The Record Machine

Please go check out NPR today where you can stream Through The Snow by The Winston Jazz Routine. It is off the Christmas album Peace on Earth which was released by Its Hard To Find A Friend. The comp goes 100% to Toys for Tots. Also Nathan Philips the main songwriter for Winston Jazz Routine is featured on the Asthmatic Kitty website for an exchanges of songs with Sufjan Stevens. They choose to stream Through the Snow and also a song he did with friend Aaron Roche under the name The Choir At Your Door.

Enjoy The Songs and Happy Holidays from all of at TRM.

State Bird will be releasing Mostly Ghostly on February 26. Pre-order will begin on January 1st and start shipping February. Mostly Ghostly has been having some early press roll in.

Left Hip Magazine:

“Every tune seems to unleash one brilliant surprise or another - lush orchestration that leaps suddenly to the fore, shockingly original riffs marching out of nowhere, or fascinating mixtures of the acoustic and electric. the clean and the distorted.”

full review: here

Side One: Track One

“State Bird- I Saw The Light: I didn’t mention the fact that the new album has a pilgrim/indian them in the intro because of one particular reason, it doesn’t actually make sense until you hear this song. Once you do though I’m sure you’ll easily be able to imagine a bunch of indie kids skipping around and singing-a-long with this rustic jam. Or, you’ll just hear a song that is lush beyond belief and you won’t be able to picture any sort of tribal gathering. Either way, both view points will result in hands in the air and smiles on the faces. I’d say that’s all” that matters.

full review: here

The Winston Jazz Routine are featured on the holiday compliation called Peace On Earth. 100 of the money for the compliation goes to Toys for Tots. So please get some winter tunes and help out some kids for the holdidays.  The comp also features songs from Great Lake Swimmers, Chris Walla(Death Cab For Cutie), Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Rosie Thomas, and  many others. It is well worth the $7.

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The Record Machine is very excited to show off the video for The Winston Jazz Routine’s- A Ghost Beneath The Tower. It was directed by our good friend Philip Cheaney. Philip poured himself into this video and has been working on it for about 8-9 months. He did a great job and we ask that you pass along the video to your friends.

State Bird is going out on tour of the East Coast and Midwest in November. It will be their first time out East and then they will be hitting up many familar places in the Miwest. You will be able to pre-order their new record Mostly Ghostly in February. You can hear some new songs from Mostly Ghostly on their Myspace

The Winston Jazz Routine are taking off for their tour with David Bazan that starts today. The shows should be really great. Be sure to cheer the boys on. You can read about what to expect here.

Friday 9/21 in Norman, OK at the Opolis
Saturday 9/22 in Iowa City,IA at the Picador
Sunday 9/23 in Omaha, NE at the Slowdown

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