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Merge @ SXSW 2011!

February 25, 2011 – 5:17 pm

This year, we have a very exciting showcase featuring Merge freshmen and a couple of old friends! Get there early to meet newest Merge signees Times New Viking and stay late to see the only nighttime WILD FLAG show of the festival! In between, Apex Manor, Telekinesis & Wye Oak will be sharing songs from their new albums out this spring, and American Music Club & Versus will make a rare appearance in Austin for the festival.

Visit the Merge store to sample the most recent albums from all seven bands, and to pre-order their upcoming releases!

Merge @ SXSW 2011
Friday, March 18
The Parish (214 E. 6th Street)
Austin, TX
Doors at 7p

WILD FLAG 12:45a
Wye Oak 11:45p
Versus 10:45p
American Music Club 9:45p
Telekinesis 9p
Apex Manor 8:15p
Times New Viking 7:30p

Also, we are joining forces with the Home Slice Pizza “Music by the Slice” party again!

Home Slice Pizza
MXTS Party
1415 South Congress
Austin, TX

Thursday, March 17
Apex Manor 3:30 p
American Music Club 5p

Friday, March 18
Versus 1p

Saturday, March 19
Times New Viking 2:20 p
Wye Oak 3:30 p

Be sure to follow Merge on twitter and check back for more opportunities to see our bands at SXSW!

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2010 Year End lists: Mark Eitzel of American Music Club

December 6, 2010 – 2:54 pm

1. finally my Musical, Marine Parade, with Simon Stephens was produced for 12 glorious shows in Brighton.
2. Peter Broderick – Home (LP)
3. Omar Soulyman live at ATP Minehead
4. On Boxing – Joyce Carol Oates
5. James Baldwin – Just Above My Head (book)
6. Eddie Current Suppression Ring live at the Eagle Tavern
7. Carletta Sue Kay
8. Please Give (movie) – great.
9. The music of Rodolfe Kuffer
10. Lovely Still (movie)

One more: Gershwin at the Hollywood Bowl in September

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2009 Year End List: Mark Eitzel of American Music Club

December 8, 2009 – 6:26 pm

In no particular order:

Scott Walker – The Drift
Peter Broderick – Home
Tim Fite – Fair Ain’t Fair
Samuel Barber – Songs
Carletta Sue Kay – Live at the San Francisco Eagle
Christopher Wheeldon - Within the Golden Hour – War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco CA
The Wrestler – Movie
Mahler: Symphony #5 In C Sharp Minor - 4. Adiagietto
Kath Bloom – various songs
Joe Henry – Blood From Stars
Into Great Silence – Movie

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American Music Club on KEXP – Saturday, 9/19!

September 18, 2009 – 2:23 pm

American Music Club at XX Merge. Photo by Brian Vetter

Mark Eitzel & pianist Marc Capelle will visit KEXP tomorrow while they’re in Seattle for a live session on air! You can listen at 1pm pacific time at KEXP.org or on the airwaves if you’re lucky enough to live in Seattle.

Mark Eitzel performs American Music Club:
09.19.2009 Seattle, WA Triple Door
09.20.2009 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09.24.2009 San Francisco, CA Red Devil Lounge

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XX Merge: Sunday

July 31, 2009 – 3:17 pm

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All photos by Brian Vetter

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Mark Eitzel sings American Music Club

July 31, 2009 – 1:38 pm

photo by Lea Bogdan via Magnet

Those of you who witnessed Mark Eitzel and pianist Marc Capelle at XX Merge can attest to the truth of this Magnet Magazine live review of their Philadelphia show.

Magnet writer Doug Sell describes Mark’s voice perfectly, “He may have the most human voice in rock music. It is all of this at once: sad, defiant, wounded, sentimental, understanding, hopeful, resigned. Big as the biggest adjective and commanded with elegantly flawed grace, Eitzel’s voice can make your ears cry.”

Visit the Merge store for American Music Club albums on CD and digital download, and Eitzel’s blog for information on new recording projects.

More tour dates:
09.19.2009 Seattle, WA Triple Door
09.20.2009 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09.24.2009 San Francisco, CA Red Devil Lounge

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XX Merge update: Line-up announced for free show at OCSC and tickets still available for She and Him

June 9, 2009 – 3:21 pm

ocsc_xxmerge Hey, Merge fans! Tickets for the Cradle shows may be sold out, but you can still get tickets for the Memorial Hall show in Chapel Hill on Sunday, July 26, featuring She & Him, American Music Club, and Wye Oak. Tickets are available through eTix.com as well as the Cat’s Cradle box office, CD Alley (Chapel Hill), Schoolkids (Raleigh), Bull City Records (Durham), and the Memorial Hall box office.

Also, Orange County Social Club in Carrboro, NC will host a free outdoor show beginning at 1pm on Saturday, July 25. Enjoy live music from Tenement Halls, Portastatic, The Music Tapes, Matt Suggs, and Radar Bros. Also, frosty beverages and delicious food from Neal’s deli will be for sale.

Orange County Social Club is a private member club. Membership is not required to attend this show, but will be required if you intend to drink. Applications must be received three days before the event. For more information and to fill out an application, visit the OCSC website.

The countdown to XX Merge has begun! We have more XX Merge activities to announce soon, so stay tuned!

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Mark Eitzel performs American Music Club in July

May 28, 2009 – 4:10 pm

amc_markeitzel Mark Eitzel will tour the east coast in July joined by AMC alumnus Marc Capelle as his pianist. Mark & Marc will perform American Music Club songs and select covers. Watch the clip (posted below) from Noise Pop in March for a little taste of what you can expect.

American Music Club will join She & Him and Wye Oak to close out XX Merge on July 26th at Memorial Hall located on UNC campus. Tickets are still available!

Mark Eizel performs American Music Club
(vocals & piano)
07.18.2009     New York, NY     Le Poisson Rouge
07.19.2009     Hudson, NY     Jason’s Upstairs
07.20.2009     Hoboken, NJ     Maxwell’s
07.21.2009     Cambridge, MA     The Lizard Lounge
07.22.2009     Albany, NY     The Linda at WAMC
07.23.2009     Rochester, NY     Lovin Cup
07.24.2009     Hamburg, NY     Marty & Susan’s House
07.25.2009     Baltimore, MD     Metro Gallery
07.26.2009     Chapel Hill, NC     Memorial Hall     XX Merge w/ She & Him and Wye Oak
07.27.2009     Arlington, VA     Iota Club & Cafe
07.28.2009     Philadelphia, PA     Johnny Brenda’s
07.29.2009     Brooklyn, NY     The Bell House

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AMC Live Review: Celine Dion & San Francisco

April 28, 2008 – 5:26 pm

photo courtesy of Tim Bugbee

American Music Club live review via The Big Takeover.

American Music Club are on Tour!

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American Music Club on Stripwax

February 22, 2008 – 3:17 pm

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Stripwax, The World’s Only Comic Strip Record Review, offered this review of American Music Club’s newly released album, The Golden Age. Listen to The Golden Age here and buy it here!

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