May 5
Hey there!
How are you? As usual we are very busy since we just came back from an amazing tour with Smash the Statues through Scandinavia and we had an even greater release show in March (Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/antillectual). This May will be a very busy month for us on top of that. So there’s more than enough to tell you. Please read on below:
- Website online
- Reviews
- Interviews
- Tour and studio reports
- Upcoming tour in June (looking for shows!)
- Upcoming festivals and shows
Website online
To keep yourself up to date with what we are doing and vice versa we used to have a website in addition to the restricted possibilities Myspace offers us. Since a couple of days we have a website online again! Check it on www.antillectual.com. It is still not completely finished, but you can check more than you could ever do on our myspace: Tour reports, shows, reviews, photo’s, subscribe to our RSS-feed, order T-shirts, hoodies, girlies, albums, etc. And on the new website you can comment on news items, reports, reviews, interviews, everything without having to register or anything. Please, feel free to leave a comment, we’d appreciate it! A lot of thanks to Suzette (www.hi-fibre.com) and our own Riekus for creating this website.
If you live abroad and you want to order our album, you can do so now on our website through email. “Special Offers”: old & new album = 15 euro, album & T-shirt/girlie = 15 euro. Or simply reply this email with your wishes. From now on you can also go to www.interpunk.com to order our new album on both vinyl and CD.
Reviews
Speaking of reviews, we’re getting back more and more of them and they keep amazing us. Even people in Germany seem to be able to enjoy our music, how’s that?
Some quotes:
8.5/10 Antillectual has every right in the world to be mentioned among bands like THE LOVED ONES, A WILHELM SCREAM or AGAINST ME! When listening to "Testimony" you realize how much heart those guys put into writing and composing. You get the feeling of holding a record in your hands that European punkrock can pin its hope on. (Slam Magazine (ger))
The Nijmegen and Arnhem based Antillectual is possibly Holland’s hardest working punkrock band. The frequent playing caused Antillectual’s growth into a determined, politically aware punkrock machine. (Oor (nl))
With the current lack of serious substance in mind, Testimony is a release that definitely should be cherished. (Fret Magazine (nl))
97/100 Punk has seldom sounded so inspired. An album for the year lists! I doubt the new Anti-Flag album will be a match for this album. (Up Magazine (nl))
88/100 A band that spreads its message with this much passion and integrity and, on top of that, is a treat for the ear, what else could one wish for? How beautiful punkrock can be sometimes. (Punx.nl (nl))
Where most bands try it, Antillectual does it and makes it look really easy. A true parade of different punk rock styles. (Asice.net (nl))
8/10 Testimony is more than just a very good album. It’s a labour of love, with songs that are not merely entertainment, but which also carry a message. (Disagreement.net (lux))
Antillectual convinces me totally. This is one of the best punk/hardcore releases in recent months. (Dedication.it (ita))
Testimony is undoubtedly an incredibly coherent and meticulously thought out piece of music. (Lamette.it (ita))
This is a band that does the walk instead of doing the talk. And we don't have too much of this today. (Misfitzine (por))
If you have a zine or know a zine that should feature a review, get in touch with us and we might be able to arrange something. If you want to read the complete reviews we received go to www.antillectual.com.
Interviews
Because of the release of our album “Testimony” we did several (online) interviews. You can find some of those here:
KD Cobain (Italy): http://www.kdcobain.it/pagine/interviste/antillectual.htm (in English and Italian)
Bobby In A Volvo (Belgium): http://biav.be/index.php?page=interviews&id=14 (English)
Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll (Italy): http://www.longliverocknroll.it/Interviste/Antillectual-2008.htm (Italian).
All interviews we’ve ever done will also be available on our website.
Tour and studio reports
We just got back from our tour through Scandinavia a couple of days ago and on our www.myspace.com/antillectual you could read some reports from that trip. You can find the complete written report on our website www.antillectual.com and check some pictures on http://picasaweb.google.com/antillectual. And long awaited: on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVVgP5usDlA there is a diary of how we recorded “Testimony” in August of last year. All other tour videos are still to be found there too, you can subscribe yourself to our account too.
