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Touch & Go Add !!!, Quasi, GVSB to Block Party

Touch and Go's big-ass birthday party just got a lot bigger (and a lot asser?) Yesterday, the Chicago label announced that its 25th Anniversary Block Party, taking place September 8-10 at Chicago's Hideout, will feature reunion sets from Girls Against Boys, Killdozer, and Man...or Astroman?-- all original members!-- as well as Negative Approach (featuring John Brannon and OP Moore). !!!, Quasi, the New Year, Shipping News, Three Mile Pilot, Uzeda, Pegboy, the Ex, Seam, and Supersystem have also been added to the blowout.

As previously reported, Calexico, CocoRosie, Enon, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Pinback, the Black Heart Procession, Shellac, and both the reunited Scratch Acid and the reunited Didjits are scheduled to perform at the event, which benefits local charities Tuesday's Child, Literacy Works, and the Thomas Drummond Elementary School.

The newly announced acts take the Block Party's band count up to 23. In the following weeks, T&G will bring it home with the unveiling of two more artists, making for a grand total of 25 bands. ('Cause that's how old they are.) Let's guess who they are! Urge Overkill and Silverfish? Reunited Don Caballero and reunited (again) Slint? TV on the Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?

Posted by Kati Llewellyn in on Tue: 06-13-06: 05:54 AM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink
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