MainMainhttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009-12-25T07:59:50ZSquarespaceHappy Holidays!!http://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/12/25/happy-holidays.htmlAmerican Princes2009-12-25T06:55:12Z2009-12-25T06:55:12ZAll of us here at American Princes HQ hope you and yours are having a good time full of wassailing and nog!

Don't forget to come out to the Rev Room on Saturday so we can show you what we all got for christmas; a thirst for booze and beats the likes of which only an Arkansas holiday season can supply.

The See and Love Ghost will be in tow and we know you don't wanna miss them!

Xo

]]>Benefit for Lukehttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/12/2/benefit-for-luke.htmlAmerican Princes2009-12-02T17:37:14Z2009-12-02T17:37:14Zposter design: Michael Casey

]]>Whitewater Tonight/Mini-Tour Kickoffhttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/8/28/whitewater-tonightmini-tour-kickoff.htmlAmerican Princes2009-08-28T15:19:49Z2009-08-28T15:19:49ZCome catch American Princes tonight at Whitewater Tavern with Adam Faucett.  It's been a little while since we've played the WWT, so we expect a late night.  Too bad, because we're leaving tomorrow for a quick jaunt around the country.  We're looking forward to seeing/playing with our good friends Midstates, Driftless Pony Club, and Magic Mike, among others.  Check out our tour dates below.

 

8-28-09  Little Rock, AR @ Whitewater (w/ Adam Faucett) 10PM

 

8-29-2009  Chicago, IL @ Darkroom (w/ Midstates, DPC)   8PM

 

9-1-09  New York, NY @ Piano's  9PM

 

9-2-09  Raleigh, NC @ Tir Na Nog (w/ Magic Mike)  9PM

 

9-4-09  Knoxville, TN @ Barley's (w/ The Features)  9PM

]]>2 New Songshttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/8/11/2-new-songs.htmlAmerican Princes2009-08-11T18:04:41Z2009-08-11T18:04:41ZHey Folks,

As promised here are two of the new songs we recorded over the spring and summer. Both were done with Other People producer Chuck Brody at his studio The Fireplace in Manhattan. We're pretty excited about all the new material, and we couldn't wait to put a little bit out there. So, for the time being, we'll be streaming these two here from our website. Hope you enjoy.

-AP

Mp3: Sons of Regret

Mp3: Rock & Roll

]]>Happy Birthday, Matt!http://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/8/2/happy-birthday-matt.htmlAmerican Princes2009-08-02T18:02:36Z2009-08-02T18:02:36ZWe'd like to wish a Happy Birthday to Matt Quin today (and also to our ex-bassist John Beachboard).  We'll see you guys at the celebratory birthday block party on Valentine street.  And did we hear right about the dunk tank and mobile pizza oven??

Here's a cake we wish we could bake for you:

]]>American Princes in The Economisthttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/7/23/american-princes-in-the-economist.htmlAmerican Princes2009-07-23T15:27:37Z2009-07-23T15:27:37Z

From The Economist's Bonnaroo coverage:

"But for four days each June the town becomes Bonnaroo, recently named by Rolling Stone as the best music festival in America. This year, more than 75,000 people camped on hundreds of acres of pastureland and battled deep mud and intense heat to enjoy music ranging from the Beastie Boys to up-and-comers such as the American Princes."

Apparently they're focusing one of the few economies that did well this quarter: that of Manchester, TN. AP name check bonus!!!

]]>Updating Our Childhood: NES Editionhttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/7/21/updating-our-childhood-nes-edition.htmlAmerican Princes2009-07-21T15:42:06Z2009-07-21T15:42:06ZSomeone is remaking the entire Legend of Zelda NES game rendered as a 3D first-person shooter/stabber.  Everyone wins.

]]>American Princes' Bonnaroo performance via Rolling Stonehttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/7/17/american-princes-bonnaroo-performance-via-rolling-stone.htmlAmerican Princes2009-07-17T17:17:45Z2009-07-17T17:17:45Z

On Thursday June 11 American Princes played mid-thunderstorm at a Bonnaroo evening party with Janelle Monae and Chairlift.  The folks at Rolling Stone had some cameras there to capture the performance, and you can check it out over at their site.

There are photos, videos, and, soon, an interview with Collins will be up in the Podcasts section.  To watch the Princes play click on the "exclusive videos" button and scroll down.  You'll see videos of some Other People favorites (Real Love, Born To Die, Son of California), as well as our updated live version of Annie from our previous album Less and Less.

(We also highly recommend that you check out Janelle Monae's performance of Smile.  Man, that girl's got it).

-AP

]]>Batter my heart, three person'd Godhttp://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/7/16/batter-my-heart-three-persond-god.htmlAmerican Princes2009-07-17T00:41:08Z2009-07-17T00:41:08Z

Happy I Am Become Death Destroyer Of Worlds Day.

]]>Zombies!!!http://www.americanprinces.com/main/2009/7/15/zombies.htmlAmerican Princes2009-07-16T02:54:11Z2009-07-16T02:54:11ZThank you, Science. We have been waiting in earnest for a world in which zombies exist. The usual threats to our safety and well being have, over time, become too boring and outmoded. Clinical depression, unemployment, homicide, war, famine, flesh-eating bacteria, AIDS, you name it. These omnipresent threats to modern society are barely enough to keep us up nights anymore. Fortunately, the creative wonder that is our nation's military-industrial complex is developing the real-world incarnation of a very 1950s sounding menace: Steam-Powered Flesh Eating Robots!

That's right, our modern town crier Fox News reported today about military contractor Robotic Technology's steam-powered robot that is capable of turning any battlefield organic matter into its own fuel. Examples include "grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies". Yes, that is a quote.

The robot (pictured above) is to be called Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (or EATR... seriously). The article goes on to state, "The advantages to the military are that the robot would be extremely flexible in fuel sources and could roam on its own for months, even years, without having to be refueled or serviced" [emphasis ours].

Just wait until a couple of of these things (or whole divisions) go rogue, working their way through a nice, greenery free urban environment such as New York City where there's pretty much no organic matter but bodies. Who's to say these things will want or know how to discern between the living and the dead when humans and little dogs are their only source of fuel?

Just take a look at those pictures. A few aesthetic changes and Johnny 5 is our new worst nightmare. Richard Matheson could not have written it better.  Future, thank you for not disappointing us. We were hoping it would get weird before the end.

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