Upcoming tour in June & July (looking for shows!)
And if just coming back from a tour isn’t enough, we’re preparing two new ones at that. This time we’re going back to places we’ve been before: Germany, Austria, Italy and France. There’s still some dates left open and we would really appreciate your help since the dates are coming closer and closer:
Fr June 13 Germany, Regensburg, Jahninselfest. W/ The Gaslight Anthem
Sa June 14 Germany, Zwiesel, Jugendcafe
Su June 15 Slovenia/Austria – Available!
Mo June 16 Slovenia/Austria – Available!
Tu June 17 Italy/Austria – Available!
We June 18 Italy – Available!
Th June 19 Italy – Available!
Fr June 20 France – Available!
Sa June 21 Lux/Fr/Ger – Available!
Su June 22 Holland, Steenwijk, Trashfest
We Jul 16 Germany: Available!
Th Jul 17 Austria: Available!
Fr Jul 18 Austria: Vienna, Arena. w/ Supernichts
Sa Jul 19 Italy: Carpenedolo. Extreme Sounds Festival
Su Jul 20 Italy/France: Available!
Mo Jul 21 France: Available!
Upcoming festivals and shows
We also get the luck to play some of the coolest shows the upcoming months including very nice festivals. Yesterday we already played with Strike Anywhere, Agnostic Front, Madball and many more (great) bands on the Jera on Air festival in Ysseltsteyn, the Netherlands. May 17 we will be playing the Give It a Name festival in Milano, Italy. The festival features (great) bands like Strike Anywhere, Story of the Year, Silverstein, Vanilla Sky and again many more. We’ll also be playing on the Jahninselfest in Regensburg together with The Gaslight Anthem and the Trashfest in Steenwijk in June, the Mystage fest in Drachten, the Funtime fest in October and the Offshore Skatefest in August, both in Belgium. On top of that we have some more awesome shows with Strike Anywhere, Story of the Year, Brat Pack and The Real Danger. If you want to help us out with a show, you’re very welcome. We’re always looking for shows! Come by and talk to us here:
May 8 2008 NL: Amsterdam, bitterzoet. W/ Strike Anywhere (USA), Brat Pack
May 11 2008 NL: Rotterdam, waterfront. W/ A Wilhelm Scream, Story of the Year, Redlightsflash
May 17 2008 ITA: milano, live club. Give it a name fest. W/ Strike Anywhere, Silverstein, Story of the Year
May 23 2008 NL: zwolle, Broer CO-9. W/ Tackleberry
May 24 2008 NL: meppel, Cafe Clouso
May 30 2008 NL: drachten, iduna. mystage fest W/ sudden acces, rush n attack, long way down, more
Jun 6 2008 NL: Amersfoort, De Kelder. W/ Time Again, Gewapend Beton, more
Jun 13 2008 GER: Regensburg, Jahninselfest. W/ Gaslight Anthem, more
Jun 14 2008 GER: Zwiesel, Jugendcafe
Jun 15 2008 A/SLO: Available!
Jun 16 2008 A/SLO: Available!
Jun 17 2008 A/ITA: Available!
Jun 18 2008 ITA: Available!
Jun 19 2008 ITA: Torino, tbc.
Jun 20 2008 FR: Available!
Jun 21 2008 LUX/FR/GER: Available!
Jun 22 2008 NL: steenwijk, de buze. Trashfest W/ Thrashington DC, Anaphylactic Shock, U Lock Justice
Jul 4 2008 NL: Breda, Graanbeurs. New Pokerface release show. W/ New Pokerface, The Real Danger
Jul 11 2008 NL: Eindhoven, Dynamo. W/ The Real Danger, Brat Pack, 1 more
Jul 16 2008 GER: Available!
Jul 17 2008 A: Available!
Jul 18 2008 A: Vienna, Arena. W/ Supernichts
Jul 19 2008 ITA: Carpenedolo. Extreme Sounds Festival
Jul 20 2008 ITA/FR: Available!
