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the gift machine: General Info

Member Since	11/27/2005
Band Website	www.knw-yr-own.com/giftmachine
Band Members	Dave Matthies: songs, voice, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, etc. Andrea Gruber: voice, drums, percussion Luis Monne: bass, ukelele Brian Malloy: guitar, bass, keyboards
Influences	medicinal jelly
Sounds Like	your loved one resting his-or-her head in your lap under the evening glow of Christmas lights that have been up since last year
Record Label	has released stuff KNW-YR-OWN, PIAPTIK, HHBTM

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About the gift machine

the gift machine is mainly the moniker for the songs of Dave Matthies, but has featured many different people over the years. Past members include Karl Blau, Phil Elverum (the Microphones, Mt. Eerie), Nate Ashley, Alex Parrish (Dame Dulce), Lisa Jackson (the Crabs), Steve Moore (Stebmo, Laura Veirs, Mount Analog, etc.), Jeremy Hadley (Vellela Vellella), and many more. .

semi current discography:

1999-Stuff Vol. 1, EP (out of print)
2001-Sooner or Later or Not CD
2003-...don't turn me off CD
2004-Fall tour EP
2005-S/T CD
2006-Slow Dancing w/ Your Shirt Off
2006- Mostly Water Songs EP
2006- Happy Happy Birthday to Me CD-R EP club
2008-4-way Split with Karl Blau,Nate Ashley,Graves on colored vinyl PIAPTIK
2008-goodbye/goodluck

Dave also is a member of the Be Gulls (marriagerecs.com), helped Bret Lunsford run KNW-YR-OWN from 1999-2006, was a founding member of What the Heck Fest in Anacortes, WA, and is a jolly nice chap according to small group of elderly English academics.

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Max Serota	Jul 10 2009 6:07 PM Cut right to it baby!
eirik	May 19 2009 2:45 PM Im dazzled !
melissa	May 7 2009 12:47 AM i hear that someone who consistently plays in this band has a bday today!!! happy birthday to him!! may i buy him a beer next time he is near...oh god that rhymed.
nonnsha	Apr 23 2009 4:40 AM hello there. =) -nonnsha
Glare Endeavor	Apr 16 2009 12:22 AM Thanks for the add. Nice tunes. Really like may this day be done. Keep up the good music. -Steve
THE WATER	Apr 15 2009 5:20 PM would you like to play with me on july 31st in north park?
melissa	Mar 26 2009 3:51 AM thank you so much for playing at 444!!! i have heard a lot of "positive feedback." i missed being able to spend more one on one time the last two times i've seen you, but i'm nutso in crowds. i have something for you...it is magic and can transform into a couch ;)
Rabid Child Images	Mar 15 2009 9:44 PM here are some pics from last night's Audioasis show on KEXP the rest can be found here: http://www. flickr. com/photos/rabidchildimages/sets/ snuggles, tyler RABID CHILD IMAGES
letters	Mar 15 2009 7:00 AM Perfectly lovely show last night. I look forward to playing together again in the near future. take care. -joshua
eden	Mar 14 2009 5:14 PM Oh yes of course. :) Actually I wanted to say that I'll be seeing you all this thursday in solana beach!
Tiffany Amber Thiezzen	Mar 14 2009 5:14 PM i wanted to say one more "you guys are wonderful and great and the best" before you left the ABC home, but i missed the chance. so here goes on the web. you folks hit all the right buttons on me and i love you all very much! also, thanks for the cooties/port!
Norissa	Mar 13 2009 10:39 PM The show at the Che was wonderful and it was great getting to meet the two of you. If I were more adventurous I would have ditched work, flown to seattle for the gift machine+your heart breaks set, and died happy. In the mean time, looking forward to listening to that record :)
Chadwick	Mar 12 2009 4:57 AM I hope to go to one soon. I think the last Gift Machine show I went to was at the first What-The-Heck Fest.
mandee	Mar 11 2009 10:54 PM y no portland ? :***(
melissa	Mar 8 2009 2:13 PM um...get it right ;) but i do like shindig: nineRooms LIVEArtINSTALLATIONS THURSDAY MARCH 19TH 2009 ONE NIGHT ONLY 5:00-9:00 PM INSIDE 444 SOUTH CEDROS AVENUE SOLANA BEACH, CA 92075 ARTISTS YOSHIMI HAYASHI ANNA O’CAIN HOLLIS SWAN CHRIS WARR BEMJALMIN ELDWORDS JESSICA GANNON DAVID WHITE JOSHUA BELLFY JUSTIN MORRISON MUSIC THE GIFT MACHINE DJ NICK GABY CURATOR MELISSA ANNE STAGER OF SUSAN STREET FINE ART GALLERY SPONSOR SOUTH CEDROS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION CARD IMAGE BY MICHAEL COELHO (not included in this posting)
angie	Mar 4 2009 6:42 PM hi dave, just wanted to say hi, it's been forever. hope your mini tour goes well and that you impulsively add l.a. to your list of destinations! say, how can i get one of those letter pressed owl albums?
I'm a monster, every day is Holloween	Feb 26 2009 9:47 PM hey dave! miss you.... wish i could see some of your shows in the northwest.... xo xo
((lowHUMS))	Feb 26 2009 7:09 PM see u soon!
Bruise Banter	Feb 25 2009 8:25 PM NEW RECORD!!
luis was here	Feb 7 2009 12:09 AM ok last time. wolfgangs vault. amazing. i just found Gil Scott-Heron at madison square garden in 1979.
Nate Ashley	Jan 28 2009 9:58 PM Oh, the Mav saw you through some late night/early mornin' drives. Lookin' better than ever.
Malloy~5	Jan 11 2009 3:46 AM How'd the party go today? Austin came home with chocolate from ear to ear and wild stories about a bebe gun and a pinata~LOL
ERICTALLICA	Jan 16 2009 3:18 AM I still need credit for your influences... Kidding, seriously Although, influence in booze consumption only har
mmothejr	Jan 15 2009 11:45 AM Thank you for the friendship!!! Peace and much love from Berlin, Mmo
Christopher McFetridge	Jan 15 2009 3:15 AM thank you very much for the friendship. your music is beautiful.

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