CAUGHT LIVE: APOLLO RUN IN LOS ANGELES
New York trio Apollo Run played a muggy night’s set at The Mint Room in Los Angeles last night with support from Wintergreen and Big Rock Candy Mountain. Led by the genre-hopping intensity of multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano and trumpet) John McGrew, the band’s sound falls somewhere between a stripped down, recession-era form of Queen or Muse, (sans all the cosmic (and keyboard-y) spiritual references) or even Beirut, with McGrew and (professionally-trained) bassist Jeff Kerestes at the helm dripping with the swagger of stars from the arena rock days, as drummer Graham Fisk rolled right along as every song proved an encore-worthy thrill with jumping, screaming, swaying, instrument hugging, table-dancing and a set-closing a cappella stomp-along.
A sweaty, saloon-rocking gospel jam along if I’ve ever seen it.
Posted by Matt Draper Labels: apollo run, caught live, matt draper
Posted by Matt Draper
1 Comments:
Yeah, we caught this set. It rocked. One of the highest intensity shows I've seen in a while. All three are talented musicians. Original music that rocks and ain't another boring indie band.
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