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| | Salon | Sharps and Flats: Apples in Stereo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | The Apples are the brainchild of Robert Schneider, a four-track whiz kid with a line in homebrew pop that draws on the Beatles, Kinks, Byrds and most prominently, "Pet Sounds"/"Smile"-era Beach Boys. |
 | | While the Olivias' "Dusk at Cubist Castle" was the most ambitious effort, the Apples' "Fun Trick Noisemaker" was clearly the best, an audacious blast of sunshine pop filtered through a swirling, off-kilter sonic sensibility and the charming limitations of eight-track recording. |
 | | With "Tone Soul Evolution," the Apples' sophomore slab, Schneider returns with higher fidelity and sharper focus, tightening and often improving on the somewhat diffuse brilliance of his debut. |
| www.salon.com /music/sharps/1997/11/03sharps.html (373 words) |
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