The Record Machine’s Best of 2009

So 2009 has been such a crazy year for The Record Machine. I love this time of year. I feel like personally I start winding down a bit and get to look back over the last year and see how far we have come and start to dream on how much father we can get next year. So …

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The Record Machine Christmas and Year End Special. Buy all 5 Record Machine releases for $15.

Click here to buy TRM’s 5 2009 Releases for just $15
2009 has been one of the biggest years in Record Machine history and we wanted to celebrate that with an awesome offer for you. From now until the end of the year we are running a special where you purchase all 5 …

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Download The More The Merrier Christmas Compilation

We are excited to launch our first holiday compilation entitled The More The Merrier Christmas. The compilation was curated by Sam Billen as he hand picked all the artists that appear. You can stream and download the entire comp below and post it on your blog or social …

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Holiday Showcase, New Capybara video, acoustic songs and Pitch article , and Parade Schedule debut out now

Tomorrow is our first Holiday Showcase. We are quite excited about having Capybara, Max Justus, Sam Billen and Motorboater all together on one bill. It is the perfect way to start off your holiday season. Please come out and support everyone.

Capybara – …

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Stream and Purchase the new Sam Billen record this week only for $2.00

Get Sam Billen – Headphones & Cellphones for $2.00
For this week and this week only (12-1 till 12/8) you can stream and purchase the entire new Sam Billen record for only $2. And if you can’t afford that give us your email address and get the song Different Lives …

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Capybara gets to hang out with an actual capybara

Over the weekend our band Capybara got to meet up with the one and only Caplin Rous. I couldn’t resist posting a picture of this magnitude. Beware more Capybara convergence is coming.

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New Video: Capybara – Cutaway Kid live at KRUX

Capybara recently got invited to play some songs at KRUX in Las Cruces, NM. They decided to do a more somber take on Cutaway Kid. The video shows some of the beautiful scenery that they have been experiencing in the southwest. If you are in Austin, TX this week check …

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Photos from Max Justus in NYC

Photo by Culture of Me.
Max and I have just returned from the whirlwind time in NYC. Max played 3 fabulous shows and we had blast. Check out the Culture of Me for some photos and nice little write up. We want to thank everyone who came out to the shows and big hugs …

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Song of the Month – Queens Club – Nightmarer (Max Justus Remix)

Our good friends Queens Club just came out with their debut Nightmarer EP on Tooth and Nail Records. They asked Max Justus to remix the title track for the release. Max brings his signature dark vibe to the track giving it a pulsing electronic rhythm through out. Max …

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Sam Billen – Headphones and Cellphones

Sam Billen’s new record Headphones and Cellphones is now available on Itunes, Amazon, Emusic and several other digital download stores. Physical copies will be coming to The Record Machine store soon. He is also in the process of creating a covers album that we will …

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Capybara – Cutaway Kid Video

Cutaway Kid / feat. Freaky Deeky! from mark harrison on Vimeo.
On what would appear to be an average Sunday night in Minneapolis, Capybara parked their handsome van on a dark street by a park downtown, and piled out. As they walked down the lighted loading dock toward …

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The New Sudan

Go check out the trailer for the movie The New Sudan. It features a new song from Interstates. The film is all about Sudan and how we can get involved. The movie is also narrated by William Mapother (aka Ethan from Lost). I am really excited to hear what Interstates …

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Lawrence.com podcast with Sam Billen

Sam Billen did a podcast for his hometown Lawrence.com about the release of his new record Headphones and Cellphones that comes out next week. He also seems to mention his love of Surge a few times. They played the entire new record but more like a dvd commentary with …

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Song Of The Month: Capybara – The Wimp(Sam Billen Remix)

This month song celebrates some convergence of Record Machine artists. Our artist Sam Billen put together a sweet little remix for Capybara’s The Wimp. We thought it would be a great way to celebrate two things.
1) Sam’s new album Headphones and Cellphones comes …

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Song of the Month: The Moves

This month song of the month is by The Moves. Sometimes songs are born out of the spurr of moment just as this one was. My good friend Aree(see TSD) sent me this song recently to be submitted to a contact. I loved the song so much I told him that we would feature it …

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Capybara Tour Update Numero Uno

CAPYBARA / The Wimp / Radio Performance from mark harrison on Vimeo.
Here is the first of many tour videos you will be seeing from Capybara as they are on the road. Here they are jammed in a tight little KCOU radio station booth in Columbia, MO.
Which KCOU among many …

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Two records out this week!

For the first time ever we released 2 records on the same day. The First one is the re-release of Capybara – Try Brother and the other is The Billen Brothers – Porubsky’s soundtrack.
Capybara

Capybara has now left KC and is on their big 3 month west coast tour. …

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One Last Record Machine Weekend For The Summer!

Not to be a buzz kill but it is hard to believe the summer of fun is kind of coming to a close. With many of you starting school this week we thought it was fitting to have one last blast of fun this weekend. Your weekend plans as follow:
Friday 8/21 At Czar Bar

Max …

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Record Machine Song of The Month: Sam Billen & Trailer for the Showcase

We are very excited to debut some new material from Sam Billen for this month’s Song of the Month. He recently took a trip to Tokyo, Japan to visit his in-laws and decided to do some recording while he was there. This EP is a result of his time spent there. Sam has a …

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New Sampler and A Night Of Record Machine-ness

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 …

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