Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover Interviews Golden Bloom for Rabid in the Kennel

Revered writer Jack Rabid's hailed magazine, The Big Takeover, just turned 30 (and also relaunched a new website design). That is a milestone these days with the online competition. "Music with Heart," is the magazine's subtitle, and it's one of the reasons Rabid's magazine continues to flourish. Rabid recently interviewed Shawn Fogel of Golden Bloom for Rabid in the Kennel's special show highlighting new and undiscovered bands called Best of the New Breed. The in-studio performance and interview with Golden Bloom can be heard as part of the series on on BreakThru Radio on September 15th.

Rabid In The Kennel is a live performance and interview program, hosted by Jack Rabid and presented on the second Wednesday of every month on BreakThru Radio (BRT). Performances by well-known and emerging artists are recorded live, with no overdubs, at The Kennel Recording Studio in Brooklyn, New York. Click Here to Read More..

Live Sneak Peaks of Golden Bloom, My Morning Jacket, Superdrag mp3s

When we first heard that Golden Bloom's Shawn Fogel performed his new song "Mr. Belvedere" at his gig opening for Guster on April 14, for a second, we thought it could be a cover of the '80s TV show theme song of the same name.

In all actuality it's a superb new pop song written by Fogel and  Large Hearted Boy  posted the live version of it from the recent Golden Bloom show with Guster, giving a sneak peek of the song that will appear on Golden Bloom's next album. Fogel/Golden Bloom is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to Fan the Flames. On the same spot, LHB also has new tracks from Superdrag, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, My Morning Jacket and Guster.

Along with the gaining momentum of his Neutral Uke Hotel project, Fogel is also a band member of The Zambonis (a band that sings only songs about hockey), The LeeVees (a band that sings only songs about Hanukkah) and The Macaroons (a spin-off of The LeeVees, that's sort of for kids). Fogel has also been known to occasionally play with Philistines Jr. (Producer Peter Katis' band; Katis produced portions of Golden Blooms' last album as well as The National, Mates of State, etc.). So with all these wildly different styles, you can see why "Mr. Belvedere" could have been about the TV show. His song is better anyway. Fogel is a busy man, but never too caught up throw something incredible at you when you least expect it.

The full live Golden Bloom performance with Guster at the Hanover Theater can be found here.





live photo by Kenneth Parry
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