April 25, 2010

Debut TIDELAND album now available + MASSIVE update (FLOOR shirts, hella vinyl, etc)

After a long lull in Robotic Empire new-release label activity, its nice to finally be back in the throws of a hectic release schedule. Maybe almost TOO hectic, as hot on the heels of vinyl from FLOOR, YOUNG WIDOWS and CAPSULE, we've got yet another LP for ya!


This time around we're stoked to announce the debut album from Sterling, Virginia's TIDELAND. From the same cauldron of suburban wretchedness that birthed PG.99, SAIL and PIZZA, 3 members of these bands have now converged as TIDELAND with the stellar debut, Asleep In The Graveyard. 11 songs that fall between grunge, shoegazer and punk rock... TIDELAND mesh a smattering of unlikely elements to create some caustic yet downright infectious jams. Catchy yet dirty, Asleep In The Graveyard walks a tightrope between digestible and destructive. Over 35 minutes of horrific visions and druggy nightmares on this impressive debut LP.

Kurt Ballou recorded this beast at Godcity, so you know it sounds damn good. Two of our favorite tracks have been posted here and some more cuts (new & old) can be heard here.

This album is a co-release with Sons of Vesta outta Italy, so if you're in Europe please order it from them. 1000 copies were pressed: 600 on black, 200 on cream and 200 on a matching opaque blue. This release has been a really long time coming (recorded nearly 2 years ago!), but in the end it turned out awesome and we've seriously jammed the hell out of this one. So stoked this is finally out, please check it out in the Robotic Empire - Online Store now!

In geographically related news, we've posted 4 unreleased PYGMY LUSH songs that were recorded live in Richmond back in October. These jams are a bit raw/rough around the edges but should give ya a little something to salivate over while these guys revamp things a bit, and continue to take their sweet time getting back into a studio. It'll be worth the wait for sure, but in the meantime these have been essential songs for us during a big time of transition, and it only felt appropriate to share. You can check those out now at the Robotic Obscurities blog.

Beyond all the Northern Virginia music above, we've also got a generally MASSIVE update for the Robotic Empire - Online Store this week. Having skipped last week's update so we could catch up on orders a bit, we're ready to dive back into the mailorder chaos so please keep em comin!

A whole bunch of new shirts have come in, including all the unsold FLOOR reunion show t-shirts. Some killer designs spanning the ages, and almost all on American Apparel (so they're cozy as hell)... check those out as its unclear if we'll ever be restocking them or not. Also a tour design from EYEHATEGOD, some re-ups from Eat Death, and a couple tiny Youth Medium sized THOU t-shirts... for your kid brother or tiny girlfriend or whatever. Add in a slew of new import and domestic vinyl releases (CIRCLE, GIANTS, JUNIUS, MOSS, ROSETTA, SHITSTORM, etc)... plus some more killer restocks across the board, and we've got a pretty rad update for ya this week. Real stoked on this one, here's the full list:

