This album, much like those first three by this band, contains depth, not only in quantity of tracks or time, but also in its eclectic sound.  Full text...

The most lighthearted, liberating release of 2007.  Full text...

Another burst of sunny, ‘60s psych-pop.  Full text...

"Turn up the stereo," urges the synthesized voice that introduces New Magnetic Wonder. It's good advice.  Full text...

NMW works as a ’00s update of British invasion rock and orchestral and baroque pop, just as Jeff Lynne and the boys updated those sounds for the ’70s.  Full text...

New Magnetic Wonder takes us in an entirely different direction -- one where a sunshine smile always trumps rainy-day melancholy. It might not be quite as fashionable as those morose indie-pop types, but it's sure a lot more fun than a prescription for Prozac.  Full text...

These tracks feel more chunky and electronic than their fuzzier predecessors, but there are still a handful of stellar tracks thrown in—"Sunndal Song" is one of Hilarie Sidney's final contributions to the Apples catalog, as she left the band this past fall to concentrate on her other group The High Water Marks.   Full text...

On New Magnetic Wonder Schneider doesn’t exactly step outside his musical box, but he does redesign it, shaping the walls from the inside, expanding the barriers.  Full text...

New Magnetic Wonder isn't without its charms, but for someone as creatively inclined and musically ambitious as Schneider is, it's painfully one-dimensional.  Full text...