May 17, 2010

YOUNG WIDOWS re-pressed, TORCHE robbed (!), new T-SHIRTS and more


Damn, the killer updates to the Robotic Empire - Online Store just keep on comin! This week we've got the recent re-press of YOUNG WIDOWS live LP, on 180 GRAM maroon colored vinyl. 500 more of these jammers got pressed up in the 2nd (final?) pressing of this killer window into an awesome live band prime in their element: LIVE! Between spreading around copies to the band and our distributor, we got less than 200 copies of this and its available from us now.


In addition to that, we've gotten in some new & exclusive t-shirt designs direct from the bands TORCHE and TIDELAND. Touring with COHEED AND CAMBRIA, TORCHE recently passed through Seattle and handed off some excess records and shirts to us since their old van died and the new one is smaller. With so much gear, no more trailer and 1 more guitar player meant passing off some extra merch to us. Unfortunately, since then TORCHE was ruthlessly robbed in Chicago with several guitars, amps, passports, laptops and other personal stuff stolen. In other words: a MAJOR bummer on a tour that's already kinda hand-to-mouth since they just borrowed money for a new van. They've booked some last-minute shows on the east coast since they can't get into Canada without their passports... so go see them & buy em a drink or something if ya can! They're pretty gutted after having custom gear and irreplaceable stuff ripped off by jerks, so if you can help them out in any way, they would hugely appreciate it!


In better news though, TIDELAND printed up some wacky shirts recently to have for upcoming touring in support of their debut Asleep In The Graveyard album we dropped a few weeks back. If you haven't checked out TIDELAND yet, we highly recommend them. A killer (and catchy) combination of shoegazer, grunge and punk rock to create some kind of all-new megabeast. Three album tracks (including one new one) have been posted here and several others can be streamed here. TIDELAND merch & records are available from us here and TORCHE merch & records are available from us here.

In addition to the above shirts, we also worked out something with MAN IS THE BASTARD too so the classic skull logo shirts of theirs we carry are about as "officially licensed" as they're gonna get! Stoked on that! Re-upped 'em in both black & white, so check those out. Also scored a pile of killer new vinyl releases, including several BARONESS 12"s (which we can never keep in stock for long), spacey EARTHLESS jawns, GODFLESH galore, GROWING, the long awaited LA QUIETE / PHOENIX BODIES 5" import, some sweet VALKYRIE CD reissues and way more. Here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Artimus Pyle - Civil Dead - BLACK VINYL 12" (Prank) $9.99
* Artimus Pyle - Civil Dead - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Prank) $9.99
* Baroness / Unpersons - A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (At A Loss) $16.99
* Baroness - Blue Record - 180g VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
* Big Business - Head For The Shallow 12" (Hydra Head) $12.99
* Earthless - Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky 12" (Tee Pee) $9.99
* Earthless - Sonic Prayer 12" (Gravity) $9.99
* F'd Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life 2x12" (Matador) $29.99
* F'd Up - Year Of The Pig 12" (What's Your Rupture) $10.99
* Godflesh - Love and Hate In Dub - GOLD BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) $14.99
* Godflesh - Self-Titled - CLEAR SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) $18.99
* Godflesh - Streetcleaner - CLEAR SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) $16.99
* Growing - All The Way 12" (Social Registry) $11.99
* Japanther - Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt 12" (Wantage) $12.99
* Landmine Marathon - Sovereign Descent 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Phoenix Bodies / La Quiete - Split 5" (Holidays) $7.99
* The Fauns - Self-Titled 2x12" (Deep Space) $16.99
* Tideland - Pancakes - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $12.99
* Tideland - Pancakes - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $12.99
* Tideland - Pancakes - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self Released) $12.99
* Tideland - Pancakes - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self Released) $12.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Torche - Shiva Cat - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Torche - Shiva Cat - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Torche - Shiva Cat - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99
* Valkyrie - Man of Two Visions (Re-issue) CD (Meteor City) $9.99
* Valkyrie - Self Titled (Re-issue) CD (Meteor City) $9.99
* Weekend Nachos - Unforgivable - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Young Widows - Live Radio Performance April 6, 2009 - MAROON COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99

RESTOCKS:
* Baroness / Unpersons - A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk 12" (At A Loss) $16.99
* Big Business - Mind The Drift 12" (Hydra Head) $29.99
* Black Pyramid - Self-Titled CD (Meteor City) $9.99
* Growing - Live 2x12" (Conspiracy) $24.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Black T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Black T-Shirt Size: LARGE (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Black T-Shirt Size: Medium (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Black T-Shirt Size: SMALL (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Sum of the Men CD (Deep Six) $9.99
* Man Is The Bastard - White T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - White T-Shirt Size: LARGE (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - White T-Shirt Size: MEDIUM (Self Released) $11.99
* Man Is The Bastard - White T-Shirt Size: SMALL (Self Released) $11.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: LARGE $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: SMALL $14.99
* Phobia - Cruel 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Phobia - Grind Your F'ing Head In - BLUE GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Portraits of Past - Cypress Dust Witch 12" (Excursions Into The Abyss) $9.99

Thanks everyone as always! Also a quick note to say we are still slightly backed up with orders at the moment so please allow some extra time for your orders to arrive. We appreciate your patience as we scramble to keep up with the recent order volume! Again, please help out TORCHE if ya can! Thanks & peace!

