Archive for the 'releases' Category
Jul 11 2010 - posted by
riekus
While we were out on our last tour, we had the pleasure of sharing some of our experiences with you. Right now, we have finally managed to wrap up the whole report, including some lovely pictures by Rudy. If you wonder what it’s like to be out on the road for 3 weeks straight in [...]
May 07 2010 - posted by
willem
We got back from a very awesome tour bringing us to the Groezrock festival, the UK, Queensday in Holland, Just Like Your Mom’s HQ and the traditional Le Havre Mayhem. A lot of thanks to those coming out to our show at Groezrock and the shows we did in the UK and the mainland. Thanks [...]
Apr 19 2010 - posted by
riekus
This week we finished mixing and mastering our new album. We are really looking forward to the release later this year. In the meantime we are not slowing down and doing quite a lot of cool tours, shows and festivals the coming months.
Start from Scratch!
Tour with High Five Drive
Groezrock
May-June tour
Festivals, other shows
START FROM SCRATCH!
Indeed, that is [...]
Mar 23 2010 - posted by
willem
Last Thursday we finished recording our new album. We recorded the drums, bass, guitars and vocals for 12 songs for our new album which will be called “START FROM SCRATCH!”. Honestly we are really happy with the result so far. Now it is up to Nico van Montfort to mix and master it into heaven. [...]
Oct 13 2009 - posted by
willem
So, sunday night we arrived back home more or less safely from a tour that showed us a lot of asphalt, gas stations and “European Unity”. We have posted some professionally shot pieces of picture here. We dropped off the Americans at the airport, they should be home right now. The shows were a blast! [...]
Sep 02 2009 - posted by
riekus
As of today, the song “Sponsorship for life” from our latest full-length album Testimony is featured on a CD-sampler made by the guys at Fairtrademerch.com. We’re very pleased to make a contribution to the awareness surrounding the Fair Trade movement, and besides that we’re really pleased to share a spot on this sampler with great [...]
Aug 22 2009 - posted by
willem
The tour with Rentokill was amazing, as we hoped for. We have been friends with those guys for quite some years now and it was really fun and interesting to be on the road together for the first time. Hopefully more enterprises like this will follow. Thanks for coming out to the shows and dancing [...]
Jul 04 2009 - posted by
riekus
We recently announced the release of our acoustic 7″ titled “Pull the plug”. Those of you who follow us on Twitter might have heard about it already: the 7″ is finished and we’re damn proud of it. The first pressing comes with a lovely, screen printed sleeve and pink or black vinyl. Check it out:
In [...]
Jun 18 2009 - posted by
willem
And it seems we are back! And we’re very happy with that. Some features will still be added, but we’re up and running, and that’s what matters most. We have two (2) tour reports to announce. One from our tour through Germany in February/March of this year the we forgot to put up here. The [...]
May 15 2009 - posted by
riekus
ANTILLECTUAL News Letter May 2009: ANTILLECTUAL PULLS THE PLUG
After years of writing songs on acoustic guitars, people asking us to play some songs acoustic and acoustic jamming together on tour, we decided to do it right: release an acoustic album and play acoustic shows. And obviously there’s also some more “ordinary” touring and recording to [...]
May 05 2009 - posted by
willem
When Yvo and I (Willem) were young(er) we used to watch every touring band that visited Holland in a place called Doornroosje (sleeping beauty) in Nijmegen. A couple of bands that we saw there when they were still pretty unknown: Ten Foot Pole, Pulley, New Bomb Turks, No Fun At All, Lagwagon, Blink 182, Good [...]
Apr 06 2009 - posted by
willem
As we speak we are working on new music, lyrics and a revolutionary way to combine those two. Most likely they will appears as "songs" on a future "album", but we can't guarantee "anything". It seems our previous album ("Testimony") is available in JAPAN exactly 1 year after the release in Europe! Check Fast Life [...]
Jan 27 2009 - posted by
riekus
2008 was an incredibly busy year for us. We played well over 100 shows, released a new album and toured all over Europe and the USA. 2009 seems to be getting even crazier. We plan on recording a new record, doing lots of touring again and hopefully play at some nice festivals. And to start [...]
Jan 17 2009 - posted by
willem
Hell yes! After a release in Europe through six labels, a USA release through Jump Start Records we are now proud and anxious to announce a Japanese release of Testimony through Fast Life Records! The record will be out in March and will contain some special bonus material. Check their myspace for information on Fast [...]
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 [...]