We are proud to release the debut cd from our good friends Soft Reeds. Soft Reeds started as solo project of Ben Grimes(formerly of Golden Republic) that has been transformed into a full band since 2009. They are releasing their debut “Soft Reeds Are Bastards” on July 13th and we can’t be more excited. Soft Reeds play an addictive brand of indie rock that finds itself to be intoxicating. “Soft Reeds are Bastards” masterfully walks a line between bitter and sneering without deviating to tiresome whinetunes. A surprisingly mature sound that still finds a way to keep in touch with youthful rebellion.
Continents is the solo project of Kansas City native Jim Button with a ever revolving cast of musicians that make up his full live band. While Continents debut album Land of Plenty came out last year we felt like it never got the attention that it should. That is why we are re-releasing the album this summer and starting our push with our $2.00 album sales. Button is a great song writer that has been crafting 60′s psychedelic pop trips since his time as leader of the Button Band. Button is currently at work on the next Continents full length that we hope to have out later this fall.
The new Cowboy Indian Bear record “Each Other All The Time” comes out in just a few weeks but for those of you that can’t wait or can’t make it to their cd release show we are now selling the new cd with an immediate download.
Live in Lawrence or Kansas City? You have a few chances this month to pick one up.
Co – CD release show with the Noise FM
Friday, May 14th in Lawrence, KS with The Noise FM, Ghosty, and Muscle Worship
And Thursday May 20th in Kansas City, Mo At the Riot Room (as part of the Local Artist Overthrow) w/ Grisly Hand, The Caves, and It’s True(click image for more info)
As many of you saw on our twitter and tumblr today marks our 7th anniversary. All this week we will be giving out some new music we are excited about. Today we are super excited to present to you the new ep from State Bird entitled Holy Spirits. For those of you that follow State Bird or the label know that this record has been a long time coming. It was recorded late last year at Tiny Telephone Booth in San Fransisco by Ian Pellicci(Deerhoof, Rogue Wave). The new ep finds State Bird treading new ground and new sounds. After a condensing to a smaller line up they focused and recorded 5 of their best songs to date.
Update: State Bird – Holy Spirits is now available on Itunes . We are keeping the apple lossless available since it better quality then what you can buy on Itunes.
Motorboater started this last summer when my buddy Dan Eaton started sending me electropop jams(emphasis on the jams). I loved the songs so much I told Dan to keep making more. As more and more songs came together he played a show with Half-Handed Cloud. Shortly thereafter Motorboater made appearance at our Holiday Showcase. Well here we are 3 months later and we have his P/U Yr Heart debut EP. Motorboater has a few upcoming shows one at The Record Machine Spring Showcase and another at SWSW.
3/12 at The Czar Bar for The Record Machine Spring Showcase w/Cowboy Indian Bear, Capybara, and Max Justus
I am really excited to let you know that our first 7″ for the label is now available for purchase. Since I was in high school I have been collecting vinyl so being able to put our logo’s on this awesome packaging is a real honor for us. I personally had a pretty high standard for this project. I wanted to make sure the packaging and the value was all really worth it. Both bands Cowboy Indian Bear and It’s True are extremely exciting young bands. For both bands this is their first release with a label after only self releasing fantastic ep’s. For fans of these bands you need to own these songs and for people not familiar with them these are songs you will find yourself listening to them over and over again. Each 7″ is unique we went with a production technique that mixed random colors to get the marble effect you see above. Each one is different and unique! You are going to get all this for just $8(including shipping). This is something that you want to own and something your friends will covet once the pressing of 500 is over.
So as many of you might have seen we added a tumblr blog. We did it for a few reasons 1) I love the service and I think it is great way for posting more content and more regular content 2) It will hopefully give you some more insight into who TRM is and give you in sight to what we like and why. 3) This year we are creating so much new media we wanted a place to put it that didn’t clearly clutter up the news that you may want to get on a regular basis. So if your someone that is looking for daily content we will have more updates for you over on the blog. For someone that is looking for just the good stuff new release news, tour news, $2.00 albums and other offers keep yours right where they are and we will still have plenty of news on a weekly basis.
As you might have seen on the blog yesterday we released Part 1 to Sam Billen’s Removers album. It is the first 4 songs collected all into one handy place. So if you haven’t already gotten all of them we have a few different ways you can get your hands on these songs:
