10 Compilation CDs for $10.00 Sale

The Cheapo CD sampler quickly rose to power during the mid 90’s. Labels like Fat, Epitaph, Victory, Asian Man, and Hopeless were well known by their branded cheapo sampler as it was the best way to find out about new acts. Even labels like Suburban Home got in on the craze and at one time, we sold quite a few compilation CDs. We had a series called Playing 4 Square which I thought was a pretty cool idea as it was a 4 way label sampler featuring tracks from 4 up and coming indie labels. The 3 volumes we did featured tracks from acts as varied as Lagwagon, New Found Glory, Jealous Sound, No Knife, Communique, Ted Leo and the Pharmicists, Rx Bandits, Rainer Maria, The STarting Line, Brackit, Armchair Martian, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes all made appearances on the series.

Fast forward to 2007 and compilation CDs just don’t have the same power they once did. With myspace and mp3s on label sites, you can find out about bands very easily. But trust me when I say that in the mid to late 90’s you would look forward to new compilation CDs as it was assured that you would find a song by a band you have never heard and that would inspire you to find their release.

Take a trip back in time with me and take advantage of this incredible deal. Just the fact that you will be getting 10 CDs for $10 is pretty amazing. Then think about the number of tracks, 329, which would cost you an arm and a leg on most digital destinations. The samplers featured in this sale represent a small part of indie history and a bit portion of Suburban Home’s past. This sale features Suburban Home’s very first CD we ever released, the compilation “Punk, It’s All About the Orchis Factor”. Yes, I realize it is a dumb name, but it is still a fun listen. The 10 Compilation CDs will feature 10 of the following 13 possibilities:

Amp Magazine Presents Presents Vol 1 Hardcore
Amp Magazine Presents Presents Vol 2 Street Punk
Amp Magazine Presents Volume 3: Metal
Amp Magazine Presents Volume 4: Pop-Punk
Broken Lamps and Hardcore Memories
Broken Lamps and Hardcore Memories vol 2
NO-FI TRASH CD compilation
PLAYING 4 SQUARE 1
PLAYING 4 SQUARE 2
PLAYING 4 SQUARE 3
Punk, It’s All About the Orchis Factor
RITALIN RIOT 2 COMPILATION CD
Ritalin Riot CD compilation

We will pick the CDs that go into the sale, but if you already have a couple, feel free to email us and we will make special note of your order. Media Mail shipping in the states will cost you only $3.00 more. International orders if you are ok without having Jewel Cases, we will send your order Global Priority for only $10.00.

Enjoy a nice batch of time capsules with this sale.

Suburban Home Pick 5 CDs for $25 Sale

It is harder now trying to sell compact discs than it has ever been. Running a label in the post-file sharing world is not an easy task. There are entire generations of music fans that don’t consider music to have any monetary cost. Where will that leave labels like Suburban Home in the future? Anyone’s guess is as good as mine, but while Suburban Home still has some life in it, it only makes sense to attempt to adapt considering the current market conditions. We have always tried to have an inexpensive option to purchase our music and if you were to order any Suburban Home full length directly from us, you will never pay more that $8.99.

Although we consider this to be a rather good deal, we realize that it is impossible to compete with FREE. That considered, we are now offering any 5 Suburban Home releases (and some non-suburban home releases) for the low price of $25.00(whiskey is not included). That is only $5.00 per album and when you compare that to $13 to $16 bucks at a mall or chain store, that is a hell of a price. Understand that purchasing Suburban Home titles goes to help us and our bands out which doesn’t happen when you file-share or copy music.
Shipping: We have inexpensive shipping options for US and worldwide customers. $3.00 for media mail in the U.S. and $10.00 for Global Priority (without jewel cases) worldwide.

Follow these simples steps:

1. Pick 5 CDs (the entire list is below, no duplicates please)
2. Purchase this sale by adding it to your cart and paying for it.
3. Email the 5 releases you want to info@suburbanhomerecords.com.
4. Enjoy 5 radical discs when they are delivered to your front door.

