Thursday, January 31, 2008

American Music Club Headed for Record Bar

Posted by Jason Harper on Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 1:55 PM

By SCOTT WILSON

More than a decade after his only solo visit to Kansas City -- and 19 years since his band, American Music Club, played its only local date* -- Mark Eitzel is coming back to cry for you.

Since reuniting in 2004, AMC has changed rhythm sections, but Eitzel's low wail remains the same. And the man's songwriting -- bitter laments, scathing self-reproach, acerbic political reprovals -- has only sharpened. No one song conveys the cumulative effect of an AMC album or an Eitzel performance, but check this one out anyway and reserve May 5 on your calendar.

American Music Club: "All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco" MP3, courtesy of Merge Records

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*probably at Harling's, not "Harding's"

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Im Kizzy bit stuck with the debts but there you go and trying to be frugal !! feel free to email me I have my own blog www.nlcb.org.uk about making some money.

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Posted by Kizzy Chambers on August 3, 2010 at 8:25 PM

Hello

that�s awesome, pal. that�s awesome, love to read this post

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Posted by maxgxldealer on May 31, 2009 at 3:37 PM

he was in Lawrence, too, in 2005 w/ the "Undertow Orchestra".

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Posted by Hudi Vudi on January 31, 2008 at 11:35 PM

they played @ the Bottleneck in '94. that's not as dramatic as saying 19 years, though.

12/20/94 Bottleneck,Lawrence,KS (supported by Paw)

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Posted by Hudi Vudi on January 31, 2008 at 11:27 PM

American Music Club makes me sad, but in a good way. That's the point, right?

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Posted by wumble on January 31, 2008 at 9:25 PM

How were the shows, Happy?

I still own several of the albums at the top of the 1988 Pazz & Jop poll, but I'd trade everything on the list for AMC's "California."

Yes, Annie, even R.E.M.'s "Green."

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Posted by Scott Wilson on January 31, 2008 at 9:11 PM

The afternoon of the 1989 Harling's show, AMC played a private party for- get ready for it- the Pitch staff. It was held in the parking lot of the House Distributors warehouse in Olathe. I attended both gigs. And I'm still afraid of Mark Eitzel...

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Posted by Happy on January 31, 2008 at 8:20 PM

AMC opened for Spoon in Columbia a few years ago... i didn't go then, but i'll be in KC.

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Posted by Annie Zaleski on January 31, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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