Photo of AM in Spin Magazine from the first night of the tour supporting AIR.

http://www.spin.com/articles/french-duo-air-launch-tour-miami?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=spintwitter/r:t

TONIGHT if you are on the West Coast and Central Time Zone, AM’s new Self Preservation music video will make its MTV debut on the hit show Subterranean on Tuesday Night/ Wednesday morning, March 16th at 2 am E.S.T.  (NYC Time) 11pm P.S.T. (Calfiornia Time)  Shot on HD by director Blake West,

Human instincts for survival and self preservation run deep. AM wrote this song during the worst financial depression America has ever seen.

On the day of the music video shoot, AM and the band got word that Michael Jackson had passed away and they all felt the irony of shooting a video the day that the “king of videos” has died.

AM said, “With such a heavy subject matter we wanted the video to have a playful element to it. We decided to have the whole band playing “live” and juxtapose the performance against some old archival footage…. educational, government and union propaganda films from the 1950’s.”

“Self Preservation” is from AM’s new album Future Sons & Daughters produced by Charles Newman. Newman was simultaneously producing AM’s album and also The Magnetic Fields’ new album “Realism” in Los Angeles and NYC last year.

SELF PRESERVATION LYRICS

every now and then you wonder what went wrong

short-term memory sings the latest song

but over time the many lines were drawn

forcing everyone to a place where they belong

we know by now

it’s hard to turn this around

but like the leaves change

we just have to rearrange

in order to get by

friends and lovers were never approved to provide

but a parent is anyone showing you how to survive

if there’s no game then there’s no win or lose

but as it stands now it’s got to be me or you

we know by now

it’s hard to turn this around

but like the leaves change

we just have to rearrange

in order to survive

we know by now

it’s hard to turn this around

but like the leaves change

we just have to rearrange

in order to get by

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Support AM’s new record– buy it in record stores or in his official store here: www.amsounds.com/music

Announcing AM touring the US and Canada with Charlotte Gainsbourg in April in support of his new record Future Sons & Daughters in record stores now.  Currently touring with AIR now in March.

MTV’s Subterranean featuring new music video “Self Preservation” on March 15th (PST & Central) and March 16th (EST).

4/11       Vancouver                           Vogue Theatre
4/12       Victoria                                Alix Goolden Hall
4/14       Seattle                                 Crocodile Cafe
4/21       Chicago                               Park West
4/23       Montreal                             Olympia ** SOLD OUT**
4/24       Montreal                             Olympia
4/25       NYC                                     Webster Hall
Click on www.amsounds.com to get a little taste:

MTV featuring AM’s video “Self Preservation”

Check out their home page: www.mtvmusic.com/

And they are twitering about AM’s video too– kind of cool!  http://twitter.com/MTV_Music/status/10036693537

Video shot yesterday at KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.  New show added in Hermosa Beach at the end of the month.    Check it out at www.amsounds.com

More videos here: http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=video&id=mb100303am

Song: Grand Opinion (LIVE)
Album: Live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic w/ Jason Bentley

March 13, 2010 Filmore supporting AIR Miami, Florida

March 14, 2010 Hard Rock Live supporting AIR Orlando, Florida

March 15, 2010 Centerstage supporting AIR Atlanta, GA

March 17, 2010 9:30 supporting AIR DC

March 18, 2010 Electric Factory supporting AIR Philadelphia, PA

March 19, 2010 Terminal 5 supporting AIR New York, NY

March 20, 2010 Berkeley Performing Arts Center supporting AIR Boston, MA

March 22, 2010 Metropolis supporting AIR Montreal, Canada

March 23, 2010 Phoenix Concert Theater supporting AIR Toronto, Canada

March 24, 2010 Riviera Theater supporting AIR Chicago, IL

March 26, 2010 Fox Theatre supporting AIR Oakland, CA

March 27, 2010 4th & B supporting AIR San Diego, CA

March 28, 2010 Walt Disney Music Hall supporting AIR LA, CA ***SOLD OUT***

March 30, 2010 Sainte Rock Hermosa Beach, CA (AM headlining)

Check it out: http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb100303am

AM is playing live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic with his full band tomorrow March 3, 2010. Listen anywhere in the world online streaming on KCRW here.  This is a rare full band live performance that you won’t want to miss.  DJ Jason Bentley will be hosting a Q&A interview along with the performance.