NEW ITEMS:
* Amort - Winter Tales 12" (Kreation) $10.99
* Circle - Triumph 2x12" (Adverse Effect) $24.99
* Conversions - Spineless Wonders 12" (Ride The Snake) $11.99
* Eyehategod - For the Sick Tour Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Kreation) $14.99
* Eyehategod - For the Sick Tour Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Kreation) $14.99
* Eyehategod - For the Sick Tour Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Kreation) $14.99
* Floor - Below & Beyond - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Below & Beyond - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Below & Beyond - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Below & Beyond - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Below & Beyond - Size: TRIPLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: TRIPLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: TRIPLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: GIRLS MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self-Released) $14.99
* Floor - Reunion - Size: TRIPLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self-Released) $15.99
* General Interest - Right By The Beach 12" (Ride The Snake) $11.99
* Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist 2x12" (Vega Vinyl) $24.99
* Giants - Old Stories - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Cavity) $9.99
* Junius - The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist - BRONZE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $21.99
* Moss - Eternal Return - 1-Sided BLACK VINYL 12" (Super Fi) $13.99
* Moss - Eternal Return - 1-Sided WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Super Fi) $13.99
* Rosetta / East of the Wall / Year Of No Light - Split - BLUE CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Vega Vinyl) $21.99
* Rosetta / East of the Wall / Year Of No Light - Split - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Vega Vinyl) $21.99
* Shitstorm - Paranoid Existence, Four Years of Negativity And Existence 12" (Vinyl Rites) $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: YOUTH MEDIUM T-Shirt (Giraphic Prints) $7.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: YOUTH MEDIUM T-Shirt (Giraphic Prints) $7.99
* Tideland - Asleep In The Graveyard - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $10.99
* Tideland - Asleep In The Graveyard - CREAM COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $10.99
* Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn 12" (Kreation) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 12'' *VINYL* (Security Blanket) $8.99
* Asunder - Works Will Come Undone 12'' *MAROON TAN COLORED VINYL* (Kreation) $12.99
* Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99
* Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Eat Death) $11.99
* Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Eat Death) $11.99
* Charles Bronson - Mugshot T-Shirt - Size: XLARGE (Eat Death) $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Eat Death) $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Eat Death) $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Eat Death) $11.99
* Envy - All The Footprints You've Ever Left 12'' *VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $10.99
* Envy / Thursday - Split 12'' *METALLIC GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $10.99
* Giants - Old Stories CD (Cavity) $7.99
* Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms 2x12'' *HALF BLUE HALF GREEN COLORED VINYL* (The Mylene Sheath) $16.99
* Graves At Sea - Documents Of Greif 12'' *PICTURE DISC VINYL* (Kreation) $10.99
* Iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook - Self-Titled 12'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (Discos Huelga) $9.99
* Moloch - Discography Cassette (Feast Of Tentacles) $5.99
* One Starving Day - Broken Wings Lead Arms To The Sun 12'' + 7'' *BLACK AND WHITE VINYL* (KNVBI) $16.99
* Punch - Self-Titled 12'' *WHITE with PINK COLORED VINYL* (Discos Huelga) $9.99
* Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands CASSETTE (Crooked Direction) $4.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord 2x12'' *VINYL* (Cavity) $13.99
* Yob - Catharsis 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Kreation) $13.99
* Young Widows - Old Wounds 12'' *BLUE BLACK COLORED VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $9.99
* Young Widows - Settle Down City 12'' *BROWN COLORED VINYL* (Auxiliary) $12.99
* Young Widows / Melt Banana - Split 7'' *VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $4.99

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April 6, 2010

CAPSULE - Tape + Demo + Tour + More (collections) 12" & THOU - Baton Rouge cassette now available!

Whoa, things are INSANE here. Hot on the heels of the FLOOR - Below & Beyond box set completion + shipment madness and KILLER reunion shows, we've got another round of new releases and general chaos over here. We nabbed 25 more copies of the Below & Beyond 8xCD set from our distributor, but they've already flown outta here. We're getting the remaining unsold band copies in a week or so, and that's probably it. The deluxe vinyl version is still available, and we're also scoring the band's unsold t-shirts in roughly a week too.


Beyond Below & Beyond (oof, sorry), we are psyched to announce yet another Robotic Empire label release from a sick South Florida band. CAPSULE's collections LP, Tape + Demo + Tour + More, is now available after being several years in the making. 15 tracks of totally berzerker complicatedcore, or, everything these ADD maniacs recorded prior to the Blue album we released a couple years ago. The release turned out rad with super bright artwork and a high-gloss finish (ala Blue) too, with some pretty outrageous colored vinyl to top it all off. Pretty sure we ordered 200 of the "snow drift" and "slime mold" colors, and 800 of the "cola" which turned out a rad translucent brown. Actually, they all turned out pretty sweet! This is technically a pre-order since it drops in stores/etc on April 13th (so expect them to arrive around that date), but we've got them in house now and they're good to go! Some tracks from that can be heard here (last 2 tracks) and/or ordered now in our Online Store.

We were supposed to also have the TIDELAND LP and THOU Baton Rouge vinyl for this update as well, but both of those have hit production snags and unfortunately won't be available for a few more weeks at the earliest. Sons of Vesta has their copies of the killer debut TIDELAND album now (we co-released it with them) as does the band themselves, but ours are weirdly MIA for the time being. More on that soon...


