SKATE-O-PHOBIA

Venetian (Vicenza/Italy) punk rock/pop punk/skate-punk band "The Sun" (former: Sun Eats Sours) informed us in their last newsletter that they sign to major-label Sony Italy!

Francesco “the President” Lorenzi (vocals, guitar), Riccardo “Trash” Rossi (drums), Matteo “Lemma” Reghelin (bass) and Gianluca “Boston” Menegozzo (guitar, vocals) have been playing for more than twelve years and have one of the biggest fan communities of all italian punkrock bands today. They already toured multiple times through europe and japan, and played with bands like The Offspring, Misfits and AFI.

Before the band will release their new full-lenght via Sony Records in a few weeks, The Sun releases a new radio-single and video-clip at the end of march!

THE SUN NUOVA REALTA’ DEL ROCK ITALIANO FIRMA CON RCA/SONY MUSIC
SINGOLO RADIOFONICO E VIDEO IN USCITA A FINE MARZO ANTICIPANO L’USCITA DELL’ALBUM

Yeah, some new informations about austrian punkrock/hardcore-punk band Aspai, including stuff about their next 7''-release named "On You Own".

hey there everyone,
it's 3 am here in wiener neustadt, austria and i just downloaded the final master of our upcoming full length record "HEART TO GROW". i can't possibly describe how exciting it feels right now listening to the result of what we've been writing/working on during the past year!

the album is going to be released in august, which still feels quite far away.
so to kill some time inbetween, we decided to release two 7inches along the way:


"THE SCAVENGER" - 7inch is already available for preorders through JUMPSTART RECORDS. it contains the songs we already put out on a split record together with ATTACK! VIPERS! from the uk in 2008, plus two bonus tracks as digital download. this 7inch is limited to 300 copies.
http://www.jumpstartrecords.com


"ON YOUR OWN" - 7inch will be released on may 1st through our buddies in LASERLIFE RECORDS, wiener neustadt, austria. on side A we'll put a first track of the upcoming full length. for side B we'll hit the studio again in march/april to record two exclusive songs. all the artwork will be handmade and screenprinted and the pressing wil be limited to 200 copies.
http://www.laserliferecords.com

both the 7inches will be promoted on a 4-week-tour throughout europe and the uk in may. please check out our profile for dates and further information.

writing all this puts a big smile on my face.
it's great to be busy again.
thanks for paying attention.
zock (astpai)

PS: we're on facebook - get involved!

Russian I'm So Maniac put a new song online on their MySpace-site named "Way of Sorrow".

It is their first song in english, moreover more powerful, melodic and faster than the old songs from their debut FastFood-EP, which was released in 2008.

They are working now on a new album, so stay tuned for more informations concerning their new materials! Additionally i also upload the FastFood-EP soon!

Add them at MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/imsomaniacband

Download:
I'm So Maniac - Way of Sorrow: http://www.mediafire.com/?lwhjyycyz2g

Antillectual have posted a review of their "Warm Winter Tour" on their MySpace-Blog.

Dear people who are still interested in our stories! Last Friday we started our tour to Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. We will be on the road for 17 days and try to inform you every once in a while. The touring party consists of Marnix, Petit and of course, Tom, Riekus and Willem. Right now we’re on our way to Zaragoza. Here’s a little update on the first dates on tour. Hope you enjoy!

In 1995, Fredrik „Ollo“ Olsson (vocals, guitar), Fredrik Andersson (guitar), Mattias Nielsen (bass) and Jonas „J.C.“ Carlsson (drums) formed the hardcore-punk band Misconduct (in Kristinehamn, Sweden). Until now, they had some member changes in the line-up (today: Ollo, Erik Ydlinger (guitar), Simon Guidoum (vocals, bass) and Daniel Petri (drums)), but their albums got better and better. They have found their unique melodic sound since the "United As One" album.

Yesterday, i read that I Scream Records signs Misconduct! This is very interesting, because the band was signed before at "Side By Side Records", which was founded by Fredrik Olsson's wife Marielle!

At the moment, Misconduct are in the studios for recording their new album "One Step Closer", which will be released in spring 2010, right before they will start their next European tour. Stay tuned for more informations!


Add them at MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/misconduct

Buy Merchandise:
http://www.hostedshop.se/shop/default.asp

Italian skatepunk/melodic-hardcore band One Eyed Jack is searching for a new drummer, since Piccio has left the band a few days ago.

