My old college pal Jack Rabid celebrates 30 years(!) of his fanzine The Big Takeover at the Bell House this weekend:
Brooklyn Paper: “This is my dream to do something like this,” said Rabid. “I just got frustrated that a number of my favorite bands were never going to play here unless I made them, and I’m deeply honored they’d come on an occasion like this.”
Indeed, the festival has some acts playing their first U.S. show ever, including New Zealand’s ex-Mutton Birds member Don McGlashan and Newtown Neurotics frontman Steve Drewett (both on July 31). Others are reuniting just for the show, including the post-punk band Flower, playing its first show in 16 years on July 30.
Rabid’s own band, Springhouse, is playing its first show in nearly 10 years with its original lineup, performing its 1993 shoegaze classic, “Postcards From the Arctic” in its entirety on July 31.
Other post-punk acts playing the fest include The Avengers on July 30, and Mark Burgess, For Against and Paul Collins on July 31.
The shows are Friday (7/30) and Saturday (7/31) at the Bell House 149 7th Street. Tickets available here.
Thanks for posting this, Homer.
While I am certain 95% of readers of this blog won’t have any clue who almost all of the bands are, it is a pretty amazing lineup Jack has put together. The idea of The Avengers and Channel 3 sharing a bill in Brooklyn in 2010 is quite astounding when you consider their histories (granted, I’m partial to old punk rock).