March 30th, 2010 — 12:24pm
Hello friends, AM here. I am writing this to you to invite you to be a part of my very first vinyl pressing. Vinyl is an ever growing passion of mine, but because of the enormous costs involved in the process I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do this. BUT with your help, the proceeds from this pledge drive will go towards making my vinyl dreams a reality, and when we hit the Pledge target and go to press the vinyl (art layout, vinyl manufacturing, test print, etc), for my new album “Future Sons & Daughters” you will be the very first to have it. Go here to help make my dream a reality: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/211
This is a purely artistic and nostalgic endeavor for me…in other words this isn’t about making money. It’s about fulfilling a dream and giving you, a chance to be a part of it. This is also a very limited run (possibly 500 pieces or so).
I have created a menu of exclusive ways that you can get involved with this “vinyl pressing party”.
Your Pledge here will grant you access to my ‘Pledgers Only Updates’ page on which I will be posting anything from exclusive photos, videos taken while on tour, blogs, and whatever we can think of.
I appreciate all of your love and support and I will make a donation of a percentage of the profits pledged here to the worthy charitable organization of the Tipitina’s Foundation in New Orleans which helps preserve the music and culture of the beautiful and unique city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana.
Fingers crossed.
My very best to you,
AM
AM SPRING TOUR 2010April 11 Vancouver, B.C. Vogue Theatre*
April 12 Victoria, B.C. Alix Goolden Hall*
April 14 Seattle, Wash. Crocodile Café*
April 15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre ##
April 17 San Francisco, CA Palace of Fine Arts*
April 21 Chicago, Ill. Park West*
April 23 Montreal, QC Olympia*
April 24 Montreal, QC Olympia*
April 25 New York, N.Y. Webster Hall*
May 20 Birmingham, AL Work Play Theater #
May 21 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse #
May 22 Asheville, NC Orange Peel #
May 24 TBA
May 25 Nashville, TN Belcourt Theater #
May 27 Louisville, KY TBA#
May 28 Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall #
May 29 Minneapolis, MN The Dakota #
MORE European tour dates to be announced very soon.
- *with Charlotte Gainsbourg
- ##with Caetano Veloso
- # with Josh Rouse
www.myspace.com/amsounds
www.amsounds.com
March 29th, 2010 — 1:38am
Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.
~Robert Brault
March 25th, 2010 — 6:03pm
http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/25/road-report-am-gets-a-warm-welcome-in-the-northeast/
Blogging my way through the AIR tour is good fun.
Check it out above. Make sure you check the tour schedule and sign up for the mailing list so we can let you know when we are coming through town. If you have a better photo then this one of you wearing this shirt, we want to see it.
March 25th, 2010 — 2:37pm
Singer-songwriter AM has an instantly familiar, comfortable quality to his sound. His blend of British invasion rock, soul, and psychedelic pop sounds like Hall & Oates might have in the mid-sixties. The set of tight, well-written pop songs is almost impossible to shake out of your ears once you hear it. The gorgeous blend of acoustic guitar, piano, and soft beat on “The Other Side” give the melodic gem a dusty, timeless quality that makes it feel like has always been one of your favorite songs. There are hints of early Brit-pop (“Fortunate Family Tree”), Beach Boys’ sun-soaked pop (“When The Dust Settles”), and soul (“Darker Days”).
The mellow chill of “Darker Days” is among the best produced on the effort, with a shaggy acoustic shuffle over funky guitar chirps and a gorgeous falsetto hook. The moody strings in the background are the cherry on top. While the songwriting is great throughout, sparkling instrumental “Jorge Ben” is wonderful jazzy funk fried up in a bucket of blues. Acoustic ballad “Leavenworth” and churning psychedelic rocker “Self Preservation” are also standouts in an album full of them. Perhaps the most interesting track is the Latin-flavored, flamenco-guitar loving “It’s Been So Long”, which feels like it has been trapped in a time capsule for forty years, in a good way.- Indie Music Watch, Chad Grischow
March 24th, 2010 — 12:44pm
Cozy consolation from sweet-talking tunes, AM skips, dips and cozies up with revitalized nostalgia. Laid-back enlightenment straddling singer-songwriter folk, sunshine rock and blue-eyed soul circa early seventies, “Future,” fires up smoky, hip-swiveling riffs conjured from snappy brass, deep-fried bass, cantering congas and sly, knowing vocals stretching familiar formulas into tasty upbeat treats.- John Noyd
http://www.maximumink.com/index.php/slipped_discs/permalink/future_sons_and_daughters
March 23rd, 2010 — 10:44am
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Originally uploaded by Eva Blue
opening for AIR, first time in Canada
www.myspace.com/masounds
March 23rd, 2010 — 7:34am
It’s truly no surprise that they were the darling band of the last Sundance Film Festival and packed their concert appearance. Not a surprise also that the well-known French band AIR asked them to join their tour for a few dates. The velvet percussion and angel-like riff of the guitars of AM will take your little soul on a wonderland like an adventure full of psychedelic images of a time where life could have been a bit less demented and slower than what we’re sinking into right now.
http://www.buzzine.com/2010/03/am-future-sons-and-daughters/
March 22nd, 2010 — 8:26pm
Show Review: Grimy Goods
Their sound is sexy and soothing with a nice touch of funky beats and groovy guitar lines. AM delivers some awesome feel-good-music, music that you just want to get down to, and I mean that in the naughtiest of ways.
Photos by Craig Parker
http://grimygoods.com/2010/03/08/am-at-the-troubadour-photo-gallery-and-video-review/?nggpage=2
March 22nd, 2010 — 2:22pm
March 22nd, 2010 — 10:50am
Fuse.TV is featuring AM’s new video “Self Preservation” directed by Blake West. MTV is airing as well. Repost the video to help spread the word www.youtube.com/amsounds
http://www.fuse.tv/music/free-music.html?artist_id=359
AM is currently on tour with AIR, touring the US and Canada with Charlotte Gainsbourg in April. See www.amsounds.com/shows for more dates and details.
* New LA show with Caetano Veloso at The Greek Theater April 15th
