News
7-10-08
Jared Mees & the Grown Children Summer 2008 Tour is happening!
7-10 --------> 7-28 on the West Coast.
7-1-08 TLE + BEDM = love
Tender Loving Empire is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of he next Boy Eats Drum Machine LP, Booomboxxx, on cd and fancy vinyl on 10/22/08.
With Booomboxxx, Portland singer, songwriter, producer,
multi-instrumentalist and funky turntablist, Jon Ragel, has cooked up his most cohesive and potent batch of ‘hip pop’ cuts yet. Tenor saxophone hooks, gutsy vocals, and expertly chopped drums command attention throughout the recording, perhaps giving the listener images of DJ Shadow mashing up records by Morphine and David Bowie. Much like his 06’ debut, Pleasure, Ragel spins and tweaks beats by some of Portland’s nastiest drummers to create the rhythmic backbone of the album. The drum kit contributers to Booomboxxx are Danny Seim of Menomena, Josh Skins of
Systemwide, Kevin O’Connor of Talkdemonic, Charles Neal of Quivah, Kevin Robinson of Viva Voce, and a beat box performance by Fogatron.
The first five tracks of the album will be available soon as a free
download called fre*e*p, which can be previewed at http://www.bedm.muxtape.com
Upcoming BEDM shows:
7.12 SAT (Salem/OR) The Space – with Jared Mees
8.16 SAT (Portland/OR) wonder ballroom – Talking Heads vs. Cure cover
night - 9pm/$7
9.05 FRI (Portland/OR) Music Fest NW TLE showcase @ Slabtown
also!
Big Fun time! Its both Jared and Brianne's Birthday this week!
Come see the new Chris Haberman show-Rockstar- at the TLE store/gallery in NW Portland all during July!
6-22-08
We're taking the NW to the SE! Come visit TLE on Indie Island at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC
Surprise, Surprise, Finn Riggins is on tour again.
6-7-08
Brandon Thompson's short story WELGUNZER from his collection A Secret Beast has been adapted to film by the one and only S. Bradford. Watch the trailer and vote for it to win the UCLA Film Festival Trailer Contest! Just go here and then scroll down to the bottom of the page to vote!
6-5-08
So come to First Thursday at TLE already!There'll be music by Breakfast Mountain and Saw Whet as well as art by all these folks!
5-17-08
Jared Mees is the CMJ/Sonicbids Artist of the Week this week...
5-13-08
The Birthday party was a success! Click on the crazy dude to see all the awesome pictures!
5-8-08
Everyones getting so excited about our Birthday Party this Sunday!
Portland Mercury Feature
Willamette Week Preview
Portland Tribune Preview
Crappy Indie Music Interviews Brianne
Sam has been building Gordo (the awesome pinata for the Birthday party) for the last few days. We're gonna beat the health out of him! And then cry...because we feel so bad.
4-27-08
Check out the TLE Blog for all the bizness from this year's Stumptown Comics Fest!
4-20-08
Not Sure we've ever read such an excited blog review about anyone, let alone Finn Riggins...
4-10-08
Tender Loving Empire is excited to announce that we'll be putting out the new Super XX Man album, Vol XII: There'll Be Diamonds. We've long been fans of Scott Garred and company and can't wait for everyone to hear this album sometime this fall. Williamette Week wrote a pretty smooth lil write-up on it!
4-2-08
Tiny Mix Tapes wrote a pretty stellar review of Nadine Mooney's MouseHouseWormHole. Slug Magazine wrote kind of a funny one too. (once you get there, click on March and scroll down to "N") And Pamplemoose calls it "one of the spookiest whimsical PDX folksy albums of 2008."
3-23-08
Finn Riggins is on a 31 state tour. Go see em, then call your local Radio station and ask em to play Hraka. Thank God its Springtime!
Rusty Jordan is putting together a monster comics compilation called Shitbeems on the Loose. Its gonna debut at the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR on April 25th & 26th and be available here at the website the following week. It'll feature: Ron Rege Jr, Luke Ramsey, Mike Bertino, Drew Beckmeyer, Matt Furie, Brent Harada, Hector Serna Jr., Grant Reynolds, Thomas Crawford, Rusty Jordan, Dave Nuss & Robyn Jordan
Jared Mees and the Grown Children are recording a new record! Jeremy Wilson is recording and producing it. Jordan Dykstra is arranging the strings and Mike Bertino is doing the art. Look for a single soonish, a tour in July, and a release date in September!
