Antillectual

In 2009, when only Frankie Stubbs knew how to play acoustic punk, we released our acoustic endeavor “Pull the Plug”. This EP is currently sold out. But when screen printing the covers back then we fucked up. 38 times. Therefor we have 38 EPs left without a cover. To solve this we made a rainbow of new/limited/one-off covers (are you feeling the Sochi reference?). You can now order one of those last 38 copies at our webstore. If you have a preference for a color combination let us know and we can see if we have anything matching.

Following up on our “limited-edition-one-of-a-kind-re-release” of our acoustic EP Pull the Plug, we also put it online at our youtube channel. Make sure to subscribe to that channel to stay up to date with all music and videos we release over there.

The Pull the Plug EP was recorded with Nico of XPZ Sound in our rehearsal space of that time: my (Willem) parents’ place. Yvo plays acoustic guitar in stead of bass. It was released in 2009 by our friends from Shield Recordings, No Reason Records and Sums Records. The original 3-way PINK artwork by Gijs!; 200 PINK EPs, 300 black.

Benefit of the Doubt  and  Because We Can  were previously released as normal versions, while these were the first (and only acoustic) appearances of  The New Jew  and  The Hunt Is On, later featured as amplified songs on “Start from Scratch!”.

After an extremely busy period last year, we started this year a little more relaxed, working on new music. But all quiet things come to and end, we are lining up more and more new shows!

April 11 NL Middelburg, Bar American. w/ Flatcat, March, Scallywags. FB event
April 19 GER Paderborn, 15 Jahre Horrorbiz Fest / Kulturwerkstatt. w/ A Time To Stand, Giver, The Vaders, Back at Sea, MayTheForceBeWithYou, Britney’s Tears. FB event
May 9 GER Frankfurt, Elfer Klub
May 10 GER Saarlouis, IN-CORE Festival / Utopia. w/ Not Available, Rising Anger, Choking on Illusions. FB link
May 17 NL Nijmegen, Heel Nijmegen Plat / De Onderbroek. FB event

Feel free to drop by at one of these, or get in touch if you want us to play your area, we’re always up for fun! Info@antillectual.com

Have a nice weekend!

I hope you all had a great year? We did, doing so many fun things. Just to name a few:

We recorded and released our new album “Perspectives & Objectives” in August. Next to cooperating with new friends such as Suburban Records and A-F Records we recorded the album partly ourselves in the beginning of the year, a first time. All attention, reactions and reviews for the album were heart-warming and magnificent. Connected to this release we made our first “professional” music video for “Soundtrack” in June.

We played around 100 shows this year, including tours with Propagandhi, ZSK, Timeshares, Smile & Burn, Sweet Empire, The Rebel Spell and City Light Thief. We shared the stage with all time heroes like Bad Religion, NOFX, Alkaline Trio, Strike Anywhere, Skin of Tears and many others. And we had an amazing summer playing at festivals like Monster Bash, Punk Rock Holiday, Anti-Fest, Ex Fest, Ecofest and our own Releasefest for the new album. We didn’t go to crazy, exotic places this year, but it was nice to return to Sweden and Norway, and visit Sicily for the first time.

No bad things this year then? But of course: At one point it seemed we drove more kilometers in a broken van to and from the car shop than to shows. But vans are repairable!

Thanks to all involved for being a part of this amazing year, see you in 2014!

Supporting Bad Religion in Groningen (Photo: Tom Roelofs)

Whether you are in a band, or whether you like to check bands, live shows are what matters most. We have lined up our shows for the rest of the year below: November is packed and for December we’re still looking for a nice addition.

We will be hitting Germany, France, the UK and Belgium, playing with bands like ZSK, the Flatliners, the Rebel Spell, Astpai, Sweet Empire, Skin of Tears, Crazy Arm and many others. Check the list below, our FB event page, or (most up to date) our website.

NOV 08 GER Stuttgart, CLUB ZENTRAL. w/ ZSK, The Detectors
NOV 09 GER Dresden, SCHLACHTHOF. w/ ZSK, Rantanplan

NOV 13 FR Paris, LA MIROITERIE. w/ The Rebel Spell
NOV 14 GER Schwabisch Gmund, ESPERANZA. w/ The Rebel Spell
NOV 15 FR Dijon, DEEP INSIDE. w/ The Rebel Spell
NOV 16 FR Blois BUREAU BLOIS. w/ The Rebel Spell
NOV 17 FR Lille L’IMPOSTURE. w/ The Rebel Spell

NOV 22 GER Hannover, BEI CHEZ HEINZ. w/ ZSK, Abstürzende Brieftauben
NOV 23 GER Dortmund, FZW. w/ ZSK, The Detectors
NOV 24 BEL Opwijk (Brussels), NIJDROP. w/ The Flatliners, Astpai, You Nervous?

NOV 27 UK London, ASTBURY CASTLE. w/ Sweet Empire, Shot!, The Exhausts
NOV 28 UK Plymouth, WHITE RABBIT. w/ Sweet Empire, Crazy Arm
NOV 29 UK Grimsby, THE MATRIX. w/ Sweet Empire
NOV 30 UK Dundee, BOOK YER ANE FEST VII. w/ Sweet Empire, Bangers, Dividers, more
DEC 01 UK Bradford, 1 IN 12. w/ Sweet Empire, Crazy Arm

DEC 13 GER Jülich, KUBA. w/ Skin of Tears
DEC 14 GER Wermelskirchen, AJZ BAHNDAMM. w/ Skin of Tears, The Octopussys

DEC 20 GER available!
DEC 21 GER Berlin CASSIOPEIA. w/ The Uprising

Spread/share the word! What should we do in 2014?

After having done a short UK-run in September with Timeshares and Dividers, we’re very happy to announce another trip across the canal. This time we’ll be joined by our friends in Sweet Empire, playing shows in England as well as our favourite festival in Scotland: Book Yer Ane Fest. Dates below.

UK Tour Dates with Sweet Empire:
November 27 – Astbury Castle, London
November 28 – White Rabbit, Plymouth
November 29 – The Matrix, Grimsby
November 30 – Book Yer Ane Fest, Dundee
December 1 – TBC

Keep an eye on this website or the Facebook event for updates.