August 11, 2014

New TILTS album, three MAN IS THE BASTARD / NOISE t-shirts, rad distro items and more!


We're thrilled to announce that the crowdfunded sophomore album from St. Louis' rock quartet TILTS is finally available on vinyl! Cuatro Hombres is 10 rippin tracks of rock and/or roll, with enough heavy spice added in to make it absolutely bombastic. A song premiere for "Touchdowns" happened via Noisey/Vice, and can be heard here.

Like the debut album (which was also re-pressed alongside this new LP), TILTS entirely self-recorded this beast, then had RVA engineer Ian Whalen (RAH BRAHS, TOMBS, LAMB OF GOD) mix the songs from there. James Plotkin has mastered the release specifically for vinyl, and separately for the included high quality digital-download card.

Both Cuatro Hombres and the self-titled debut LP sport woodcut cover art courtesy of Tom Huck, and are each available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.
* Listen to "Thomas Jefferson II" or "Touchdowns" from the Cuatro Hombres LP
* Listen to "Hot For Pizza" or "Mexiqo" from the Self-Titled LP
* Order the vinyl here!

Beyond that we've got a stack of new shirts from MAN IS THE BASTARD / BASTARD NOISE in house, officially Wood-sanctioned. The iconic SKULL is now available as a large black-and-grey on grey shirt, or maroon-and-yellow on orange shirt. For the stoic/bogan types, we're also scavenged art off the infamous CROSSED OUT split on Slap A Ham, for a classic white-on-black double-sided shirt.

* Grab MAN IS THE BASTARD / NOISE merch in the Robotic Empire - Online Store


Further on that classic black-n-white SKULL tip comes a left field one we scored a few of, the limited MISFITS X GRATEFUL DEAD "Steal Yr Skull" shirt. Printed on Gildan soft style shirts, these two other iconic skulls are merged where the Crimson Ghost finally rests within the Dead Head.

* Pick up the GRATEFUL DEAD x MISFITS shirt at the Robotic Empire - Online Store

In addition to the aforementioned, we've picked up some stellar vinyl releases for thine turntables and listening enjoyment from the likes of CAPSULE, BLOODPHEASANT, LATE BLOOMER, LOCKTENDER, PRIMITIVE MAN and PYGMY LUSH. Here's the full list:

NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS:
* Bloodpheasant - Traum 12" (Tor Johnson) $7.99
* Capsule - No Ghost 12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $9.99
* Grateful Dead X Misfits - Steal Your Skull T-Shirt Size EXTRA LARGE $14.99
* Grateful Dead X Misfits - Steal Your Skull T-Shirt Size LARGE $14.99
* Grateful Dead X Misfits - Steal Your Skull T-Shirt Size MEDIUM $14.99
* Grateful Dead X Misfits - Steal Your Skull T-Shirt Size SMALL $14.99
* Late Bloomer - Things Change 12" - BLUE TEAL COLORED VINYL (Tor Johnson) $7.99
* Locktender - Rodin 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Halo Of Flies) $12.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Grey Skull T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Grey Skull T-Shirt Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Grey Skull T-Shirt Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Grey Skull T-Shirt Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Orange Skull T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Orange Skull T-Shirt Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Orange Skull T-Shirt Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard / Noise - Orange Skull T-Shirt Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Two Sided Crossed Out T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Two Sided Crossed Out T-Shirt Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Two Sided Crossed Out T-Shirt Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Man Is The Bastard - Two Sided Crossed Out T-Shirt Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $17.99
* Primitive Man / Hexis - Split 10" (Halo Of Flies) $10.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" - 180 GRAM VINYL (Lovitt) $12.99
* Tilts - Cuatro Hombres - PINK OOZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Tilts - Cuatro Hombres 12" - TEST PRESS VINYL (Robotic Empire) $24.99
* Tilts - Self-Titled 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Robotic Empire) $14.99

It's nice to be back in the saddle with a proper update. Head on over to the Robotic Empire - Online Store for all of this and thousands of other titles from lots of rad bands.

Big ups! - Team Robo