A.M.: News

It was a great crowd and a great time at Lee's Palace last night...so if you were one of the awesome people who came out to party with us, A.M. sends you a high-five in thanks. To receive your high-five, place your hand on the screen.........now. Well done.

Also, if you didn't get to see the band that went on before us, go find out when they play next. They're too young and too good to be ignored. www.myspace.com/thethundermonks

A.M. plays legendary Lee's Palace on Friday, January 15th. With Funksway, Phreak Nasty, and Red Roses Black. $8 advance, $10 at the door. 416-532-1598.

Thanks to everyone who came out and partied with us at Rancho Relaxo last night. It was a great night with some great bands...in case you missed them:
www.myspace.com/fieldassembly www.myspace.com/thethundermonks

A.M. plays as part of "Sound an Alarm!", the CD launch for organist Marty Smyth and tenor Paul Williamson. Go here for more: www.martysmyth.com

A million thanks to all those who came out to Bread & Circus on Friday to party with us at the Indie Week festival!

Thanks to all those who came out for a night of electro-funk madness at the Velvet Underground.  There was birthday cake, shirtless bassists, and a random drunken guy who took it upon himself to provide us with some impromptu lead vocals.  Nice.

A quick note to calm all my worried fans out there (all six of you):

Famous American Club DJ AM was found dead in his apartment in New York last Friday.

Not-so-famous Canadian Electronic Artist A.M. spent last Friday in his Toronto apartment watching the Cosby Show.

I didn't know my more famous namesake, but he seemed like an interesting guy; he was a survivor of both a plane crash and a relationship with Nicole Richie, and a former addict who was working on a reality show documenting his recovery. I'm sorry he didn't make it.

Here's his website: www.djam.com

A.M. will be joining The Backbone Beat and Dr. dFunkt for a night of electro-funk madness at the Velvet Underground on Saturday, Sept. 12th. Check the calendar for details.

www.myspace.com/thebackbonebeat www.myspace.com/drdfunkt

Cheers to all those who came out for an awesome party at the Rivoli last night. Your dancing makes our music look good. Apparently, we rocked so hard that we set off Tornadoes all over southern Ontario. Sweet. Thanks also to The Backbone Beat for a great opening set.

A.M. plays the Rivoli on Thursday, Aug. 20th.

With special guests The Backbone Beat: www.myspace.com/thebackbonebeat
Doors 8.30pm, $10 cover.

...to all those who came out to enjoy a night of fun, dancing, and door prizes with us at Hugh's Room.

Huge thanks goes to More or Les, Fresh Kils, and DJ Irate who did an amazing opening set.

www.moreorles.ca
A.M. is set to play the Rivoli later this summer...watch this space for details.

The fine folks at the Canadian music blog North By East West have nice things to say about A.M.'s new album:

http://www.nxew.ca/2009/05/lets-spend-day-together.html

A.M. plays Hugh's Room on Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 8.30 pm.

Featuring More Or Les & Fresh Kils.

$12 advance / $15 at the door. Advance tickets: 416 531 6604

A.M. performs songs from the new album, "Let's Spend the Day Together". Featuring several thousand guest musicians on just about every possible instrument. Chill songs. Hyper songs. Remixed covers of Phil Collins, AC/DC, The Arcade Fire, and more. Door prizes. It will make your booty want to dance, and your booty will thank you.

www.moreorles.ca www.hughsroom.com

Happy May 23rd!

The sparkly new A.M. album, "Let's Spend the Day Together", is available now. Find it online here:

www.cdbaby.com/amtunes4
It is also available on iTunes, Rhapsody, and Amazon.

Go to the "music" page for samples.

The fine folks at Canada's best podcast give you a sneak preview of the new album on this week's edition with Grant Lawrence...go here to hear: http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/05/Podcast-205-Peaches-Sunset-Rubdown-Apostle-of-Hustle-Japandroids

One year after having invited everyone to send soundclips of what they did on May 23rd, 2008, the resulting album, "Let's Spend the Day Together", will be available on iTunes, CD Baby, and selected record stores in Toronto on May 23rd, 2009.

Go to the "music" page for a preview...

...to all those who came out to the Wavelength show on Sunday, and the Hugh's Room show last night. We narrowly escaped a blackout that sank most of the city's west end into a deep freeze, but somehow, our side of the street was spared...which is a good thing, because an electro-show with no electricity would have been boring.

The news section has been a bit empty recently...so to make up for it, here's some stuff. First, two upcoming shows:

1. A.M. performs at Sneaky Dee's, as part of the Wavelength series. Sunday, Jan. 11th, 10pm. With Burn Planetarium and Gregory Pepper and His Problems.
Learn about Wavelength here: http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/
2. A.M. performs as part of Make Your Organ Dance, Thursday, Jan. 15th at 8.30pm. With The Outlanders. Learn about this show here:
http://www.martysmyth.ca/
Also, two new songs are available for free download on the music page; covers of "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins, and "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC, produced by A.M. in collaboration with the Make Your Organ Dance crew, Marty Smyth and Andrea Wappel.

Download, dance, and enjoy. Party like it's 2009.

Toronto's newest arts and culture magazine, Futureale, features a very detailed article on A.M. this month. Have a read:

http://www.futureale.com/magazine/august08/
Also, the Tranzac show on Thursday was super great. A huge thanks to all those who went, danced, and stayed around to chat afterwards.

The new A.M. remix of NY-based folk artist Brandon Patton's song "Counting the Paces" is available for download on the music page. Enjoy.

For more on Brandon Patton, go this way: www.brandonpatton.com.

A.M. plays live with singer/songwriter Andrea Wappel, organist Marty Smyth, and others at the Tranzac on Thursday, August 14th.

Along with several favourite A.M. tunes, expect to hear highly danceable covers of songs by AC/DC, Michael Jackson, and, yes, Phil Collins.

Go back to the home page for details and a somewhat disturbing poster.

A.M. appears on CBC Radio3's latest podcast, called "School of Rock", in which they discussed people's memories of music class at school. They interviewed several teachers who do music on the side, including A.M.

Here it is: http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2008/06/School-of-Rock-Special-Joel-Plaskett-Corb-Lund-Gonzales-all-on-Podcast-160

More or Les is a Montreal/Toronto-based rapper who might be the most underrated guy in Canadian hip-hop. Honestly, I can't praise this guy enough...his lyrics flow beautifully, and unlike a lot of mainstream rappers, he's got something to say.

Go to the "Music" page to download the new A.M. remix of his song "Shooting People and Disrespecting Women", and have a look at his website here:

www.villainworship.com

"Today Is..." has climbed the CIUT Chart to #5 for the week of April 29th, after entering at #17 last week. Industry insiders claim it's just a matter of time before it climbs so high, they have to invent a chart spot higher than #1...

FutuReale, Canada's newest Podcast/Magazine/Culture Website, features an interview with A.M. about the "Let's Spend the Day Together" project. Listen:

http://www.futureale.com/podcasts.shtml