Germany and United Kingdom tours

To promote “Start From Scratch!” we will be touring our asses off as much as possible. Starting smoothly with 2 weekend trips through Germany (with Red Tape Parade) and the United Kingdom.

Germany:

• Jan 5 GER Köln Sonic Ballroom w/ Red Tape Parade
• Jan 6 GER Augsburg Ballonfabrik w/ Red Tape Parade
• Jan 7 GER Finsterwalde L 86 w/ The Red Tape Parade
• Jan 8 GER Berlin Scherer8 w/ Red Tape Parade + Man the Change
• Jan 9 GER Available!

United Kingdom:

• Jan 26 BE / FR / UK Available!
• Jan 27 UK London The Gaff w/ The Human Project, Code Blue
• Jan 28 UK Bath The Green Park Tavern w/ The Human Project
• Jan 29 UK Hull Hollywood and Vine
• Jan 30 UK Leeds Royal Park Cellars

In February we will go back to France (get in touch for dates!), and in April we will head to Russia for the first time ever!

New album

For those living under a rock: we have a new album out, “Start From Scratch!”. You can order an LP/CD through us or stream or download it together with all our music (for free or for a donation) at music.antillectual.com. When you are at our webshop, check out our new shirts, zippers and girlies!

New bass player

A month ago we brought the news that Tom leaves our band and Tim replaces him. Some of you might know Tim from his solo work as Tim Vantol. You can read Tom’s statement here. His farewell show will be at the ACU in Utrecht on February 4, including a solo set by Tim Vantol and other TBA bands.

Eurosonic/Noorderslag & other shows

We are very proud to announce that we will be playing the Eurosonic/Noorderslag Festival in Groningen (NL). The festival is a showcase for hip and happening bands from Europe. And us. We will play a regular set and an acoustic set for Live In Your Living Room. See below for details. Do you want to hear our songs in your town? Email!

Eurosonic/Noorderslag shows:

• Jan 13 NL Groningen, Eurosonic/Noorderslag: Shadrak, Main w/ The Picturebooks, Waines, Thee Attacks. Starts 20:00 sharp!
• Jan 15 NL Groningen, Eurosonic/Noorderslag: Live in Your Living Room (Hoekstraat 42a) *Acoustic!* w/ Klerkx & The Secret, Awkward I

Other shows:

• Jan 22 NL Arnhem, Mallemoere (Yvo’s Vegan Cafe!). w/ DJ Santina Runaway
• Feb 4 NL Utrecht ACU Tom’s farewell show w/ Tim Vantol, Break Character, more
• Feb 22 FR Bordeaux, Hold’em Saloon
• Feb 25 SWI Geneva, Le Tiki’s
• Mar 12 BEL Ecaussinnes, Festival Arc-en-Musique, Maison du Peuple
• Mar 17 NL Nijmegen, De Bijstand. *Acoustic!* w/ PJ Bond
• Mar 18 NL Castricum, De Bakkerij. *Acoustic!* w/ PJ Bond, Tes
• Mar 19 BEL Mechelen, Metteko. w/ Straightaway, The Octopussy’s, Not So Much
• April 27 – May 3 RUSSIAN tour!
• Jun 17 SK Cadca, Bagdad Mosh Festival
• Jun 24 CZ Prague, Dejvická Klubovna
• Jun 25 CZ Hradek nad Nisou Hradek, Rock Summer Festival. Projekt Parabellum, Atari, Terror

But to all this, there is an antithesis: stuff that is valuable and maybe fun. For us; we are practicing our asses off, writing new songs as if they are climate agreements and practicing like the sustainability of the world as we know it is depending on it. We are scheduling more and more shows to kick the songs into shape live. And, we’ve set ourselves the toughest deadline there is: recording dates are planned! At the end of February we will be entering the studio with our friend Nico van Montfort of XPZ sound. We plan to record 12 or 13 songs for a new full length. More about that later.

