Magnaphone Welcomes The Story Changes

Big news, folks! We’re beyond pleased to announced that Magnaphone will be working with longtime Dayton-based favorites The Story Changes to release a brand new full-length record this spring. Details (and new tunes!) will arrive soon, but we couldn’t wait to share this with you.

Sound Valley Music Festival

You may have seen some of the great video spots our friends at Sound Valley have been making with Magnaphone artists and other Miami Valley acts. They’ll be throwing a big winter music festival at Brightside this weekend and Magnaphone’s own Lioness is on the bill, along with many of our friends. Check out all the details at the event page and we’ll see ya there!

Also, just a reminder to stay tuned to Sound Valley. We appreciate all they’re doing to promote Dayton area music!

Magnaphone Bands Honored by Don Thrasher Best of 2018 List

Happy New Year! A huge thanks to Don Thrasher and Dayton.com for including The New Old-Fashioned, Harold Hensley Music and The Boxcar Suite on this list. We had a great year and couldn't be more proud of the artists working with us. Congrats to The Boxcar Suite for topping the list! Read all about it here.

Magnaphone BandCamp Store

We’re pleased as peach to announce the official opening of our BandCamp store where you can source music and merch by all of our artists. BandCamp is tops for music discovery and a great way for us all to stay connected. Get what you need and support our hardworking artists so we can make more records!

Harold Hensley - 'Pose' [Official Music Video]

We’re pleased to present the official music video for ‘Pose’ from Harold Hensely’s ‘Midnight Savings Time’ which will be released and celebrated this Friday, 9/28 at Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton, OH.

Fall Sampler Now Available!

You can now stream and acquire the Magnaphone Records Fall Sampler 2018 on our BandCamp site. It has previously unreleased work from Shrug, The Boxcar Suite, John Dubuc and the Guilty Pleasures and Sympathetic Buzz, as well as a well curated collection of songs off all the Magnaphone artists’ current releases. It’s just $3 to download the collection, $1 per track, or $5 for a CD. All sales go toward bringing you more music!

Magnaphone Records Official BandCamp

BandCamp rules. You know this, right? Well, we’re all in. We have a hot new label page where you can check out all the artists as well as stream, download or purchase CDs, vinyl and merch. Check it out! https://magnaphonerecords.bandcamp.com.

Smalltown, Midwest, USA Is out Everywhere!

The New Old-Fashioned had a fabulous release party with help from our friends in Age Nowhere and Magnaphone artist Harold Hensley. Smalltown, Midwest, USA is out now everywhere you order or stream music including Omega Music and Skeleton Dust records right here in Dayton, OH. Online orders for vinyl, CD and digital download are available on the band’s BandCamp page.

Midnight Savings Time by Harold Hensley

We're pleased to announced the forthcoming release and debut solo album of Harold Hensley, lauded chief singer-songwriter of The Repeating Arms. It's a real gem and we're honored to welcome Harold to the Magnaphone fold. 

Visit the Harold Hensley page for full details and a link to pre-order Midnight Savings Time and stream the first single "Pose". All pre-orders include an immediate download of the single as well!

Smalltown, Midwest, USA

Magnaphone is pleased to welcome The New Old-Fashioned and announce the forthcoming release of their third full-length Smalltown, Midwest, USA. The band worked with producer Patrick Himes at Reel Love Recording Company to lay it all to analog tape and Gotta Groove Records to press it straight to vinyl. It's working-class, country tinged, high octane rock 'n' roll delight that we're proud to rep. Check out their band page and listen to the first single, title-track, on BandCamp or through this website. The full-length drops on LP/CD/Digital August 31st with a big party at Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton, OH, Smalltown, Midwest, USA! More details coming soon...