Jul 21 2008 FR: Available!
Aug 2 2008 BEL: blankenberge. offshore skate fest surfclub. W/ the disgrazia legend (ita)
Sep 5-21 2008 EUR: Tour
Oct 4 2008 BEL: Aarschot, De Klinker. Funtime Festival, W/ Exit on the Left, more
Oct 12 2008 NL: Oirlo, Zomaarpop
In the next newsletter hopefully some news about an American release, more tours, more tour (video) reports and an even better filled website.
Thanks, you made it, friends ‘til the end!
Antillectual: Riekus, Willem and Yvo
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February 12
Hello All!
Comment ca va? We have the best news in three years to tell you: we have a new record, Testimony! And a lot more things coming along with that. Please read on below:
-New album TESTIMONY is available!
-Release show
-Upcoming tour
-Reports
-Website down
-All tour dates
New album TESTIMONY is available!
You can order the CD from today. The price is 10 euro (excl shipping). Get it through pre-order from the following labels:
-Fond of Life Records (Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg) joe@fondoflife.net / http://www.fondoflife.net / http://www.myspace.com/fondoflife
-Infected Records (Portugal) infected_records@yahoo.com / http://www.myspace.com/infectedrecordsdiy
-No Reason Records (Italy) info@noreasonrecords.com / http://www.noreasonrecords.com / http://www.myspace.com/noreasonrecords
-Rise or Rust Records (Austria) info@riseorrustrecords.com / http://www.riseorrustrecords.com / http://www.myspace.com/riseorrustrecordcompany
-Shield Recordings (The Netherlands and Belgium) info@theshieldhardcore / http://www.theshieldhardcore.com / http://www.myspace.com/shieldrecordings
-Youth Way Records (France) Alex@youthwayrecords.com / http://www.youthwayrecords.com / http://www.myspace.com/youthwayrecords
If you dont live in any of these countries in Europe, please order it from a country near you. In Europe the LP version will only be available through Shield Recordings. The band will sell the album (CD+LP) at shows from March 3. This is also the date when the album is available in shops throughout Europe. If you are a label or distributor interested in our record, get in contact with a label near you for wholesale prices.
If you havent listened to the new songs, you can check them online at our www.myspace.com/antillectual, we recently added a new song called Friendly Fire. There you can also take a look at the beautiful artwork by Gemma Pauwels (www.gemma.nu). The first review of the album is in already; if they all could be like this one ... please have a read:
Antillectual Testimony
From mid-tempo melancholic post-punk to thrashing punkrock! Antillectual is far from ashamed to militantly show its versatility on the bands second full-length album. Indeed, Silencing Civilizations successor is a straight up hit! Recognizable melody, emotion, and passion combined with somewhat unconventional structures, inventive guitar riffs and vocal harmonies. Propagandhi meeting A Wilhelm Scream meeting Strike Anywhere meeting No Use For A Name meeting Bad Religion with a hint of Hot Water Music? No, totally different! (But somewhat alike).
From the rising of the drums in opening song Testimony to the fade out of the swelling sounds in I Hope You Got My Letter, all are a feast for the ear and eye. Not the least for the eye, because again the socially critical lyrics and their explanations can be found in the booklet.
Plusses are among many things the hot Maiden riff in The Dog Ate It! and pleasantly up-tempo rocking songs like Waves and On Its Own. The only blot is the length of I Hope You Got My Letter that tends to stand out in that way. This could be a personal objection that no one agrees with though, so dont be bothered. If the record contained 4 more songs I wouldnt even have noticed.
Well, a band that spreads its message with this much passion and integrity and, on top of that, is a treat for the ear, what else could one wish for?
How beautiful punkrock can be. *Sigh*
Score: 88/100
Some more publications will follow soon, including Testimony reviews and interviews in Up Magazine and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll among others.
Release show
To celebrate the new release were having a release show on March 21. It will take place in cafe The Stage in Arnhem. Other bands playing will be Hollands finest:
-The Real Danger
-Gewapend Beton
-Smash the Statues
-New Pokerface
Entrance is 5 euro and it all starts at 19.30. If youre from Holland you can make it back by public transport for sure.
