The other day I was out with a friend and we were making jokes about how 2010 is like living in the future. We were at a movie and we were watching the previews thinking “Man movies in the future are going to suck”. Well the statement has stuck with me and got me thinking about the future of music, and what I want to do with it. I felt like this was a good time to launch some new things for our website. One of the things I have been wanting to do is release albums for $2.00. So we are going to be releasing at least one album a month from our website for $2.00. If we don’t have a new release to do at the moment we will do something from our back catalog. The album will also be streaming from our website and you will be able to post the player on your facebook, blog, twitter or whatever social network you would like. I think this will be a great way for people to pick up something new and not feel too guilty about it.

Our first album that we will be releasing with this new tradition is The Parade Schedule – Seeds To Be Planted, Trees To Be Cut. Even though it came out last month we wanted more people to get a chance to pick up this album at this price. It is the long awaited debut from Louisville singer/songwriter Matt Kinder. The album has been in the works for just over 2 years and I am very excited to help Matt get it out. It is a very honest and mature debut album for someone that I think will be around for a long time.

The Parade Schedule is also going to be out on the road this month to support the album this month here are the dates:
January 8th CD Release Party at the 930 in Louisville, KY w/Peter Bradley Adams
January 29th at Czar Bar in Kansas City, MO w/Oriole Post and Grizzly Hands
January 30th at The Firebird in St Louis, MO w/Owen Pye
January 31st at TBA in Cincinnati, OH

or if you can’t afford $2.00 you can download the song Backyard for free below.

Update: Sale has now ended. Thanks everyone that purchased.

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

This month’s song of the month is the debut of The Parade Schedule on the site. The Parade Schedule is Matt Kinder and a revolving cast of musicians. As The Parade Schedule Kinder crafts classic sounding folk songs that feature his soothing baritone voice and guitar with just the right amount of backing instrumentation to fill out the songs. Some songs on his debut Trees To Be Cut, Seeds To Be Planted feature as many as 16 people singing harmonies. For the song of the month he gives us his track Old. The Parade Schedule will be playing shows across the midwest this fall.

July 18 Kansas City, MO at The Not So Secret Record Machine House show at Bryce Olson’s House with State Bird and Max Justus
July 19 Kansas City, MO at The Czar Bar with David Bennett and Margo May and the Honeybabes
July 26 Louisville, KY at Old Louisville Coffee House
July 28 Louisville, KY at Skull Alley with Deer Meet and Spirit and Dust
Aug 1 Louisville, KY at Derby City Espresso with Perhapsy
Aug 2 Bloomington, IN at The Pourhaus Cafe with Perhapsy and Heavy Hometown

Their debut Seeds To Be Planted, Trees To Be Cut will be released in September.

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.

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.