Hi All,

AM plays Milwaukee, WI this Friday, July 25 at the Stonefly Brewery along with The Hearers, Hearts of Stone, and The Jonathan Burkes Band. This will be our first time in Milwaukee in a long, long time and we’re glad to be going back.

This Saturday, July 26, we’re performing at The Hard Lessons record release party at The Crofoot in Pontiac, MI. Doors are at 7 with music starting at 8pm. We’re big fans so we’re psyched although we’re a bit worried that we’ll be mistaken for the band’s parents.

Upcoming Shows:

Friday, August 8
Detroit Institute of the Arts
Detroit, MI
shows at 7 and 8:30pm

Wednesday, August 13
Campus Martius Summer Concert Series
Detroit, MI
11:30am

With sadness, we report that our August shows will be our last with drummer Josh Machniak. Josh will be leaving our fair state for the West Coast in search of gold, uranium, and 24-hour bowling. We have lived richly during Josh’s time with us and thank him from the bottom of our tickers for his all he’s done. There’s no time for tears, however, and we’d like to put out the call for interested drummers to contact us via mars@americanmars.com if the chair sounds interesting. We offer a competitive benefits packages, the chance to see the world, and lots of old stories about all the bands we used to be in. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime? Bang a gong and give us a call.

Peace,
Thomas

David and I had a great time playing this morning on WKQL, 107.1fm in Ann Arbor, MI. We’re longtime fans of program host Martin Bandyke, who used to work at Detoit’s NPR station (before they went to all news) and know commands a great morning show that features wide variety of music. This morning’s performance was much better than last Thursday’s in-studio at IMPACT in East Lansing. For that one, my voice was blown out from a cold and a long practice the night before and I sounded awful. Great time this morning though and I hope those of you who heard it enjoyed it.

We’re looking forward to playing the Ark this Thursday with Chuck Prophet, formerly of Green on Red. David worked with Chuck several years ago while making a record with Simon Bonney. This is our first time at the Ark, so we’re jazzed.

I got to see Sunshine Doray this past Sunday night at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit. Sunshine is David’s wife Kate, who sings and plays piano, and Deanne Iovan, who plays drums and sings back-up. I honestly think Kate is the best songwriter in Detroit (and beyond) and everytime I see them I’m left speechless for a few hours. Their debut record just came out last week on the Feeny-run Gangplank label (a little nepotiz) and I would strongly encourage everyone to check it out. Find them on myspace here and their record on Gangplank here.