Support music: www.itunes.com/am

Show tonight SOLD OUT:

Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the world famous Troubadour, doors at 8pm, show at 9pm with Zee Avi. I’ll be working out the trio set I’ll be playing out on tour with AIR.  Will have some of my new limited edition hand screen American Apparel Future Sons & Daughters shirts too. Super comfy. Guaranteed to be your new favorite shirt or your money back.  You can see them here: http://www.theconnextion.com/am/am_cat.cfm?CatID=45

Also, playing live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic with the full band next week March 3, 2010. Listen anywhere in the world online streaming on KCRW here. This is a rare full band live performance that you won’t want to miss.

Support artists: www.itunes.com/am

100 % of donations go to help Haiti.

AM has donated his song “Endings Are Beginnings (piano mix)” to the “Hear to Help,” CD available February 24th in all 938 American Eagle stores across the U.S. and Canada, while supplies last.  The CD will be available online at www.ae.com beginning February 24.

One hundred percent of the $10 retail price will go directly to Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.  In Haiti, Oxfam’s efforts include providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, cash, and relief materials to those who have gathered in temporary camps both within the city and in hard-hit outlying areas.

The exclusive compilation includes the following 18 tracks:

• Beck:  “Volcano” (acoustic version)
• Snow Patrol:  “You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.” (Bright Eyes cover)
• Keane:  “Black Burning Heart” (version français)
• Air:  “So Light Is Her Footfall” (Breakbot Remix)
• Charlotte Gainsbourg:  “Dandelion”
• Julian Casablancas:  “Long Island Blues”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club:  “Am I Only” (ReMix)
• The Breeders:  “We’re Gonna Rise”
• Vampire Weekend:  “Cousinz” (Toy Selectah Mex-More Remix)
• Noah And The Whale:  “Love of An Orchestra” (Chew Fu Fix)
• Camera Obscura:  “The World is Full of Strangers”
• Minus The Bear:  “Broken China”
• Of Montreal:  “Take Me Out” (Live Cover Of Franz Ferdinand)
• Busdriver:  “Running Water”
• Surfer Blood:  “Take It Easy” (Drop the Lime Remix)
• Grizzly Bear:  “Boy From School”(Hot Chip cover)
• AM:  “Endings Are Beginnings” (Piano Mix)

AM’s new cd FUTURE SONS & DAUGHTERS is out now. AM will be touring the US and Canada in March as the special guest to AIR.

www.myspace.com/amsounds

www.itunes.com/am

Click on www.amsounds.com to get a little taste:

“…his music is contagious.” - KCRW 89.9 FM, Todays Top Tune Feature

“…the mark of a great album.”  -American Songwriter Magazine- 4 Star Review

“This is pop music for the refined ear, or, rather, the ear that remembers what pop music was really always supposed to be.” -The Deli Magazine, Featured CD Of The Month

“…layered with complex instrumentation, thought-provoking lyrics and rich harmonies.” - Amplifier Magazine

“On the eponymous ode to Brazillian star “Jorge Ben,” Butch Norton (Eels/ Lucinda Williams drummer) so perfectly nails the groove that the beats seem to disappear.” – Drum Magazine

“…this is music that crawls inside your skin and stays there. It may well be the best sonic surprise of 2010.” – Sonic Boomers

MORE great reviews click here

iTunes featuring AM’s “Future Sons & Daughters” and  KCRW’s Top Tune of the Day is AM’s tune “It’s Been So Long”

