AM Taxi

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The Mistake 00:00 Tools
Fed Up 00:00 Tools
Charissa 00:00 Tools
Dead Street 00:00 Tools
Tanner Boyle Vs. The 7th Grade 00:00 Tools
Paper Covers Rock 00:00 Tools
Maydays And Rosaries 00:00 Tools
Champagne Toast 00:00 Tools
Woodpecker 00:00 Tools
Reckless Ways 00:00 Tools
Shake, Rattle And Stall 00:00 Tools
Shake Rattle and Stall 00:00 Tools
The Mistake (Burning Hot Girls) 00:00 Tools
Maps and Medicine 00:00 Tools
Reckless in the Moonlight (feat. Genevieve) 00:00 Tools
Movie About Your Life 00:00 Tools
Central Standard Time 00:00 Tools
It's Only DuPage Wasteland 00:00 Tools
Saint Jane 00:00 Tools
Chelsea 00:00 Tools
Harpoon 00:00 Tools
Sorry You're Sick 00:00 Tools
Seams 00:00 Tools
The Mistake (acoustic) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Like Your Neighborhood 00:00 Tools
Girl Song (Flea Circus) 00:00 Tools
Frostbit 00:00 Tools
Swim Before You Sink (Short Time on Earth) 00:00 Tools
Fighting in Cars 00:00 Tools
Stuck Around 00:00 Tools
The Worst Noel 00:00 Tools
L' patron 00:00 Tools
Brandy Don't Let Me Down 00:00 Tools
Minute Alone 00:00 Tools
Warsaw Blues 00:00 Tools
Shaken over You 00:00 Tools
Enough to Feel Like Enough 00:00 Tools
Out On The Fire Escape 00:00 Tools
Let's Continue to Dig 00:00 Tools
Bored and Raised 00:00 Tools
Stone Cold Virgo (DuPage Dub) [feat. Michael Miguel Happoldt] 00:00 Tools
Epilogues (Home Demo) 00:00 Tools
Can't Talk My Way into You 00:00 Tools
Thanner Boyle Vs. The 7th Grade 00:00 Tools
EMI 00:00 Tools
Paint It Black 00:00 Tools
Fed Up (Campfire Version) 00:00 Tools
Reckless in the Moonlight 00:00 Tools
New Solution 00:00 Tools
A Cold Winter Kiss 00:00 Tools
Written Promises 00:00 Tools
The Curse Of Two Dragons 00:00 Tools
Dueling Pistols Never Fire Blank 00:00 Tools
The Backup Plan 00:00 Tools
Paper 00:00 Tools
Peckerwood 00:00 Tools
F Sharp 00:00 Tools
Shake 00:00 Tools
Thanner Boyle Vs.The 7th Grade 00:00 Tools
Stone Cold Virgo (DuPage Dub) 00:00 Tools
Reckless in the Moonlight (Mixtape Version) 00:00 Tools
Out On the Fire Escape (Mixtape Version) 00:00 Tools
Shake, Rattle, and Stall (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
It's Only DuPage Wasteland (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
New Solution (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) 00:00 Tools
Alex Chilton 00:00 Tools
Never Forget You (Feat. Genevieve Schatz) 00:00 Tools
Worst Noel Final Mix 00:00 Tools
The Mistake Burning Hot Girls 00:00 Tools
Fed Up (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
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With a blend of old-school punk, world beat and modern pop influences, Chicago-based AM Taxi combines experience with exuberance on their Virgin Records debut, We Don’t Stand A Chance. The band was formed almost two years ago—with the encouragement of Sublime producer Miguel Happoldt—by longtime Windy City bandmates and pals, singer/songwriter Adam Krier, drummer Chris Smith and bassist Jason Schultejann. The trio began writing and recording and produced their first EP, Runaway Songs. Shortly after, they were joined by brothers John and Luke Schmitt on guitar and keyboards. AM Taxi began establishing a rep as a dynamic live outfit with headlining performances at local clubs like the Metro and soon after recorded their second EP, The Good, The Bad and The Fed Up. Entering an Austin studio with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Patty Griffin, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), AM Taxi proceeded to record a major-label debut that reflects the group’s diverse influences. From the Springsteen-by-way-of-The Hold Steady, “Fed Up,” and the heart-on-the-sleeve Replacements-like confessional, “The Mistake” to the Police-inspired world beat of “Dead Street” and the Clash-esque reggae pulse of “Charissa,” the group has one foot firmly planted in the classics and one right here, right now in the present. “We wanted someone who could capture the way we sounded live,” says Krier about the choice of McCarthy. “What made Mike stand out was how he still records bands that way. He still uses reel-to-reel and we recorded majority of the album live in studio. We weren’t so interested in making a record that sounded current, as we were something that could be classic.” Pointing to personal favorites like Pacific Northwest Nuggets-style garage bands like the Wailers, the Sonics and Paul Revere and the Raiders, the British Invasion bands, soul greats Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, Two-Tone bands The Specials and the Selecter or Alt-Country acts Wilco and Ryan Adams, AM Taxi were not afraid to experiment with their sound. “Our motto in the studio was, ‘If it ain’t broke, break it.’ We’d try things from every possible angle,” says Krier. “We’re not re-inventing the wheel here. It’s just classic rock songwriting with present-day arrangements. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been attracted to the honesty of bands like the Replacements and the Clash, who are completely opposite, actually. One would go out of their way to shoot themselves in the foot and the other wanted to take over the world. But both told the truth.” That ability to tell it like it is comes through in Krier’s writing and in AM Taxi’s musicality. Taking their inspiration from his touring around the U.S. with several of his previous bands, songs like “Dead Street” and “Shake, Rattle and Stall” explore the restlessness he encountered along the way or, as Krier puts it, “Wherever I went, people were trying to get out of where they were.” There are also songs about things everyone can identify with, like a couple in which no matter how much he messes up, she takes him back (“Charissa”) or New Year’s resolutions gone bad (“Champagne Toast”). “I try to write songs about things people can relate to,” nods Adam. “For me, the best music, at the end of the day, is therapeutic. That’s always in the back of my mind a little when I’m sitting down to write.” And now, AM Taxi—short for American Taxi, so-called because they’re all about moving across the U.S. towards their destination—gets ready to hit the road…hard. They’ve already been out on the road with the likes of Sum 41 and The Ataris, while opening for The Offspring at Summerfest in Milwaukee, so they’re more than up for the task. “Our goal is to take that 45 or 60 minutes and let people get away for a little bit,” says Adam. “And maybe even convert some of ‘em to AM Taxi fans. And, if they dig what we’re doing, maybe they’ll check out some of the stuff that influenced us.” Take one listen to AM Taxi’s debut, We Don’t Stand A Chance and you can hear that same reverence for the past and hope for the future, a band that can cut across any number of age or genre demographics. Take the ride… they promise not to leave the meter running. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.