Monday 13 December 2010

Still Thinking Compilation

Our song 'Emma' has been featured on an awesome digital compilation by Still Thinking. Get your copy here.

Other bands featured on this compilation are: From Plan To Progress, Antillectual, Astpai, Apologies I Have None, Bangers, amongst others.

Wednesday 8 December 2010

News

We've got some news:

- We've set 'The Flood' as a donation based download up at our Bandcamp profile.
- A review of our gig with Swingin' Utters, the Riot Before and Bratpack has been posted here (in Dutch).
- We have buttons for sale at our webshop.
- We've got four more shows this year:
10th: De Kade, Zaandam (NL) w/ Het Brein... and MRF
13th: Rehearsal Room, Heiloo (NL) w/ Our Time Down Here
24th: Cafe Clouso, Meppel (NL) w/ Rush'n'Attack, Antillectual, This Routine Is Hell, Frightening Fiction
- We are planning a tour to the UK for the end of January / beginning of February. More news on this soon!

Cheers big ears!

Thursday 25 November 2010

December 2010

This is what we're doing in December:

Receiving our buttons! (1 inch, the classic stuff!)


Playing some shows:
December 3rd @ JOC DieZie, Roeselare, Belgium
December 10th @ De Kade, Zaandam
December 13th @ tba, NL
December 24th @ Cafe Clouso, Meppel
December 30th @ Feestival, Zaandam

That's it!

Please keep checking our sites (see links) for updates! We've got big plans for 2011!
Ow, and we have a bandcamp-site up now. Stream 'The Flood' EP over there. CLICK!

Sunday 7 November 2010

Near and of year, sort of

We're getting closer and closer to saying 2010 goodbye. Still, we have some shows left for 2010. Check 'm out here or here. We have lots of plans for 2011, hope to be able to share some soon.

Also the Sweet Empire stickers are in. Please pick some up at a show, they're free!





Friday 15 October 2010

two shows confirmed for November w/ Swingin' Utters

As of now, we have two confirmed shows in November. Both are supporting the legends that are Swingin' Utters. November 5th at Winston, Amsterdam and November 27th at Willemeen, Arnhem. Be sure to be there!
We are also changing our focus to writing songs for a possible LP that is possibly coming up. We're stoked, possibly, hope you're too...
Catch you later alligator!

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Some live pics

Here are some pictures of us live at Onderbroek, Nijmegen (NL) and Bakkerij, Castricum (NL).
Thanks to Jorinde Reijnierse (jorindephotography.nl) and Lars Jansen (lars-jansen.com) for making us look as pretty as possible!












Monday 4 October 2010

Mesh caps on sale!

We've spend some time making mesh caps for you! We sprayed the logo on ourselves, DIY to the bone! Check them out over at ouronline store and get one before they run out!

x SE





Thursday 2 September 2010

Website (kinda)

Lets start with some (more) bad news. After the tour was cancelled, the upcoming split also has been cancelled. We are now looking into what to do with the songs.. Hopefully we will have a more brighter post on this soon.

Besides that there is also some good news! Our show in Leeuwarden has been moved to a bigger venue, Poppodium Romein instead of Mukkes. We will be playing the seasonal opening of the venue on September 18th (free entrance!).
Also, a friend of ours came up with the idea to get http://www.sweetempire.nl for us. It now redirects to our Myspace! This makes us think of making an actual website btw... Our new e-mail address is info@sweetempire.nl
Thanks to Bas for being so kind to do this for us!

'till next time!
- Jort

Thursday 5 August 2010

New song online!


We've added a new song, called 'Emma', to our Myspace. It will be featured on a upcoming 3way split with Bastad! Rats! (UK) and Sweet Revenge (UK). More info on this soon! Enjoy the track!

Unfortunately Leagues Apart had to cancel the European tour. We are trying to play the confirmed shows still. Hopefully we'll be doing the tour soon!

