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ANTILLECTUAL News Letter May 2009: ANTILLECTUAL PULLS THE PLUG

– 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

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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 Life Records and the release (their blog if you understand any Japanese … but doesn't it look awesome?). We can't wait to get a copy of these.

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.

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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" sing two major bands, so let's do it.

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.

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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 Bridge and Tunnel among many more. Keep an eye on this site for updates and reports.We bring a video camera so expect some video footage every now and then too. For this tour we have a new shirt design that will only availabel on the USA shows, so make sure to stop by. We'll also bring the new LP's and CD's of Silencing Civilization Shield Recodrings re-released.

Besides the USA tour we have some new shows and tours lined up on the shows page. Check out if we come anywhere near you, and if not maybe you can help us out to do so?

If you want to order the re-release of the remastered Silencing Civilization you can do so now through this site (info@antillectual). Our 2 albums together cost 15 euro and a shirt and an album are 15 euro too. Just to let you know.

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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 Jena Berlin, which you should be, go here to stream their album, Quo Vadimus. We're all really excited to go on a tour that is a little longer again.

And for that tour we'll be bringing the new merchandise Riekus announced yesterday. You can of course also order through this site.

Speaking of digital availability, you can from now download our album "Testimony" through services like I-Tunes, download punk and the like. Fond of Life Records released our album through European download stores, so feel free to check it out. The USA release date of the download will be September 23. Unfortunately the LP release of the record might get some delay because of problems at the pressing plant. We'll keep you updated.

Furthermore we're busy writing and practising new songs. Just to let you know.

Last but not least, thanks to all of you who came to or commented on the Propagandhi show in Temse, Belgium, to join us in our idolization towards Propagandhi. We know, that's not punk. We never claimed to be though, or did we? Hope to see you all soon.

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