Vending Machine - The Band, The Blog

>mancontrol< / "2029"

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:13:00 +0000

A song from >mancontrol< (band featuring me, Dave Shouse and James Godwin):

mancontrol at the medicine factory

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:12:00 +0000

SONG: Shy Nikolai

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Here's an older song written on 4track. It's an instrumental rocker I wrote on my old 12-string I sold at a garage sale recently for $10...

Vending Machine at the December 3rd, 2011 Christmas Rock N Romp

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:36:00 +0000

We will be playing all of our Christmas Songs at the upcoming Rock N Romp. Be there!

Listen to the songs here:

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Robby Grant and The Perfect Vessels @ Otherlands this Friday night

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:14:00 +0000

We're playing this Friday night at Otherlands. Special Vending Machine guest include Five Grant, Mark Stuart and Robert Barnett. More details at the Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235379943186751

Here's a great video from the Perfect Vessels:
Shade Tree Astronomy from The Perfect Vessels on Vimeo.

SUNSPOTS: Know Make Scene

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:53:00 +0000

Mouserocket in Oxford, MS this Saturday at the Blind Pig

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:09:00 +0000

Mouserocket shares a triple-bill this Saturday night ( Oct. 8 ) at The Blind Pig with Overnight Lows and headliner E Meters. There's a feature in this week’s issue of Oxford Town. You can only read an excerpt online.

Here's an Overnight Lows video:

Playing solo at the Center for Southern Folklore this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:01:00 +0000

Playing a solo set this Saturday, September 3rd, 5pm at the Center for Southern Folklore Memphis & Music Heritage Festival.

Check out the full schedule.

Follow their Facebook page for the latest.

Memphis Flyer review of Mouserocket's Cicada Sounds plus download code discount

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:43:00 +0000

If you haven't got it yet, you can get Cicada Sounds here. Use 'flyeraug2011' to apply 20% off to the download and/or the artwork.
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Full review by Chris Herrington here.

While the Lost Sounds are a definitive part of Trout's musical past, her present is partially represented by another new release, Cicada Sounds, the latest from Mouserocket, a local band in which Trout showcases her more melodic side in partnership with co-bandleader Robby Grant (Vending Machine, Big Ass Truck).

With cellist Jonathan Kirkscey — also a Lost Sounds vet — adding a sonic signature, Mouserocket might be the city's most polished, reliable, and self-assured pop-rock band right now, and this brief album — eight songs in just under 30 minutes — adds further evidence.

Trout explores parenthood and domesticity more than ever before, subtly on the opening "I Can't Keep My Hands Off U" ("Dishes, dishes go away/Smash them all and make them pay/I used to run from here to there/Now you are my everywhere"), more directly on the sweet "How to Say No."

Cicada Sounds is particularly heavy with Trout-led tracks, but Grant remains in fine form. His "Take More" starts as a nimble, gently psychedelic tunelet and evolves into full-on surging rock that could be tweaked into a Foo Fighters song.

SUNSPOTS: I Need a Diagnosis

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:38:00 +0000

SUNSPOTS: Tightly Wound

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Tightly Wound. Recorded most of it with Akai Synthstation 25.

New Mouserocket Album Cover for Cicada Sounds

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:26:00 +0000

New Mouserocket album cover by Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum! Our July 5th. Pre-order now.

Album release show Friday, July 8th at the Hi-Tone Cafe with The Fuzz and El Cento.

Cicada Sounds by Mouserocket

SUNSPOTS: Glues the Way

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:33:00 +0000

The next entry in Songs from Sunspots. A 180 BPM barnstormer about sleep:

SUNSPOTS: Snake Burn

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:03:00 +0000

SUNSPOTS: Starts and Stops

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Mouserocket, Luv Clowns and The Subteens live at the Levitt Shell this Saturday April 8th, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:10:00 +0000

Come see Mouserocket, Luv Clowns and The Subteens will be playing a show this Saturday at the Shell (4-7pm). It's open to the public. You can optionally purchase a $25 wristband that will enter you in some drawings along with beer and bbq.

More from Evergreen Playschool website:
"FROLIC" is our big fundraising event this spring!
This event will raise money for our Evergreen Playschool Scholarship Fund.

20% of our student body receives full or partial financial assistance while attending Evergreen Playschool.
Read more >>

SUNSPOTS: I Love My Bike

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:47:00 +0000

Here's a song about how much I love my bike which I built at Revolutions Community Bike Shop.

SUNSPOTS: They Just Fool You

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 03:26:00 +0000

SUNSPOTS: Know Your Time

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:14:00 +0000

5 Questions with Vending Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:37:00 +0000

Vending Machine video for "Moments"

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:48:00 +0000

Directed by Sarah Fleming and featuring the artwork for Jay Crum:

Buy or listen to the song again here.

Mouserocket video for "Take More"

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Filmed by Chuck Vicious

Record isn't out yet. Keep an eye out here.

Vending Machine plays Amurica

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:12:00 +0000

We got to help debut Jamie Harmon's new travelling photo booth "Amurica". Check out the videos:

Naked as a Jaybird:

It's Not The Things You Want:

Vending Machine opening for Glorie with 3D Acid Glasses | March 19th, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:55:00 +0000

Vending Machine with The Manatees at the Buccaneer / Saturday February 12th, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Vending Machine) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:20:00 +0000

Playing here:

With these guys:

photo by Don Perry