Also, next week we'll be playing a show with This Routine Is Hell at Asgard, Beverwijk. Check out the flyer:



Wednesday 14 July 2010

Flyers and shait

So, we are sorting out this European tour with Leagues Apart from the UK. We are trying to visit Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria. Some dates that are confirmed already:
October 1st - JH Zjupjup, Wakken, Belgium w/ Dear Hearts (BE)
October 2nd - Bakkerij, Castricum, Netherlands - Pollination Event
October 8th - Triebwerk, Wiener-Neustadt, Austria

If you think you can help out with shows and/or contacts please contact us!

Check out the flyer for the shows with the Arteries and Bangers:



And the first flyer for the Euro tour:


- Jort

Monday 5 July 2010

Review time again!

Yet another review of our Flood 7", this time over here... including hypnotoad tattoo appreciation!

We're still enjoying our little break, so we can write some new songs for a LP. In the meantime we're happy to announce we're playing with Swingin Utters! November 27th at Willemeen in Arnhem...

Also, a split is coming up, more on this soon!

- Jort

Thursday 17 June 2010

Update June

It has been some time since our last update.
We've been doing quite a few shows in Holland and are trying to get a European tour together for October 2010. We'll be heading out with our good friends of Leagues Apart (UK).
Right before that tour we have 3 shows confirmed with The Arteries (UK) and Bangers (UK). 28-30 September in: Heemskerk, Utrecht and Einhoven. Check our myspace for details.

Whilst working on the tour and new songs, we will enjoy our holidays and we'll see you again in August!

- Jort

Friday 21 May 2010

Germany, Review, Shows

We're back from Germany as well. We had a great time and saw Germany in all its beauty! Thanks to everyone who helped out!

There's also a new review of 'the Flood' for you all to read. It's on Punknews.org and you can check it out over here.

Also, we've added some new shows. Check the myspace for all the dates or see some of the flyers below.







Wednesday 12 May 2010

T-shirts

We have got new t-shirts in, this time even girlies. If you'd like to own one, you can order fromour webstore

- caroline FOTL ladyfit
- Gildan heavyweight chorcoal

- Gildan heavyweight indigo


Tuesday 11 May 2010

England, Germany, Review

So we just got back from doing 3 gigs in England. We had a blast and enjoyed every single second of it. We'd like to thank everyone who has helped us out with these gigs as well as everyone who came down to see us! You know who you are... Thanks! We will post some pictures (maybe even video) when we got them all together.

Coming weekend we will be in Germany for two shows (see our dates on the myspace). If you are in the area please come and see the show. We are looking forward to it!

Also we have another review (in Dutch) of 'the Flood' on podiuminfo.nl / festivalinfo.nl, check it out over here

Saturday 1 May 2010

UP Magazine

We've been featured in a Dutch music magazine called UP Magazine. It's a nice little article, check it out:
(I hope it's big enough to read, if not, click here)

New t-shirts have been delayed a bit but will arrive coming Thursday! Just in time for our UK visit of next week. Hope to see you all there...

'till next time!


Tuesday 13 April 2010

Another review

This time at Asice.net, in English, check it out over here .

Also, the two songs we've just recorded are in the mix as we speak. New t-shirts will arrive within a week. Be siked! Keep an eye on our shop...

And now for some flyers (of recently confirmed gigs):





Monday 29 March 2010

Stream at Punknews.org

Check out a stream of the entire 'the Flood' EP over at Punknews.org

Thursday 25 March 2010

Update

We hope to have some more reviews for you to read in the near future... In the meantime we'd like to point your attention to some (new) shows:

March:
26th: Vliet 60, Den Helder, NL w/ Undefused
28th: Onderboek, Nijmegen, NL w/ Ninja Gun (US)
April:
10th: Nozem, Heemskerk, NL w/ Elle Bandita
16th: Dynamo, Eindhoven, NL w/ Antillectual and Screw Houston Start Screaming
18th: JH Knipperlicht, Zulte, BE w/ Pretty Whores (Swe) and Dear Hearts (Be)
May:
7th: GYC, Guildford, UK w/ Statues (Can), Vicious Cycle (Can) + more
8th: Crabtrees, Harrogate, UK w/ Sweet Revenge (UK) + more
9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton, UK w/ The Great St. Louis + more
15th: Jugend Cafe, Zwiesel, DE w/ Go Rampage (De) + more
28th: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL w/ Sellfish, De Aanslag
August:
15th: Asgard, Beverwijk, NL w/ Het Brein...
September:
15th: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, NL w/ Dead To Me (US), Sellfish
18th: Mukkes, Leeuwarden, NL w/ Barn Burner (Can)
28th: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk, NL w/ The Arteries (UK), Bangers (UK)

Check the flyers:




Also, if you still don't have our EP, shame on you:

For you UK people, check these out:
http://differentkitchen.bigcartel.com

Now I got to catch a bus.. Until next time!
Keep the soul alive...






