Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Apples in Stereo @ The Varsity





Yea it's really John Dufilho from Deathray Davies(Now the drummer for Apples in Stereo)


  • Listen to "What's The #"
  • So I was at the Apples in Stereo concert last Saturday. I was standing around and this bookish man (covered with a hat, glasses, scarf, and layers and layers of clothing!) he asked me, "Hey, is that an Avengers T-shirt?".

    I told him, yes, and challenged him to guessing who the artist is.

    Apples in stereo setlistApples in Stereo at the Varsity 2/24/2007

    He concentrated and stared and after a few minutes answered, "Is it Gil Kane?" (It was not)

    So I told him it was George Perez, and then we got into a conversation about DC and Marvel comics. It was pretty nerdy.

    So after a while, I asked him, "Hey, what's your name?"

    Turns out, he's Robert Schneider, singer and songwriter of Apples in Stereo.

    Too embarrassing. (And who knew he was such a big comic book geek?)

    The song I have picked out is from one of their old albums, because I have not had a chance to listen to the new one, "New Magnetic Wonder", which was released a few weeks ago.

    The song is quite fitting as it does contain the line:
    "I'll see you around, up and downtown. What's your name now? I'll write it down."
    As for the concert, they did manage to do "What's the #" on their encore, as you can see on the setlist. The very last song was not Ruby, it was "Tidal Wave", from Fun Trick Noisemaker (and Science Faire).

    Trivia: John Dufilho, from the Deathray Davies is now the drummer for Apples in Stereo, replacing Hilarie Sidney (the only girl in the band).

    Bonus: More pictures of the show on Flickr at Brody and Steve. You can also download Toronto (20 Feb 2007) and read about Chicago (23 Feb 2007).

    --Vu

    1 Comments:

    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Dang Brody - your were right -
    John from Deathray Davies is with Apples, not of course that I ever in the slightest doubted your expertise!

    Looking forward to the upcoming Varsity show with the recent twice nominated Brit award (Best Band and Single) UK band Razorlight - it's going to be great!

    12:05 AM  

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