NEWS

IUPUI College Show

Hey everyone, we hope you're having a great summer! We've got a show coming up at IUPUI College in Indianapolis on August 25h with Hellogoodbye, for all of you heading back to school. The show is FREE for students, go here for all the info! 

Tour Goes On

We've been having a great tour with our friends Jack's Mannequin! We're on the road for another 2 weeks and going strong for the rest of the tour. Check here for all upcoming shows

Thank You!

Thank you all for the amazing support and help getting the word out about our free album download for this past week! We've begun picking the winners for the 7-inch of the Month vinyl contest, so keep a look out on Facebook, Twitter and your blog to see if you've been chosen as a winner.
 
We're out on the road Jack's Mannequin for another couple of weeks, we hope to see you out at a show! Check our Tour Dates page for all show details.

Album Giveaway & Contest

THE FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AND CONTEST ARE NOW FINISHED, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DOWNLOADED!!

UPDATE: 2 days left! Get our entire S/T album for FREE and for these last 2 days we've added the companion album TERRIBLE THRILLS, which features cover versions of each song from the record by some of our favorite female artists (Tegan + Sara, Holly Miranda, Amanda Palmer, Nellie McKay and more!) We will pick the winners of the 7-inch of the Month packages on Thursday!

It's been 1 year to the day since we've self-released our self-titled album last June! For the official anniversary of getting the music out there to you guys, we are thrilled to announce that we will be giving away our entire album for FREE for 1 week!!!! wait... there's even more. along with the full album, we will also be including 2 b sides- 'shapeshifter' and 'terrible thrills'. these songs have only been heard by the 7inch of the month club members, and this is the first time they are available for download! 

You Can Win 4 Limited Release Vinyl Singles

Here's where you come in: Everyone who shares / retweets / or blogs about this giveaway will be automatically entered into a contest to win the full package of the "7-inch of the Month Club" vinyl. The "7-inch of the Month Club" features 4, 7" vinyl singles of B-sides and covers and rarities from the entire Steel Train catalogue. We offered this for a limited time last year, and there is no other way to get these limited edition vinyl. we'll be offering 10 giveaways for facebook, 10 for twitter and 10 for blogs. 

Rules for 7-inch of the Month contest entry:
- Enter your email address and click the link in your email to download "Steel Train"...enjoy!
- Click the < share > button on the widget and use your preferred social media outlet and personalize the message for your friends and followers
- Include @SteelTrain on Facebook and Twitter so we can see your posts!
- To embed the widget into your website or blog, use the 'embed' button and HTML code
- We will keep track of shares, retweets and embeds and award 30 lucky fans with a 7-inch of the Month Vinyl Package (10 winners each for Facebook / Twitter / Blogs)

S.O.G.

Tomorrow marks the 1-year anniversary of our self-titled release (we started streaming it here on June 22, 2010 and it was released on June 29th). We've been celebrating this milestone all week and have some exciting contests coming up. Stay tuned!

Not much needs to be said about this video. Sit back, relax and enjoy Jack and Daniel rocking "S.O.G. Burning In Hell" in Jack's studio from last year:

Jack and Daniel Tackle SOG from Steel Train on Vimeo.

Big News Next Week

 We've got some exciting news for everyone next week, so stay tuned and be ready...in the meantime, check out a stripped down version of "You Are Dangerous" by Jack and Daniel. Be sure to let Daniel know how pretty he looks in his Spidey suit ;)

"You are Dangerous" Now from Steel Train on Vimeo.

4 Days!

We're still celebrating and getting ready for the 1-year anniversary of our self-titled album coming out! We'll be posting exclusive videos of songs from the album for the next few days. Check out Jack performing this stripped down version of "You And I Undercover" below:

Steel Train - "You and I Undercover" (Jack/Piano) from Steel Train on Vimeo.

5 Days Left - 1 Year Anniversary

Day 2 of our S/T album anniversary celebration continues with this exclusive performance from our Lopez Tonight appearance from March. What a crazy time that was! 5 more days until the official 1-year mark of our first self-released album...stayed tuned for more special videos and contest giveaways!!

Steel Train S/T - 1 Year Anniversary

It seems hard to believe, but next week will be the 1-year anniversary of the release of our self-titled album! We released this record on our own label and we've been continually blown away by all the support we've received from fans. We're going to be celebrating this milestone for the next week with some live videos of tracks from the album. We'll also be doing some special contest giveaways next week. Let's start things off with this killer 12-string version of "Bullet" from BalconyTV.

Summer Tour...And Some Sad News

We hope everyone is ready for summer! We can't wait to hit the road with Jack's Mannequin beginning June 14th in Ventura, CA. Unfortunately, we have some bad news... due to an illness in the band we've been forced to cancel our shows with Manchester Orchestra on June 11th and 12th in Salt Lake City and Denver. Please see below for Jack's full explanation/apology/timeline:
 
been getting a lot of questions about the past 2 weeks/where i've been.. so, here's what went down (in bullet points)