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31 January 2018 ~ Comments Off on Loud & Rising Playlists

Loud & Rising Playlists

The LOUD & RISING TOUR is coming up in 1 week! For ultimate preparation we created playlists on Spotify, Youtube and Bandcamp feat Green Lizard, This Means War and yours truly. Enjoy and hope to see you at one of these:

Feb 08 Den Bosch, W2
Feb 09 Utrecht, DB’S
Feb 10 Alkmaar, Victorie
Feb 15 Rotterdam, Baroeg
Feb 16 Arnhem, Willemeen
Feb 17 Heerlen, Nieuwe Nor

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25 December 2017 ~ Comments Off on Friends First Fest #3 / 2017

Friends First Fest #3 / 2017

It’s only a couple of days left before it’s the end of the year. Traditionally we “do” our last show of the year at De Onderbroek in Nijmegen at our very own Friends First Fest! This year will be a special edition spread over 2 days with bands from close to home and from a little further away. With new bands and bands that we grew up on. And with proper afterparties: DJ Bobby Brat (Th Dec 28) and live punk rock karaoke from Singalong Riot (Fr Dec 29)! Proceeds will go to causes worth supporting: Solidarity Not Silence, Animal Equality and AFA Nederland.

We hope to see you all at De Onderbroek on December 28 and 29 to celebrate good music and the end of the year.

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16 November 2017 ~ Comments Off on Loud & Rising tour: 6 shows in the Netherlands

Loud & Rising tour: 6 shows in the Netherlands

Finally we get to announce the LOUD & RISING TOUR!

6 Dutch shows with the legends of Green Lizard and brand new punk rockers This Means War. Brought to you by Loud Noise!

08.02 Den Bosch Willem Twee poppodium
09.02 Utrecht dB’s
10.02 Alkmaar Podium Victorie
15.02 Rotterdam Baroeg Rotterdam
16.02 Arnhem Willemeen
17.02 Heerlen poppodium NIEUWE NOR

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10 May 2017 ~ Comments Off on Newsletter May 2017: Latin American tour video, Latin European tour

Newsletter May 2017: Latin American tour video, Latin European tour


We made a music video / after movie / tour report from the footage we shot on our
Latin American tour. And we will go to South-West Europe in June and play a
bunch of festivals this summer.

Latin European Tour

We have added a new chapter to the ENGAGE tour: South-West Europe AKA Latin
Europa. It’s the first time we’re going there with our new album. Looking
forward to it a lot, it’s been a while since we did a run like this, and there’s
some very promising shows in there!

Tour event on facebook.

Presented by Outro Shows and Infected Records

Latin American tour report

What to expect when Antillectual comes on tour? The video tour report of our
Latin American tour with Satanic Surfers will tell you! AKA: the new music video
for One Size Fits All from our latest release ENGAGE! Get a peek of the amazing
time we had in Latin America; on and off stage!

Merch

Now you can pay by card (credit/debit/etc) when you buy merch at shows! Of
course you can also get our merch through our web store. We still have
some leftover items from our Latin American tour. Very limited edition; old and
new designs, selected sizes. For the first time we have ENGAGE available on
cassette tape!

ENGAGE tour continues

Our program for the rest of the summer is taking shape quite nicely as well,
we’re playing LOTS of cool festivals. See you out there!

Loud Noise bookings

As of now Loud Noise is taking care of our European bookings (Germany excluded)
and we are working on a lot of fun things (tours, shows, festivals) for the rest
of the year. Again, see you out there!

For European bookings (Germany excluded): martijn@loudnoise.nl

For German bookings: maik@thelivingproof.de

That’s it for now. In our next newsletter we’ll have new tours and festivals for you, promise! And who knows what else …
Thanks for reading, stay in touch!

– Willem, Riekus & Toon

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12 April 2017 ~ Comments Off on Latin American tour report – February 2017, with Satanic Surfers

Latin American tour report – February 2017, with Satanic Surfers

At the airport in Brussels, before taking off to Porto Alegre, Brazil.

I’m starting this tour tour report as we’re flying from Brussels to Madrid. The first of many take-offs and landings. After Madrid we’re flying to Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre where the first show will be. Usually when we tour on other continents we’re done flying after arriving at the first show and we continue by van. Not this tour. This one seems to be completely different from any tour we have previously done. Once we finished our show in Porto Alegre we will fly to the show in Sao Paulo the next day. And to Buenos Aires the day after that. And so on, and so on.

Meeting our Brazilian tour manager Lucas on the very first show of tour in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Buenos Aires, Argentina

We’ve done many tours in the past, in a lot of thinkable ways. We did tours on our own, in our own van, relatively close to home. We also did support tours with bigger bands. We also toured in a nightliner. And on other continents than our own. But we never did a support tour in a different continent, where we flew to every single show. That is what makes this tour different from anything we ever did before. Hopefully better, probably crazier, definitely more exhausting. Our tour book, which is our bible for the next weeks, tells us what to expect, tells us there are days we get up at 3:45am after playing a show till probably late the night before. I wonder if we will ever notice a jetlag or never really get into any rhythm.

Lunch with Satanic Surfers in Guadalajara, Mexico

Toon diving and filming during Satanic Surfers

Last time we toured Brazil is like a haze to me. When you are not in charge of booking, driving or managing a tour, it’s harder to keep track of where you are and what’s going on. I’m sure this tour will be the same. What I do remember from our previous visit to Brazil is the warmth and friendliness of the people. They are so thankful that you come and tour their country. And when the show starts their enthusiasm translates into the most intense crowd response; from dancing to singing, screaming to running around.

