Antillectual

Our Italian tour is past halfway, we played the most southern show yesterday, in Cosenza. So we are heading north again as we speak. It is great to go to places where we have never been before and where not many foreign bands go on tour. Upside: the people that come to the shows love to see bands from other countries. Downside: the local scenes seem to be smaller than in places where touring bands go all the time.

For this trip Tim, Riekus and I are getting great help from Thomas (who does our merch most of the time) and Kirsten van Etten. Kirsten is a graduating photography student. For her final exam she will be doing a documentary about our tour, including an exhibition where the photos will be shown. I hope the subjects of the photos will not influence the results of her exam, we usually don’t make pictures look good …

While conquering the unconquered in Italy, we are also working on some shows this summer (more on that soon) and getting the tour with Boy Sets Fire together. Added to the line up is LetLive and also a new show in Saarbrucken. Check the shows section for shows and “availables”. See you soon!

As we promised before, we are gonna play our asses off in support of the release of “Start From Scratch!”. We are going to Italy and Russia on our own and we will tour across Europe with Boy Sets Fire, over 50 shows in total. But first: have you checked our new album yet? Stream or download (pay-what-you-like) it here or buy a CD or LP from our webstore.

• Italian tour
• Russian tour
• Support for Boy Sets Fire across Europe
• More shows

Italian tour

We have been to Italy before, but never this extended. The guys at No Reason Records really did an awesome job getting us shows all over Italy:

24-03 SWI, Basel / Sommercasino
25-03 ITA, Torino / United
26-03 ITA, Castiglione delle Stiviere / Arcidallò
27-03 ITA, Bologna / Lazzaretto
28-03 ITA, Bologna / Acoustic (TBA)
29-03 ITA, Rome / Closer
30-03 ITA, Maddaloni (CA) / New Dream
31-03 ITA, Rende (CS) / B-Side
01-04 ITA, Molfetta (BA) / Macerie
02-04 ITA, L’aquila / Casematte!
03-04 ITA, Vicenza / Jack Hole
04-04 GER, Regensburg / Zimmer 4
05-04 SWI, Oberburg / Müllers `Place w/ Your All Time Favourites
06-04 GER, AVAILABLE!

Russian tour

Since our new album was released in Russia by Angry Chuck Records, that seemed a good excuse to go there. Neither one of us has ever been there, so we are excited as little kids:

27-04 RU, Ramenskoe / Slam
28-04 RU, Tula / Wekino
29-04 RU, Moscow / Democracy
30-04 RU, Vladimir / CB
01-05 RU, Ryazan’ / Dom Kul’tury
02-05 RU, St. Petersburg / Vegan Club
03-05 RU, TBA

Support for Boy Sets Fire across Europe

Speaking of little kids: when we were young(er) we grew up on Boy Sets Fire‘s music and now we are extremely happy to announce we will be doing the support for their reunion tour. There are still some dates (without Boy Sets Fire) to be filled, so please get in touch if you can help us out:

08-06 AVAILABLE
09-06 GER, Ulm / Panda Bar
10-06 GER, Sulzbach-Rosenberg / Youth Club Hängematte w/ Tim Vantol
11-06 GER, Weimar / Gerber 3 w/ the Toyotas, The Detectors
12-06 AVAILABLE
13-06 AVAILABLE
14-06 HUN, Budapest / A38 w/ Boy Sets Fire
15-06 PL, Bielsko-Biala / Backstage w/ Boy Sets Fire
16-06 CZ, Prague / Akropolis w/ Boy Sets Fire
17-06 AVAILABLE
18-06 GER, Leipzig / Conne Island w/ Boy Sets Fire
19-06 AVAILABLE
20-06 GER, Nürnberg / Löwesaal w/ Boy Sets Fire
21-06 A, Innsbruck / Weekender w/ Boy Sets Fire
22-06 ITA, Gorizia / Pieffe Factory w/ Boy Sets Fire
23-06 ITA, Milano / Magnolia w/ Boy Sets Fire
24-06 TBC w/ Boy Sets Fire
25-06 GER, Frankfurt / Batschkapp w/ Boy Sets Fire
26-06 NL, Amsterdam / Melkweg w/ Boy Sets Fire
27-06 UK, London / Islington Academy w/ Boy Sets Fire
28-06 UK, Manchester / Moho Live w/ Boy Sets Fire
29-06 TBA / TBA w/ Boy Sets Fire
30-06 NL, Breda / Mezz w/ Boy Sets Fire
01-07 GER, Frankfurt / Batschkapp w/ Boy Sets Fire – SOLD OUT