Upcoming tour
To present this brand new album to the rest of the world well be going on tour some more. Starting in March, going to France, Spain and Portugal.
The dates so far:
March 5: Paris (Fr.), Le Palais Bar
March 6: Toulouse (Fr.), Cave de la Notte
March 7: Spain, available
March 8: Spain, available
March 9: Spain, available
March 10: Spain, available
March 11: Spain, available
March 12: Faro (Por.), Associao Msicos. W/ Part Time Killer
March 13: Guia-Albufeira (Por.), FNAC
March 14: Cascais (Por.), Lotus Bar. W/ Part Time Killer, Breakloose, Mr. Shrink
March 15: Entroncamento (Por.), Lareira Bar
As you can see, there are some holes to fill. Please, let us know if you can be of any help. It would be very much appreciated.
Reports
On our last tour in January we experienced some hard times in the UK and some overindulgence in Germany. If you want to know more, you can read our tour report here http://3voor12.vpro.nl/mijn3voor12/Antillectual/weblog, check out the pictures we took here http://picasaweb.google.com/antillectual/BelgiumEnglandGermany2008, and watch the tour report we filmed here (including English subtitles (!) for you non-Dutchies) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1kp8aJFF8.
Website down
As some of you might have found out already, our website is temporarily down. Were awaiting the new website to be launched. In the mean time you can of course check all information on our www.myspace.com/antillectual. When the new website is ready youll be able to read all old reports we made, check all pictures we took, order all merch available, and get more details that myspace cant offer you.
All tour dates:
Mar 5 2008 paris (fr.), palais bar
Mar 6 2008 toulouse (fr.), cave de la notte
Mar 7 2008 spain, available
Mar 8 2008 spain, available
Mar 9 2008 spain, available
Mar 10 2008 spain, available
Mar 11 2008 spain, available
Mar 12 2008 faro (por.), associacao de musicos
Mar 13 2008 albufeira (por.), fnac store
Mar 14 2008 cascais (por.), lotus bar
Mar 15 2008 entroncamento (por.), lareira bar
Mar 21 2008 RELEASE SHOW! arnhem (nl.), the stage. w/ gewapend beton, the real danger, smash the statues, new pokerface
Apr 19 2008 aalborg (dk), baghuset. w/ smash the statues
Apr 23 2008 karlstad (swe), tolvmansgatan. w/ smash the statues, ends like this (swe)
Apr 26 2008 lund (swe), hemgarden. w/ smash the statues
May 11 2008 rotterdam (nl.), waterfront. w/ a wilhelm scream (usa)
In the next newsletter hopefully some more news about non-European release plans for Testimony, some more European tour dates (Italy, Austria, Germany, France), non-European touring and new Testimony-inspired shirts/girlies/hoodies.
Thanks, you made it, friends til the end!
Antillectual: Riekus, Willem and Yvo
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December 20
Hello All!
How are you doing? Were doing great, a lot of stuff is happening for us at this moment. On top of that much more will come in the next months, we hope. Please read on below:
- Upcoming UK/Germany tour
- New album Testimony
- Reports
- Other tour dates
Upcoming UK/Germany tour
This January we will be hitting the road again after 2 months of working on the release. For 2,5 week we will be touring the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. Check the dates below and feel free to visit the shows. Of course we will play new songs, bring new merchandise, the Snowstar Records distro and the notorious Typewriter book distro. Bring and/or tell all your friends. Please, if you can help us out with one of the 4 AVAILABLES, wed be extremely excited. For this upcoming tour well be doing another tour report (in English) on the Dutch music portal 3voor12: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/mijn3voor12/Antillectual/weblog. If you want to keep track of whats happening.
