We’ve got a Black Friday sale on the SoundMachine Store this weekend that’s rolling all the way through Cyborg Monday, and that means 20% off everything.
For the discount, enter this code at checkout: GIMME20

*NOTE* Sale is live now and ends at 11:59 pm CST on Monday (28th).

And being the 25th anniversary of the loss of Freddie Mercury… and Thanksgiving-ish, we figured it was time to get the Night Of Queen vinyl in motion. That being said, I hope everyone ate some traditional Thanksgiving fried chicken in his honor (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ve got some “One Vision” to catch up on). The pre-order starts today and we have some pretty rad record slipmats and a 4’x4′ flag with the crest from the liner notes. Vinyl comes in black, clear, and split black/clear. And we’ve got several combos to help you save even more on stuff.

NEW YEARS
In other news, I hope you don’t have plans for New Years already, because we’re gonna have the fiercest of throwdowns at Exit/In. Makeup And Vanity Set is gonna be there, and so are The Dead Deads and Born Empty! Come help us celebrate the end of this horrible nightmare of a year (well, except for the Cubs… they had a pretty good one)!

DECEMBER
31st – Nashville, TN – Exit/In *18+

Also, don’t go thinking we forgot about the Light Up The Night video. Just getting the final ducks in a row. Soooon.

Fried chicken,

-Commander

It’s almost here…

Light Up The Night, starring James Ransone (The Wire, Generation Kill, Tangerine), is a 16 minute short film epic extravaganza of pure excitement that spans “Light Up The Night” through “The Fall”… plus a little extra. It was directed by Matt Sundin and Caspar Newbolt, and some of you were even in it! We’ve been working on this for a long damned time, and we absolutely can’t wait for you to finally see it.

With that said, if you live near Austin, TX, you/we don’t have to wait very long. It’s being shown this Friday (5:30pm) at the Austin Music Video Festival… in a movie theater, no less! (EDIT – Ok, so it turns out it was absolutely not shown in a movie theater…). Do not miss it.

And for everybody else who can’t make it to Austin, stay tuned here and on our facebookinstagramtwitters, because we want you to see it as soon as possible, too. We’ve just gotta finish making some sweet things before we unleash the beast. Keep your feet on the grindstone.

If you didn’t already click on that image above, go ahead and click this link right here… it’s the trailer!

CHICAGO and LEXINGTON
Don’t forget that we have a couple super rad shows coming up real soon in the North-Central America region of Chicago, IL and Lexington, KY. Chicago is this Thursday for Reggie’s 9th anniversary super party, and Lexington is at The Burl on the 24th as the makeup show for just one of those times that our bus exploded.

SEPTEMBER
08th – Chicago, IL – Reggies (9th Anniversary Show) *17+
24th – Lexington, KY – The Burl *21+

More soon.

-Commander

So, as most of you probably know, we ran into serious bus issues a couple weeks ago on they way to our Lexington show, or as Panther called it, “a catastrophic wheel bearing failure.” Since we couldn’t make the show, we went ahead and rescheduled for Sept 24th. Sooo, if you bought tickets for the July 22nd show, your tickets are still valid (and you should have gotten an email with details. If not, get in touch with them about it).

CHICAGO
We’re coming for you… again. Reggies asked us to play their 9th Anniversary Spectacular on Sep 8th, and tickets are only $9! And if you think you’re gonna be hungry that day, they’re gonna have a buffet for $9, as well. And we’re not the only ones playing, they’ve got a whole turdload of other bands in two rooms!

SEPTEMBER
08th – Chicago, IL – Reggies (9th Anniversary Show) *17+
24th – Lexington, KY – The Burl *21+

In other news, if you’ve got a hankering for a new Act II shirt (logo and/or album cover), they’re back in stock at the Sound Machine Store.

More cool shit is coming up soon, so keep your ear on the prize (that’s a thing, right?).

-Commander