Rumor also has it that Tender Loving Empire along with Marriage Records and States Rights Records will be releasing a split 7" by The Righteous and Harmonious Fists/White Fang. Hand screenprinted!
Finally, Tender Loving Empire is releasing a new compilation called Friends and Friends of Friends. It'll feature all the TLE bands and a bunch of other random favorites. The release party will be in conjunction with the May 11th Tender Loving Empire Birthday Party at Berbatis. Details soon!
3-15
Baby Sue wrote a rad review of Nadine Mooney's MouseHouseWormHole
2-22-08
Nadine Mooney's MouseHouseWormHole is available today!
2-11-08
Heres the Nadine Mooney CD Release show info! Come dressed like your favorite fairytale ball character- woodsprites, trees, flowers, animals, plants, witches, minotaurs, etc.
Funky Church is at 2456 SE Tamarack Ave., Portland, OR 97214
S.E. Division & Tamarack, (right across from the New Seasons)
The First 25 people through the door get a free copy of the hand-screenprinted MouseHouseWormHole by Nadine Mooney.
Special:
The next 8 People who order one of Brent Harada's Wolfmann Tees receive a free copy of Brent's hilarious Bass Foot Riot PLUS a copy of Brent Harada and Rusty Jordan's New collabo zine- Moulger Bag Digest. Crazy Stuff in that digest...They only made a few copies and they want us to give it away free
Brent Harada Tee + Brent Harada Bass Foot Riot + Moulder Bag Digest
=$20.00 Postage Paid!
2-3-08
2-1-08
Tender Loving Empire is proud to announce that the debut album MouseHouseWormHole by Nadine Mooney will be available 2-22-08. You can pre-order and downloadfree Mp3's now!
4. Nadine Mooney- how it feels to blossom
Stay tuned for CD release show information!
1-20-08
CMJ loves Finn Riggins! So much in fact that they've made them the CMJ / Sonicbids Spotlight artist of the week! Check out their EPK!
1-17-08
The first run sold out but the new pressing of Jared Mees' If You Wanna Swim W/ The Sharks... is here! New colors, same catchy tunes!
Voted one of the best albums of 2007 by Willamette Week!
1-10-08
Happy New Year Everyone! After a snowy and power-less candlelit vacation Tender Loving Empire is back on track! In addition to a ton of tees and hoodies, we've got a new look on the way as well as a 2008 roster that is looking extreme!
Expect musical releases from Portland OR's Nadine Mooney and Jared Mees, Baltimore, MD's Small Sur, Los Angeles CA's Starving Daughters, and Lions & Lambs and Hailey, ID's Finn Riggins, as well as several more TBA!
Comics will have us traveling around the U.S. this year supporting releases by Mike Bertino and Brian Oaster as well as a very special compilation release curated by Rusty Jordan!
12-20-07
LocalCut.com and Boy Gorilla have released a sweet Christmas compilation called Another Grey Christmas which features tracks from Typhoon, Alan Singley, Ben Barnett, Eskimo and Sons and our own Jared Mees. Its limited to 100 copies and the front cover is screenprinted by Tender Loving Empire. Get it at the TLE store in NW Portland or online through Boy Gorilla. All proceeds benefit P:EAR
12-19-07
The Boise Weekly interviews Finn Riggins' Eric Gilbert.
Lloyd Winter T-Shirts are now for sale in the gear section- Cheque it!
Lloyd Winter also has a show up called Works From the Deep now through January at The Tender Loving Empire Store in Portland OR
12-16-07
Stay warm in a new Tender Loving Empire hoodie by Lloyd Winter available in the Gear section....
12-7-07
The Tender Loving Empire Store in Portland will be open every day till Christmas. All comics, and books, (including all TLE titles) are 20% off! Come see us for your holiday shopping!
11-15-07
CMJ just posted a great review of Finn Riggins' A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer They don't post great reviews of just anybody you know?! Finn Riggins song Hraka is also the featured download today!
