Antillectual

unfortunately there have been some show cancellations for several reasons. because of a misunderstanding and -communication between the belgian and dutch bookers of the rentokill show in mol (b.) we won't be able to play there december 9. we're very sorry, we'd have loved playing there ourselves. and because of my (willem) chronic throat infection and the surgery i (willem) will undergo next week, we (antillectual) won't be playing the show of october 28 in the winston in amsterdam. the show will go on, of course, so go there, it will be the good bye show of all under age drummer joris. last chance to catch him live. a more positive note: we're also added to the burning heads show in eindhoven january 25.

and smashed images, the nijmegen based, arnhem terrorizing fanzine has put an interview with us online. check it here. it's not quite new, bob speaks his mind in stead of riekus, even though the pics make everything look newer. www.smashedimages.net for the main site. we'll bring you more positive news next time. no promise, just a threat.
 

last weekend we checked if we were still able to play like a proper band after 3 months of not playing or practicing. and people told us we did, the new songs turned out pretty good and some old songs we hadn't played for a while, or never with riekus at all, worked out o.k. as well. so, we tried to arrange some more shows. and again we'll be playing with a band that has influenced us enormously over the years. we imitated their riffs, stole their lyrics, only their looks were too hard to copy: we'll be playing with strike fucking anywhere! and we're so excited you can't imagine … again we're a step closer to having achieved what we wanted and quitting the band. we have some more shows to announce, we'll accompany the burning heads (france's best band we've been told) at their show in het bolwerk in sneek. and we'll be playing at the e.p. release party of our good friends from the tenement kids in a place called arnhem, the stage.
 that's it for now. stay!
 

hey there! here we are again, with actual news to announce! check the latest live xs with a review of our show at the valkhof affaire festival in nijmegen. we got compliments for our show and a comparison with both hot water music and bad religion. anyone heard of those bands?

we also have new shows in the netherlands and belgium. we'll be supporting our austrian friends from rentokill on their benelux dates. besides the dates we play with them, this incredible band will play at the stage in arnhem on thursday december 7. go check those guys out! besides all these confirmed shows we have some more coming up. as soon as they're confirmed, we'll post them.

we also post our dates on our "renewed" myspaced. renewed: we've put some new pics on it and you're extra welcome to become our "friend": www.myspace.com/antillectual

we're still writing and working on new songs which are coming along pretty well. we plan to make demo recordings later this year or early next year. again, we'll keep you updated. good news on the kiddies front as well: jippe is healthy and well, the little fellow is growing like falafel, or on falafel … take care!

hey there all of you! survived your summer vacation? we did. and we have great news to announce, well yvo has: his son "jippe" got born on august 23, healthy and all! so we congratulate yvo and suzette and jippe, and wish them a happy and cosy family with the three of them. we're very curious whose musical talents jippe inherited! perhaps he screams louder than his father?

as for the band, we actually started writing and praticing new songs and they are working out quite alright, we think … someday they'll make it to a record. if you want to hear them, book us a show … we want to play them live ourselves as well! at that we have a new show to announce in charleroi, belgium for a small trip to belgium and france, check the shows. more t.b.a. soon.

we're pretty much running out on some t-shirt and sweater models, if you want to order check the merch-section.

if you want to combine listening our songs with songs from other bands, don't go to our purevolume or myspace sites but listen to blitzkriegpop at kink f.m. it appears there is a radio show willing to give us some airplay!

hopefully some more "important" news soon! to be continued. how you doin'? 

fucked up, if you think about it. but try to keep that negativity down, the economy is recovering! and in emo capital of holland amersfoort you can get suspended from school if your sister wears pants. who cares about israel if you have issues like these in your own country? (inter)national politicians don't. that's for sure. on a more or less similar note, you can watch riekus' pants on this website now. his profile is online. click on "band" if you want to know more about our new drummer.