La Guerre - 17 (Youth Lagoon Cover)
Here is La Guerre doing a fantastic minimal cover of one of our favorites from last year 17. Her minimal send up highlights the fragile nature of the original but brings a new feminine side to it.
We are really excited for La Guerre’s 3 song ep Savannah>Jacksonville that we are putting out next month.
Video of the Day: Ad Astra Arkestra - Reverse Fishing
Here is Ad Astra Arkestra bringing the party to Middle of the Map Fest. They brought it all out for the show: tons of percussion, back up singers, masks and plenty of dynamic energy. AAA didn’t disappoint and brought their energy to a big stage.
We just added a 2 pack of our Middle of the Map Fest Forum Notebooks to our store. Get them while the limited supplies last.
Video of the Day: Making Movies - Cuna De Vida
Here is Making Movies playing the A-Side of their upcoming 7” at Middle of the Map Fest last month.
We have some copies of our Record Store Day with Golden Sound Record’s pals in the store.
The 12” features new and unreleased tracks from these Record Machine artists:
Soft Reeds, Max Justus, La Guerre, Spirit is the Spirit, Ad Astra Arkestra, and Akkilles
Get it while you still can!
Cowboy Indian Bear Spring Tour Info
5/4 Kansas City, KS @ FOKL Art Gallery
5/5 Springfield MO @ The Outland
5/6 St. Louis, MO @ Cicero’s
5/7 Clarksville, TN @ The Coup
5/8 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
5/9 Louisville, KY @ Zazoos
5/10 Champaign, IL @Cowboy Monkey
5/11 Rock Island, IL @ Rozz Tox
5/13 Chicago, IL @ The Whistler
5/14 Milwaukee, WI @ Frank’s Powerplant
5/16 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
5/17 Omaha, NE @ The Sandbox
5/18 Lincoln, NE @ Knickerbockers
5/19 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
Video of the Day: Capybara - Dave Drusky
So its finally here. The epic yet very Capy Late Night Bikes video. Watch to see the real Dave Drusky escaping to the streets of Portland for some late night bike riding. He runs into some unusual characters and some fantastical moments.
Middle of the Map Fest Highlight Reel
Middle of the Map Fest was a such a blast. We had a great time and all of the bands did a fantastic job. We are excited to share this highlight reel cut from footage from The Musicians Network. They shot a ton of the festival and will be releasing more videos in coming weeks.
Spirit is The Spirit - Pilliows
So today we have an awesome new 12” record coming out in conjunction with our good buddies Golden Sound Records. It features 6 new songs from bands from each label. Our side happens to feature this sweet new psych trip from Spirit is the Spirit. Here they are rocking out in a cosmic jungle party. When we first heard this song a few months ago we knew that they would make a perfect addition to our community. We will also be re-issuing their debut ep Mother Mountain next month.
Come down to Vinyl Renaissance this afternoon or the Brick tonight to pick up our 12” Secrect Handshakes
Vinyl Renaissance Record Store Day
1pm The Caves
2pm Akkilles
3pm The Empty Spaces
4pm Max Justus
The Brick
9pm Spirit is the Spirit
10pm La Guerre
11pm Fullbloods
12pm Soft Reeds
Ad Astra Arkestra at Middle of the Map Fest!
I just made this from video I took of Ad Astra Arkestra at Middle of the Map Fest! WATCH OUT WORLD! I CAN MAKE GIFS!
(More to come.)
What’s next you ask?! Well The Record Machine is joining forces with Golden Sound Records for a special 12” that will be available on Record Store Day here in Kansas City. We will be doing a party at The Brick and at Vinyl Renaissance(39th Street) on 4/21.
Vinyl Renaissance on 39th Day Party
1pm - 6pm
Max Justus
The Empty Spaces
Akkilles
The Caves
The Brick
8 pm
Soft Reeds
Fullbloods
La Guerre
Spirit is the Spirit
Making Movies - Hangover Blues
Here is a new song from Making Movies that we shot as part of our promo series for Middle of the Map Fest. We weren’t able to get it before the fest happened but we are excited to show off one of their new songs from their upcoming 7” we are releasing.