In the meantime, we decided to drop a cassette version of the phenomenal THOU - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP since the gatefold jackets for the vinyl version have to be completely reprinted. UGH. The tape turned out cool though with black/white/red covers, a black & white cassette, plus a two-color patch for good measure. Limited to 200, this should hopefully tide you over until the vinyl edition is finally ready for real, hopefully in just a few weeks. Listen to this in its entirety on our myspace and/or the band's website (along with everything they have released). This tape is available now in our Online Store.

Another healthy round of new items & restocks have been added to the Robotic Empire - Online Store as well, with a variety of good jams across the spectrum. Notable is the GET RAD stuff from Hyperrealist along with re-stocks of POLLUTION and RAEIN (both sold out quick last time). Also worth mentioning are the Red Cobalt label items imported from Japan (2 new, 1 restock)... they are expensive but deluxe to the max! Add in some crucial Hydra Head staples, a big pile of stuff we got from Ebullition and some other rando items... and this is a darnright stacked update! Here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Black Cobra - Bestial - DELUXE JAPANESE IMPORT CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $19.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - COLA COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - SLIME MOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - SNOW DRIFT COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Cave In - Planets Of Old - VANILLA PISTACHIO COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $14.99
* Cold Craving - Beacons - GREEN OPAQUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Eschaton) $14.99
* Daniel Striped Tiger - Capital Cities 12" (Clean Plate) $10.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $13.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live - BLACK VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $13.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live CD (Hyperrealist) $9.99
* Moloch - Discography Cassette (Feast Of Tentacles) $4.99
* Oxbow - Songs For The French - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $13.99
* Saviours - Into Abaddon - JAPAN TOUR EDITION 12"+CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $21.99
* Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For Cassette (Robotic Empire) $5.99
* Tragedy - Nerve Damage CD (Tragedy) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - PCP Torpedo 2xCD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today 10" - BLUE VINYL (Ebullition) $10.99
* Big Business - Head For The Shallow CD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Breather Resist - Patent Cruciform 10" - CASKET SHAPED PICTURE DISC VINYL (King of the Monsters) $9.99
* Charles Bronson - Complete Discocrappy 2xCD (Youth Attack) $11.99
* Daitro / Sed Non Satiata - Split CD (Red Cars Go Faster) $11.99
* Das Oath - Self-Titled 11" (Youth Attack) $12.99
* Deadly Sins - 4x7" Comp (Hater of God) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Jouhou CD (Hydra Head) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Our Last Day CD (Hydra Head) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Pikadourei DVD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Helms Alee - Lionize / Truly 7" - BLACK VINYL (Hydra Head) $4.99
* Kung Fu Rick - Fragments of The Past Time 2xCD (625 Thrashcore) $10.99
* Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth - DELUXE JAPANESE IMPORT CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $19.99
* La Quiete - 2006-2009 CD (Sons of Vesta) $11.99
* LSD And The Search For God - Self-Titled 12" - BLACK VINYL (Deep Space) $10.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me / Dance Tonight CD (Ebullition) $10.99
* Orchid - Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes - Split 10" - CLEAR WITH BLUE COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes - Split 10" - DARK BLUE COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Pizza - Self-Titled 7"+CD-R YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $5.99
* Pollution - nastyDNA 12" (Feast of Tentacles) $17.99
* Portraits of Past - Cypress Dust Witch 12" (Excursions Into The Abyss) $9.99
* Portraits of Past - Discography CD (Ebullition) $10.99
* Pusher - Self-Titled CD (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio 12" - 1-SIDED WHITE COLORED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $14.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio CD (Red Cars Go Faster) $11.99
* Sleep Terror - Probing Tranquility Cd (Feeling Faint) $9.99
* Yacopsae / Massgrav - Split 5" (RSR) $5.99
* Yaphet Kotto - The Killer Was In The Government Blankets 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Ebullition) $10.99
* Young Widows - Settle Down City 12" - BROWN COLORED VINYL (Auxiliary) $12.99

Phew! Wow that's a solid round of stuff. Please check out all this (and more) in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Thank you!

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