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Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival – We’re Playing At Fred’s!

The schedule for the 2013 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival is out, and we’re happy to reveal that we’re a part of it – we’ll be performing at the famed Fred’s Texas Cafe, at 4:00 PM. (We’ll be followed by Mills & Co., Jacob Furr & The Only Road, Kevin Aldridge & The Appraisers, Clint Niosi & The Unaccountable, and Derek Larson & The Leavers.)

Admission is FREE, and the Weekly’s Music Awards compilation CD will be on sale for just $5, with proceeds going to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. The CD features 18 tracks by local artists nominated for awards, including our song “Between Brownstones.”

We’ve made a Facebook event and a Google+ event for those who would like to RSVP that way. See you on the 23rd!

Vote for us in the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards!

The Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards ballot is now online, and we’re up for TWO awards this year!

We’ve been nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocalist for Harley, and we couldn’t be more excited or honored. Now, the voting begins, and we need YOUR help! It’s time to start heading to the Weekly’s online ballot and vote!

So, head on over to the ballot site and vote for us in the following categories:

“New Artist” category: The Diabolical Machines
“Female Vocalist” category: Harley Dear (The Diabolical Machines)

Once you’re done, spread the word and get your friends/family/co-workers/sentient space pets to vote, too! Every vote helps!

And thank you to all of you who have supported us thus far – we wouldn’t be here without our fans!

Playing at The Grotto TOMORROW NIGHT!

We’ve got a show tomorrow night (Saturday the 13th)! We’re playing at The Grotto with our pals Lindby and the awesome Missing Sibling. The fun starts at 10:00 PM with Lindby, then us, then Missing Sibling. It’s just $5, so you’d better be there if you like great indie rock! It’s going to be a blast, and there’s some surprises that’ll be happening! So be there! EXCLAMATION MARKS!

Playing in the Cowtown Cleanup Fest on Saturday!

Another weekend, another show – and this one’s during the day! And it’s outside!

We’re performing in the Cowtown Cleanup Fest, brought to you by the fine folks at Keep Fort Worth Funky in association with the South Hemphill Heights Neighborhood Association. They’re cleaning up their ‘hood tomorrow morning, and then at noon everybody’s gathering in Capps Park (at College & Berry) for a get together with drinks, food, activities, vendors, and of course, live music.

We’re going on first, around 12:30 tomorrow afternoon. Following us will be Big City Folk and Tim Platt & All That Is Beautiful, so it’s a day full of great tunes not to miss. And it’s FREE, and the weather’s supposed to be grand, so why not come on out to Capps Park? We’ll see you tomorrow!

Performing in The Good Show Live Music Series This Saturday!

Our next show is coming up this Saturday, and we’re really excited about this one. Everybody’s favorite local radio show The Good Show over on KTCU is putting on another installment of their live music series at Lola’s, and they’re having us open the show. We’re followed by the talented folks of Foxtrot Uniform and headliner Dove Hunter.

The fun starts at 10:00, and it’s all ages – $8 over 21, $10 under 21.

There’s more – Saturday morning, we’ll be in the KTCU studio appearing on The Good Show along with Foxtrot Uniform and Dove Hunter for an interview. Don’t forget to tune in!

Photos from SXSW!

Us, performing at our showcase!

We had an AWESOME time at SXSW! We played our show, had a blast, met and hung out with some incredible bands, and just generally did it up right. Big thanks to GoGirls Music for having us in their showcase, and a HUGE thanks to Laurel Dagger of San Antonio’s own Mrs. Howl for being our guest drummer – she rocks!

Click through for photos from the trip!

: Stopping in Hamilton on the way.

: This country be full of hills.

: Arriving in Austin!

: South Congress

: South Congress, again

: Rehearsing with Laurel from Mrs. Howl!

: More rehearsal in San Antonio

: Rehearsing with our guest drummer Laurel Dagger from Mrs. Howl

: One of the four cats we stayed with.

: Another of the four cats we stayed with.

: Daily Juice-ing

: Lunch at Daily Juice

: Bikes downtown

: Requisite shot of the capitol.

: Exploring downtown – taking photos of artificial jellyfish tanks, as you do.

: The madness of East 6th, 1 of 3.

: The madness of East 6th, 2 of 3.

: The madness of East 6th, 3 of 3. Not pictured: the guy tripping his ass off while performing some kind of voodoo ritual on a trash can.

: Street performances galore.

: The Dollyrots at our showcase! So awesome to hear them and meet them.

: Us, performing at our showcase!

: We got to hang out with The Potential Lunatics, a sister & brother punk duo from California, after our respective sets in the showcase. They are so awesome!

: Detour to Toy Joy

: …?

: Relaxing at The Local after our set.

: Lunch at Bouldin Creek the next morning.

: Awesome Red Rabbit vegan donuts at Bouldin Creek – maple variety.

: Chocolate variety.

: Harley and Steph downtown.

: Steph and Harley at the capitol.

: We couldn’t resist stopping at the old photo booth at Amy’s Ice Cream after hitting up Waterloo Records.