Monday 8 March 2010

Second review

A second review of 'The Flood' has been published (in Dutch again). Please check it out over here. It is on one of our favorite websites Punx.nl

Here's an update on where you can buy 'The Flood' from:
- our shop
Or just search for:
NL: Shield Recordings, Reflections Records, Crucial Attack, Sonic Rendezvous, Crashlanding Records, De Graanrepubliek, U-Lit Records (coming soon).
UK (coming soon): All In Vinyl, Different Kitchen Records.
DE (coming soon): Yo-Yo Records.

BTW; We are looking for shows in Belgium (April 17th / 18th) and Germany (May 14th / 15th), if you can help us out, please let us know! Thanks...

That's it for now, until next time, bye

Monday 1 March 2010

Recordings

We spent last weekend in the studio to record two new songs 'On Fake Borders' and 'Emma'. Recordings are done and now it's time for mixing and mastering. We will hopefully release these songs on a split. More info will follow.

We also did a photoshoot last week because we wanted to feel like real rockstars. The photos have been published on a Dutch music website called 3voor12. Check the whole thing out here.

The first review of 'the Flood' is also online. It's on the PlugOut website (Dutch): here!

Besides that the upcoming shows are:

March 26th: Vliet60, Den Helder, NL

March 28th: De Onderbroek, Nijmegen, NL

April 10th: De Nozem en de Non, Heemskerk, NL

April 17th: JH De Choke, Herselt, Belgium

May 7th: GYC, Guildford, England

May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate, England

May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton, England

May 28th: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL

August 15th: Asgard, Beverwijk, NL

Wednesday 24 February 2010

The Flood out now!

Finally, we have released our debut EP 7" called The Flood (on white and light blue vinyl) on Black Death Records.
Check our webstore: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com or the label's site:http://www.blckdth.com to get a hold of the record.

Now check this out:

Artist: Sweet Empire
Title: The Flood
Released: February 20th 2010
Label: Black Death Records (blckdth015)


Tracklist:

Side S:
1. Flood
2. Chaplin
3. Intelligent Design

Side E:
4. Red Flags
5. A Mood So Ordinary

Wow.

Coming up soon:
- Tour video
- New t-shirts
- More things I can't think of right now.

Thursday 4 February 2010

Webshop and more

We have recently set up a webstore, on which you can order 'The Flood' and other cool Sweet Empire stuff. Check: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com
Don't forget to come down to the Groote Weiver, Krommenie for our EP release show on February 20th!


BTW; Jort, our guitarman, is hosting a show in Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk on Tuesday April 6th; Ninja Gun (US), Caves (UK) and Bivouac (NL) will be appearing! Free entrance for everyone...

Tuesday 19 January 2010

UK visit

We proudly announce the dates of our upcoming UK visit have been confirmed:

Friday May 7th: GYC, Guildford w/ Statues (Can) and Vicious Cycle (Can)
Saturday May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate w/ Ericbana + 2 tba
Sunday May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton w/ the Great St. Louis, Droves, + 1 tba

We can't wait to get back over to the UK! See you there... Next time we will be over for a longer period, unfortunately work/uni have withheld us from a longer visit.

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Disconnect Disconnect Compilation

Our song 'Flood' has been featured on a great (free but feel free to donate) compilation which is available for download here:

This compilation, made available by Disconnect Disconnect records, contains 19 tracks in total with bands such as Rentokill and Red Lights Flash. This will surely make your day a bit better!

Also make sure you check out this great record label over here:

We'd like to thank John for making all this possible!

Enjoy!