Maximo love Eitzel

Over at maximopark.com one of the Diary entries (16 JUN 2008) name checks Mark Eitzels "Songs of Love Live" album. The band member (not the one with the ironic comb over) says how much they love the album and how they like to listen to it first thing in the morning.

New AMC Web Site

I don't know if you have noticed but the official American Music Club web site has been given a face lift. As well as a comprehensive Discography and Tour section it has selection of the bands promo vidoes available for viewing. Lets see if the News page is updated any more regularly than the old one? ;)

Eitzel Through The Ages

Here is a nice selection of pictures of the band taken at various stages through their career. Ah, the haircuts, the hats, the various line up changes. How they bring back memories.

Mark Eitzel Cover

Someone (possibly a regular on the Firefly mailing list) calling themselves Exit has just released a 2 track internet single, the b-side of which is a cover of "Everything Is Beautiful" from Marks "60 Watt ..." album.

Top 25 Rock Bands of the 90s

It seems the American Music Club have made it into Yahoos 25 Best Alternative Rock Bands Of The 1990s. That puts then up there with Beck, Nirvana and SonicYouth. Strange thing to note is just how many of those bands have reformed in the last couple of years.

The Best Tracks Of 2008

The Onions A.V. Club has nominated "All My Love" as one of its top tunes of the year so far.

Quick Q&A

The Music Minded blog has a short Q&A with mark about the new album.

Danny Pearson Show Tomorrow Night

Danny Pearson is playing a gig at the Starry Plough pub in Berkley tomorrow (Friday 13th June)night. He is supporting Ultralash and 20 Minute Loop.

Uncut Cover CD

The July issue of Uncut magazine features "Decibels ..." on it cover mounted CD.

Autumn American Music Club Tour Announced

Hot off the Press comes the dates for the second Eurpoean tour.

A few of them may not be on sale until later this week. Some fans asked for Finland and Portugal so we came through. There will be another three dates added in soon which will include Portugal, Belgrade and Zagreb so please stay tuned.

Sept 2 Belfast – Empire
Sept 3 Dublin – Whelan’s
Sept 4 Manchester – Academy 3
Sept 5 Glasgow – Stereo
Sept 6 Newcastle – Cluny
Sept 7 York – Princess Charlotte
Sept 9 Bristol – Thekla
Sept 10 Leicester – The Musician
Sept 11 London – Bush Hall
Sept 12 Dorset – End of the Road Festival
Sept 13 Exeter – Phoenix
Sept 15 Cambridge – The Graduate
Sept 16 Winchester – Railway
Sept 18 Spain – tbc
Sept 19 Portugal – Barriero (venue tbc)
Sept 20 Spain – Huelva – South Pop Festival
Sept 21 Spain – tbc
Sept 24 Switzerland – Luzern
Sept 25 Germany – Karlshruhe – Jubez
Sept 26 Germany - Dresden – Beat Pol
Sept 27 Germany – Wendelsterin – Jegelscheune
Sept 29 Finland – Helsinki – Tavastia
Sept 30 Luxembourg – Dudelange - CC op der Schmertz
Oct 1 Belgium – Ghent - Handlesbeurs
Oct 2 Netherlands – Haarlem - Patronaat
Oct 3 Netherlands – Den Haag – Paard van Troje
Oct 4-8 tbc
Oct 9 Italy – Milan – Casa 139
Oct 10 Italy – Florence – Viper
Oct 11 Italy – Rome - Init

The single for All the lost Souls will be promoted at the end of August so please look out for more sessions and interviews then.

American Music Club Play Ireland (again)

They have a gig at Whelans in Dublin on the 3rd September 2008.

Idler Interview

I haven't seen the latest issue yet but there is apparently an interview with Mark Eitzel in the latest issue of the Idler. For those of you that haven't see it, the Idler is a British magazine dedicated to living a more relaxed way of life. And no, that is not a drug euphemism.

American Music Club Play Belgium

The autumn leg of the tour is starting to appear now. The band play the Handelsbeuer club in Ghent, Belgium on the 1st October 2008. More details as they appear.

Tour Videos

Here are some clips of the band on their current tour.

Decibels and Little Pills


The Stars


All The Lost Souls ...


Hello Amsterdam


Wish the World Away


All The Lost Souls ...


I Know That's Not Really You


Another Morning


Hello Amsterdam (ish)

Tour Photos

Here are some pics of the band on their current tour.

All The Lost Souls ... - Video

Looks like "Lost Souls" is probably the new single as they have gone and done a video for it. The woman in the video is Grace Zabriskie who has appeared in a whole host of interesting films and TV shows. What do you think?

AMC @ Bam! Fest

Looks like another festival appearance for the American Music Club, this time at Bam! Fest in Chicago. This takes place in Roscoe Village, Chicago on June 28 & 29.

More Dates Ahead

According to the bands press bloke

We are currently booking UK, Belgian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese and hopefully eastern European & Italian dates stretching from Sept 2 until Oct 10th. There will be a new live tour cd taken from their last dates for this.

Late Gig Review

Here is a review of a gig somewhere on the North American continent. Possibly Torronto judging by the ads. One of the comments says something about one of the shows selling out.

Sean Body (RIP)

It has come to my attention (via the Firefly mailing list) that the writer Sean Body has passed away. This gets a mention here as Sean was the author of Wish The World Away, the marvellous book on the American Music Club. If you haven't read it yet, I suggest you order a copy now. As well as that, he used to run Helter Skelter book shop (no longer) on Denmark St in London. Our thought go out to his family.