PYGMY LUSH to tour US with TIDELAND

Sterling, Virginia's PYGMY LUSH are set to embark on another US tour, mostly playing loud material. This time around they're embarking with TIDELAND (another ex-PG99 band) joining them for all shows. Here are the dates:

06/02 - Washington, DC @ The Girl Cave - w/ Turboslut, Jubilee
06/07 - Leesburg, VA @ Balls Bluff Tavern - w/ Thou, John Wayne Hero
06/10 - Asheville, NC @ Bobo Gallery
06/13 - Tulsa, OK @ The Monolith - w/ Callupsie, Anchors And Teeth (early show)
06/13 - Tulsa, OK @ The Soundpony - w/ John Moreland, The Black Gold Band (late show)
06/14 - Denver, CO @ Three Kings Tavern
06/15 - Albuquerque, NM @ Break-Fest (all day fest that starts in the morning)
06/16 - Phoenix, AX @ Tribe House
06/18 - Irvine, CA @ Hellfish Warehouse - w/ Litany For The Whale
06/20 - Santa Rosa, CA @ Boogie Room - w/ Litany For The Whale, New Trust
06/21 - Oakland, CA @ Quarter Century Michael Jordan - w/ Spires
06/22 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Bike Church - w/ Litany For The Whale, Spires
06/23 - Portland, OR @ Chaos Cafe - w/ Litany For The Whale, Erns
06/24 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyer - w/ Litany For The Whale, Bookburner
06/25 - Seattle, WA @ Dog City - w/ Litany For The Whale, Elphaba, Wafflebear
06/27 - Billings, MT @ Yellowstone Perk
06/28 - Minot, ND @ The Red Carpet

More shows will be announced for any missing dates once everything gets confirmed. Please keep an eye on the bands' myspace pages for more/up-to-the-minute details:

* http://www.myspace.com/PygmyLush
* http://www.myspace.com/TidelandMusic

CANNABIS CORPSE announce live dates, vinyl LP updates!!

In celebration of the release of CANNABIS CORPSE's sophomore effort "Tube of the Resinated", the Richmond-based death metal outfit is excited to announce two live appearances:

Tuesday, June 3rd - Richmond, VA @ The Bike Lot - w/ Phobia, Magrudergrind, Skarp and Juice Tyme

Saturday, August 16th - Richmond, VA @ Hadad's (Best Friends Day) - w/ Ultra Dolphins, Brainworms, Direct Control, Apeshit

The June 3rd show will be the formal record release show for "Tube of the Resinated", which is now available on CD from Forcefield Records. The vinyl edition will finally be available June 5th from Robotic Empire and features a never-before-made variation of vinyl, with a laser-etched pot leaf image inserted directly into the vinyl. Photos of this ridiculousness can be seen here:

Pirates Press - Record Of The Week!

Pirates Press, the manufacturer who pressed "Tube of the Reisnated" had the following to say: "NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN OR MADE A RECORD LIKE THIS... a stellar all around package... four different colors of vinyl to choose from [and] the stoney-ist poster/insert we've ever printed".

Everyone involved with this project is very excited about the results and cannot wait to unleash this upon the world. Appropriately, an additional preview track from the album titled "Every Bud Smoken" was recently posted on the band's myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/CannabisCorpseVA

VERSE EN COMA "Rialto" Release Date Set, New Track Posted

Somewhere between the present day and unfortunate endings of PG.99, CITY OF CATERPILLAR and MALADY, a "lost" recording was created but shelved for several years. Five dynamic tracks that collided with both artistic and industry red tape comprise the VERSE EN COMA debut release, "Rialto". Finally though the dust has settled, the hurdles have all been jumped and "Rialto" will finally see the light of day as a dual-format 10"+CD release through Robotic Empire.