In case both Sinterklaas and Santa forgot about you, and you want to treat yourself before the end of the year: check out our new merch. Pre-orders have been sent, regular orders are up now. Check the picture below, we are extremely happy with the new stuff. The design is actually red and silver (does it get any more Christmassy?) and we have t-shirts, girlie shirt, zippers and girlie zippers in several colors and sizes. On top of that we also have new patches, including one with Noam fucking Chomsky! Check our merch store for orders.
Have some fun during the holidays!

- NEW bass player
- NEW tours

NEW tours
Tom has been working hard to learn our set and the newly written songs. To get both our new bass player and the new songs kicked into perfect shape we planned a run of shows close to home:

Nov 21 NL Sevenum, OJC Walhalla w/ The Real Danger, This Is Cowboy Poetry
Nov 28 NL Breda, Kraakkroeg Voorerf Benefiet Klimaat Actie Kamp. w/ Blame Coca Cola, Rat Label
Dec 4 Bel Antwerpen, de Koevoet w/ Kingterror, Bitedown, GBO
Dec 5 NL Tilburg, Little Devil Shield recordings 5 year anniversary party. w/ Smash the Statues, The Real Danger, Argetti
Dec 19 NL Emmen, Huize Spoorloos w/ Barley Wine
Dec 24 NL Meppel, Cafe Clouso Xodus Kerstpunk. w/ Smash the Statues, Ravens, Omission, The Hunger, The Arrangement, Knekelput
Jan 16 NL Barneveld, Villa / Stedsj
Jan 23 NL Nijmegen, De Onderbroek Yvo & Smash the Statues Farewell show w/ Smash the Statues, In-sane, The Acoustic Alarm

After that period we embark on a European tour and record the new album. Below you find the tour schedule. As you can see we are still in need of shows. Please help us out if you can!

Jan 29 Fr Valenciennes, Available
Jan 30 Fr Lyon, Available
Jan 31 Fr Toulouse, Les Pavillons Sauvages w/ Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits, Messieurs de Fursac
Feb 1 Sp Barcelona, Available
Feb 2 Sp Zaragoza, Available
Feb 3 Sp Madrid, Sala Barracudas
Feb 4 Sp Burgos, TBC
Feb 5 Por Lisboa, Available
Feb 6 Por Porto, Available
Feb 7 Sp Vigo, Available (or Por)
Feb 8 Sp Giyon / Oviedo, Available (or Por)
Feb 9 Sp Bilbao, Available (or Fr)
Feb 10 Sp San Sebastian, Available (or Fr)
Feb 11 Fr Bayonne, TBC
Feb 12 Fr La Rochelle, La Barbarella
Feb 13 Fr Paris, Available
Feb 14 Fr Lille, La Chimère

NEW merch and web shop
Since we are almost out of shirts, patches and zippers and we have new touring plans we ordered some new merch. For the first time we will be doing girly zippers. Don’t let us down girls! If you pre-order our news designs you will get 2 free extra posters, 2 buttons, 2 stickers and 4 samplers, not a bad deal I assure you. Check out the designs and let us know what you think. Zippers come in 2 fancy colors, shirts and girlies in 3 colors.

In case this didn’t lead you to our site yet, please reconsider, since we have a completely new merch store, which makes it even easier to get what you want. Those of you privileged to receive this newsletter can also just reply and place your order.

That’s it for now. Because of the winter people are looking for HOT stuff. And we’ve heard twitter and facebook are HOT. So if you want us to feel appreciated interact with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Check it out! You can listen to the sampler online, but make sure you get a hold of a copy to support the good cause. We’ll be carrying the sampler in our distro as soon as we receive our copies in the mail.

And last but not least: if you, your band, sportsclub, whatever are interested in getting fair shirts for a decent price, get in touch with David or Tobi at Fair Trade Merch. We had our last t-shirt design done by them and are more than pleased with the quality, pricing and service. And no, they’re not paying us to say that

Needless to say, we are way stoked to get out there again! On this tour, we’ll be bringing along some fresh new shirts: state-of-the-art Portuguese design by our beloved friend Rita Gomes, printed by the great guys at Fair Trade Merch. The Shirts are 100% Organic Cotton and SA8000 certified for social working conditions. How cool is that!

