Video: American Music Club - "Rise"

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There is something in the manner Mark Eitzel's best songs have the ability to transport the listener right to the bar stool in perfect view of all the action. Eitzel's American Music Club was once a regular traveling companion of mine. Somehow, I slipped away from that world until recently when I pulled out American Music Club's A Toast To You: Live in Pittsburgh, PA., a real nice listen from late 2004. tracks: 1. Why Won’t You Stay? 2. Gratitude Walks on 6th St. 3. Only Love Can Set [...]

There's going to be some talk about American Music Club over the coming weeks since their new record on Merge is coming out soon. The new stuff only exists because of the impressive back catalog the band has created. I don't know who coined the term emo or for which band, but if you saw an AMC show in the late 80's you'd think that Mark Eitzel was the terms namesake. I haven't kept up with the band's recent recordings or Mark Eiztel's solo records (although I have those somewhere around here), but I will continually [...]

• American Music Club - All The Lost Souls Welcome You To San Francisco

Much of the Alias Records catalog just landed on Promonet . That means that you may see more posts about the Archers of Loaf back catalog on the cool kid's music blogs in the coming weeks and months. Me, I'm excited to be able to share (free and legal) some of the early songs by American Music Club . For now Alias has only made available tracks from Everclear and the ep Rise . I'm not sure if these have been out of print or what. Listening to these [...]

• Rise » Rise.mp3
• Why Won't You Stay » Why_Wont_You_Stay.mp3