11-14-07 
Beatbots.com, an amazing online artist community, loves Finn Riggins' A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer
11-13-07
Finn Rigigns A Soldier A Saint, An Ocean Explorer officially comes out today. Buy it here as well as in stores nationwide. If you haven't already heard Finn Riggins on your local radio station, please call and request them!
As promised heres another download from A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer: Glove Comprtmnt
11-10-07
This week only! You can stream all 12 songs of A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer the new album from Idaho's Finn Riggins at the awesome AmplifierMagazine.com just click on the "Launch Amp3 Radio" link on the far right of the page!
11-6-07
Paper Thin Walls just posted an upbeat review of Finn Riggins' new full length - A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer, which is now available for pre-order and available for real on 11-13.
More Finn Riggins Downloads coming soon!
Finn Riggins....ain't gonna do time.
11-2-07
Congrats are in order for our very own Mike Bertino who was pumped up quite a bit on Juxtapoz.com Hmm...we smell an upcoming feature!
Check out Mr. Bertino's brand new mindblowing comic Pinwheel as well as his new signature Tender Loving Empire t-shirts
For more of Mike Bertino's art visit www.mikebertino.com
11-1-07
This month at the TLE Store/Gallery
10-16-07
FREE MP3 Downloads!
Finn Riggins
Wurlitz
From "A Whale, A Fish" EP
(available now!)
Finn Riggins
Hraka
From " A Soldier A Saint, An Ocean Explorer"
Available for Pre-Order NOV 1, 2007
Starving Daughters
Sorry I Asked
Lake of Flames
From "Such Buds" EP
Available now!
Jared Mees
Sodom & Glendora
Panama Anthem
From "If You Wanna Swim w/ The Sharks"
Available now!
10-10
New photos of A Headless Body in a Topless Bar are up!
Also: A hit at Stumptown ComicsFest Mike Bertino's Pinwheel is officially for sale!
10-4
The opening party for the spooky October gallery show is this first thursday. Come check out new work by over 12 artists including Mike Bertino, Rusty Jordan, Brent Harada and local Portlanders Aidan Koch, Sean Christensen and Julia Green, as well as several others. Yoyodyne will also play a freaky-ass set of rock and/or roll.
9-29 and 9-30
Tender Loving Empire will have a table at the Stumptown Comics Fest at the Portland Doubletree. 
Two Tender Loving Empire releases are up for awards this year at Stumptown
Brian Oaster- At Home on the Earth- Best Design
Mike Bertino- Pinwheel- Best Debut
And speaking of....
Check out TLE's newest release- Mike Bertino's Pinwheel at our release party this Saturday Night at 7pm at the Tender Loving Empire Store.
9-18
Tender Loving Empire is proud to announce that the amazing Idaho prog pop trio Finn Riggins has been added to the TLE family of artists. Check out their new disc -A Whale, A Fish as well as their upcoming full length and seemingly never ending tour dates! MP3's coming soon!
9-6
Its going to be a big night in NW Portland! First, from 4-8pm we'll have the opening party for Cameron Browne's photography exhibit Moment's of Splendor in the TLE Gallery. The Subcons
will soundtrack your dreams from about 7:30 to 8:00...
then...
Head on down to Towne Lounge for the opening night of Music Fest NW. Jared Mees and the Jimsox, The Crosswalks, The Wherewithals and The Gingerbread Patriots will play from 9-Midnight. Jared goes on at 10.
New TOUR DATES for Starving Daughters and Jared Mees!
8-11-07---->8-12-07
Tender Loving Empire represents at the Portland Zine Symposium! Come on out and check out the new Brian Oaster mini-comics and signature TLE T-shirt.
8-05-07
Tender Loving Empire is the Featured Label on the Mastan Music Hour Podcast, Episode #29.
Tracks by Chores (from the Pop Tomorrow Comp), The Eyelids (also from Pop Tomorrow) and Kites In Flight (from the Haggard School of Theology Comp) get spun during part 1.
Jared Mees performs some new and old songs live during part 2. Check it!
7-29-07
The opening reception for Brian Oaster's exhibition is fast approaching. Come join us at the TLE Store/Gallery in on August 2nd, 6-10pm to view some never before seen originals from his hit webcomic Misunderstandings Between Friends Prints of select strips will also be available for puchase. Rhymes and beats will be provided by Shambles of Dismal CIty. See you then!