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May 3, 2010

THOU - Baton Rouge 12" now available! +hella rare archive finds (ISIS, TORCHE, JESU, etc)


Quite a long time in the making (and many production headaches later), we are incredibly thrilled to announce our first vinyl release with longtime bros THOU. These Louisiana heathens have been cranking out a steady stream of sludge/doom gold since their inception a few years ago, and like fools we passed on releasing their debut album Tyrant, only to continuously regret it ever since.

Now though after years of talk, we finally put our money where our mouths are and deliver the good proper with this beautiful gatefold 12" EP release. It's an "EP" because it's 4 songs total, but it's also over 30 minutes of crushing music, set to the tune of the end of times. A seething ode to their city of inception, Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For contains by far some of THOU's best material released to date. The perfect marriage of sludge, melody, doom, hatred and melancholy... this is powerful stuff, and we're honored to present it to you.

Available on red or clear vinyl, this 12" EP is for sale now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

You can stream the bulk of the EP at our myspace page or download it (and everything else they've released) at the band's website.

It'd also be a good time to mention the other recent vinyl releases we've just dropped from TIDELAND (Asleep In The Graveyard debut 12"), CAPSULE (Self-Titled collections 12") and FLOOR (Below & Beyond discography deluxe box set), all of which are still available from us. The label hasn't been this active with new releases in a LONG time and it'd help us heaps if you picked something up.

On that same tip, we dug up a bunch of personal archive stash stuff and put it up on the store. Sold out releases from ISIS (the box set!), TORCHE (first two LPs) and the BATTLE OF MICE / JESU split as well. It's highly unlikely we'll ever be re-stocking any of that stuff again, so strike now or forever hold your peace.

And last but not least, of course, are the new items and restocks to the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Two killer THOU splits restocked from our European brethern at Adagio/Vendetta along with their solid catalog titles (SALOME, INDIAN SUMMER) and always-quality new releases too (NADJA, SINALOA, etc). Another new YEAR OF NO LIGHT record, this time a crazy 2xLP import, and probably the only mailorderable copies anywhere of the old SNACK TRUCK demo 7"! With a bunch of other solid releases as well, this is a good batch of stuff... here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Fix My Head / Knife in the Leg - Split 12" (Inimical) $11.99
* Funerot - And Then You F'ing Die Man 12" (Inimical) $11.99
* Highgate - Shrines To The Warhead 12" (Adagio830) $9.99
* Magrudergrind - Self-Titled 12" (Six Weeks) $9.99
* Millions Of Them - Failures 12" (Adagio830) $9.99
* Nadja / OVO - The Life And Death Of A Wasp 12" (Adagio830) $9.99
* Sinaloa - Self-Titled 12" (Adagio830) $10.99
* Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt - BLUE MARBLE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
* Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson - Self-Titled 2xCD (How Is Annie) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* A Storm Of Light / Nadja - Primitive North [split] - GLACIER COLORED VINYL 2x12"+CD $19.99
* Battle Of Mice / Jesu - Split - BLACK w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" $17.99
* Battle Of Mice / Jesu - Split - CLEAR/BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" $17.99
* Battle Of Mice / Jesu - Split - SILVER/CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" $17.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Tube Of The Resinated - CHRONIC COLORED VINYL 12" $12.99
* Corrupted - Paso Inferior 12" (Insolito) $17.99
* Indian Summer - Hidden Arithmetic 12" (Adagio830) $14.99
* Isis - Shades Of The Swarm 12x12" Box Set (Robotic Empire) $249.99
* Omega Massif / Mount Logan - Split - CLOUD GREY VINYL 12" (Vendetta) $10.99
* Salome - Self-Titled 12" (Vendetta) $10.99
* Salome - Self-Titled CD (Vendetta) $11.99
* Snack Truck - Terrier of the Pale Moon 7" (Blood Of The Drash) $4.99
* Thou / Leech - We Pass Like Night, From Land to Land - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio) $14.99
* Thou / Salome - Split 12" (Vendetta) $10.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - CHERRY BURST COLORED VINYL 12" $17.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" $19.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - PICTURE DISC 12" $24.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" $19.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - TAPWATER COLORED VINYL 12" $17.99
* Torche - Self-Titled Reissue - AUTUMN COLORED VINYL 12" $14.99
* Torche - Self-Titled Reissue - DESERT COLORED VINYL 12" $14.99
* Torche - Self-Titled Reissue - SAKE COLORED VINYL 12" $14.99

Thanks everyone as always! Also a quick note to say we are slightly backed up with orders at the moment so please allow some extra time for your orders to arrive. We appreciate your patience as we scramble to keep up with the recent order volume!

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