The Record Machine

For the August Song of the Month we actually have 3 songs! It is the rest of the new State Bird EP entitled 4 New Songs. They recorded the songs live with a few overdubs before their appearance at a summer festival. Originally there was only 50 copies made but we all loved the songs so much we wanted everybody to get their hands on it.  Feel free to download and pass around the ep. If you want to support the band please purchase their full length Mostly Ghostly.

4 New Songs as a zip file is available at: Zshare

Each song is available to listen and download individually at the songs of the month page.

Max Justus has some new press from Culture of Me. The writer breaks it down into 3 different points for us:

One, he makes some of the more beautiful, often instrumental only laptop electronica we’ve heard in 5 years or so. Two, Justus has offered up his first two records, Ophelia and Talk To Strangers, for free to download off his MySpace page and he’s dropping his third record, Five Leaping Leopards, later this year.  And three, anyone who seriously remixes C&C Music Factory’s “Everybody Dance Now” so well that we actually want to post it is worth their weight in gold.

Full Review: Here

Limmerick Ox that wrote about Max earlier this week covered Interstates:

If anything, their hypnotic, spacey, synth-loving grooves will help soothe the aggravations which accompany long-range car travel these days.

Full Review: Here

We have been getting some reviews of State Bird’s new single and MP3 of the month. We are going to be releasing the entire 4 New Songs ep on Monday August 18th from our website.

From Tuneage

“I Don’t Love U Anymore” comes off their upcoming EP 4 New Songs and does a great job of showcasing what the band does well. Plus, for a title that implies downtrodden subject matter, the song is surprisingly bouncy, and I think it’s a great song for the pre-Friday blues.

Full Review: Here

From Mixtape Maestro:

Sampling musical textures from the Caribbean, South Africa and other sources of exotic noise, “Anymore” makes the always-awkward confessional ring with a jangly, effervescent glee.

Full Review: Here

Interstates debut record Run Run was reviewed by our French friends Beehave.fr

In French:

Run Run illuminera votre été de moments forts dans n’importe quel contexte, et il y a fort à parier que vous deviendrez vite accros aux souvenirs qu’évoqueront pour vous les géniales mélodies de cet album.

Translation:

Run Run will illuminate your summer(s) with powerfull moments whatever you go through, whatever you’re up to, and wherever you are. And you can bet you’ll get hooked to all the memories those marvelous tunes will print into you.

Full Review: French / English Translation

Our newest artist Max Justus got a review of his first single called Seven. A Limmerick Ox called it:

With backbeats steadier than the Rock of Gibraltar, synth pads glowing like sharp, glittering neon, and keystrikes coming at you like laser beams, it’s your smooth, sunglasses-at-night theme for whenever it’s just you against the naked city.

Full Review: Here