Apartment + Shows In Boston This Week

So far, 2007 has been a year of disappointing albums. I had huge hopes for the new Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse and Ted Leo records, but on repeated listens all have fallen flat for me. It's only March, but I was starting to get scared... that is, until a couple of weeks ago when Apartment released their debut album, The Dreamer Evasive. The record is full of hits, the type of pulsing indie rock that gets kids on the dancefloor and keeps them there ("Paid in Full," "My Brother Chris"). But unlike some of the other dance rock bands in the UK right now, Apartment can also do a killer downtempo number showcasing David Caggiari's throaty baritone, subtle phrasing, and utter knack for writing a good melody ("Pressures," "Everyone Says I'm Paranoid"). With a little luck, Apartment will blow up this year.

[Myspace] Apartment
[mp3] "Paid in Full"

This Week In Boston
03.27: The Ponys/The Black Lips @ TT The Bears
03.27: Menomena/Field Music/Land Of Talk @ Great Scott
03.27: Castanets/Shapes & Sizes/Tigersaw @ Middle East Up
03.27: Do Make Say Think @ Middle East Down
03.28: Electric Six @ Middle East Down
03.28: Silversun Pickups/OK Go/Snow Patrol @ Agganis Arena
03.28: Bloc Party/Albert Hammond Jr. @ The Orpheum
03.29: The Long Winters/Broken West @ Great Scott
03.29: The Sterns/Jedi Mind Tricks @ Middle East
03.30: Cold War Kids/Tokyo Police Club/Delta Spirit @ Middle East Down
03.30: Birdmonster/Ra Ra Riot @ Middle East Up
03.30: The Pill @ Great Scott
03.30: Sebadoh/The Alternate Routes @ The Paradise
03.30: Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 @ TT The Bears
03.31: Rocky Votolato/Owen/Drag The River @ Great Scott
03.31: Antibalas @ Middle East Down
03.31: Celebration/The Blood Brothers @ Axis