Click the following link to see the entire list of Suburban Home Records and Distributed titles. You will see that there are releases available from Drag the River, Tim Barry, Smoking Popes, Gamits, Love Me Destroyer, Kane Hodder, Stereotyperider, Bayside, Ghost Buffalo, Pinhead Circus, Adventures of Jet, Cardinal Sin, and much more.

Examples: You can pick up all Drag the River CDs as we carry all 6 of their CDs between Suburban Home and non-Suburban Home titles. You can stock up on the latest Suburban Home releases (which includes Drag the River “hobos”, “chicken demos”, “closed”, Love Me Destroyer “The Things ARound us Burn”, and Tim Barry “Rivanna Junction”).

SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS TITLES
ADVENTURES OF JET “Muscle”
DECAY “Destiny”
DRAG THE RIVER It’s Crazy
DRAG THE RIVER Hobo’s Demos re-release
DRAG THE RIVER Closed re-release
DRAG THE RIVER Chicken Demos re-release
F.Y.P/CHANIWA F.Y.P/CHANIWA split
FAIRLANES “songs for cruising”
FAIRLANES Welcome to Nowhere
GAMITS “A Small Price to Pay”
GAMITS Antidote
GAMITS endorsed by you
GHOST BUFFALO S/t
HOMELESS WONDERS S/t
LAYMEN TERMS “3 Weeks In”
LAYMEN TERMS Drive To Nowhere
LOVE ME DESTROYER The Things Around Us Burn
LOVE ME DESTROYER “Black Heart Affair”
NOBODYS I’ve Been Everywhere
OBLIVION sweatpants u.s.a.
RISE Reclamation Process
STEREOTYPERIDER “Same Chords, Same Songs, Same Six Strings”
STEREOTYPERIDER Under the Influence
STEREOTYPERIDER Prolonging the Inevitable
TIM BARRY Rivanna Junction
V/a NO BORDERS Japanese/American Hardcore Comp
V/a PLAYING 4 SQUARE Sampler
V/a NO-FI TRASH CD compilation
V/a PLAYING 4 SQUARE 2 Sampler
V/a PLAYING 4 SQUARE 3
Various Artists “Punk, It’s All About the Orchis Factor”
SUBURBAN HOME DISTRIBUTED TITLES
ACTION TOOLBELT S/t
AEFFECT Secrets and Lies
AGENT FELIX “When Pigs Fly”
AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN “Print is Dead”
ANTI-ANTI “Hooray For Everything”
ATTENTION: “Say what you mean what you say”
BAYSIDE/NAME TAKEN spilt CD
BLUE SHADE WITNESS s/t
BOMB CHILD Nothing Lasts Forever
Bottom Line Eloquence
CADILLAC BLINDSIDE “Read the Book Seen the Movie”
CARDINAL SIN Oil and Water
CARDINAL SIN Hurry up and Wait
Chad Rex and the Victorstands gravity works fire burns
CHIXDIGGIT Best Hung Carrot in the Fridge
CHIXDIGGIT/GROOVIE GHOULIES Chronic for the Troops
CRISPUS ATTUCKS “Destroy the Teacher”
CRISPUS ATTUCKS “The first album”
CRISPUS ATTUCKS “Red and Black Attack”
Darlington Sex
DIGGER “Tattoo Broken Hearts”
DRAG THE RIVER Hey buddies…
DRAG THE RIVER Live at the Starlight double CD
DUVALL/SEVILLE split CD
ELECTRIC SUMMER “Shock”
ELECTRIC SUMMER “Love Me Destroyer”
ENABLERS To Thine Own Ruin be True
ESCAPE ENGINE Celebrity Role Model
FORTY WINKS Sweet Sweet Frenzy
Gamits “This is my Boomstick”
GAMITS “Rose Harbor Anthems”
GOLDENBOY Right Kind of Wrong
HONOR SYSTEM “Rise and Run”
HONOR SYSTEM “100% Synthetic”
HUNTINGTONS “self-titled album”
INDEPENDENTS “Full Moon Arise”
INSPECTION 12 Get Rad
IRRADIO Make-UP for the Inaugerated
Jenny Choi Postcard Stories
Kane Hodder “a frank exploration of voyeurism and violence”
Kane Hodder The Pleasure to Remain So Heartless
KIDSNACK “First Steps”
Kite Eating Tree “Method: Fail Repeat”
KUT U UP “Pulled Over”
LAYMEN TERMS “An Introduction”
LAYMEN TERMS “Since Last December”
MADISON For the first time in years…I’m leaving you
MANGES Go Down
MIKE FELUMLEE “64 Hours”
MIKE FELUMLEE/DAN ANDRIANO (FROM ALKALINE TRIO) split CD
PINHEAD CIRCUS “Fall in Love All Over Again”
PINHEAD CIRCUS “Live at Last”
QUEERS Summer Hits No. 1
RACE THE SUN The rest of our lives is tonite
RESPIRA “This Is Not What You Had Planned”
RHYTHM COLLISION All Bombs Away
Ruth’s Hat The Hitchhikers Guide to Rock and Roll
SHADOWBOXER Dark at the End of the Tunnel
SMOKING POPES “The Party’s Over”
SONNY “A Temporary Remedy”
SPLIT HABIT “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is”
The Fairlanes/Stinking Polecats Split
THIRTY3 Ether
THUMBS “Make America Strong”
TOM DAILY “Tragedy of Fanbelts”
TRAVOLTAS “Endless Summer”
TRAVOLTAS The High School Reunion
TRI-FIVES Won’t Back Down
V/a Jawbreaker Tribute Compilation
V/a “The New Frontier”
V/a “Smoking Popes Tribute”
V/A “Punk Vs Emo”
V/A DISARMING VIOLENCE
VANILLA SKY Waiting for Something
WE’RE ALL BROKEN Campaign Moving Slow
Zella mayzell The Murder, Porn, and Fatherhood Ep

