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The April Skies

Not Fade Away...

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Member Since: 10/21/2004
Band Website: theaprilskies.com
Band Members: Andy Book
guitars
Jake Crawford
vocals, guitars
Jason Leidich
bass
Mark Higgins
keyboards, vocals
John Ritchey
drums
Influences: The Cure, The Ocean Blue, REM, U2, coldplay, Interpol, The Stone Roses, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, The Jesus & Mary Chain
Record Label: WiAB Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dewey Beach Popfest 2008

Summer is coming a bit early to some of us. Hey - if you're like us and you're finally starting to defrost from the past winter, we didn't mean to rub it in. Okay, maybe we did just a little&but if ...
Posted by The April Skies on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

Warming Up With The April Skies

Jan 21, 2008 - Still recovering from a busy 2007, the Brit-influenced, indie pop rockers from Chocolate-town USA, The April Skies, can’t seem to stay still for long.  Last year, the band ga...
Posted by The April Skies on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:20:00 PST

Cover of Nov Issue of Central PA's FLY Magazine

Yours truly, The April Skies are featured on the cover of the November issue of Fly Magazine, a free nitelife/entertainment magazine available in the Central Pennsylvania area. There’s even a p...
Posted by The April Skies on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:17:00 PST

So we made our annual trek down to the Dewey Beach Music Conference 2007 a few weeks ago

So we made our trek down to the Dewey Beach Music Conference 2007 a few weeks ago. This is one of the biggest events that every one in our band and friends alike look forward to every year. And every ...
Posted by The April Skies on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:25:00 PST

Recent CD Reviews!

Thanks to PopMatters for a great review in their Short Takes section!  They gave How It All Played Out an 8 of 10 rating - calling it "an album that you will most likely play out or wear out."&nb...
Posted by The April Skies on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:41:00 PST

ARTSFEST & Stuff

THIS SUNDAY MAY 27 ARTSFEST Walking Bridge Stage at Locust & Front Streets 6PM SHOWTIME!!!! THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SHOW FOR A WHILE - SO BE THERE!!!! We're coming off a run of shows that included D...
Posted by The April Skies on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:59:00 PST

Sat May 12 - Opening for The Hold Steady

Not much else to say about this - other than that we're thrilled, excited, inspired and anxious.  This should be a great DAY of music, celebrating ABC's 10 Year Anniversary. And to top it all of:...
Posted by The April Skies on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:09:00 PST

The April Skies on Amiestreet.com

Amiestreet.com is digital download site geared toward helping people discover new music.  It's more like a community and less like an MP3 music store.  There's no DRM (digital rights managem...
Posted by The April Skies on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:39:00 PST

Be our guest April 14th at the Abbey Bar!

We are returning to the Abbey Bar at ABC (50 N. Cameron St, HBG) for another night of indie rock!  Our guests are The Radio Galaxy (website) from New Jersey who will be laying down their own groo...
Posted by The April Skies on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:47:00 PST

Help support our College Radio campaign! THANKS to all the stations who've added us!

Greetings to all!  Back again with more thanks for College Radio stations across the US and now Canada as well!  Below is a list of all the stations that added us during the current radio ca...
Posted by The April Skies on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:33:00 PST