About Rabid In The Kennel

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. Unsigned and independent bands and solo artists are encouraged to apply for consideration as a featured act on the show.

About Jack Rabid

Jack has been publishing The Big Takeover since 1980, first as a photocopied ‘zine and today as a thick, glossy magazine, filled with reviews and interviews with the biggest independent and alternative bands and artists on the scene today. Jack is also an accomplished drummer, having played in a number of bands over the years (early ’80s punks Even Worse, and more recently Last Burning Embers), and is best known as one-third of ’90s trio Springhouse (recently reunited).

About The Big Takeover

The Big Takeover is a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City since 1980 by critic Jack Rabid. The Big Takeover usually appears in June and December, with most recent issues coming in around 275 to 300 pages. The review section, featuring Jack’s Top 40 for the issue, is regularly over 100 pages long. The magazine also features lengthy, in-depth interviews with favorite artists transcribed verbatim, sometimes stretching over two issues. The Big Takeover recently relocated to Brooklyn from the Lower East Side NYC apartment that was its home for 25 years.
Visit The Big Takeover at bigtakeover.com

About BreakThruRadio

BreakThru Radio (BTR) is the Internet’s source for the world’s best independent music, where expert DJs expose the rich underground of sound not found on commercial radio. Whether it’s death metal, dancehall, hip-hop, indie rock, roots country, reggae, electronica, acid jazz, ambient beats, dub, two-step or folk, whatever genre you can imagine, BTR has it well-stocked, and with no expiration date. BTR offers its listeners unlimited access to underground music, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, with a daily audience that includes more than two dozen countries. With its unique on-demand musical programming and focus on the best in new, independent music, it’s no surprise the site has over 800,000 listeners daily.
Visit BreakThru Radio at breakthruradio.com

About The Kennel

Based in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, The Kennel offers digital and analog audio recording in a comfortable, inspiring space at rates tailored to unsigned and independent musicians. In addition to an experienced staff of professional engineers, The Kennel is home base for producer Wharton Tiers, known for his pioneering work with Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Dinosaur Jr, and Helmet, among many others. The Kennel is co-owned by James Pertusi and Jim Santo, lead guitarist for NYC-based orchestral pop band The Sharp Things.
Visit The Kennel at thekennelstudio.com