Amateurs http://amtrs.com Official Band Website of the Amateurs Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Amateurs @ Echo Curio, Wednesday Aug 27 http://amtrs.com/2008/08/22/amateurs-echo-curio-wednesday-aug-27/ http://amtrs.com/2008/08/22/amateurs-echo-curio-wednesday-aug-27/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:13:22 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2008/08/22/amateurs-echo-curio-wednesday-aug-27/ With These United States.

Be there!

]]> http://amtrs.com/2008/08/22/amateurs-echo-curio-wednesday-aug-27/feed/ Saturday Mar 22nd @ Spaceland http://amtrs.com/2008/03/19/saturday-mar-22nd-spaceland/ http://amtrs.com/2008/03/19/saturday-mar-22nd-spaceland/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:22:36 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2008/03/19/saturday-mar-22nd-spaceland/ We’re playing with School of Language on Saturday. See you there!

]]> http://amtrs.com/2008/03/19/saturday-mar-22nd-spaceland/feed/ Wed Feb 13 @ The Echo http://amtrs.com/2008/01/29/wed-feb-13-the-echo/ http://amtrs.com/2008/01/29/wed-feb-13-the-echo/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:29:02 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2008/01/29/wed-feb-13-the-echo/ We’re playing I Make This Sound’s record release party. With Le Switch and The Break-Ups.

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]]> http://amtrs.com/2008/01/29/wed-feb-13-the-echo/feed/ Amateurs @ Spaceland Saturday Jan 5th http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/amateurs-spaceland-saturday-jan-5th/ http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/amateurs-spaceland-saturday-jan-5th/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:15:59 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/amateurs-spaceland-saturday-jan-5th/ Saying it all, part 2:

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]]> http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/amateurs-spaceland-saturday-jan-5th/feed/ Free Download - Happy Holidays http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/free-download-happy-holidays/ http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/free-download-happy-holidays/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:06:49 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/free-download-happy-holidays/ 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

]]> http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/free-download-happy-holidays/feed/ We’re on a couple year end lists http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/were-on-a-couple-year-end-lists/ http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/were-on-a-couple-year-end-lists/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:05:05 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/12/24/were-on-a-couple-year-end-lists/ 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

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Amateurs @ Spaceland Friday Nov 16th

]]> http://amtrs.com/2007/11/09/amateurs-spaceland-friday-nov-16th/feed/ Speak Easy reviewed in West Coast Performer http://amtrs.com/2007/09/11/speak-easy-reviewed-in-west-coast-performer/ http://amtrs.com/2007/09/11/speak-easy-reviewed-in-west-coast-performer/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:13:47 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/09/11/speak-easy-reviewed-in-west-coast-performer/ “Speak Easy” gets reviewed on West Coast Performer

Excerpt: “There’s a decidedly rural element to the recordings on the band’s first full-length release… as evidenced by the copious use of violin and viola to create a sound reminiscent of old time country and western music… Notes are bent and stretched, rooting the music in the blues… It’s a winning mix of styles, making Speak Easy a compelling listen from beginning to end.”

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]]> http://amtrs.com/2007/09/11/speak-easy-reviewed-in-west-coast-performer/feed/ Keith sits down with Radio Free Silverlake for a chat http://amtrs.com/2007/08/10/keith-sits-down-with-radio-free-silverlake-for-a-chat/ http://amtrs.com/2007/08/10/keith-sits-down-with-radio-free-silverlake-for-a-chat/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:55:46 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/08/10/keith-sits-down-with-radio-free-silverlake-for-a-chat/ Radio Free Silverlake busts a laid back interview with Keith Amateur.

So, you don’t have a bass player. Why?

You know, we tried. We went through a few and actually lost one in the middle of a tour last year. We still had about ten dates left to go and were forced to work around it. It changed our sound quite a bit, but surprisingly, people loved it. We got a better response on that leg than we had on the whole tour, so we decided to go with it.

Read the rest!
http://radiofreesilverlake.blogspot.com/2007/08…

]]> http://amtrs.com/2007/08/10/keith-sits-down-with-radio-free-silverlake-for-a-chat/feed/ “Speak Easy” scores an A- on Stylus Magazine http://amtrs.com/2007/08/07/speak-easy-gets-a-on-stylus-magazine/ http://amtrs.com/2007/08/07/speak-easy-gets-a-on-stylus-magazine/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:11:30 +0000 Anthony Amateur http://amtrs.com/2007/08/07/speak-easy-gets-a-on-stylus-magazine/ Liz Colville reviews “Speak Easy” for Stylus Magazine. “…adventurous, immediately affecting, and unpredictable.” Nice!

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/amateurs/speak-easy.htm

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