Winter Tour Dates:
Jan 3, 2008 oostende (bel.), K2. w/ brat pack, paleface, take it down
Jan 4, 2008 brighton (u.k.), cowley club
Jan 5, 2008 taunton (u.k.), rockers live
Jan 6, 2008 united kingdom, AVAILABLE
Jan 7, 2008 birmingham (u.k.), market tavern
Jan 8, 2008 colchester (u.k.), cambridge arms
Jan 9, 2008 copsale (u.k.), bridge house inn. w/ once over
Jan 10, 2008 belgium/luxembourg/france, AVAILABLE
Jan 11, 2008 cologne (ger.), sonic ballroom
Jan 12, 2008 hannover (langenhagen) (ger.), cafe monopol w/ one strike left
Jan 13, 2008 germany, AVAILABLE
Jan 14, 2008 hamburg/wilhelmsburg (ger.), fhrstrae 105
Jan 15, 2008 potsdam (ger.), black fleck
Jan 16, 2008 leipzig (ger.), zoro
Jan 17, 2008 mannheim (ger.), juz piranha. w/ smash the statues
Jan 18, 2008 vlklingen (ger.), az pfarrheim
Jan 19, 2008 germany, AVAILABLE
New album TESTIMONY
Three years after the release of our debut album Silencing Civilization were proud to present you our new album: Testimony. The new album will be released on March 3, 2008 through Fond of Life Records, Infected Records, No Reason Records, Rise or Rust Records, Shield Recordings and Youth Way Records. Were very excited about the cooperation between those 6 labels. It will make Testimony available throughout entire Europe and makes us label mates with great bands like Enemy Alliance, Rentokill, This Is A Standoff, The Indecision Alarm, The Real Danger, The Twisted Minds, Astpai, Straightaway and much more awesome bands. Listen to the demo recordings for the record on our myspace or website: www.antillectual.com. New songs from the record will follow in January.
The album is recorded in August 2007, in Die Tonmeisterei studio in Oldenburg, Germany. Nico van Montfort (a.o. Face Tomorrow, Malkovich, Instil) did an amazing job on the recording/mixing/mastering of the album.
March 3, 2008 is the official release date, but you can pre-order the album from a label near you from February 2. Fond of life (Ger, UK, Lux.), Infected Records (Por.), No Reason Records (Ita.), Rise or Rust Records (A.), Shield Recordings (NL, Bel.) or Youth Way (Fr.). The album costs 10 euro (shipping excluded) and will come in a beautiful digipack designed by Gemma Pauwels (www.gemma.nu). Next to a digipack version Shield Recordings will also release a vinyl version on 12 and the album will be available in several download stores through Fond of Life Records.
Reports
When we were in the States we made a tour report that got a lot of positive reactions. When we were on the second part of the Transatlantic Tour in Europe we also shot some footage, not as much as in the USA though, obviously we had some problems with other stuff. Check out what stuff on the video report from the European part of the Transatlantic Tour report on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPzxu5XxiOU) and on our website. Look under photos on www.antillectual.com for a lot of photos and a written tour report in English. On our Youtube site you can still find the video reports we made during our USA tour www.youtube.com/antillectual. Feel free to become our video friend. A studio video report we shot during the recordings of our new album will follow soon.
Other dates:
Dec 20, 2007 nijmegen (nl.), de onderbroek. w/ soey, pkg.
Dec 21, 2007 amsterdam (nl.), de baarmoeder. w/ frightening fiction, permanent mark, the hangouts, shermer
Dec 22, 2007 scheveningen, piratenbar. w/ cervix, tesarac, montgommery burns
Feb 7, 2008 mlheim (ger.), a.z. mlheim
Feb 8, 2008 pommelsbrunn (ger.), bermuda. w/ nineteen reasons
Feb 9, 2008 burglengenfeld (ger.), juz bul. w/ nineteen reasons
Feb 10, 2008 nrnberg (ger.), z-bau. w/ the fine print, 2 local bands
Mar 12, 2008 faro (por.), associacao de musicos
Mar 13, 2008 guia-albufeira (por), fnac
Mar 14, 2008 cascais (por.), lotus bar
And much more dates to be added soon. If you can and want to help us out, thanks in advance!
Thanks, you made it, friends til the end!
Antillectual: Riekus, Willem and Yvo
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