producing it's extremely good, the tremendously spectacular melodies will get everyone rocking it's superb, my personal opinion about your guy's music is that it's phenomenal, desevers 10 stars, my personal favorite track from your guy's music is, "Indigenous" it's absolutely fantastic, all of your guy's musical anthems are completely awesome, thank you guy's for making the powerful melodies it's totally special, I know through music all people of the world can be united, music generates an environment of complete excitement, happiness, and jubilation, and wonderful musicians such as yourself are making a positive impact in this planet by producing the thrilling musical anthems it's totally electrifying, I wish all of you in the band lots of success in your musical career's, may all of you accomplish lots of success in all of your futuristic endeavors, may all of you be victorious in everything. It's always very upsetting to the desolation that exists in this planet because of the natural and man-made disasters this has lead to the degradation in the standards of living for many people it's very sad, it's time for poverty to eradicated from this world, it's time to stop all the evilness such as the wars, violence, genocide, and hatefulness in this planet, it's time for positivity to fill this planet's atmosphere, it's time for people to be understanding towards each other and treat each other nicely, lets hope this world experiences much better times filled with wonderfulness, happiness, joyfulness, and harmony.
May God richly Bless you all, your families, and friends
Danger Heidi





Jul 24 2008 7:25 AM

Very good music. I you would like to see in concert in Barcelona.
Thanks for the add!
:)
The Evil Matthew Allen Kemp





Jul 23 2008 1:18 AM

Thanks for not sucking the other night.
marginalia





Jul 21 2008 7:11 PM

thanx for the quest!
greetings from Italy!!
julien omega





Jul 20 2008 9:50 PM

thanks for your music

i like it very much
la rebelión de los antioxidantes





Jul 18 2008 6:47 PM

Hello friends.Thanks for the add and your music.All our force.
Greetings from Barcelona
The Evil Matthew Allen Kemp





Jul 18 2008 10:33 PM

You think Spiritualized is gonna blow my mind? Or will they just blow?
Jane





Jul 19 2008 6:44 PM

will minneapolis ever be the same again???
greenplastic3000


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Jul 19 2008 4:16 PM

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Thanks
Rev K





Jul 19 2008 7:39 AM

Very nice set tonight at the Hexagon Bar. Look forward to yer return. Blessings.
Scary Lady Sarah





Jul 18 2008 1:09 AM

Surprise! I'm still hanging around Chicago & will be at your gig on Sunday where I hope to rock off what is left of my brain after seeing Spiritualized & Dinosaur Jr. at Pitchfork.
Aw, yeah! :)
sLeepy





Jul 17 2008 9:54 PM

righteous
HOT CARL





Jul 17 2008 9:51 PM

holy shit i am laughing so hard i am crying right now. I totally forgot about the verbs.
I'll see you sunday.
CHAOS VS COSMOS





Jul 17 2008 4:35 PM

Hi!



http://www. chaosvscosmos. blogspot. com
CHATTY CATHY





Jul 15 2008 8:47 PM

pitchfork after party 7-20
Fábio