Is this the new classic rock? Echo Park indie artist AM brings a heady brew of twinkling Anglified California Dream Pop to his new album “Future Sons & Daughters” released on Filter US Recordings (Fontana/ Universal Distribution) available on iTunes now. AM does all this with an acute, finessing ear for the ancient art of real, true songcraft. With, arguably, some of the best bridges and choruses in the bizness, drawing from the Beatles and Badfinger or Curtis Mayfield and Jorge Ben, AM demonstrates over and again the simple fact of songwriting life: that imagination and taste is what it's all about. If you watch the tele maybe you've heard AM's tunes on HBO's "Big Love" MTV "The Hills", ABC's "Brothers and Sisters".
If you like these you’ll like AM: Last Shadow Puppets, Wilco, Beck, strong melodies with tasty grooves.
city
Los Angeles
state/country
CA, US
time
Jan 2004 - present
city
New Orleans
state/country
US
time
Jan 1989 - Jan 2004
city
Tulsa
state/country
US
time
1911 - 1989
employer
www.amsounds.com
position
music maker
description
making music is my dayjob
time
? - present
Website
Band Members
AM - Chris Lovejoy - Mark Levin - Jesse Nason - Cory Joseph - Derek Brown
Influences
Beck, Wilco, John Martyn, Caetano Veloso, The Flaming Lips, U2, Coldplay, Jeff Buckley, Stereolab, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, The Spinners, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, John Martyn, Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Tamba 4, Sergio Mendez, Gabor Szabo, James Brown...
Other Artists
Cal Tjader, Jorge Ben, Ennio Morricone, David Axelrod, The Eagles, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green, Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Jackson Brown, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno and so much more.
