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{{Short description|American alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Apollo Sunshine
| image           = [[File:Apollo Sunshine 2008.jpg|260px]]
| origin          = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie rock]], [[indie folk]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| years_active    = {{start date|2003}}–2010
| current_members =
| past_members    = [[Sam Cohen (musician)|Sam Cohen]]<br>Jesse Gallagher<br>Jeremy Black<br>Quentin Stoltzfus<br>Sean Aylward
}}

'''Apollo Sunshine''' was an [[alternative rock]] band from [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. The band was formed in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apollo Sunshine on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/apollo-sunshine/3823273 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Apple Music - Web Player |language=en-GB}}</ref> and decided on its name while band members were throwing words around. They recorded 3 albums - Katonah (2003), Apollo Sunshine (2005), and Shall Noise Upon (2008). The band has been inactive since 2010.

==History==
===Founding===
[[Sam Cohen (musician)|Sam Cohen]], Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met in 1997 in Boston, where the three were attending a [[Berklee College of Music]] summer performance program.<ref name="webcachinterview"/>

===Albums===
The band released their first album, ''[[Katonah (album)|Katonah]]'', in 2003 on SpinART records. The album was recorded in [[Katonah, New York]] in a barn which the band converted into a studio, and produced by Andy Edelstein, a professor at Berkeley. The first single, "[[I Was on the Moon]]", was released in 2003.

''[[The New York Times]]'' described their sound as "bouncy 60's-style melodies crack wide open, breaking into outbursts of pummeling and feedback before jumping back into the tune. It's all neatly and cleverly plotted, but with a looming chaos that's anything but nostalgic."<ref name="nytaposuns"/>

The band released their second album ''[[Apollo Sunshine (album)|Apollo Sunshine]]'' in 2005. In November 2005, it was named to the Amazon.com Best of 2005: Editors' Picks in Rock list at number 5<ref name="amazonpick"/> and the band was featured in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' as an "Artist to Watch".<ref name="rollingstoneartisowatch"/> Several [[Boston]] [[alternative weekly|alternative weeklies]] declared Apollo Sunshine the best Boston band in their 2005 year-end issues.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} In 2006, Apollo Sunshine toured with The Slip and Sam Champion en route to SXSW.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-slip-apollo/ |title=The Slip + Apollo Sunshine + Sam Champion Tour |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= February 14, 2006|website= brooklynvegan.com|publisher= |access-date=  December 13, 2024}}</ref>

Their third album, ''[[Shall Noise Upon]]'', was released on vinyl and as a digital download on August 5, 2008. It was released on CD September 2, 2008.

The band has been inactive since 2010.

==Etymology==
{{cquote|We were just sitting on the couch one day and one said Apollo and someone else said Sunshine and that was it. It just kind of came to us. And then we looked up Apollo in a Greek mythology book and it turns out he's the god of music.|40px|author=Jesse Gallagher<ref name="laistinterview"/>}}

==Members==
[[File:Apollo Sunshine Jesse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jesse Gallagher]]
;Current
*[[Sam Cohen (musician)|Sam Cohen]] - Guitar, Vocals, Pedal Steel
*Jesse Gallagher - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
*Jeremy Black - Drums

;Former
*Oli Rah - Percussion
*Quentin Stoltzfus- Guitar, Vocals
*Sean Aylward - Guitar, Vocals

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Studio albums by Apollo Sunshine
! Year
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:10em;"| Album title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:14em;"| Release details
|-
|2003
! {{nobold|''  [[Katonah (album)|Katonah]]  ''}}
|
* Released: October 7, 2003
* Label: [[spinART Records|spinART]]
* Format: Digital
|-
|2005
! {{nobold|''  [[Apollo Sunshine (album)|Apollo Sunshine]]  ''}}
|
* Released: September 13, 2005
* Label: [[spinART Records|spinART]]
* Format: Digital
|-
|2008
! {{nobold|''  [[Shall Noise Upon]]  ''}}
|
* Released: August 5, 2008
* Label: Headless Heroes
* Format: Digital, vinyl, CD
|-
|}

===EPs===
*''[[The Other Side of the World EP (album)|The Other Side of the World EP]]'' (May 3, 2005)

===Live albums===
*''[[Live at the Paradise (album)|Live at the Paradise]]'' (2005)

===Singles===
{{incomplete list|date=December 2014}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="amazonpick">{{Cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/lm/BCOTJV49MA78?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 |title=Best of 2005 Editors Picks' in Rock |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=[[Amazon.com]]|publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201072122/http://www.amazon.com/lm/BCOTJV49MA78?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 |access-date=12 December 2024 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |quote=}}</ref>

<ref name="rollingstoneartisowatch">Kevin O'Donnell [https://web.archive.org/web/20051215214356/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/8842146/apollosunshine?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=double1 Apollo Sunshine Heat Up Early wakeup call leads to hugs from Smokey Robinson for neo-psychedelic crew] ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', November 18, 2005</ref>

<ref name="laistinterview">{{Cite web|url=http://laist.com/2008/11/13/laist_interview_jesse_gallagher_of.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105203049/http://laist.com/2008/11/13/laist_interview_jesse_gallagher_of.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2017|title=LAist Interview: Jesse Gallagher of Apollo Sunshine: LAist|date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="webcachinterview">{{Cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&hl=en-US&passive=true&continue=https://www.blogger.com/blogin.g?blogspotURL%3Dhttps://itsundertherotunda.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-apollo-sunshine.html%26zx%3Dpu0rrqaavm1i|title=Blogger|website=Accounts.google.com}}</ref>

<ref name="nytaposuns">Jon Pareles [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/arts/music/28BOND.html "Throwbacks With Muscle"] ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 28, 2004</ref>
}}

==Sources==
* James Sullivan [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/09/02/what_a_racket/ What a racket - Apollo Sunshine] ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', September 2, 2008
* Joan Anderman [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/08/09/critics_picks___pop_music/ Critic's picks - pop music - Spare Change Benefit] ''The Boston Globe'', August 10, 2008

==External links==
{{Commons category|Apollo Sunshine}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006102316/http://www.spacemonkeyphotography.com/photo/gallery/apollosunshine.html Live show photos of APOLLO SUNSHINE by Space Monkey]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111162131/http://www.headlessheroes.com/ Headless Heroes (record label)]
*[http://www.blackandgreenerecords.com Black & Greene Records (for Apollo Sunshine vinyl releases)]
*[http://www.myspace.com/apollosunshine Apollo Sunshine on Myspace]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080606043550/http://www.livemusicblog.com/dates/08/06/02/apollo-sunshine-tour-dates-new-album.php Apollo Sunshine Announce New Album, 2008 Tour Dates]
*[http://spin.com/articles/apollo-sunshine-and-friends-leave-brooklyn-feeling-over-moon Short review of the August 4, 2008 Union Pool Show]

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[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2003]]
[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Alternative rock groups from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:SpinART Records artists]]