Archive for 2008
Dec 29 2008 - posted by
willem
A week ago we got back from a cold and wet yet very entertaining UK tour. We had very cool shows and it was nice to meet up with old friends. Thanks to all for helping us out with shows, sleeping places and heaters. An extremely big "Thank you!" go out to Pieter and Boris […]
Dec 18 2008 - posted by
willem
Here's a small update from the back of the van, while we're touring the UK. We're pretty much halfway, as we've done 5 of a total of 9 shows. We’ve been to London, Portsmouth, Southampton, Exeter, Basingstoke. With Newcastle, Bradford, Brighton and Caudry still to go. So far everything is going well apart from […]
Dec 09 2008 - posted by
willem
Today a major local news paper called "De Gelderlander" featured a picture of a Greek guy getting arrested by the cops during the "anarchist riots" going on over there. He was wearing an Anti-Flag shirt. Draw conclusions if you like. "Punk is resistance" some old wise men said some time ago.
Dec 05 2008 - posted by
willem
Some small updates. First of all we'll be playing with a band that was a major influence on us when we started this band: No Use For A Name. Really exciting to be sharing the stage with them. And, as if it isn't enough, Only Crime will be playing too that night. Speaking of "All […]
Nov 25 2008 - posted by
willem
I guess the title gives away a lot. The last episode of our USA tour video report is online at the Spinner website. Check it out and leave a comment if you feel like it.
As long as we're here anyway; we are planning a Tour de France in January/February and still have some off days […]
Nov 19 2008 - posted by
willem
So we're back from one tour, and have announced the next one as well. A lot is happening over here. And to keep you up to date as much as possible we'll try to update this site a little more often. Feel free to comment on stuff we're posting. "Communication is what it's all about" […]
Nov 18 2008 - posted by
yvo
I’m glad to annouce all dates in the UK are booked now. I’m excited because it’s been too long since we’ve toured the UK, I’m excited to meet up with old friends again. Above all I’m excited this is the first tour I’m on since the birth of my second son… I can’t wait to […]
Nov 15 2008 - posted by
riekus
After being on the road for almost a month, we made it home tuesday morning from our third US eastcoast tour. To start off with, we have a little dutch report and some video footage of the almighty Fest 7 to show. Check out the dutch report and the Fest 7 video on […]
Nov 06 2008 - posted by
riekus
That's right! we're back from the Fest and we loved it! 3 days of amazing bands, amazing weather, amazing people all over the place. Need i say more? Ok: spontaneous backyard shows, warehouse shows, great veggiefood.. Fest 7 was one hell of an experience. I'd like to say a quick "thank you" to all […]
Oct 28 2008 - posted by
riekus
We're in philadelphia right now, hanging out at Jon of Jena Berlin's house. Some crazy shit is going on here with the Phillies in the finals of the World League and we're loving it.
In other news: we're keeping a tourdiary with videos on spinner.com . The first report is online now, anyone who knows Dutch, […]
Oct 14 2008 - posted by
willem
Tomorrow morning we'll fly out to the USA to do a East Coast tour for the third time. Excitement is an understatement. Awesome people and shows will be awaiting us. So far we will be playing The Fest VII with an insane amount of awesome bands (250+) and club shows with A Wilhelm Scream and […]
Sep 25 2008 - posted by
yvo
A week ago it finally happened: on September 18 my girlfriend gave birth to a lovely little baby boy! His name is RAAF, he's healthy, has ten fingers, ten toes and everything is working as it should be working. His mom is doing well. We're all excited and happy and more excited!
We'd […]
Sep 23 2008 - posted by
riekus
We're back! From tour that is. We had an awesome time touring Europe with Jena Berlin and can't wait to see them at the Gainesville fest . Speaking of tour: while i'm still working on the full video-report, please enjoy this little snippet from our show in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia. The written report is […]
Sep 18 2008 - posted by
riekus
We're almost two weeks into this tour and still alive! Currently, most of the travelling party is a the Paint it Black show in Trier, but Willem and i decided to stay at Juz Mannheim to get some emails and stuff done. And guess what: we have some more tourreport online. Check out part 2 […]
Sep 14 2008 - posted by
riekus
Hi All,
just a quick one for now: we're on tour with Jena Berlin and people have been so kind to fill up some off days.
This tuesday, the 16th, we will be playing the Dynamo / werk21 in Zürich Switzerland. Thanks to our friend Alain of Sums Records. Some of you might recall our show […]
Sep 12 2008 - posted by
riekus
A week ago, we left on our second transatlantic tour with Jena Berlin from Philadelphia. Finally, we got some time to hook up to the internet and share our experiences and pictures with you. Below you will find the tour report up til now. More pictures will be up later, as we are having some […]
Sep 03 2008 - posted by
willem
Tomorrow we will get the tour van and pick up Jena Berlin from the airport. The day after, friday, we're off! Can't wait. Hope to see you all out there on the road, or in a venue … For all you dutchies, if you want to take the chance to see us play with […]
Aug 23 2008 - posted by
willem
More and more tour dates are being confirmed for both the European part and the USA part of our second Transatlantic tour. Unfortunately, for the European part in September there's still 3 dates to be filled in. If you can help us out with ANYTHING, we'd be extremely thankful for that. If you're curious for […]
Aug 22 2008 - posted by
riekus
Just a short one this time to let you know we just got some new merch in today. To keep all you kids warm for the oncoming winter we have some new zippers, hoodies and, well.. shirts and girlies as well. We actually already had these shirts earlier on, but we decided to print them […]
Aug 20 2008 - posted by
yvo
On August 5 we played with Propagandhi in Belgium and I’m still creaming my pants when I’m thinking back on that show… thanks to Bram and everyone of Heartbreak Tunes for taking good care of us. Thanks to all our friends and familiar faces who were at the show. Thanks to Propagandhi for being who […]