The Record Machine

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

Interstates debut record Run Run garnishes press from its hometown paper the LEO Weekly:

The influences vary on many of the songs, but most of the tracks start off with a stripped-down, slower melody that eventually builds into an explosive jam. “Open Your Ears” feels like a primer for the rest of the album, but doesn’t hinge too much on the electronic backbeats of many of the other songs. “Sudan” is ambient and earthy, with a euphoric, harmonious climax.

Full Review: Here

Things have been fairly quiet since State Bird got home from tour. But don’t let that fool you. They are working on perfecting their upcoming Cornerstone performance. We have had some new press come in for them from Alarm Magazine.

"Listening to State Bird ’s songwriting duo Coby Hartzler and Jared Riblet talk about their respective styles in the studio is like listening to the Odd Couple’s Oscar and Felix talk about the ideal cleanliness of an apartment."

Full article: here

We also found a few new videos from their last tour. The videos were taken from a house show they played in Los Angeles.

A Voice As Old As Fire

I Saw The Light