The last one, The Golden Age, is closest.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
Thanks.
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 15 February 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
it'll only be the albums through UK; Alias still owns the masters for Everclear unfortunately.
wtf how does Alias still own anything
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 15 February 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
The Golden Age is an f'in' masterpiece imo
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 15 February 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link
agreed, it and California are tops imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2016 23:32 (eight years ago) link
new Eitzel album out in January, produced + accompanied by Bernard Butler (!!!)
http://www.stereogum.com/1907667/mark-eitzel-the-last-ten-years/music/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 October 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
tbh the song is just OK but an album of Eitzel gone Britpop is intriguing
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 October 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
Eh, not much chance for Britpop. Have you heard the last two Ben Watt records?
― doug watson, Thursday, 27 October 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
don't forget that Butler also produced Duffy
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 27 October 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
So is AMC definitely over now? Has he said anything about that?
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 27 October 2016 07:27 (seven years ago) link
I've had the album for a few months. It's def. not 'britpop', more akin to the last Ben Watt album if anything. Butler did a great job; he did this as a favor to our friend in London (they are neighbors) who manages Mark right now. This is probably the 'poppiest' arrangement, the rest of the album is more in the lines of the last solo Eitzel job. Butler did play almost everything but the drums on this though (and acoustic which was played by Mark).
AMC: don't hold your breath. I've been working with management on possibly doing reissues of the first four albums (fingers crossed this still happens). The dream would be to do a few shows with Danny and Vudi if/when that happens but who knows. AMC albums don't exactly make any money, and Mark feels like he needs to pay people (and people want to get paid) at this point. Vudi is a bus driver in LA at the moment.
― akm, Thursday, 27 October 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link
Would be cool if you could get the tour-only albums re-released too (Atwater Afternoon/Everclear Rehearsals/Mercury Demos) since the only people making money on those are resellers and not the band.
I like the new album, too.
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Friday, 28 October 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
I like the single a lot, it reminds me of 60 Watt
― calstars, Friday, 28 October 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
Surprised how few monthly listeners on Spotify Eitzel has: ~2k, and AMC ~4K
― calstars, Friday, 28 October 2016 01:35 (seven years ago) link
AMC hasn't enjoyed the popular legacy of many of their inferior peers, mostly (I think) because many of their albums are not easy/cheap to find. Hoping that will be rectified as mentioned upthread.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 28 October 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
The offering of AMC on Spotify could be better, too (the 1985-95 greatest hits, California, United Kingdom for starters) but I'm sure that's a licensing nightmare.
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Friday, 28 October 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
(but they got Songs of Love from Demon, so maybe there's hope...)
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Friday, 28 October 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
re: first four album streaming. we are working on it.
everclear/alias: alias are a fucking pain in the ass, they've never paid the band or given any accounting.
dont' know why the WB/Rhino licensed later albums aren't up there
tour albums/streaming: working on talking mark into putting these all on bandcamp at this point.
― akm, Friday, 28 October 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
There was a great live recordin from the Mercury tour tgat came packaged with as part of a promo version of one of the single or eps. I wish I could track this down.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 28 October 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
Brilliant. I have some of that stuff would like to have the rest of at least the AMC stuff.
Bernard Butler also worked with Bert Jansch shortly before he died. The one time i got to see Jansch was in duet with butler in one of teh Galway Art Festivals a few years ago. I never made it to Whelan's when he used to play there which I should have done.
― Stevolende, Friday, 28 October 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
moodles i can pass that to you if you want mp3s of it (the slim's live promo)
― akm, Friday, 28 October 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
trying to track down the person who recorded the entire show
― akm, Friday, 28 October 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
That would be great, I didn't realize that was the same one.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 28 October 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
they tried to sign me waaaaay back when and when I said "I don't think so, thanks" were really insulting about how I really only considered my work a hobby
I don't know anybody who ever had a good experience with them
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 28 October 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
recall hearing that when merge re-released the archers of loaf records they had to use new artwork because alias had 'lost' the originals
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 October 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
the fact that alias still claim, I think, to own everclear is also bizarre. granted who knows what the original contract says; we have someone trying to track it down now and see. but owning the licensing for a recorded work in perpetuity seems....a little weird. and if they own it, you'd think they'd stick it up where people can fucking hear it, or do some reissues so people can buy it, considering, you know, it's the greatest american indie rock record of all time
― akm, Saturday, 29 October 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
amen
― doug watson, Saturday, 29 October 2016 12:01 (seven years ago) link
I enjoy the demos for Everclear and Mercury. And the 2004 live album is great as well. Amazing band
― Duke, Saturday, 29 October 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
are these actual releases? where did you hear them?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 29 October 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Couldn't Merge do something with Everclear like the Archers releases? Although that album was a one off...
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 30 October 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
are these actual releases? where did you hear them?― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 29 October 2016 18:42
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 29 October 2016 18:42
I bought them from the AMC website. I don't know if they're still available. The demo CDs came in slim cases, which suggests they aren't a proper release. The live album is called "A Toast To You".
― Duke, Sunday, 30 October 2016 13:05 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/American-Music-Club-The-Everclear-Rehearsals-Late-1990/release/3206820
― Duke, Sunday, 30 October 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
the everclear rehearsals are a revelation, especially if you find the production on it a bit overboard.
― campreverb, Sunday, 30 October 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
the rehearsal cds were self-releases by the band/mark, limited edition. I don't even have both of them myself (legitimately); you can probably find them online somewhere like I did. These are also things we'll hopefully get on bandcamp in the coming year(s)
― akm, Sunday, 30 October 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
this all sounds very intriguing
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Sunday, 30 October 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
New album from Mark Eitzel now available for pre-order. My snippy comments about vinyl editions notwithstanding, I'm very happy to see this coming to light.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 11:52 (seven years ago) link
it's a great album. disappointed that the vinyl edition cuts one of the best tracks though.
― akm, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 01:20 (seven years ago) link
I asked him if he might tour Canada at all and this was his response https://twitter.com/MarkEitzel/status/812193555099762688
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 01:52 (seven years ago) link
I domt have twitter so im assuming he said Maple Dawn?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Sunday, 1 January 2017 05:40 (seven years ago) link
The '1984-1995' compilation is really great, I prefer some of the demos on itto the final versions.
― heaven parker (anagram), Sunday, 1 January 2017 12:14 (seven years ago) link
ok "An Answer" is totally bloody gorgeous
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
nice to see Eitzel get a warm Pfork review. I guess it would have killed 'em to put him above the fold since there's a new Cloud Nothings record (zzzz)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
nice review, weird that it doesn't mention the Butler involvement tho
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 26 January 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
that and the need to shoehorn in Nick Cave references
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 January 2017 14:00 (seven years ago) link
anyway the album is out now and it's v good. some of the more "epic" flourishes will take some getting used to, but all in all I'm surprised how good a foil BB is. (certainly more colorful results than when he was working with REM alum etc. in the 90s). "Mr. Humphries" is an obvious standout. not sure if this matches Don't be a Stranger for impact just yet.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 27 January 2017 13:32 (seven years ago) link
xxp re. the Butler connection, absolutely. This is sounding far more Fever Dream than Skeleton Tree
― doug watson, Friday, 27 January 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
this album rocks
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
great piece by carl about it http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2017/01/on_hey_mr_ferryman_mark_eitzel_proves_he_is_leonard_cohen_s_heir.html
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
lol at Butler's quote
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
good piece, and I'm glad the primer he put together is so generous
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 30 January 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link