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MP3 of the Week: Apple Betty

Published Jan 08 2009, 03:11 PM by Ryan Stewart

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Although the purported influences that converged to give rise to this saucy, bar-chord-loving, all-girl pop-punk juggernaut are all over the place (King Crimson, David Bowie, Primus?), Apple Betty remain a band of singular focus. Whether writing about the things that men don’t do (“No Toilet Paper on the Roll”), involuntarily do (“Sweatpant Boner”), or do do (“I Saw a Crime”), these girls stay on message: men suck, but we kind of need them. Of the aforelisted tracks, that last one is our favorite: its harrowing tale of guys unwilling to settle down (imagine!) could be the average rock dude’s worst nightmare, but its razor-sharp hard-candy guitars and layered girl vox could make it the average rock gal’s dream come true. Catch Apple Betty’s release party with Miss Fairchild, the Big Disappointments, and the Quincunx at the Middle East upstairs this Saturday, January 10.

LISTEN: Apple Betty, "I Saw a Crime" (mp3)

 

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3 Comments

• bob said:

  these chicks are hot, especially the one in the middle, their music is not bad either

  January 8, 2009 11:17 PM

• ajax ray o'vaque said:

  you creep me out! :)

  (great song btw)

  ajax

  May 4, 2009 12:10 AM

• ajaxrayovaque said:

  you creep me out is my fav song.

  ajax

  May 4, 2009 12:13 AM

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