CD of the Month at The Deli Magazine- Future Sons & Daughters

Singer/songwriter AM isn’t a stranger to having left his musical mark right under your nose; his last LP Troubled Times had every track licensed to all sorts of projects on television and film, an impressive feat not done since Moby’s mega-hit Play. With that kind of cred, AM has already proven a strong viability with most any audience, but without the necessary weight that comes in being a well-recognized mainstay. That’s about to change with his latest LP Future Sons & Daughters, a fully developed snapshot of AM in the context of, not just the single, but the lost art of the album. Produced by Charles Newman (The Magnetic Fields), this lush and multi-faceted pop work is a testament to AM’s love of retro radio, analog warmth and laser-precise melodies. Nods range from ’60s Detroit to ’70s Philly, but intends to be current with a modern palette in production.  Highlight track “Fortunate Family Tree” revives roots melody awash with steady organs, loose snares and hallucinatingly wavey lead guitar lines, all signs that this is a worthy trip to a past sound, sans the cringing generally associated with homage attempts. This is pop music for the refined ear, or, rather, the ear that remembers what pop music was really always supposed to be. -Hugo Gomez

http://la.thedelimagazine.com/

AM ON TOUR
If you do not see AM playing your city, make sure to sign up for the mailing list and request AM in your town.

February

1- Presales have started: “Future Sons & Daughters” available in record stores across the U.S. Support AM and get your CD now, click here

8- “Self Preservation” Music Video Debut

9- “Future Sons & Daughters” (Deluxe Version) available at iTunes

27- Los Angeles, CA  Troubadour w/ Zee Avi

March

3- AM Live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic

13- Miami, FL- Fillmore w/ AIR

14- Orlando, FL- Hard Rock Live w/ AIR

15- Atlanta, GA- Centerstage w/ AIR

17- Washington, D.C.- 9:30 Club w/ AIR

18- Philadelphia, PA- Electric Factory w/ AIR

19- New York, NY- Terminal 5 w/ AIR

20- Boston, MA- Berklee School of Music w/ AIR

22- Montreal, QC- Metropolis w/ AIR

23- Toronto, ON- Kool Haus w/ AIR

24- Chicago, IL- Riviera Theatre w/ AIR

26- Oakland, CA- Fox Theatre w/ AIR

27- San Diego, CA- 4th & B w/ AIR

28- Los Angeles, CA- Walt Disney Concert Hall w/ AIR -- SOLD OUT

With your help, CDBaby hopes to raise at least $10,000 in two weeks time to help Haiti.

CD Baby will donate $1 for every one of my CD’s sold between Jan. 25 and Feb. 1, 2010. $1.  The money will go directly to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti.

It is just a small way to help with money you might have already planned on spending on some new music.  Half the population of Haiti is below 18 years old.   Nearly 43 percent of the population is 14 or younger and they need our money to rebuild Haiti. Kids. They need our help.

www.cdbaby.com/all/amsounds1

Presales of AM’s “Future Sons & Daughters” Digipack CD have started at record stores across the country with a street date of February 9th, 2010. What is a record store you might ask? Support these local businesses before they disappear.

Also, on February 9, 2010, “Future Sons & Daughters” (Deluxe Edition) will be available as a download on www.itunes.com/am for only $9.99. This will include some bonus tracks, instrumentals, and you’ll be the first to see the new “Self Preservation” music video shot on HD.

Future Sons & Daughters (Deluxe Edition)
1 A Complete Unknown  
2 The Other Side   
3 It’s Been So Long   
4 Darker Days   
5 Self Preservation   
6 Leavenworth   
7 Grand Opinion   
8 Fortunate Family Tree   
9 When the Dust Settles 
10 Jorge Ben   
11 Endings are Beginnings   
12 It’s Been So Long (Alt Mix)
13 You Say These Things
14 Endings Are Beginnings (Piano Mix)
15 A Complete Unknown (Instrumental)
16 It’s Been So Long (Instrumental)
17 Darker Days (Instrumental)
18 Grand Opinion (Instrumental)
19 Fortunate Family Tree (Instrumental)
20 Self Preservation Music Video Bundle
21 Digital Booklet of lyrics and stuff

AM’s new album Future Sons & Daughters is in the Top 20 at Weber University’s KWCR in Ogden, Utah. Heading to Utah in January to perform at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Who is coming?

