AA sound system formed a long time ago when Ayla Brook (singer/guitarist)
decided he didn't need other humans to play roots-y music. He programmed some beats and sounds and played some
acoustic guitar and sang and tweaked it all into something that even fans of early Beck wouldn't be able to figure out.
Then he got a little lonely.
Enter Marek Tyler (drums and vocoder/samples), childhood friend from P.A. Sask. who had been chasing sounds and tails around the northern/western regions of Canada with moderate success in
each department. He made the drums ring out live and organically and made aa sound system into a live and breathing sound machine.
Years pass along with incarnations of the band and songs, songs that range, by the way, from tree-planting anthems to drunken-folk-fest kickers to contemplative late-night sobbers and forest-fire-survival rockers.
Then enters one Lane Arndt (bass/keys/vocals), a refugee of musical academia and free-jazz guitar skronkery who was beginning to acknowledge the power of the song, the lilt of melody, the grace of the lyric and the pull of an audience that actually cares about stuff. Here's a poem:
Rehersals happened
and gigs were played,
some more time passed and
a recording was made.
"Lily Plain...You're Hardly Poor" was released in the lazy summer of 2004
whereupon it was wholly embraced by college and community radio across the nation, into the states a bit and even out in the
european colonies.
'Lily Plain...' introduced the band with a grace reserved especially for alt-country trios with a combined age of nearly 100, take it slow, don't break a hip, and we'll get there when we get there.
AA Sound System has just finished recording album number two "Laissez Faire".
A folk-pop-rocker with wicked sounds and songs and great performances all the way around. Aided and abetted by one Danny Michel on producer duty and serving as all-around Walken-impersonating funny-man. This is
the record that will take AASS to the edge of the porch to wave at fans and
dangle babies for all those who care about good music to see.
Stay Tuned
Hey, Im posting new videos today! and if you are in Texas, come on out to Six Flags (san Antonio) Friday where I'll be performing with Drake Bell (of Nickelodeon's Josh and Drake) and Saturday with Drake in Six Flags Dallas. Sunday I will be at Jo's on Congress in Austin! Hope to see some of yall out this weekend! And TUESDAY July 14, the band will be filming a performance for the tv show at SAXON PUB! Be in the audience for the tv show 4:30 to 6!!!!!!!! Ruby Jane
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<br />And now that we have your attention, here are a few more places that you can find, and show love to, You vs mE. It’d be great to see your smiling face on another online venue!
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<br />http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6310573415
<br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/You-vs-Me/22204680206?ref=ts
<br />radio3.cbc.ca/bands/You-vs-Me/
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<br />We hope to see you soon. In fact, it’d be superduperawesome.
<br />We’ve got some shows coming up as well, so be sure to stop by our myspace page to find out the details.
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<br />Toodles,
<br />Mykle
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Thank you for the music. When I get homesick all I have to do is press play and my friends sing me a song. I anticipate hearing the next "Recorded in Lily Plain album". Christina
P.S. a postcard will sometime in the future arrive.
Katt has just released her debut self-titled EP! You can drop by www. myspace.com/kattbeames to check it out, purchase a copy or leave some feedback would love to hear from you
One Love <img src=http://a343.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/15/l_08aa5191dc9f689906dd8a029fce9336.jpg
Hey – just a reminder to listen in FRIDAY afternoon at 4:30-6 pm CST to hear AA SOUND SYSTEM on “This Great White North” an ALL CANADIAN music show from Austin, Texas It’s on www.koop.org 91.7 KOOP-FM
We have some music available for download right now! The promotional download is free through iLike & Last FM (Links are on our myspace page, as they're not yet available on myspace).
You can visit our facebook page too!: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Matthews-Brothers/21255583176
Hope you're well. Feel free to stop by our page - it'd be great to hear from you!
Thanks for the add! Really digging the tunes! Would love to play some of your stuff on our show some time! Wishing you all the best! Cheers, Melissa We.Are.Canadian Every Thursday from 6-8pm EST on CJLO (www.cjlo.com)
Why haven't I called yet? That's a good question and best left for a nice cold one sometime. Hope all is well. Will I be seeing you as I drive through ALTA in May? Hugs and Smiles...
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