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For those about to rock, we are aware of you |
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| Location: | New York, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 23, 2008 (527 days back) |
About Me |
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| Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!! MySpace LayoutsDOWNLOAD OUR NEW ALBUM FOR FREE CHEAP FROM AMIESTREET.COM FOR A LIMITED TIME!! AmieStreet rocks... so much so you can get our album, Insomniac's Almanac, there for just a couple of bucks for a limited time (and a lot of other great music for FREE). But do it fast! After a certain number of downloads the price starts going up. Hope you like it. Tell your friends if you do! And be sure to recommend us on AmieStreet! And Hey, Check it! When you sign up, use the coupon codes hotbithcarsenal or hotbitcharsenal. They give you $5 credit and 4 "recommendations" (which help to promote the artists and boost your own "street cred"). If those don't work for some reason, try livemusic or forteller. You don't get as much with those, but I know they were also working earlier. The Campbell Apartment "When I first moved from New York to Massachusetts in 1998, a drunken ex-Marine friend of mine declared, "They're the best band in Northampton." Fearing he might thrash me, I watched Humbert's half-hour set at the now-defunct Bay State Hotel. Not realizing this whole music thing was a contest, I was nonetheless transfixed watching their set. It seemed to be all at once chaotic, melodic, and literate. Ari Vais and I became friends as I tried to figure out where the inspiration for his twisted songs came from. When I realized it was drugs, we became drinking buddies and I started sleeping with his sister. She's hot. We decided to record some of Ari's songs in my home studio, which at the time I didn't really know how to use. We drank a lot of wine and forgot to turn off the air conditioner, and took turns pushing random buttons until things worked. I think if you listen closely you can hear my cat screaming in the background, and the neighbor kids on their skateboard ramp. Luckily, my lack of recording skill didn't really matter; songs like "Strangel" and "Accident Airlines" would have sounded good to me if they had been recorded on a Dictophone. I wish I'd been there when "1992" was taking shape, or smoked some of whatever led to "Time Sweats". In any case, it's a powerful set of songs, rendered expertly and passionately by one of my favorite songwriters. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do."-- Chris Collingwood, Fountains Of Wayne Singer songwriter, Soviet-born oil painter and renaissance man, Ari Vais formed The Campbell Apartment about two years ago with drummer Justin Storer and bass player Adam Greenberg. First the latter exited, citing his own solo career, and was replaced with Dan Haag, current Campbell bassist, followed shortly by Storer's departure (Campbell music was getting more and more heavy, and Storer is more of a folksy drummer) and replaced by current drummer Dave Harman. Dan and Dave are a rhythm section for many years before joining Ari to round out the pop power trio The Campbell Apartment. Dan comes from the murky late-night East Village scene from the mid-nineties, as former bass player for Astrojet, the solo band for Fountains of Wayne guitar player Jody Porter - they were part of the scene that produced The Strokes, and the many anti-folk bands of the era including Moldy Peaches. Dan Haag and Dave Harman are like one instrument, nailing down Ari Vais originals and turning some esoteric pop ideas into major hit singles. Vais, in the mean time, lived in Northampton, MA, and fronted the mid-nineties indie rock band Humbert before moving to London in the late nineties and playing solo acoustic (residency at the 12 Bar Club in the Tottenham Court Road) as well as with a trio simply called Ari Vais, before moving back to NYC (for a fourth and final time), forming the pop quartet The Pelicans, and appearing with the band on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy - at the same time Ari had a cameo appearance with actress Laura Linney in the motion picture "PS" (by Dylan Kidd, writer and director of "Roger Dodger"). Fountains Of Wayne front man Chris Collingwood, a long time friend and strong advocate of Vais songs, is playing shows in support of The Campbell Apartment this spring and summer, and the band is soon to shoot a music video with film maker Adam "Tex" Davis and Brian DeQubellis ( DeQubellis Films ), for their new hit single "St Louis". Ari has regular art gallery shows displaying figurative oil paintings of cities, and is a cast member of the improv group Upright Citizen's Brigade. The band is about to embark on its first tour, supporting Jonah Matranga, in Ontario. |
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Music:Member Since: 6/8/2007Band Website: Indie Pop " Indie Pop Band Members: * Ari Vais *Dan Haag *Dave Harman * .... Influences: Guided By Voices, The Kinks, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., Husker Du, The Replacements, The Zombies, Badfinger, Wilco, Moldy Peaches, Sonic Youth, The Strokes, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Nirvana, Pavement, Fountains of Wayne, Badly Drawn Boy Sounds Like: Weezer, Guided By Voices, Jason Falkner, Pavement, Pernice Brothers, Wilco, Tears For Fears, Tom Petty, The Breeders, Eels, Chewy Marble, Ben Folds, Wondermints, Michael Penn, Husker Du, The Kinks, Nirvana, Ween Record Label: Headphone Treats Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie / Rock / Powerpop) |
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My Blog |
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Bill’s Music Forum review |
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| Crack open a Pabst Blue Ribbon, untangle yourself from the www, and have a seat in Campbell's Apartment for 40 minutes. You are in for a ride on the quirky pop "train" conducted by Ari Vais. "Insomnia... Posted by The Campbell Apartment on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:38:00 PST |
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Rivet Popping Songs |
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| June 5th, 2008
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Ken Maiuri
RIVET POPPING SONGS
Good songs are rarer than one might think, starting out stuck in the
muck of the mind. Good songwriters work hard ... Posted by The Campbell Apartment on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:57:00 PST |
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Powerpopaholic.com review of the new album |
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| The Campbell Apartment formed in mid to late 2007 when long-time friends Ari Vais and Dan Haag had a conversation about how for the 10 years they have known each other, they've always wanted to play t... Posted by The Campbell Apartment on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:41:00 PST |
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Fab Five Fallout |
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| VALLEY ADVOCATE
June 5th, 2008
by Gary Carra
Many is the wretched soul who has benefited from the benevolent, well-manicured hands of the Queer Eye crew. While singer/guitarist Ari Vais (known mostly ... Posted by The Campbell Apartment on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:40:00 PST |
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Insomniac’s Almanac review |
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| VALLEY ADVOCATE
June 5th, 2008
Inveterate, unapologetic popster Ari Vais now resides in New York, but his sound has not deviated from his long stint in the Western Mass. indie scene with jangly guitar... Posted by The Campbell Apartment on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:34:00 PST |
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