SH Pint Glass set (Drag the River,Tim Barry,Love Me Destroyer, + Ghost Buffalo)

For a very short time (maybe only 1 week), we are selling you the Suburban Home Pint Glass set for $10.00. The price is normally $20, but the pint glasses take up a lot of room and we need to clear out the boxes before our big move. As the photo suggests, you get 4 pint glasses which includes designs by Drag the River, Tim Barry, Love Me Destroyer, and Ghost Buffalo. We only have around 30 full sets left so I expect these to go rather quickly. At this point, we are not sure that we will make another batch so you could possibly get 1 of only 100 sets of pint glasses. You will see that the $3.00 all you can ship shipping is not available for this sale as we send the glasses with insurance as there is always that chance that one can break. But media mail shipping is only $6.00 so if you live in the states, you can get an entire set for $16.00 delivered to your house.

Do not snooze on this sale! The glasses are amazing and trust me when I say that beer tastes better out of them and life has been so much better since having some Suburban Home pint glasses! ]]> http://www.deadformat.com/2007/04/03/new-sale-suburban-home-pint-glass-set-only-1000/feed/ http://www.deadformat.com/2007/04/03/new-sale-suburban-home-pint-glass-set-only-1000/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DeadFormat/~3/105020406/ http://www.deadformat.com/2007/03/28/t-shirt-super-sale-part-2-this-ones-for-the-ladies/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:23:39 +0000 virgil Dead Format News http://www.deadformat.com/2007/03/28/t-shirt-super-sale-part-2-this-ones-for-the-ladies/

T-Shirt Super Sale - Women’s Sizes
(6 Items for $18.00)

This sale is very similar to the shirt sale we ran last week, this time though we are only dealing in Women’s sizes. Take a look at the descriptions and find your size. There are some really cool shirts and you will never find these kinds of deals again. Note that most of the shirts and skirts are American Apparel so make sure you know your size in AA. Good luck. The last sale sold out in like 8 hours so hopefully you get one in time!

