Breaking late news

New album out now

The latest album Doing the Dishes is out since January 2008, it can be ordered on the Nits Webshop. Also check out the Nitsmusic page on Youtube.

The album has got positive reviews in Oor and from fellow Nitsfans, for example Dennis writes:

The contrast with Les Nuits. Instead of controlled atmospheric music we now get wild, even chaotic short pop, even rock, songs. Lots of little sounds everywhere, Henk uses all his string instruments to the full, including fantstic bottle-nek slide guitar on The Great Caruso. Robert Jan is in supporting mode with bass lines, lots of sound effects and of course great melodies. Each song is a little story and it's fun figuring them out. It certainly is the least European sounding album the band ever made, but it still is typically Nits and I think it will please many fans.

Urk rereleased with DVD

The well known live album Urk has been rereleased as two CDs/one DVD digipack. The Urk DVD is also available as a seperate item. Dennis review of the new offering is as follows: Of course the 2 CDs contain no surprises, it has the same tracks and mix as the original album, but the treasure is the DVD which is now included with the album (also available separately). It features the original 1 hour long concert excerpt that was released in 1989 on video, but the band found 20 minutes with 5 new tracks from the same concert (Amsterdam 25-11-88) in the archives of Dutch television and they are included as bonustracks (the swimmer, blue, slip of the tongue, the house & telephone song). Also on the DVD is a photogallery of the HAT Tour with a great backing music track of Nits playing In The Dutch Mountains with guest singer Peter Te Bos. The third bonus feature is a 12 minute movie made by Henk about their trip to Moscow in 1989. It features the band leaving by train from Helsinki, their hotel in Moscow, a tour on the Red Square, a TV interview and footage from the concert and afterwards.

INTERNATIONAL NITS CONVENTION (INC) 2005

Greatest Nits convention 2005 took place on March 20 in Utrecht. As last time, it was a huge success, with fans from everywhere gathering to hear special performances by Nits fans, Nits coverband LICE, take part in the (still difficult) Tom Telman Quiz and see the Nits play in various lineups.

The pictures I took that day are on its own page now, but see also Dennis page about the event.

Greatest Nits Inc

There were fan conventions, nicknamed Greates Nits Inc, where INC was short for International Nits Conventions. During the convention you have the possibility to meet and chat with fellow fans, buy merchandise/records, take part in a Nits quiz and listen to various live perfomances.

Nits coverband LICE, consisting of Nits fans from all over the world usually performs and is joined by past or present Nits band members to augment the experience. Also Nits themselves will enter the stage and play in various combinations.

Two conventions have been held, one in 2000 and one in 2005. I took some pictures on both events. See also the Greatest Nits 2005 page.

Tour dates

Please see the official Nits Homepage and go to Agenda. It is much more reliable and up to date.

Some unsorted stuff regarding the Nits

Interview with Alex, Michiel and Joke (Nederlands only) from Nits Information Services (former fanclub).

Jochen A. Stein, jst at nitsfans dot org
Last modified: 20-01-2008