Guided By Voices, The Who, The Kinks, Dinosaur Jr., The Replacements, The Zombies, Badfinger, Moldy Peaches, Sonic Youth, The Strokes, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Mull Historical Society, Fountains of Wayne, Badly Drawn Boy
Sounds Like
Weezer, Eels, XTC, Jason Falkner, Pavement, Pernice Brothers, Wilco, Tears For Fears, Tom Petty, The Breeders, Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Wondermints, Michael Penn, Husker Du, Elvis Costello, Nirvana, Ween
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From the typewriter of Chris Collingwood, Fountains Of Wayne
"When I first moved from New York to Massachusetts in 1998, a drunken ex-Marine friend of mine declared, "They're the best band in Northampton." Fearing he might thrash me, I watched Humbert's half-hour set at the now-defunct Bay State Hotel. Not realizing this whole music thing was a contest, I was nonetheless transfixed watching their set. It seemed to be all at once chaotic, melodic, and literate.
Ari Vais and I became friends as I tried to figure out where the inspiration for his twisted songs came from. When I realized it was drugs, we became drinking buddies and I started sleeping with his sister. She's hot.
We decided to record some of Ari's songs in my home studio, which at the time I didn't really know how to use. We drank a lot of wine and forgot to turn off the air conditioner, and took turns pushing random buttons until things worked. I think if you listen closely you can hear my cat screaming in the background, and the neighbor kids on their skateboard ramp. Luckily, my lack of recording skill didn't really matter; songs like "Strangel" and "Accident Airlines" would have sounded good to me if they had been recorded on a Dictophone. I wish I'd been there when "1992" was taking shape, or smoked some of whatever led to "Time Sweats".
In any case, it's a powerful set of songs, rendered expertly and passionately by one of my favorite songwriters. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do."
-- Chris Collingwood, Fountains Of Wayne
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The Campbell Apartment Bio
Awful driver, singer/songwriter, Soviet-born oil painter, lap swimmer, deep thinker, rapid-texter, animal lover, (yet steak enjoyer), and all-around Renaissance man, Ari Vais sought out the rhythm-section-for-hire duo of Dan Haag and Dave Harman just over a year and a half ago, gave them a crash course in singing background vocals, and formed The Campbell Apartment. Prior to this, Ari performed with such bands as The Pelicans (see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Season 2, Episode 13), Humbert, Bags, and used to have a solo acoustic residency at London's legendary 12 Bar Club in Tin Pan Alley.
Dave and Dan played in a bunch of bands also, but as stated before, they are just the rhythm section so it really doesn't matter who those bands were, but mind you, they all were great bands—ones you would have loved. You may have even wanted to buy their band's t-shirts and Cds... Anyway, the three of them have been rocking the faces off of crowds from Guelph to Athens and Asbury Park to Chi town, sharing stages with the likes of Fountains of Wayne's Chris Collingwood, Maps, Jonah Matranga, and hundreds of other bands that are not famous enough to name-drop yet (but are still great in their own right)--leaving behind an ever-growing group of loyal fans.
Last month, these fans were presented with the groups first full-length LP, titled Insomniac's Almanac. Produced by Ian Love, the record (which was recorded and mixed in record time in the shipyards of Brooklyn from January 26, 2008 to February 2, 2008) provides the listener with 13 power(y)-pop gems—and one lullaby—most under 3 minutes or less.
The obvious influence of FOW and Guided by Voices are worn like proud badges on the guys sleeves (Ari once wanted to start a GBV cover band called Voided by Vices), and the mere mention of the APT in the same sentence as these 2 great bands make the guys smile and blush. However, there is a lot of originality in the songs as well.
“The songs are typically short and to the point - like a good butcher, The Campbell Apartment cuts the fat and just gives you the meat of the song. A great gift for your loved one with A.D.D.”--Bill's music forum.
“There are to-the-point tunes like the minute-long title track, a simple yet beautiful acoustic reverie with a string section, and the wistful reminiscence that's spiked by a chorus both hilarious and true for anyone whose preteen years are still fresh in their mind ("And everyone knows/ Sunday blows/Sunday blues").”--Daily Hampshire Gazette
“The short tunes are full of cognizant material and occasionally hilarious lyrics.”--Powerpopaholic
“By calling The Campbell Apartment crafty and clever, does that mean they're too smart to receive radio airplay? Not at all, in fact have you listened to the radio lately? It needs more original bands like The Campbell Apartment, whose album could be this decade's Rumours if they wanted it to be. Instead I think they're happy with it being this generation's Insomniac's Almanac and are willing to take it as far as they can (and I hope they do).”--The Run-Off Groove
“They pop harder than humanly possible--the Orville Redenbachers of the NYC music scene if you will.”--Headphone Treats
“Reminds me of Ween”--Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy)
hahaha thanks couches are nice. if you guys ever come up this way it would be cool to play together. not sure when abouts we will be heading that far into the states. haha cheers, -julian
Hey there! Just a little note to let you know that I'll be performing this Friday here in NYC with my amazing band. We'll be playing brand new stuff from my forthcoming new record.
Friday April 24th @ 6pm
Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen Street, NYC)
Its an early show, so come straight after work for happy hour drinks and new music!
RSVP at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=69186311566
Hope to see you! xo - Jenna
Hi, yeah, I realised after I posted that comment that I hadn't actually said I like it, but YES, I like it. It's grand, so it is! How many more before you have a new album? :D
thanks, guys! we all really loved your set. hope your show tonight rocks. it was great playing with you guys. take care and we'll see ya again sometime soon!
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