So, if you are a good drummer, and live in the region of Emilia-Romagna, it would be great, to help the band :-)

Contact them via E-Mail or at MySpace!
pamb.hc [at] gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/oneeyedrock

Download their latest EP named Mayday!: http://www.mediafire.com/?qiejzmzzl4e
Read also: http://skate-o-phobia.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-eyed-jack-mayday-2009.html

Canadian melodic punkers Mute announced, that the final premiere for their new video "Fading Out" is next Monday on February 1st!

Very bad news for the skatepunk scene! One of the fastest bands from South America (Lima, Peru) have posted an article at their MySpace-Site that they split up!

Alessandro (drums), Mario (vocals, guitar), Lizardo (guitar, vocals) and José Luis (bass, vocals) finally formed the band in 2005, after some members changes between 2002 and 2005.

Their first Full Lenght "La Ilusión Que Llevas" was released in 2007 (after a couple of demos), and was at first only released in Peru and Japan via Bells On Records, but soon spread out worldwide because of the high demand level!

Play Attenchon have already shared stage with bands like Propagandhi, 69 Segundos, Have Heart, Shipwreck A.D, No Big Deal, and 7 Dice.

They announced to release a new album in 2010, but i'm sorry to say that this is untenable now ...

Please, we don't feel right now like writing an explanation why the band has disolved. We would appreciate if we wouldn't receive messages asking why and all of that. It's due to personal differences, as friends and as performers, things weren't working anymore between us.

We really thank all the people and all the bands who has supported us in sooo many ways during all these years, you guys know exactly who you are and we couldn't start mentioning one by one because this list would be endless.

Holy f*ck, I can't even believe this is happening but sometimes is better to stop things before they start getting worse and worse. Again, I can't stop thanking all of you guys and bands, you made us who we were during the last years: a fucking great skatepunk band.

Some of us may start new musical projects soon that we will obviously keep you informed as soon as they start. Some will probably take different ways but there's no doubt that skatepunk is still a part of some of us. Expect new bands REALLY soon.

Thanks sooo much, sooo sooo much for everything. This hurts more than I'd ever thought. THANKS.

Loves you like you can't imagine how much,

PLAY ATTENCHON
skatepunk from a third world country.

PD: this is not the end.

Today, dutch Antillectual sent out a newsletter, about their new bass player Tom (read also this article, i posted a few weeks ago, about Yvo leaving the band), about their (warm) winter tour through south-west europe and their tour togehter with High Five Drive (yeah, they will come to europe in april!).

They add also, that there will be a new Antillectual album out in 2010!

Last Saturday we played our last show ever with Yvo on bass. A crazy sold out show was a nice way to close this chapter. In Tom we found an amazing replacement presenting us a very glourious future ahead. Our first step is a tour that will hopefully get us somewhere warmer.

Warm Winter Tour

Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal seemed to be the best destinations when touring in January and February. If you live in the area, please drop by and say hi!

Jan 29 BEL Herselt, De Choke. w/ Second Base, more
Jan 30 FR Fumel, Pavillon108. w/ OpeNightmare, Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits
Jan 31 FR Toulouse, Les Pavillons Sauvages. w/ Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits (release show), Messieurs de Fursac
Feb 1 ES Torelló / Barcelona, l’Eclèctic
Feb 2 ES Zaragoza, Sala Ultimátum
Feb 3 ES Madrid, Sala Barracudas
Feb 4 Available
Feb 5 Available
Feb 6 POR Lisbon, Casa de Lafoes Afternoon show. w/ This Routine Is Hell, Albert Fish, Barafunda Total
Feb 6 POR Mouriscas, GDR Os Esparteiros. w/ Defying Control, The Wild Ones, Shake Shake and SMYP
Feb 7 POR Porto, Bar Altar Afternoon show
Feb 8 Available
Feb 9 ES Oviedo, La Antigua Estacion. w/ Threewordname, Mr. Lafleur
Feb 10 ES Pasaia (San Sebastian), Sala Mogambo. w/ Alaska Pipeline, Curasan
Feb 11 FR Bayonne, Bar Kixkil Ostatua
Feb 12 FR La Rochelle, La Barbarella
Feb 13 FR Brest, Espace Léo Ferré. w/ Speedball, Jeune Seigneur, Last Exit To Brooklynn
Feb 14 FR Lille, La Chimère

As you can see, we are still looking for shows on February 4, 5 and 8 in Spain or Portugal. Let us know if you can help us out.