On this tour, we will be accompanied by Tom (Smash the Statues) and Thomas. Somewhere halfway, our friend Pitter of Rush’n Attack / Omission will be joining as well.

Come and say hi at one of these shows:

Aug 1      Germany Zwiesel      Jugendcafé Festival      w/ Rentokill
Aug 2     Germany Rastatt     Artcanrobert     w/ Rentokill
Aug 3     Belgium Zele     ’T Verdriet     w/ Rentokill
Aug 4     Netherlands Nijmegen     De Onderbroek     w/ Rentokill
Aug 5     Germany Siegen     Vortex     w/ Rentokill
Aug 6     Germany Menden     Das Zentrum     w/ Rentokill
Aug 7     Germany Büschfeld     U&D Büschfeld     w/ Rentokill
Aug 8     Netherlands Den Haag     cafe de Vinger     w/ Rentokill

see you there, or along the way

In the mean time Riekus has been busy updating this site and improving what was not perfect yet, and now it all is! You can search this site through the search field on the top right, and some more social networks have been added next to it, Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, PureVolume, you know the drill. From now on Facebook.com/antillectual is the direct link to our page over there, by the way.

Besides that we updated the merch section and took out what wasn’t available anymore and put in the new EP. Get it while it’s still hot and pink! We also have some samplers (for instance the 15 years AFA compilation) which aren’t featured. Email us if you’re interested, we’ll throw in some nice goodies like stickers and posters.

And last the interview we did in Mülheim in March is online at Get Addicted. There’s also a live video at the same site with a new song.

Let us know if you can help us out with a show for one of our upcoming tours! B-bye!

Furthermore we are happy to announce a tour with our European political punker colleagues of Rentokill! Check the shows section for when and where exactly. A nice package to have an enjoyable evening with I presume. On top of that Tom from Smash the Statues will be joining us on the road despite his here and there somewhat peculiar taste in music. Kidding, we love him. And not only for coming on tour with us. We are still in need of one (1!) show, let us know if you want to help us out.

Today we also received our new and acoustic “Pull the Plug” 7″. In case you want to order one let us know. It costs 5 euro and contains four (4!) songs. And we’re extremely happy with the PINK result. More info will follow soon in our merch section. You can listen to a song on our myspace page.

In the mean time we keep adding more and more “local” shows in between our busy touring schedule. Check the shows section for those and let us know if you want us to play your metropole too. More (+) news soon!

- Release acoustic 7”
- Euro tour May
- New songs, recordings and other stuff

Release acoustic 7”
In March we recorded 4 songs (2 old, 2 new) on acoustic guitars and percussion. We’re very happy with the result and are proud that Shield Recordings and No Reason Records release them as the “Pull the Plug” 7”. The release date is set on July 5. If you want to get colored vinyl and a chance to win a test pressing, pre-order the single at shield recordings . It will also be available as a download from July 5 just like our debut album “Silencing Civilization”. The EP will include a download code for MP3’s and will first be available at our acoustic show at Knoflook in Den Bosch (NL) together with Mischief Brew, aka our acoustic EP release show. If you are curious what we sound or even look like acoustic; check out these live clips: http://www.vimeo.com/3836932 and http://vimeo.com/3836906 or download a song here

Check out a video interview we did (in Dutch) and some more acoustic songs here: http://www.lopendvuur.nl/2009/04/15/podcast-aflevering-3-lva-antillectual/

Euro tour May
To continue our amplified journey we planned a tour in a new direction. It will be our first time in Poland and the Czech Republic. As you can see we’re still in need of 3 shows. If you can help us out: please do!

