Aug. 12, 2023

S6E303 - American Music Club 'Engine' with Tim Hinely

S6E303 - American Music Club 'Engine' with Tim Hinely

We hate to throw around the phrase 'criminally unheralded', but it sure does seem to fit San Francisco slowcore pioneers American Music Club and lead singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. This week's guest, DAGGERzine creator Tim Hinely, brings us their 2nd...

We hate to throw around the phrase 'criminally unheralded', but it sure does seem to fit San Francisco slowcore pioneers American Music Club and lead singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. This week's guest, DAGGERzine creator Tim Hinely, brings us their 2nd album, 'Engine'. Warning: Eitzel's poignant, devastatingly raw songs will get under your skin and fester. Beautifully.
"And anything beautiful
That you can contrive
Has no desire to survive..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Kaleidoscope World - The Chills; When Your Love Is Gone - American Music Club; 24 - Red House Painters; Big Night - American Music Club; Straight Edge - Minor Threat; Room Above The Club (AMC cover) - Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra (live 2012 Tobacco Road, Miami); Outside This Bar, At My Mercy, Gary's Song, Nightwatchman, Clouds, Electric Light, Mom's TV - American Music Club; I Need My Girl - The National; If You Have To Ask - Mark Eitzel; Art Of Love, Asleep, Kathleen, This Year, Outside This Bar (off 'A Toast To You', recorded live Nov 10, 2004 - Pittsburgh, PA) - American Music Club

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Tim Hinely

CEO of Dagger Enterprises

Born and raised in NJ and left for California in the early 90's then to Portland, Oregon in the 00's and landed in Denver, CO in 2012. Started doing his zine DAGGER in 1987 and continued on as a print zine until 2012 and has been online ever since. Just had his first book published by Hozac entitled WHERE THE WILD GIGS WERE. Hinely has seen the real Sasquatch and lived to tell about it.