7-25-07
The Willamette Week Best of Portland 2007 issue named T.L.E. the best...um...well.... just click here to see the entire article. (don't worry, its good) Thanks Willy Week!
7-20-07
We got a screenprinting studio today....pictures to follow!
7-2-07
This Thursday, June 5th at the TLE Store/Galleryin NW Portland is the opening of the Show "Behavior.able" by Caesy Oney.
Music will be provided by Stuart Valentine
Also, very important: July 5th is our illustrious founder Brianne Mees' Birthday!
Happy 27th Brianne!
6-16-07
The Willamette Week wrote a pretty cool article about T.L.E. in this weeks issue.
Localcut.com also has a followup to the Willamette Week article with some exclusive Starving Daughters and Jared Mees downloads.
The Portland Mercury also wrote a blurb about the new Tender Loving Empire Store that has some great photos of Sam Gurerro's "Be Afraid..." show.
UltraPDX wrote a cool little article about the T.L.E. store as well...
6-11-07
The Jared Mees Tour Diary is up and running. Check it out!
6-9-07
The Tender Loving Empire Store opening party on Thursday 6/7/07 was a huge success! Check out the photos of all the festivities in the Store section.
5-20-07
Jared Mees' June Tour Dates w/ Finn Riggins are up in the Events Section
5-12-07
Pink Ray Gun has published an interview with Brianne Mees and Brian Oaster from the Alternative Press Expo.
4-23-07
A.P.E was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who came out and visited our booth. Photos coming soon.
Brent Harada's Bass Foot Riot is now on sale along with Brents Signature Wolfman and Strong Push Tees. Check it out!
4-6-07
Tender Loving Empire will have a booth at the Alternative Press Expo (A.P.E.) on Saturday April 21st, and Sunday April 22nd in San Francisco, CA. If you live in the Bay area please cruise by and see us. For all the info go to the A.P.E. website.
Brent Harada will be at A.P.E. signing copies of his new book Bass Foot Riot.
Brian Oaster will be at the T.L.E table slanging all sorts of MUBF stuff as well as signing copies of At Home on the Earth in additon to new prints.
Rusty Jordan may even make an appearance at the T.L.E. table.
3-6-07
After a couple of semi-avoidable- but- now- undeniably- in- the- past snafus with manufacturers and the like, TLE is proud to announce that Starving Daughters' Such Buds EP is officially for sale! You're gonna love it.
2-24-07
Beatbots.com. reviewed Rusty Jordan's Anhedonia. Go here to read it.
2-9-07
The Starving Daughters CD release show for their debut EP Such Buds is going to happen in conjunction with an art show called Fully Blown curated by our very own Rusty Jordan, Click the flyer below for info.
2-7-07
The Willamette Week did a full write-up of Jared Mees' If you wanna swim with the sharks... Read it here
1-31-07
Some great press articles are coming in for Jared Mees' If you wanna swim with the sharks... Read them here.
1-25-07
On April 1st, 2007: T.L.E. will release The Pop Tomorrow Compilation in conjunction with Portland Oregon Indie Music with exclusive tracks from lots of great Portland, Oregon bands including exclusive tracks from Please Step out of the Vehicle, Jared Mees, Leigh Marble and more!
1-20-07
Happy 2007! The Tender Loving Empire vacation/tour went well. We got to reconnect with old friends and make a bunch of new ones. Check out the Events section for some photos and other tidbits.
12-18-06
T.L.E. is going on vacation! So, as a result, anything ordered from 12-30-06 - 1-14-07 will be shipped on 1-15-07. Happy Holidays everyone! Thanks for making 2006 amazing for us and for indie media. We have tons of amazing things coming up in 2007. See you then!!
12-16-06
Rusty Jordan's Anhedonia is now available in the Art section for the price of a cocktail! Each book will include a complementary "Mer Money" Sticker inside the cool canvas bag that the book comes in. Isn't that rad?
12-15-06
On a whim, and without any prior notice we're releasing The Haggard School of Theology Compilation, VOL 1 which features unreleased tracks from the likes of The Lemonades, Kites in Flight, Destination Obliteration and Jared Mees. This is a super limited edition of 50 hand silkscreened CDs and covers. It will be on sale for $5.00 at the Release Party for Rusty Jordan's Anhedonia and thereafter online on 1-20-07. Check it out!
