Just got an email with a bit of Apollo 18 related news from S.E: Seems the Rookie Music Awards have been held, and Apollo 18 won the indie musician category! Somewhat more at allkpop.
I had missed that the awards were coming up and didn’t even know there was an indie price, but I think it’s fairly safe to say Apollo 18 deserved the price in spite of whatever other nominees there were – their self-titled debut EP was extraordinary in all it’s post-rock-ish awesomeness, and now they have The Blue Album showing another side of their musicianship.