Top 30 from 11/6 – 11/13
1 RX BANDITS Mandala Sargent House
2 TWIN ATLANTIC Vivarium Red Bull
3 BIG BANG TV Big Bang TV Self-Released
4 CALIFONE All My Friends Are Funeral Singers Dead Oceans
5 TEMPER TRAP Conditions Glassnote
6 AVETT BROTHERS I And Love And You Columbia
7 GOGOL BORDELLO Live From Axis Mundi Side One Dummy
8 DEAD MAN’S BONES Dead Man’s Bones Anti
9 STRIKE ANYWHERE Iron Front Bridge Nine
10 STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD A Time For Lions Wind Up
11 BRAND NEW Daisy Interscope
12 STRUNG OUT Agents Of The Underground Fat Wreck Chords
13 LANGHORNE SLIM Be Set Free Kemado
14 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Here Comes Science Walt Disney
15 CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS Death Won’t Send A Letter Black Seal-Syndicate
16 RAVEONETTES In And Out Of Control Vice
17 AM Future Sons & Daughters
18 DAWES North Hills ATO
19 TURBO FRUITS Echo Kid Fat Possum
20 THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN Know Better Learn Faster Kill Rock Stars
21 TWENTYFOUR64 Know Me
22 BUILT TO SPILL There Is No Enemy warner
23 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN The Fountain Ocean Rain
24 WORLD’S GREATEST GHOSTS No Magic Lucky Madison
25 QUEEN KILLING KINGS Tidal Eyes Wind-Up
26 TWO HOURS TRAFFIC Territory Bumstead
27 BOAT Setting The Paces Magic Marker
28 INVISIBLE KID Entrance Bikiniwax
29 MONSTERS OF FOLK Monsters Of Folk Shangri-La
30 7 WORLDS COLLIDE The Sun Came Out Oxfam-Sony

Show tonight, Sundance Film Festival in the New Year, and Tour with AIR to follow.

December 8 Los Angeles, CA KCRW Presents AM @ Hotel Café *
January 28 Park City, Utah Sundance ASCAP Music Café
January 29 Park City, Utah Sundance ASCAP Music Café

March 13 Miami, Fla. Fillmore
March 14 Orlando, Fla. Hard Rock Live
March 15 Atlanta, Ga. Centerstage
March 17 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
March 18 Philadelphia, Pa. Electric Factory
March 19 New York, N.Y. Terminal 5
March 20 Boston, Mass. Berklee School of Music
March 22 Montreal, QC Metropolis
March 23 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
March 24 Chicago, Ill. Riviera Theatre
March 26 Oakland, Calif. Fox Theatre
March 27 San Diego, Calif. 4th & B
March 28 Los Angeles, Calif. Walt Disney Concert Hall ** SOLD OUT**

New Music

AM delivers holiday music for the first time with his new EP “Holiday Happiness & Cheer”. Included is a beautifully haunting rendition of Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here” (from the classic animated television Peanuts Special “A Charlie Brown Christmas”) complete with moody bossa influenced guitar, creepy synth work and McCartney style bass lines. Also included is an original song “I’m Home For The Holidays” – a spacious orchestral folk song that focuses on the somber elements of holiday time.

Available at www.itunes.com/am and everywhere mp3’s are sold. IF you are old school, and want an actual CD, email info@amsounds.com for details.

Future Sons & Daughters is in the Top 200 on the College Radio Charts.

Filter Magazine featuring AM interview. Get it on newstands now.

Also sign up for the mailing list. Sending a free mp3 by email to everyone on the list.

www.itunes.com/am

Future Sons & Daughters is charting at KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Check out DJ Ebay Jamil Hamilton’s playlist:

Spinner’s Video Of The Day! Goes Live at 6pm EST.

Song: Grand Opinion
Album: Future Sons & Daughters
Artist: AM
Director: Blake West

http://www.spinner.com/category/video-of-the-day/