VERSE EN COMA was formed by the songwriting backbone of MALADY (Jeff Kane, Kevin Longendyke, Jonathan Moore) and joined by DARKEST HOUR/CITY OF CATERPILLAR drummer (Ryan Parrish) and multi-talented vocalist Brian Markham. Most of the songs were written towards the end of MALADY but re-vamped and enhanced with the joining of Parrish and Markham to the group. The results are an impressive and varied recording, which was engineered and executed by the band themselves over a several-year period.

A newly mastered track from "Rialto" can now be heard online through the band's myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/VerseEnComa

Addressing the delays, quote Moore: "I can't wait for it to come out. Thanks for all your patience and I hope we turn a few heads with this one."

Although there will not be pre-orders for this release, the VERSE EN COMA's debut 10"+CD "Rialto" will be available August 12th, 2008.

New TORCHE t-shirt, limited edition Robotic Empire shirt, colored vinyl and more!

The third installment of our Robotic Empire Limited T-Shirt Series is now available and we're pretty stoked on how this one tuned out. Like the others before it, this comes on an American Apparel brand shirt so its hella comfortable, and also like the others before it, is limited to a one-time run of 50 shirts and features 2 colors of ink. Black and grey are found on this dark "ash" grey t-shirt with woodcut artwork of an old man (probably a wizard) playing a harp in a blacksmith shop or something. Metalheads take note: this two color t-shirt is fairly gloomy, and majorly grim. A somewhat larger photo of this can be seen here. These look killer in person, and the photos don’t really do this justice!

Long story short, we're pumped on how this shirt turned out and still have some of the previous ones available as well. You can check out all available shirts from this limited series in our Online Store here: Robotic Empire - Limited T-Shirt Series.


While on the subject of clothing, we also re-printed a sweet TORCHE t-shirt that was originally printed as a pre-order only edition when In Return first came out. This John Baizley designed shirt was only available online for a week or so, and the band then printed a run for tour... but now that Meanderthal is out (on CD), they stopped printing these in favor of new designs. We also used the same printer the band prefers down in south Florida so the print is large and the quality of this is top notch! These can be found in our Online Store here: TORCHE - "Flies" T-Shirt.

For everyone wondering, both the CANNABIS CORPSE and TORCHE vinyl are still in production... but we hope to have Tube of the Resinated in by the end of the month, with Meanderthal hopefully following shortly. New posts will be made when these are ready as there aren't going to be pre-orders. However, in the meantime we've also obtained a small amount of new items and re-stocks for the Robotic Empire Online Store over the past week or so, including the last available copies of the killer NADJA + 5/5/2000 split LP+CD on Accident Prone, some PELICAN 10"s and the impressive RINGFINGER debut... amongst other stuff.

NEW ITEMS:
* Austin Lucas - Putting The Hammer Down 12" (Magic Bullet) $11.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Tube of the Resinated CD (Forcefield) $9.99
* Cough - Sigillum Luciferi CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Forensics - Green Lion 7" (Timberline) $4.99
* Mae Shi, The - Hlllyh 2x12" (Yosada) $17.99
* Molotov Solution / War From A Harlots Mouth - Split 10" (Twelve Gauge) $10.99
* Nadja / 5/5/2000 - Tumpisa - 180 GRAM - 12"+CD (Accident Prone) $18.99
* Nitro Tokyo / Rattler - Split CD (Magic Bullet) $7.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - BLACK VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK PURPLE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK RED SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Ringfinger - Decimal - BLACK VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Ringfinger - Decimal - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Sabertooth Zombie - Dance / The Prisoner Double Release - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Twelve Gauge) $10.99
* This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled CD (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled - BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Magic Bullet) $19.99
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain - BROWN GOLD COVER WITH WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain - OATMEAL PURPLE COVER WITH WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $16.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Triac - In The Blue Room - BLACK w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Forcefield) $9.99

RESTOCKS:
* Crestfallen - Streaks of Terror CD (Magic Bullet) $8.00
* Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost CD (Magic Bullet) $8.00
* Navies - An Estate 12" (Yosada) $9.00
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain CD (Magic Bullet) $10.00

That's it for now, peace!

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