Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

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LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
American Music Club “The Restless Stranger”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: S2, and still so cold...

0:31: …flipping the script.

3:31: J.W. Hall the personal historical.

11:58: Eitzel, Columbus, & the Birth of AMC

24:40: The Cowboys

27:57: The Naked Skinnies

30:35: The Birth of American Music Club

39:00: “Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat”

42:58: Go West, Young Band

48:10: Enter Tom Mallon

51:10: Vudi & Mallon as Mentors?

1:00:46: “The Restless Demos”

1:04:04: And finally… “The Restless Stranger”

1:06:48: And now we end with the beginning.

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