Mayhem during Satanic Surfers’ show in Santiago, Chile

Guadalajara, Mexico

I’m collecting memories of the first 2 shows in Brazil, in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo, as we’re having 2 days off in a beach house. It’s nice to see that people not only come out to see the headliner, Satanic Surfers, which is always the “risk” of being a support band. But people really seem to know us. From when we toured here in 2012, or from online activity and of course from the new album that got released a month before the tour by our Brazilian label, Fusa Records. The 2 Brazilian shows were amazing. Completely packed venues with sweaty, singing and dancing people. Old and new friends coming up to us and asking us when we will come back again first thing after the show. And never before did we appear in so many selfies and did our signature appear on so many merch items. (Check our instagram and facebook if you don’t believe us!)

Making friends at the merch table in San Jose, Costa Rica

Guadalajara, Mexico

It’s nice to have 2 days off in Itanhaém Beach, close to Sao Paulo. Not only because the early “lobby call” at 3:45am to get to Sao Paulo, but also because the next 6 shows will be without days off, but having equally early get-up times. From here on we won’t be guided by tour manager Lucas from Solid Music Entertainment. It’s us and the Surfers on our own.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

The biggest upside to this tour is the biggest downside at the same time: in 2 weeks we get to play Latin America from north to south, from west to east. We’re playing to skatepunk and melodic punkrock fans in all major capitals in Latin America, getting our music out to people that might not have heard our music yet, but are likely to appreciate it. A chance of a lifetime, we owe Satanic Surfers and Solid Music Entertainment eternal gratitude for having us on this tour. But on the other side, touring on a crazy schedule like this means that airports, hotels and venues are pretty much the only things we get to see. Most impressions we get from the cities are from traveling in between these anchor points. And even when there is a dead hour it might be wise to spend it asleep and invest in the show later that night.

Bogota, Colombia

Loud music is more common in Latin America than it is in the Netherlands in particular and Europe in general. In the beach house in Itanhaém Beach there is a radio with a national channel playing 24/7. Within one hour The Offspring, Ramones, Bad Religion and Rage Against the Machine have played from the speakers. What Dutch or European national radio station (still) has such playlists?

A hotel room with a view in Buenos Aires, Argentina

It’s not the intention to make a political piece out of this, but hallelujah to the EU! (Disclaimer; not all aspects are OK, of course.) I think we pretty much toured Latin America the way bands used to tour Europe before the EU: border crossings and custom stops before and after every show and recalculating merch prices to the local currency for every show. For anyone who has ever traveled to the US or outside of Europe you will probably know how idiotically senseless the customs forms are that you NEED to fill in (“Please check the box if you were active as SS soldier in Nazi Germany”), and how purposeless the baggage checks are (“Merch? No problem if it’s for promotional use only!”) Endless formalities where you’re in big trouble if you check the wrong box. Can’t wait for the “Latin Union” when we get to go back.

Bogota, Colombia

Despite the little time off, some interesting things occurred to us, unfortunately a lot of which based on their colonial history. We saw a lot of European heritage while we expected to see more USA influence. For instance, everywhere the metric system is in use, in most countries there’s more European cars than American cars. Certain countries and cities seem more like poorer versions of European cities than anything else. Then again there are differences; Brazil, Colombia and Mexico “feel” more American than the other countries, especially the public space does.

After-show chilling after last show of tour in Guadalajara, Mexico

Touring Latin America is very rewarding, even when you are “only the support band” and most people might only know the headliner. First of all people are thankful that you take the opportunity to travel to their continent and play for them. Second of all, it occurred to us how many people appreciated the political aspect of our band. When Latin America crowds are usually known to love fast punk, the faster the better and take lyrical content for granted (a language issue I’m sure). But many people came up to us after the shows saying they liked both our music and the message we stand for. On the other hand, the punk scene is closely related to the hardcore and metal scene. A lot of the shows were announced as “Hardcore shows”. Partly a good thing, because it brings wide varieties of people to the shows. On the other hand, the mix of hardcore and even hip-hop results in a certain macho attitude at shows and VERY few females who are not girlfriends at shows. Not to speak about the fact that we played with a lot of bands, none of which had female members. Some steps are still to be taken …

Getting to do tourist stuff on the day before we fly out in Queretaro, Mexico

We were truly struck by how many people already knew us. And it is awesome to notice how small (or big, depends on how you look at it) the punk scene is. In Mexico we played with We Step Out, a band that covered a song by Smash the Statues, our friends from the Netherlands (that never toured or released in Latin America). After the last show with Satanic Surfers, our paths split and we arranged to drive home with the We Step Out guys. People we never met before, took us in their van to drive us from Guadalajara to Mexico City, took us in their homes for some sleep and showed us around the city when we have a day off before our last flight. Long live the DIY/punk scene!

More tourist stuff at the Teotihuacan Pyramids on the day we fly out of Mexico City.

Some numbers:
16 days
13 flights
8 shows
6 countries
5 languages (non-Latin American like Dutch and Swedish included)
1000s of people at the shows
100s of merch items sold
3 hearts filled with joy to return to Latin America as soon as we can! 😉

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