12-14-06
No pressure but...
The last day for ordering TLE items to arrive by Christmas is 12-18-06.
12-13-06
The release party for Rusty Jordan's Anhedonia will go down Friday, 12-22-06 at Needles & Pins Records in Pomona, CA. Click here for the flyer.
12-2-06
Preview images from Rusty Jordan's Anhedonia
11-25-06
Starving Daughters to Release EP on TLE 3-1-07
Starving Daughters, an amazing psychedelic indie rock group from the Los Angeles area will release their debut EP Such Buds on Tender Loving Empire. Rusty Jordan will be doing all the cover art. Look for it in March of 2007.
Listen to Starving Daughters
11-20-06
Jared Mees' If you wanna swim with the sharks... got 4 out of 5 stars from HarmoniumMusic.com.
11-12-06
We're proud to announce that TLE will release Rusty Jordan’s Anhedonia artbook/zine on December 15th . Some sneak peak images from the book we’ll be available soon. As always, we’re going to celebrate this release, this time somewhere in the Los Angeles area.
For now, you can buy Rusty Jordan’s signature bird T-Shirts in the GEAR section.
11-05-06
At Home on the Earth by Brian Oaster got reviewed by ComicsReporter.com. You can read it here
10-31-06
New Autumnal T-Shirts from Camp Hallows Eve are now up in the GEAR section. They're all hand screen- printed and the first in a series of regular seasonal designs from the company. Check 'em out in the GEAR section.
10-18-06
We had a great turnout at the At Home on the Earth Book Release party. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and special thanks to Leigh Marble, Autopilot and the Hawthorne Theater.You can now buy At Home on the Earth.
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New Stuff!
Shitbeems on the Loose is here! Rusty Jordan's brainchild. Mike Bertino's cove rart, hand screenprinted wrap, art by 10 other artists! Check it!
Available Now!
First Edition of 300 copies with hand
screenprinted cover wraps.
60 pages, perfect bound
Cover by Mike Bertino
$12.00 + S+H
Friends and friends of Friends features new and unreleased tracks from Jared Mees & the Grown Children, Super XX Man, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Eskimo & Sons, Small Sur, Southern Belle, Nick Caceres, Sister Suvi, Church, Dash!, The Righteous and Harmonious Fists, Orem the Sink as well as album tracks from Finn Riggins, Starving Daughters, Nadine Mooney, Newspapers, Hillforlk Noir, Le Fleur and Mill Race and Lions & Lambs
$5.00 +S+H
Portland Musicians: Sell your CD's and Vinyl at the Tender Loving Empire Store
Tender Loving Empire is proud to announce that the debut album MouseHouseWormHole by Nadine Mooney will be available 2-22-08.
Free Download: Nadine Mooney- how it feels to blossom
Finn Riggins is on tour! Go here to see all their tour dates!
Buy A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer the new hand screenprinted album from Idaho prog-pop trio Finn Riggins
Free Download: Hraka
Visit the Tender Loving Empire Store in Portland!
1720 NW Lovejoy St, #109 Portland, OR 97209
(503)243-5859
retail (at) tenderlovingempire.com
Yes the Tender Loving Empire Store Opened officially on 6/7/07. Our brick and mortar operation now features not only our signature T.L.E. art, tunes, words and gear but also handmade comics, clothing, prints, jewelry and custom art items by talented artists from around the globe. In additon we're offering a wide array of custom screen printing for musicians, artists and writers as well as hosting monthly art shows in our gallery. Come check it out!
Based in Portland, Oregon, Tender Loving Empire exists:
1.To allow talented, high caliber, motivated artists, writers, musicians and designers a venue by which their art can be seen, read, heard and worn.
2.To flush out the hidden creatives amongst us and show their creations to others- by holding regular promotional events, bazaars and concerts. We also act as a distributor for DIY artists of all genres.
3.To offer customers an alternative to expensive, over-produced, commercialized “counter-culture” art. All the limited edition, books, art, music and gear that you will find at TenderLovingEmpire.com are, high quality, hand-made and available at reasonable prices.
We believe your art, music and writing doesn’t belong under beds or filed away in your hard drive, but rather on walls, in hands, and blowing out speakers.
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