Backtracking

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

We all have to find our own email address: [email protected].

CHAPTERS:
0:00: Build it up, burn it down.
0:28: The Final Intro
1:03: A look back on Big Head Todd & the Monsters.
2:50: Haaskeepin’ and thank y’uns.
14:41: JW’s Worst Song Bracket
27:58: Dan’s Worst Song Bracket
36:50: Michael Presents: Best Cover Ever
43:06: JW’s Best Song Bracket
1:03:39: Dan’s Best Song Bracket
1:12:20: The Huge Season 3 Reveal
1:41:50: JW’s Best Album Bracket & Champion
2:06:18: Dan’s Best Album Bracket & Champion
2:17:21: Dan’s Worst Song Bracket & Champion
2:20:25: JW’s Worst Song Bracket & Champion
2:25:50: JW’s Best Song Bracket & Champion
2:33:10: Dan’s Best Song Bracket & Champion
2:40:40: The back has been tracked, and to all a good night.

AMC LINKS:
- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:
- Twitter: @backtrackingrox
- YouTube: @backtrackingrox
- Instagram: @backtrackingrox
- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

I just took two emails: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE PLAYLIST:
American Music Club & Eitzel Ephemera YouTube Playlist

CHAPTERS:
0:00: Take These Broken Wings
0:30: We’re Ephemeracs!
1:00: Preamblin’ Again
2:13: Eitzel’s 4-Track Collection of Shame
6:42: Crystal Always Knows
8:52: Toiling Midgets “Son”
14:08: “Everclear” & “Mercury” B-Sides
24:26: “San Francisco” B-Sides
30:54: Guest Appearances
46:11: Mark Eitzel “Demos Before Lovesongs”
52:25: More Guest Appearances
1:01:01: Mark Eitzel “Glory”
1:04:01: Vudi, Farmers, Clovis de la Floret, Swans
1:11:24: Danny & Clodhopper
1:12:14: Kaphan & His Ambient Excursions
1:17:17: Too Much & Too Deep
1:21:53: On to the finale!

AMC LINKS:
- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:
- Twitter: @backtrackingrox
- YouTube: @backtrackingrox
- Instagram: @backtrackingrox
- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

How do you pass the President’s email: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE PLAYLIST:
American Music Club & Eitzel Ephemera YouTube Playlist

CHAPTERS:
0:00: Dawson’s Peak
1:00: A Long Look Back, a Short Look Ahead
4:50: Housekeeping & the Brackets
7:25: A Prelude to the Preamble
10:55: Preamblin’ Man
12:43: AMC Live 1992 to 1993
23:21: AMC Live at the Hotel Utah SF 1993
29:21: A Toast to You: AMC Live in Pittsburgh 2004
34:32: Atwater Afternoon: AMC Live 2008
40:38: Food, Sex, and Shelter: AMC Live in Cambridge 2008
50:20: The Eitzel Ordeal: The Konk Sessions 2013
59:25: Whoops, We Did It Again

AMC LINKS:
- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:
- Twitter: @backtrackingrox
- YouTube: @backtrackingrox
- Instagram: @backtrackingrox
- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

My sunsets are always one-sentence emails: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
American Music Club “The Golden Age”

CHAPTERS:
0:00: Arrested Development
0:06: Intro
0:38: The 2008 J. W. and Dan Time Capsule
10:21: Side B, Track 1: “Who You Are”
19:55: Side B, Track 2: “The Windows on the World”
28:38: Side B, Track 3: “One Step Ahead”
33:58: Side B, Track 4: “The Dance”
45:01: Side B, Track 5: “I Know That’s Not Really You”
52:19: Side B, Track 6: “On My Way”
1:00:07: Side B, Track 7: “The Grand Duchess of San Francisco”
1:04:55: J.W. Hall’s Retracking of “The Golden Age”
1:12:42: The 24 Carat Best and the Gold-Filled Worst
1:19:00: And that’s it. The catalog is complete.

AMC LINKS:
- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:
- Twitter: @backtrackingrox
- YouTube: @backtrackingrox
- Instagram: @backtrackingrox
- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

You pulled off your email, went “Girls Gone Wild”: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
American Music Club “The Golden Age”

CHAPTERS:
0:00: 12
0:15: The Golden Intro
0:49: Talk to my rep, Eitzel.
2:25: “Never Stray from the Chronology!”
5:29: The Basics
8:00: “Michael’s Covers” for the Patreons
20:42: Production, the Band, and a Chance Meeting?
42:14: Side A, Track 1: “All My Love”
54:07: Side A, Track 2: “The Victory Choir”
1:04:57: Side A, Track 3: “The Decibels and the Little Pills”
1:16:32: Side A, Track 4: “Sleeping Beauty”
1:23:41: Side A, Track 5: “The Stars”
1:30:28: Side A, Track 6: “All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco”
1:39:24: C’est Fin

AMC LINKS:
- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:
- Twitter: @backtrackingrox
- YouTube: @backtrackingrox
- Instagram: @backtrackingrox
- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox