Capybara - Late Night Bikes

“Late Night Bikes” sounds expansive and warm; it is catchy and, in places, perfect. It’s road music for a generation of kids who have done nothing but move, sliding in long, languid figure-eights under a street light in a parking lot, down a lonely highway and through a few weird decades.

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Soft Reeds / Minden Split 7"

Two Record Machine artists coming together on one wonderful piece of wax to show off new songs.

Soft Reeds
Born of a twelve-year labor of heartache and love, Soft Reeds is the brainchild of Ben Grimes (formerly of Astralwerks’ The Golden Republic), a Chicago native whose roots grip firmly in the ’77 Berlin sounds of Brian Eno, David Bowie and Iggy Pop, while embracing the richness of American indie rock. Originally started in 2007 as Grimes’ post-TGR solo project, Soft Reeds became a full band in 2009, and released the critically acclaimed ‘Soft Reeds are Bastards’ in 2010.Soft Reeds will be releasing their follow up to Soft Reeds Are Bastards in 2012.

Minden
After spending several years on the road singer/songwriter Casey Burge retreated from music to work on farms in the east and west of the country. He returned to his hometown of Kansas City at the end of 2010 to pursue his new band Minden. He recruited longtime friends and musical veterans Ryan Johnson (drums), Evan Houston (bass), and James Taylor (guitar) to help him realize his swollen catalog of songs. Minden quickly worked out a set and began booking performances immediately. Existing outside of fresh and cleverly-named genres, Minden plays pop music, the classic art of creating songs that are interesting and relatable.

Both bands are onto exciting new things and great to get a snap shot of both of their progress.

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Max Justus - Signs and Wonders EP

Just a few months ago Max Justus released his full length Mercy. On his new ep entitled Signs & Wonders Max keeps moving farther and farther away from the original beat making and to continue darker sound. The light peaking through at the end of the tunnel though is the addition of Max’s vocals on all the songs. Tracks like Flesh and Doa are the stand out’s and engage the listener with thoughtful lyrics.

Pick up the new ep on Itunes.

Ad Astra Arkestra - Ophelia's Blues - Living Room Session

Late in the summer before the release of their fabulous 4 song 12” we recorded a living room session with our band Ad Astra Arkestra. It was an intimate session and night of fun with a few of them in their living room. They played a few different songs including the previous posted cover of Don’t Let Me Down. This song however is the final song on their 12” and its humdinger. It shows off how things can get a little rowdy and the unknown finds a way of happening.

Pick up the Ad Astra Arkestra 12” here.

Motorboater - Left Limb video

Via Yvynyl:

Kansas City’s Dan Eaton makes frenetic mellow music. It’s got that slow rumbling bass that you feel in your solar plexus on a big system, but is just chill enough for a late night makeout sesh. Throw in some 80s synth hooks and a warped glitch-art video and you’ll understand where he’s going with this.

Nathan at The Record Machine tells me the video was “inspired by Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper designs.” Directed by Mike Russo + Dan Eaton. Sport LP is out now.

State Bird - Ready to Die Video

Here it is kids, the proof that this songs needs to be your new anthem. Here we see State Bird rocking their hometown Dover Ballroom and bringing it.

Simply put State Bird = Face Melt.

Saharan Gazelle Boy - Amy Needs a Vacation Video

Almost exactly a year ago we released a new ep from Saharan Gazelle Boy called Strange Teen Heart. We also released a few videos for a few of the songs made by multi instrumentalist member John Paul Giago. Well he is back at again this time with a video for Amy Needs A Vacation. Our good buddy yvylnyl was awesome enough to give us a premiere for it and call it favorite from last fall.

Saharan Gazelle Boy has mostly been on hold while Capybara has been finishing their new album but we have been hearing some rumblings recently that some new music is on its way soon.

State Bird - Healin The Pain

Here is the brand new album from State Bird! We are excited to release their third full length album Healin The Pain. It was recorded at the Bunker in Brooklyn and then Mixed at John Vanderslice’s studio Tiny Telephone Booth. It is a full on departure of everything you previously had heard from the band. it takes the sound that they started to do last years Holy Spirits ep and takes it a step even further. Gone are the neo-folk sounds before and replaced with walls of guitar fuzz. Jam on!

Pre-order the 12″ for Healin The Pain now:

Ad Astra Arkestra 12"

The debut release for Ad Astra Arkestra is now available on iTunes. You can stream the entire record above. It will make its debut on 12″ vinyl next month. I Hear Local Music called the first single Reverse Fishing “It’s paranoid, unhinged and epic” We feel like that is a pretty apt description.

Check out their living room session for Don’t Let Me Down on our youtube.

Pre Order the 12″ below and get a copy as soon as it comes in.

Continents - Spiriting

Here is the brand new ep Spiriting from our band Continents. The band is the work of multi-instrumentalist Jim Button. On recordings Jim does all the instruments and then live he is backed by Rusty Scott and Casey Burge(Minden). The song The Perfect Circle was originally featured on Yvynyl. Which described it as:

His sound is honest psych-rock, a treasure trove of ear kissing-licks with just the right amount of spaced-out weirdness.

You can buy his new ep Spiriting here for $5 before its available on itunes or anywhere else:
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Or just get the song The Perfect Circle for a tweet

Motorboater - Lessons Video

Here is the video for the second single Lessons from the new Motorboater  from Sport. The songs has already been featured on sites like XL8R and Impose.  Like the rest of the album Lessons falls into the perfect for summer vibe. Our buddy Teddyboater makes an co-starring appearance at 2:58.

Minden - Swift Way On 7"

The debut 7″ from Minden is now available. We did a pressing of 500 of randomly mixed colors. So far we have seen green, brown, silver, blue and I am sure there is more different ones in there. They turned out to look really beautiful and sound great. Minden will be doing a quick tour up to NYC in October with label mates Soft Reeds. Pick up this release from this hot new band while they are still available:

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New Releases and New Bands

Video: Ad Astra Arkestra – Slowbird Blues (Live at Middle of the Map Fest)

So things have been busy over here in Record Machine land. We still have been recovering and getting things together since Middle of the Map Fest(you can follow the coverage on the site). It was an overwhelming success and I think it will lead to many more festivals in future!

But till next year it is back to business as usual. We are excited to have a few new bands in our midst with Minden and Ad Astra Arkestra. We also have a ton of new releases coming out this summer. First off will be releases by Minden and Motorboater in June. We also have new releases coming from Continents, Ad Astra Arkestra, Capybara, and Saharan Gazelle Boy very soon.

Max Justus - Mercy

Over the last few years Max Justus has been cooking up his own brand of dance and electronic grooves for Kansas City’s The Record Machine label. His latest album Mercy is his third for them. While Mercy still finds Max expanding his signature grooves and brooding electronic tones it focuses more on vocal approach and songwriting. Max’s last few albums have been primarily instrumental affairs while Mercy finds him lending his voice to bolster his compositions. Mercy still retains a few pop gems and dance hall grooves but the overall tone of the album is more dark and foreboding then his previous works.

You download Mercy today for just $8 via our site or on maxjustus.bandcamp.com

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