10 T-shirts for $20 - T-shirt Super Sale!

We at Suburban Home/Dead Format are doing the unthinkable….Again. This time around, we are making an attempt to get rid of the boxes of t-shirts that crowd our workplace. This deal gets you 10 T-shirts for $20.00! Yes, that’s right, only $2.00 per shirt. The photo that you see is an example of what you will get, but since we have limited supplies of the T-shirts, each order is subject to change. We will be applying the following formula for the T-shirt sale:

• At least 1 Suburban Home T-shirt
• At least 2 Suburban Home Band T-shirts
• At least 1 Blackout Pact T-shirt
• At least 2 Amp Magazine related T-shirts
• At least 1 Superfantastic Clothing T-shirt
• 1 Non-Suburban Home band T-shirt

The way the sale works is pretty simple. You find your T-shirt size (Youth Medium, Youth Large, Small, Medium, Large, or Extra Large) and place your order. We do the rest. We promise that there will be some truly rad shirts in this deal, but I am sure that not every t-shirt will make your weekly rotation. At $2.00 per shirt, you really can’t complain. We will not be taking special requests, but there will be some folks who receive shirts by bands such as the Gamits, Mars Volta, Stereotyperider, Against Me, Love Me Destroyer, Rise Against, Drag the River, Curl Up and Die, Ghost Buffalo, Avenged Sevenfold, Quicksand, Atryu, Laymen Terms, Limbeck, Blink 182, and more.

There are only a handful of these t-shirt deals per size so don’t get caught thinking about it. Now that the weather is getting super nice, you can’t afford to miss out on this deal.

Bayside Super Sale (3 CDs for $9.99)

Smoking Popes Super Sale (4 CDs for $9.99)

The Queers Super Sale (3 CDs for $9.99) Punk

Tribute CD Lot (Jawbreaker, Green Day, Smoking Popes)

Just as the titles suggest, we set up a number of Super Sales. Whether you like Bayside, The Queers, Smoking Popes, or Tribute compilations, we have a sale for you. Click each link to see what all you get for the small $9.99 price tag.. You will be stoked you did!

Propagandhi “Live from Occupied Territory: An official bootleg” DVD

PRE-ORDERS WILL RECEIVE “TAKE PENCILIN” THE G7 LABEL SAMPLER FOR FREE WITH DVD ORDERS

Propagandhi play a benefit show for the Grassy Narrows First Nation Blockade and the International Solidarity Movement at the Zoo (the venue, not the animal prison) in Winnipeg, Canada in 2003. Set features songs from all their full-length records in addition to some rare cover tunes along with early incarnations of tracks from Potemkin City Limits, released 2 years later. Show is videotaped by crowd members and recorded and mixed by the band. Band intends DVD release to raise further money to sustain the Grassy Narrows Blockade and the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which the band consider to be interconnected issues. DVD extras include the full-length documentary film Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land, the independently produced documentary As Long As the Rivers Flow: the story of the Grassy Narrows Blockade, a ridiculous commentary track by Chris Hannah of Propagandhi and Derek Hogue of G7 Records, and photo galleries.

Two Cow Garage “III” CD

Two Cow Garage’s new full-length recording, III, presents theband’s continued progression. While retaining the high octanerock of their previous releases, it’s not difficult to appreciate theband’s maturation both lyrically and musically. While a departureto some degree, expect existing fans to love it, and new fans tobe drawn in.

Death By Stereo “Death Alive” CD

Death By Stereo is one of the best hardcore/punk bandsin the world, plays a rowdy show in their home base ofCalifornia and shows how much aggression one bandcan pack in a live rock show.

Nakatomi Plaza “Unsettled” CD

Unsettled is the new full length CD from Brooklyn NY’s NAKATOMIPLAZA. 11 Songs produced by J. Robbins (of Jawbox and BurningAirlines). Showing off as much their ability to write sharp hooks astheir amazing musicianship. With sharp social commentary thebands 3 vocalists carefully weave between indie rock, screamo, and pop.