May 20 NL Eindhoven Aloys. w/ All for nothing, Redemption falls, Never say never
May 21 Ger Göttingen JUZI. w/ Les Aligned, Malt Liquor Riot
May 22 Ger Erfurt Café Tiko
May 23 Pl Trzebiel Klub Trzebiel
May 24 !AVAILABLE!
May 25 !AVAILABLE!
May 26 Ger Dresden AZ Conni. w/ when we fall
May 27 Cz Republic Prague 007 Club
May 28 A Wiener Neustadt Bandhouse
May 29 Ger Zwiesel Jugendcafé Zwiesel
May 30 Ger Chemnitz AJZ Let’s fight white pride-festival. w/ Seein red, The now denial, Trainwreck, more
May 31 Ger !AVAILABLE!

New songs, recordings and other stuff
Furthermore we are really busy and actually past halfway writing a new album that we will record in October and will be released early 2010. Labels get in touché! If you want to support us by buying time in the studio, please consider visiting our shop  and check out a lot of nearly sold out models. Until that time we are, and will always be, looking for new shows and tours (also acoustic!) to try out our new songs.

Other upcoming shows and tours:
Jun 6 NL Gemert, De Bunker w/ Smash the Statues, New Pokerface
Jun 10 NL Nijmegen, Doornroosje w/ The Gaslight Anthem
Jul 4 NL Meppel, Unite It Festival
Jul 5 NL Den Bosch, Knoflook *Acoustic release show* w/ Mischief Brew
Jul 23 Ger Kamen JKC
Jul 24 !AVAILABLE!
Jul 25 A Pöllau bei Hartberg, Club 81: Scream Out Festival. W/ Rentokill
Jul 26 Ger München, Sunny Red/Feierwerk

For more news, links to our social networks, our political interests, our personal updates and what not, please keep checking our website

If you happen to be from Brasil or understand Portugese, check out this item on MTV Brasil (scroll down a bit). And if anyone could tell us what they are saying we'd be pleased to know!

Since we want to get rid of some stock of old samplers you now get one for free with any merch order over 5 euro. So if you had doubts, this might make up your mind? Or maybe even more reason not to do it?

Since we try to penetrate all social networks around, Riekus created a Twitter account to which you can subscribe yourself if you want. And why not. We also started a Facebook account. But haven't done much to it yet. Again, feel free to drop by, subscribe, and perhaps even give us any tips on how to get that thing proper looking. Since it doesn't right now.

And last but not least is an interview in the UK fanzine Last hours with Yvo and Riekus. A video interview! Thanks to our friend Tom! Please check out Last Hours for sure, one of the best European zines around. For now.

First of all, if you happen to have/find reviews, pictures, videos, whatever from our USA tour, please send them or a link to us. We like to keep track and collect a lot of souvenirs this way. A written tour report and the last episode of the tour video report are to come.

For the Americans that are looking for ways to order our merch cheaper than from us (shipping costs and stuff) check out Jump Start Records for the Testimony LP. For the CD/LP of Silencing Civilization and the Testimony CD get in touch with Square of Opposition Records. He is more up to date with his email than with his website. Don't you worry. Square of Opposition also has some left over T-shirts from our USA tour up for sale. Soon they will be for sale through this website too. About that; we sold out some old shirt designs and updated this on the merch section. The remastered Silencing Civilization CDs and LPs are available for ordering.

We also found some new reviews of Testimony in German at Waste of Mind fanzine and Blueprint Fanzine, in English in Can You See the Sunset, Punktastic. On top of that the German zine Ox did an interview with us. You can find the online version here. Soon there will be an interview on ipunk.cz and Last Hours. As if we wouldn't let you know.

Phil from Black Numbers Records (Static Radio, Purpose, Rock,star) asked us if we would like to participate in a Kid Dynamite tribute "Carry the torch" they are releasing together with Copper Lung Records and Get Outta Town Records. And of course, we're honoured. There's a list of already confirmed other bands which is quite exciting. So next weekend we'll be recording Kid Dynamite's "Wrist rocket" and perhaps some demos for our own new songs. If there's enough time though.

For now we hope to see you at the Speak Out Fest which can't go wrong with a line up like this: Smoke or Fire, Fake Problems, Tenement Kids, Brat Pack, Rush 'n Attack, Omission, Brito.