Antillectual

On April 9, 2018 we released our most megalomaniac music video! Music video is not even the right word to describe it: for this project we made a documentary series about people changing the standard in their field of work towards more sustainable, fair trade and organic industries and societies. The series is proof that entrepreneurs like these, many with a background rooted in punk rock and DIY ethics, can make a change. The big apotheosis is music video shoot at the Nevel Brewery! Needless to say: if you ever get the chance to shoot a video at a brewery, do it!

We visited and interview these friends and standard-changers: Mattias at Nevel, Sandra at Just Like Your Mom, Jesse at Velocity, Yvo at Bietenrood and David at fairtrademerch. I say “we”, but none of this would have been possible (or fun…) without the skills and energy of director Ivana Smudja! After we came up with this ridiculous idea she executed the whole thing: filming, editing and making sure it looked good! Speaking of changing the standard…

Check the music video and 5 documentaries

We have a soft spot for skate parks and skate related events (Shred Fest!) so we’re stoked to be returning to World Skate Center in Den Bosch on April 24 with our 5 star friends from Two Star Review! It will be gnarly!

Info & tix, more shows:

Apr 09 NL Hoofddorp, Cpunt w/ Pussy Riot
Apr 11 NL Zwolle, Skroetfest
Apr 24 NL Den Bosch, World Skate Center w/ Two Star Review
May 14-23 CANADA tour w/ Krang
May 30 DE Wermelskirchen, Bahndamm w/ Authority Zero, Melonball
Jun 02 NL Den Haag, PAARD w/ Nerf Herder
Jul 11 AT Reutte, Die Kellerei w/ Special Broadcast
Sep 05 NL Nijmegen, De Opstand w/ Ink Bomb, Trui

Last week Arnhem pic by Roos

It’s been 5 years now, but The Pandemic is still a breaking point/period to many. A farewell to music for some, a starting point for others. We entered the pandemic without a bass player, which made it a decent excuse for a lengthy time out and sabbatical from music. When Ben joined we knew we wanted to get back into it as soon as we could! We didn’t do any seated, online or otherwise compromised Covid shows and with the exception of a one-off show done under regular circumstances in Wuppertal in Oct 2021, we did not play live for over 2 years. Until April 2nd 2022.

We couldn’t do Friends First Fest in 2020 and 2021, but we wanted to do a FFF-esque return to live music, so we organized SHRED FEST at our local skate park Waalhalla. An event combining meeting up with friends physically again, live bands and skating. While a lot of people still were a little shy to go to live events without restrictions, it was amazing to see a lot of people for the first time in years, play live again and start a new chapter with our new lineup!

We had the pleasure of playing with Skroetbalg last month and we’re pumped to be playing their own festival with an incredible lineup! Stompen met de Skroet!

We’ve played Zwolle quite a few times in the past, since Zwolle has a lively DIY scene also in squatted spaces. Pics from Sep 13, 2003 at CO-9 by Mark BBK and Photo Mike Nicolaassen.

Even though it did absolutely not feel like it, on March 29, 2003 we played our first ever show abroad, in Luxembourg! It was the Dutch Punk Festival with Antidote, Beans, The Bips, Disturbance, Last To Go, B.B.K., and local bands Destitution, Nervous Chillin’ and Extinct. Organized by our friend Giordano Bruno, who has booked us many times after and still books amazing shows in Luxembourg (Madones Fest!).

This was a crazy experience with all our Dutch friends on the road travelling from Nijmegen/The Netherlands to the deep south of Luxembourg to play to all our Dutch friends and the Luxembourg punk scene (equal in size). Yvo’s dad had a van at that time and wanted to join us for the trip. We met up at the old Doornroosje, loaded gear and drove in a cordon to Luxembourg. The combination of all these older bands and more “punk” people (at least to our idea at that time) and us being escorted by one of our dads made it a hilarious trip.

Another reason why this show was a milestone for us: it was the first time playing as a threepiece. In the months before it became clear that continuing as a threepiece matched our ambitions better. For all four band members, including Falco, who was playing bass for us at the time. He was still in high school, not able to spend as much time on music as the rest of us. Yvo switched from guitar to bass and the first thing that our ambitious asses got to do was play Luxembourgh of all places! And to the same crowd that would attend most Dutch shows. The irony is appreciated, knowing this would not be our last show abroad!