Happy Holidays from all of us here at Amateurs!

How about some free music for your fancy new iPods and such?
Free download of “Shadowbox”

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

XOXO,
Amateurs

We made a Top 25 over at Pitchfork. Keeping some good company on that list!

1. Radiohead: In Rainbows
2. M.I.A.: Kala
3. Burial: Untrue
4. Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
5. Studio: Yearbook 1
6. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
7. The Tuss: Rushup Edge EP
8. Blonde Redhead: 23
9. Electrelane: No Shouts, No Calls
10. Pantha du Prince: This Bliss
11. Via Audio: Say Something
12. Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position
13. Apparat: Walls
14. Beirut: The Flying Club Cup
15. Amateurs: Speak Easy
16. Alicia Keys: As I Am
17. The National: Boxer
18. Gui Boratto: Chromophobia
19. Kings of Leon: Because of the Times
20. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
21. Menomena: Friend and Foe
22. Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
23. Matthew Dear: Asa Breed
24. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
25. Simian Mobile Disco: Attack Decay Sustain Release

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/…

We are also on a list over at GroundControlMag.com! Very flattered all around. Check it here

Amateurs take over the Ground Control Radio show on Littleradio.com Tuesday August 7th from 8pm to 10pm. Tune in to hear what Amateurs like to listen to and a very special acoustic (kind-of) set.

Tune-In via this link!

We are coming to a town near you! Hopefully we’ll see you all in your town. Check the shows page for links to more info at all the venue websites.

Jun 12 - Burt’s Tiki Lounge - Albuquerque, NM
Jun 13 - Blue Note - Oklahoma City, OK
Jun 14 - Record Bar - Kansas City, KS
Jun 15 - Oleaver’s - Omaha, NE
Jun 17 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN
Jun 18 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
Jun 22 - Midway Cafe - Jamaica Plain, MA
Jun 24 - Arlene’s Grocery - New York, NY
Jun 26 - The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA
Jun 27 - The Red and Black - Washington, DC
Jun 28 - 305 South - Durham, NC

Our release party for “Speak Easy” is on Tuesday May 29th. We’re playing with our good friends Parson Redheads, Merle Jagger, and Light FM. It should be a spectacular night. Join us!

We’ve got a small 4 date tour of the Northwest starting Thursday May 3rd at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Check the shows page for the full run-down. Hope to see you there!

It’s very exciting to finally be launching our new site because we can’t wait for you to check out the new record. You can listen to the whole thing using the snazzy player in the left column over there. If you can’t wait, you can even purchase the real CD before the release date via the link over there as well. We have graduated to 2007 and added a fancy mail list manager so it should be easier for all of us to communicate. Sign up in the right column. Browse around and let us know if you find anything odd.

Stay tuned to for many more updates over the next few weeks as we continue to build this thing up.

Cheers!