: Amy’s restroom loves you.

: Warning on the Amy’s photo booth.

: One of the records we bought!

SXSW Show This Saturday!

It’s almost time for our SXSW show! We’ll be headed out in the next couple of days, bound for Austin and the “Invasion of the GoGirls” showcase at Austin Java.

More specifically, we’re playing on Saturday (the second day of the showcase), at 6:30 PM. Now, as you all know, we’re currently drummerless, but we’ve solved that problem for the weekend in an awesome way: we’ve got Laurel Dagger from San Antonio punk band Mrs. Howl sitting in on drums for us! It’s going to be a crazy show.

The Invasion of the GoGirls showcase is FREE and all ages! It’s at the original Austin Java at 12th & Lamar.

We are playing with some FANTASTIC talents during this showcase – here’s the two-day schedule:

Friday, March 15

12:00pm Laura Marie
12:30pm Running Still
1:00pm Kiya Heartwood and Christa Hillhouse
1:30pm Jonie Blinman
2:00pm Myrna Sanders
2:30pm Karen Waterman
3:00pm STAMPS
3:30pm Carolina Story
4:00pm Doria Roberts
4:30pm Jen Foster
5:00pm Melissa Ferrick
6:00pm Patrice Pike
7:00pm Zoe Ann
7:30pm Heartstrings XOX
8:00pm Spiralfire
8:30pm Rebecca Loebe
9:00pm CALICO the band
9:30pm Vanilla Sugar
10:00pm Sami Grisafe
10:30pm Vajra

Saturday, March 16

12:00pm Michelle Pappas
12:30pm Kate Redgate
1:00pm Grown Up Avenger Stuff
1:30pm Kristen Cothron & The Darkside
2:00pm Dorit
2:30pm August 83
3:00pm Carole Walker
3:30pm Charlie Dane
4:00pm The Dollyrots
5:00pm Darnaa
5:30pm The Pinz
6:00pm PISTOLA
6:30pm The Diabolical Machines
7:00pm The Potential Lunatics
7:30pm Johanna Chase
8:00pm Addie Brownlee
8:30pm Yello Echo
9:00pm Nancy Dutra
9:30pm Summer Osborne
10:00pm Lucid Fly
10:30pm Vagenda

SURPRISE! Short-Notice Show THIS WEDNESDAY!

This one caught us a little off-guard, but we’re excited! We just got added to a fun lineup at Lola’s Saloon this Wednesday, March 6th, after another band had to drop out. Our super friends Lindby, us, and Abandon City are hitting the stage starting at 10:00. It’s an all-ages show and just $5 ($9 under 21).

We are very generously being joined by Lindby drummer Logan Bowers for this show, for which we are very appreciative. It’s going to be a fun night, so come on out Wednesday to see us break your hump day blues!

Details On Our SXSW Show

It’s time to share some more details about our upcoming show at SXSW. As mentioned previously, we’re performing in the GoGirls Music “Invasion of the GoGirls” showcase at Austin Java (the original at 12th & Lamar). We now have a day & time for you: Saturday, March 16th at 6:30 PM.

The show is free, and it’s all ages, so that’s awesome. And our set is just a small part of the larger awesomeness: Invasion of the GoGirls happens on Friday and Saturday, from noon to 11:00 PM. There are a ton of awesome bands and solo performers in this showcase, and we’re honored to be sharing a bill with such talents as Vanilla Sugar, Calico, The Dollyrots, The Potential Lunatics, Vagenda, The Pinz, Lucid Fly, STAMPS, Spiralfire, Vajra, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, and more.

We’ve made a Facebook event for your convenience. Can’t wait to see y’all at SXSW!

New Music! New Shows!

Hey there, fan land! It’s been a little while since we talked, but it’s time to get y’all up to speed on the latest happenings in Diabolical Machinesville. We’ve been working hard on reformulating things with the new lineup, and we’ve got the first fruits of our labor to share:

First, the big news – we’ve put out a new song! It’s called “Artoria,” and you can grab it on our Bandcamp page (name your own price, anywhere from “zero” to “eleventy billion dollars” or anywhere in between) or stream it below:

“Artoria” was written by Steph and features her on guitar and lead vocal, Harley on guitar and backing vocals, and Kevin on electric uke, bass guitar, drum track, and backing vocals. It was recorded in our ad hoc home studio by Kevin and Harley and the production is by Kevin.

Next, we’ve got some shows coming up to tell y’all about! We’ve got three shows currently booked for the spring:

Saturday, March 30th – Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth – We’re performing for The Good Show Live Music Series, opening for Foxtrot Uniform and Dove Hunter
Saturday, April 13th – The Grotto, Fort Worth – We’re playing The Grotto with our pals The Chloes and Lindby
Saturday, May 18th – Shipping & Receiving Beer Garden, Fort Worth – We’ll be at Shipping & Receiving off South Main in the Near Southside for the Spring 2013 Arts Goggle festival

Super excited to bring you all new tunes and new shows! Thanks for being fans!