The Gift Machine is an American band, led by the
husband and wife team of Dave Matthies and Andrea Matthies. Originally based in the Pacific Northwest, Dave Matthies has collaborated with many different people and the band has gone through several line up changes over the years. From 1998-2006 he lived in
Anacortes, Washington, and ran a recording studio at the now defunct venue, the
Department of Safety
The Department of Safety was an artist-run community space founded in 2002, located in Anacortes, Washington's old police and fire station. It housed an all-ages music venue, art gallery, artist residency program, zine library, darkroom, artists' ...
. He also worked with
Bret Lunsford of the low-fi pop band
Beat Happening
Beat Happening is an American indie pop band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and lo-fi mo ...
, running
KNW-YR-OWN records and putting on the annual
What the Heck Fest. Matthies has worked live and in the studio with
the Microphones/
Mount Eerie,
Little Wings
Kyle Field is an American musician who releases material under the moniker Little Wings.
Early life
Field was born in Alabama in 1972. As a child, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father worked as a coach for the UCL ...
, the Begulls,
Karl Blau,
D+,
LAKE, the Graves,
Laura Veirs, Thanksgiving, the
Murder City Devils. The band is currently based out of North County San Diego.
The Gift Machine has released six albums, two EPs, and several songs on compilations since the band first appeared in 1999, on labels such as KNW-YR-OWN,
Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records and
PIAPTK
PIAPTK Recordings is an American independent record label founded in Olympia, Washington in 2006 by Michael Dixon and based in Tucson, Arizona.
History
Michael Dixon started People in a Position to Know (PIAPTK) Recordings in 2006 while teach ...
. Their 2003 release "...don't turn me off" spent several weeks in the CMJ top 200 and peaked at #136.
References
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Musical groups from California