Suburban Home is Heading Back to the Suburbs / Dead Format Will Soon be Dead

Suburban Home Records has been my life for the past 11 years. Through my experiences with the label, I have had some of the most incredible times of my life, met some of my best friends, and even found the love of my life. Although some of my greatest moments have occurred because of Suburban Home, I have also experienced some of my lowest lows. Running a record label in 2007 has become much more difficult considering the music retail landscape. Due to declining sales/revenue, I have been forced to make a very difficult decision. On May 1st, 2007, Suburban Home will have to cut back on staff and move the company into the residence I share with my wife and son, my Suburban Home.

We had a meeting a couple weeks ago addressing all of the issues going on at Suburban Home. I explained to our staff that I had some difficult things to say. I mentioned the fact that it has become more difficult than ever to sell music, even though most of our acts are doing incredible tours and seem to be slowly taking off. I spoke about the fact that Dead Format, our online store that sells CDs, DVDs, and clothing, was doing the worst it had ever done. I talked about the fact that currently, I am paying a mortgage and a rent, 2 utilities, 2 phone bills, 2 internets, and that combined with everyone’s salaries, it was necessary to make some drastic changes in order to survive in the post file-sharing age. I asked for my staff’s support through the next couple of months. I was on the verge of tears during our meeting, and a couple of our employees cried towards the end of our discussion.

A couple Saturday’s ago while at the Love Me Destroyer CD release show, someone came up to me and had asked me if Suburban Home was going under. As word spreads about things phasing down at Suburban Home, I figured that there might be people who would think that Suburban Home was about to close shop. One reason I wanted to write this rather lengthy explanation of the circumstances around Suburban Home was to clarify what is going on. Suburban Home has no plans to close up shop. We plan to continue to release records by bands we love, and we actually have a few new artists working on releases for us right now that we will soon announce. The move from our office to my house, and the unfortunate decision to cut staff, will help Suburban Home to survive financial disaster. We will be phasing out Dead Format all together as we are having the hardest time trying to sell CDs. Selling CDs have been difficult for the reasons everyone knows but in many situations we can’t offer competitive prices on key titles. The fact that we have to charge $13.99 for the new Shins album when most big box retailers have it for $9.99 is a big problem. On the flip side, Vinyl Collective is doing better and better every month and much of my focus will be on the Vinyl Collective store and vinyl imprint. To give you an example; we have not sold a single copy of the new Shins album, “Wincing the Night Away”, on CD, where as it sold over 100,000 copies in its first week and over 200,000 in 3 weeks. However, we have sold almost 50 copies of the LP version through Vinyl Collective. That, combined with our own vinyl releases has been the single most successful thing going on at the Suburban Home headquarters.

These decisions were really tough for me to make, but the results will ensure that Suburban Home will be here a year from now and with hope 10 years from now. The thought of not seeing the people I work with on a daily basis is something that makes me very sad, but by working out of my house with my wife and child, I will get to see my family all day long. I get excited about the fact that I will be at home to see my son walk his first steps and someday in the future say his first words. Due to all of my expenses, I feel as though I need to work 10 to 12 hour days. With scaling down the operations, I will still have to work very hard, but I plan to have a lot more time for me personally. I started my own business so that I didn’t have to work for anyone else, but there are times where I feel like my business is running my life.

Over the next couple of months, we will be making the transition for yet another move. That will mean a lot of crazy sales, giveaways, a garage sale, and eventually packing. If there is anything you can do to help us throughout all of this, please consider picking up one of our many lot sales. If we can sell enough of them, that will make our move that much easier. And if there is anything I hope that people take away from all of this, if there is a band or a label that you love, please consider purchasing a CD or digital album and consider doing so through independent channels. The price of free music (file-sharing and copying) has a much bigger cost than you might think. I am sure we are not the only label struggling in an industry attempting to sell products people actively get for free.

For those of you who have supported our small label and/or our bands, we sincerely appreciate all of the support. I hope to be able to continue running Suburban Home for a long time to come. Even with the problems facing the music industry, I cannot see myself being a part of anything else.