The Record Machine

We have launched a brand new sampler where you can stream and download tracks from several of our upcoming records. Check it out over at www.therecordmachine.net/sampler.

Next week is our second A Night of Record Machine-ness in Kansas City for the summer. The last one was a great sucess. We had about 200 or more people packed into Bryce’s house for so much fun they almost fined us. This time we are having it at a proper venue: The Czar Bar. It will be to celebrate Perhapsy coming to Kansas City in support of their new record. They will be joined by Capybara and Sam Billen. It is going to be a great night and hopefully we can pack out 200+ people in Czar Bar so please come out. It also got a nice write up in the Pitch.

Also Perhapsy is going to be tour this week. Here are all the dates

7/30 Nashville, TN at The 5 Spot w/ Natalie Prass, Action!, Denney and the Jets, Daniel Pujol
8/1 Louisville, KY at Derby City Espresso w/ Parade Schedule and Great Grand Sons
8/2 Bloomington, IN at The Pourhouse w/ Parade Schedule and Heavy Hometown
8/3 Chicago, IL at Darkroom w/ Plenum and Distractions
8/4 Iowa City, IA at The Picador w/ The Wheelers and Scheusch
8/5 Kansas City, MO at Czar Bar w/ Sam Billen and Capybara
8/6 Oklahoma City, OK at Sauced
8/7 Denton,TX at Hailey’s w/ Sleep Whale, Dear Human and Eco -Toll
8/8 Jackson, MS at Sneaky Beans
8/9 East Nashville, TN at a House Show

On Tuesday I was invited down to Lawrence to share a lot of new Record Machine releases with Richard Gintowt’s Lawrence.com Podcast. I played several new songs from upcoming releases. You can hear songs from State Bird, Max Justus, Perhapsy, Capybara, The Parade Schedule, Sam & Dan Billen, Caleb Winn and new solo song from Sam Billen.

Listen to the Podcast at Lawrence.com

First thing first we have a few exciting upcoming Kansas City shows. One is a not so secret basement show on July 18th with State Bird, Max Justus, Parade Schedule, and Capybara. We aren’t going to release the address for the show for another week. So keep your eyes on twitter for more infomation. We also have another showcase we are throwing on August 5th at Czar Bar with Capybara, Perhapsy, and Sam Billen. So that is 6 of our bands coming to KC in just a short time.

Capybara

We have signed Kansas City band Capybara and are going to re-release a new mastered version of their debut record Try Brother next month. They are going to be on tour for over 3 months from August to December. The tour will cover all parts of the country so you will have plenty of time and options to hear them.

Sam & Dan Billen

Sam & Dan Billen have worked on creating a documentary soundtrack for Porubsky’s Deli in Topeka. The record will also come out next month as a digital only release. Sam has also recorded a digital ep for us that we will be releasing next month as the song of the month.

The Parade Schedule

We are shooting for a September release of The Parade Schedule – Seeds To Be Planted, Trees To Be Cut.They are going to be going playing several shows in July and August. Check the shows page for information. We are going to be launching their first song of the month next week with their song Old.

Check the shows page for more info on all of them.

Whew that was a mouthful!

This Tuesday is the digital release of Perhapsy – Perhapsy you will be to get it at Itunes, Emusic, and Amazon.com. The physical cd will be ready in time for their tour in August. Which is starting to coming together nicely. If you are able to help out in the cities that are yet to be booked that would be great.

Jul 30 2009 Nashville, Tennessee – The 5 Spot
Aug 1 2009 Louisville, Kentucky – TBA
Aug 2 2009 Bloomington, Indiana – The Pourhouse w/ Parade Schedule and Heavy Hometown
Aug 3 2009 Chicago, Illinois – TBA
Aug 4 2009 Iowa City, Iowa – The Picador
Aug 5 2009 Kansas City, Missouri -Czar Bar w/ Capybara
Aug 6 2009 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – TBA
Aug 7 2009 Dallas, Texas – TBA
Aug 8 2009 Little Rock, Arkansas – TBA
Aug 9 2009 Memphis, Tennessee – TBA
Aug 10 2009 Nashville, Tennessee – TBA

Also we are very excited to announce our newest band The Parade Schedule. We are working really hard to get their debut record together for a fall release. You can go check out some songs on their myspace and go see them when they are out on tour this summer.

Jul 11 2009 Louisville, KY – Derby City Espresso with Butterflies
Jul 18 2009 Kansas City, MO TBA with State Bird and Max Justus
Jul 19 2009 Kansas City, MO – Czar Bar with David Bennett and Margo May and the Honeybabes
Jul 26 2009 Louisville – Old Lousiville Coffee House
Jul 28 2009 Louisville, KY – Skull Alley with Deer Meet and Spirit and Dust
Aug 2 2009 Bloomington, Indiana – The Pourhaus Cafe with Perhapsy and Heavy Hometown

Also Max Justus is up for best Electronic/Dance artist in Kansas City’s Pitch Music Awards. You can vote for Max: here.

In case you skipped going to the front page of the website you should return to it and stream the entire new Perhapsy record. It is only going to be up for a limited time so check it out while you can.

Perhapsy – Perhapsy: Full Album Stream

Also earlier this month we shared some Cobra songs for our Song of the Month and I couldn’t help but repost Cobra’s most recent song. It is the original version of one my favorite State Bird songs “I Don’t Luv U Anymore”. He also gives an update that he is almost finished recording the Cobra record and that State Bird is working on their new record. Remember to keep checking his blog for more songs.

Link: Cobra website(www.jacobra.squarespace.com)

We are all very excited about the upcoming Perhapsy record that we are releasing in May. This will be the first release from Derek as Perhapsy but he is a label veteran. You have heard his guitar work on The Winston Jazz Routine and Every Gentle Air records we have released so you should be more the familiar. We have added our favorite track from the record The Bow Song to our player on the right. Also this Month’s Song of The Month is a new demo Derek was nice enough to send over.

2008 has been one of the best years for Record Machine since we started this record label 5 years ago. We had really great releases from State Bird, Interstates, and Max Justus. Our plans for 2009 are even more ambitious. We already have 6 really great records lined up for next year. As a little early Christmas present we put together this year end wrap up and preview for next year. Some of these songs have been floating around for awhile but we decided to put them all together for you. You can also download the songs from Max Justus and Sam Billen.

2009 Record Machine Releases:

• Perhapsy- Perhapsy (The solo debut of Derek Barber from The Winston Jazz Routine and Every Gentle Air)
• Sam Billen – Untitled. (The second solo record and first on Record Machine from former Billions front man Sam Billen)
• Caleb Winn- Untitled (The solo debut from Caleb Winn from The Winston Jazz Routine, State Bird, and Every Gentle Air)
• Max Justus- No Mercy (Max Justus already has a follow up to last years Five Leaping Leopards. From the songs we have heard so far the title is pretty fitting)
• State Bird – Untitled (State Bird is also ready to follow up their last record Mostly Ghostly)
• Of Asaph – We Draw Crowds(Anthology) (An anthology of songs from the pre-Interstates band from Alex O’nan and Kyle Noltemeyer)

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