Dutch Export

Since we are known to tour a lot Buma Cultuur (the Dutch authors- and copyrights organization) mentioned us in their press bulletin announcing that the export of Dutch pop music was raised by 15% in 2008. Read the Dutch version and the English version.

Recording a New Album

A week after we get back from tour we will be entering the studio. It has been almost 2 years since we released our last full length album “Testimony”. We will record 12 new songs with Nico van Montfort at the Erock studio in Panningen. On the upcoming tour and shows we will play a lot of these songs to get them into shape. A release will follow later this year.

Tour with High Five Drive

We never promised to slow down. After we finish recording, mixing and mastering we will embark on another tour. Together with High Five Drive from Canada we will be playing shows in France, the UK and Belgium between April 25 and May 1. Routing to be announced soon. Get in touch if you feel like helping us out.

Other shows:

Feb 17 NL Utrecht, ACU. w/ Nothington, Bivouac
Feb 19 BEL Wachtebeke, VZW MaNo. w/ Bound In Blood, Rumble Fist, The Dancing Morons
Feb 20 NL Krommenie, De Groote Weiver. w/ Sweet Empire, Union Town
Feb 27 NL Nijmegen Waalhalla. w/ Static Thought
Mar 6 NL Hoogeveen Het Podium. w/ Nuestros Derechos, Nuclear Driven Animals

If you feel like the recession is over and your liquidity is increasing (what?!), please consider visiting our webshop to fund our upcoming recordings. In the next issue of your favorite newsletter you will find some news about our new release, and more new touring plans. We hope.

Thanks, you made it, friends ‘til the end!
Antillectual: Riekus, Tom and Willem

http://www.antillectual.com
http://www.myspace.com/antillectual
http://www.facebook.com/antillectual
http://www.twitter.com/antillectual

Hey guys from Slovenia,
today you can listen to an interview with Máteja, bandmember (bass and vocals) of slovenian punkrock band In-Sane on radio. He appears on the radio over radio station Val 202 at 22:30 (local-time).
Maybe somebody can record the interview ;-)

List of the Val202 frequencies: http://www.alpe-mare.de/?path=content&contentid=95
Support them: http://www.myspace.com/insaneslo
Buy their latest record "Trust These Hands… Are Worthless.": http://www.noreasonrecords.com/v4/IN-SANE_order.html
Download the Album: http://www.mediafire.com/?04mmdwdztht

After four years of making great fast music, some changes in the band's line-up, and a great Spain-Tour together with Straightaway, italian skatepunkers Standing Still decided to split in July 2008.

Their album Draw Your Line was one of the best (and fastest) melodic-hardcore/skate-punk albums in 2007. Maybe you also know their song "Cock Block" from the IndieBox Compilation.
Hence, you should keep their name and their sound in mind, and you should not forget them. So, at the end of this posting is a nice download link for you ... ;-)

In the meanwhile, the two guitarists Bonjo and Tiello (also background vocals) made a new band called Mind Your Head. They did not do skatepunk anylonger. It is more like a new hardcore sound; reminds me of a local band here called Outsmarted. Watch the following new video from the song: "The Last Day (Revenge)".

Latin For Truth have uploaded a new song called "Mexicaine de Peforation" on their MySpace-Site.
http://www.myspace.com/latinfortruth

This song is taken from the new "Diatribe or Die" (digital-) EP, which will be released in three weeks and only distributed online through most major digital stores.

Add them on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/latinfortruth
Buy Merch here: http://www.rocketmerch.com/category/latin-for-truth
and buy more Merch here: http://pitfallrecords.bigcartel.com/
A Brand New Formula EP: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gnnzonwuzmj
Kill The Scene EP: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fqvzggj1myi
Kids Fight Over Solos (Demos: 2005 to 2007): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lmrd3jhnyrv
We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wnjgrwymi1j

For the third time, austrias biggest hardcore/metalcore/mosh festival, the Burning Season Records Summer Festival takes place in 2010, at the same location as it was already in 2006.

17 + 18 july 2010 @ Festhalle Unterrohr
Rohr bei Hartberg /Styria, Austria (same location as 2006)

Only to austrian bands:
Noch einige Tage lang könnt ihr an folgende E-Mail-Adresse eine Nachricht (mit dem Betreff: "Austrian Band Voting") senden, um Einen von zwei Startplätzen für das Festival ergattern zu können! Demnächst wird es diesbezüglich für alle teilnehmenden Bands ein Voting geben, bei dem ihr eure Fans mobilisieren könnt! info[ät]burningseasonrecords.com