More shows

Is that enough shows for you? Not for us. We have some more:

09-04 NL, Nijmegen / Onderbroek w/ Astpai, One Win Choice
06-05 GER, Bielefeld / AJZ w/ Iron Chic, Underparts
07-05 BEL, Itterbeek / JK De Zomaar w/ Iron Chic, The Real Danger, Underparts, Off The Charts
29-05 NL, Harlingen / de Lichtboei / Rock de Boei w/ Midnight Menace / Cold Blooded / So Called Celeste
30-07 GER, Bausendorf / Riez Open Air w/ Bouncing Souls, Strung Out, Stick to Your Guns, the Blackout Argument, Polar Bear Club, A Traitor Like Judas, Man Overboard, Tim Vantol

Even though there are already some rumors out there, you read it here first. Yes it is true, we are very excited to announce it: we will be doing the support for the European Boy Sets Fire reunion tour in June. Boy Sets Fire is one of our all time favorite bands and touring with them is a dream come true. Below you can find the dates. We will be looking for shows on our own on the “available” dates:

6/8 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/9 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/10 Sulzbach-Rosenberg (GER)- Youth Club Hängematte w/ Tim Vantol *
6/11 Weimar (GER) – Gerber 3 *
6/12 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/13 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/14 Budapest (HUN) – A38
6/15 Bielsko-Biala (PL) – Backstage
6/16 Prague (CZ) – Akropolis
6/17 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/18 Leipzig (GER) – Conne Island
6/19 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/20 Nürnberg (GER) – Löwesaal
6/21 Innsbruck (A) – Weekender
6/22 Gorizia (ITA) – Pieffe Factory
6/23 Milan (ITA) – Magnolia
6/24 AVAILABLE – get in touch *
6/25 Frankfurt (GER) – Batschkapp
6/26 Amsterdam (NL) – Melkweg
6/27 London (UK) – Islington Academy
6/28 Manchester (UK) – Moho Live
6/29 TBC
6/30 Breda (NL) – Mezz
7/1 Frankfurt (GER) – Batschkapp – SOLD OUT

* single show, without Boysetsfire

For tickets to these shows, please check out the Destiny website

We’re looking forward to seeing you on this tour, and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you can book us a show on one (or more?) of the Availables.

Remember those cool Canadians called High Five Drive? We spent a week on the road with them last year and played the Groezrock festival, the UK, Naaldwijk, Belgium and France together. During that tour, their friend / film maker Randy Frykas shot a lot of video footage that was edited into this short film called ‘The ones who make it through’. After being broadcast on Winnipeg on Demand, the complete film is now available from Randy’s vimeo channel. In randy’s own words:

When it comes to bands on tour most people think huge buses, sold out arenas and partying but independent touring is a whole different world. Sleeping on floors, days without showering, broken down vans and sinking more and more in debt are common occurrences for this kind of touring.

To us, the story told in this film is very familiar, and if you’re in a band yourself you’ll probably recognize a lot of situations. If you’re not in a band yourself, this film is the ultimate way to see what it’s like to tour independently. Enjoy!

THE ONES WHO MAKE IT THROUGH – Full Length Documentary from Randy Frykas on Vimeo.

So, the first shows we will be playing with our new bass player Tim will be on tours through France and Italy. We are very excited for both playing with Tim and going back to the sunny side of Europe. But, unfortunately, for both tours we still need some shows. Please let us know if you can help us out in France or on our way to and from Italy, we’re nice people!

Feb 18 AVAILABLE!
Feb 19 FR Paris Le Belushi’s
Feb 20 AVAILABLE!
Feb 21 AVAILABLE!
Feb 22 FR Bordeaux Hold’em Saloon
Feb 23 FR Toulouse Le Saint des Seins
Feb 24 AVAILABLE!
Feb 25 SWI Geneva Le Tiki’s
Feb 26 AVAILABLE!

Mar 23 AVAILABLE!
Mar 24 SWI Basel Sommercasino
Mar 25 ITA Torino United
Mar 26 ITA Brescia Latte +
Mar 27 ITA Bologna Lazzaretto
Mar 28 AVAILABLE!
Mar 29 ITA Rome Closer
Mar 30 AVAILABLE!
Mar 31 ITA Rende (CS) B-Side
Apr 1 ITA Bari Zona Franka
Apr 2 AVAILABLE!
Apr 3 ITA Vicenza Jack Hole
Apr 4 AVAILABLE!
Apr 5 AVAILABLE!