The Flood 7" Release!

Sweet Empire has recently signed a record deal with Black Death (http://www.blckdth.com). To celebrate this occasion Sweet Empire will be releasing the Flood EP on 7” blue and white vinyl. A CD will accompany every single one of them. The release will be on February 21^st 2010 at De Groote Weiver, Krommenie, NL (w/ Union Town, Antillectual). Pre-orders can be made via: sweetempire@gmail.com

Besides that we'd like to announce we have a new drummer; Koen. We are busy getting him ready for the upcoming shows. So come on over and see what he can do with two sticks in his hands.

2010 plans

We've got some shows coming up for 2010:

January 30th : 20:30h @ JC De Klep, Strijen, NL. (w/ The Accelerators + more)

February 20th: 20:00h @ De Groote Weiver, Krommenie, NL.

April 10th: 20:00h @ De Nozem, Heemskerk, NL. (w/ Elle Bandita)

We are also planning a short visit to Belgium, we hope to have some dates confirmed soon.

We also have some other exciting news but you have to wait a little longer for that to come out, but it's gonna be big! So check this blog soon...

That's it for now; enjoy the holidays!

x

Jort

SE

Update, finally

We haven't been standing still the last few months. We did quite a few shows (w/ the Arteries, Junky Donkey, etc. thanks guys!) and can announce we will be featured on a digital compilation album. More info about this soon, hopefully. Also we are busy with the release of our EP, which is taking way too long...

Besides that we are writing new material, so not that many shows planned. We have one though; December 19th @ Timboektoe, Wijk Aan Zee. Together with Elle Bandita, Het Brein Dat Kwam Uit De Ruimte, among others. Come down and say hi and give us beer. Thanks.

Cheerio,

Jort

Back in the NL again

We've had a blast with our tour through the UK! All the 5 shows were a success in our opinions. Hopefully we'll put a review of our tour on here asap. In the meanwhile we'd like to thank every promoter who's put us on, every band we've had the pleasure to share the stage with, every person we staid with on our short but fun tour! Thanks a lot people, this wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for you guys. You're the best.

Take care,

Jort

UK Tour 2009

It's August already!

..and we're up to playing a lot of shows, getting some new merch out, and more!

In about three weeks time we're heading to the UK to play our first "non-Dutch" shows! Five shows in five days.
September 3rd: Hobgoblin, Brighton
4th: Little Wonder, Harrogate
5th: Nag's Head, High Wycombe
6th: Fighting Cocks, Kingston
7th: Bloombury Bowling Lanes, London

Of course we have some Dutch shows as well for all you Dutchies out there:
August 15th: Asgard, Beverwijk
22nd: Panama, Amsterdam (to get on the guestlist: let us know)
September 10th: Sub071, Leiden
15th: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk
26th: Dolle Tol, Den Bosch
October 7th: Somewhere in Amsterdam

For our UK gigs we'll be having new shirts with a print of the EP layout and possibly some more goodies. Also we'll be bringing the first copies of our EP for you to buy (against a reasonable price). We're still very busy on the design and pressing of the EP so we got to rush it a bit, but it'll be just fine...

We'll that's it for now, no more important news. (as if the previous I've written was important?)

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Jort
Sweet Empire

Summertime

Whilst lots of people go on a holiday these months, we are working hard on getting our debut EP released. We are now looking hard to get a label involved. (If you are interested; let us know!)
Besides that we are still working on a t-shirt-sale-form (or something) to put on our Myspace and.. website! Yes, we are about to launch our website. Rick is going to work on the design. We hope to have this website live by the end of summer.
Also; we are getting ready to get our asses over to the UK in September. The van has been rented, the ferry has been booked, still a few things to work and we're set to go!
Last but certainly not least we have some more shows to share with you:
August
5: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam w/ The Flatliners (Can), Long Way Down
9: Uit Je Bak Festival, Castricum w/ Go Back To The Zoo, San Andreas (amongst others)
15: Cafe Asgard, Beverwijk 2/ Otis, +1
22: Panama, Amsterdam w/ Ten Threats, +1
September
15: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk w/ The Arteries (UK), Het Brein DKUDR

UK TOUR:
September 3rd - 7th (check our myspace)

Till the next blog!

Jort
Sweet Empire

Beeckestijn success!

Our show at Beeckestijn Pop 2009 was a big success. We enjoyed playing there a lot and together with the beautiful weather and great crowd it was a perfect day for a festival!

BTW; our t-shirts will be on sale via our Myspace soon!!

Shows, shows, shows!

This weekend will be an exciting one for us!!

We'll be playing the main stage of the Beeckestijn Festival (http://www.beeckestijnpop.nl) @ 16:20h amongst great acts including: De Kift, Drive Like Maria and De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig. To put it in one word: STOKED! If you can please drop by and show us some support that would be great, the festival is free..

We are also playing a bit smaller but just as fun gig this Friday in JC Frats, Bergen, NL. Entrance is also free so feel free to free your mind at our gig that night.

The UK tour is finally coming along pretty well! We probably have all the dates filled, we're waiting on some confirmations... This is how it looks like now:

Thursday September 3rd: Hobgoblin, Brighton (w/The Arteries, The Cut Ups, Serf Combat)

Friday September 4th: TBC, Harrogate

Saturday September 5th: TBC, High Wycombe

Sunday September 6th: Fighting Cocks, Kinston (w/ Down and Outs)

Also we are happy to announce we're playing with The Flatliners (US, Fat Wreck) and Long Way Down in Winston, Amsterdam on Wednesday August 5th! (7 euros) This should be amazing!

The Arteries (UK) will be playing a show with us in Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk on Tuesday September 15th. Our dear friends of Het Brein Dat Kwam Uit De Ruimte will also show us what they've got that night.

Well that's it for now! My head is spinning because of all the different dates, bands, costs, whatsoever... Catch you later!

Jort

Sweet Empire

P.S. all the excitement over the shows forget me to tell you we will be having t-shirts this Friday (on sale at Beeckestijn!) Check it out:

Out of the studio, out of the smell of farts

Finally we're out of the stinking studio! We're done recording and we are very stoked to hear the final mix and master... It's gonna be great! Nico (Smash the Statues) did a hell of a job letting us sound like we can actually play our instruments, respect!

So we'll have an EP out soon, besides that we're now arguing about t-shirt designs. Rick is working on it, we hope to have the t-shirts by June.

Sweet Empire is on the rise so please keep checking this page for all the updates! Thanks for your support!

x

SE

It's recording time (and other stuff)!

Hey!

We're stoked...! Stoked to get into the studio tomorrow and to get out of it Sunday again. We'll record our first EP with Nico of Smash The Statues. Can't wait for you to hear it! Keep checking back for updates on the recordings.

Besides that we are still booking our UK tour. September 4th is now also available. So if anyone can help out, let us know! Thanks! We are also proud to announce our first date has been 

confirmed. Sunday September 6th we'll play the Fighting Cocks in Kingston! You better be there! :)

Also it's quite fun to note we have won a local band battle and we are now priviliged to play the main stage of the famous Beeckestijn Festival. We'll perform at 16:30 amongst other acts such as: DeWolff, De Kift, De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, Che Sudaka, and Drive Like Maria! Don't miss it; Saturday June 13th: beeckestijnpop.nl

Besides that we have won studio time at the Popbunker, IJmuiden. More info on what this exactly means will follow. For all you Dutchies out there see the press release(s) here:

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P.S. check this drunk picture, taken just after we won the band battle final:

(unfortunately Lionn is not on it)

Update on UK tour

The dates have been changed to:

Saturday September 5th - Wednesday September 9th!

Any help is very welcome! We're working hard to get this (dream) sorted out...

Hope to have some great news in the next post...

update: t-shirts, EP, UK tour

We're working hard on sorting out t-shirts, the lay out / packaging of our EP and a UK tour.

More info on the first two subjects soon, now we'll elaborate a bit more on the UK tour because we might need YOUR help!

We're looking for shows August 21st through August 24th. Preferably South England, but hey, that's preferably. We're not asking for much; some gas money, food, a place to stay the night would be amazing! If you can help us in any way (gig, contacts, tips, hints, etc.) please get in contact. 

You can contact us via Myspace or mail us at sweetempire [at] gmail.com

Thanks a lot! 

No recordings done

Well April starts off rather shitty. The recordings were cancelled unfortunately. We'll probably won't reschedule this and just go for the real deal in May at once.

The good news is we're writing new songs and they're gonna be amazing! Be sure to catch us at a concert to hear the new stuff, it'll blow you away! (how cocky sounds that, but it's true, we're amazing...) :)

That brings us to the next occasion to see us perform which is coming Friday at Victorie, Almaar, NL. Doors open @ 9pm and there's no entrance fee. See you there!

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That's it for March

March, a month full of great gigs, couldn't have a happier end for us. We entered a band competition just for fun and now we've suddenly ended up in the final round! Yesterday we had to play a 20 minute gig to impress a jury. They probably liked us (or Rowald did them a "favour"), because we're in the finals 29th April @ Nozem, Heemskerk, NL. So if you're in the area; drop by and give us some support!

Besides that we still these other 2 shows coming up:

April 10th @ Victorie, Alkmaar, NL

May 29th @ Storey Club, Akersloot, NL

Next week we will be recording again. We'll record the songs we haven't recorded yet. Out of all the recorded material we'll choose some songs to re-record in a big, fancy, classy studio somewhere in May. So keep checking our MySpace for on news on this.

BTW, Lionn is going on a well deserved holiday! Think he's going to Indonesia or Thailand for two weeks, lucky bastard! So we won't have any shows or activity for two weeks in April.

That's it for now. I'm off: to Rowald's birthday. Beer and veggie shit, nice.

Jort / Sweet Empire

Recordings

The songs you can listen to on our Myspace were recorded in our rehearsal room last February. In two weeks we will do another rehearsal room recording session (about 4 songs again). We'll be choosing the best out of those two recordings and we will hit a real studio in May to record our first official release! We'll keep you posted...

Shows!

Of course we are always on the look out for (more) shows but in the mean time come and check us out at the following occasions:

Saturday March 21st: 17:00h: De Nozem, Heemskerk, NL. 

http://www.nozemennon.nl

Saturday March 21st: 20:00h: Babylon, Woerden, NL.

http://www.belangrijk.nl

Saturday March 28th: 20:00h: De Lageweg, Wijk Aan Zee, NL.

http://www.ijmondpop.nl

If you'd like to book us: sweetempire@gmail.com

See you at the show!

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Hey there,

Just a quick note to let you know we are know "blogging", as well. Not that we are real blog-heads but this profile is just to drop some news, and so, once in a while, sometimes. In the meanwhile check our other online presences:

http://www.myspace.com/sweetempiremusic

and for all you Dutch bastards: http://sweetempire.hyves.net

Bye there!