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The Big Takeover Issue #93

Jack Rabid

Jack Rabid is the Founder, Publisher and Editor of The Big Takeover, which started as a one-page photo-copied newsletter in 1980 and has since grown into a 300-page glossy color magazine. He is also the Indies Editor for ICE Magazine and is a regular contributor to All Music Guide, Amp, Stereotype, and Zia. In the past, his work has appeared in Spin, Interview, Trouser Press Record Guide, Creem, Musichound, Hit List, Paper, Rockpool, and Alternative Press. He has been heard on the syndicated radio program, “Music View,” and was a weekly correspondent for Vancouver’s MyCityRadio.com from 1999–2001. He’s also a former NY punk rock club DJ and was a radio DJ for Easton, PA station WJRH and New York University’s WNYU from 1980–1985. He has been a drummer for three bands, most notably for NYC dreampop band Springhouse (two LPs on Caroline Records, 1991–1993) and NYC punk group Even Worse (an LP on Grand Theft Audio) from 1980–1984, and in 1986, he did a stint as a touring member of Los Angeles SST band Leaving Trains. More recently, he’s been playing drums for Last Burning Embers, who recently released an LP on Pink Frost/Big Takeover Records, of which he is also co-owner.

Jenn Vix - 6

Jenn Vix - 6 (Umbrella Music)

31 December 2019

Moving from Blade Runner lullabies to upbeat electroclash lounge, 6 is sort of a Soft Cell shimmer over a Casio pop aesthetic, but with way more colors than basic black.

The Aints!

Jack Rabid’s Best Of 2018 (280 Nods): Top 160 LPs (New Recordings), Top 50 Retrospective/Reissue Releases, And Top 50 Stand Alone Singles And EPs

16 January 2019

My best bets on another great year for music, old and new. (Never mind the cranks, here’s the good stuff as ever.) Hope this little list inspires you to find, or give a second look to, a few cool releases you might miss otherwise that you end up truly loving.

Big Takeover #80 magazine - Chrissie Hynde 2

Big Takeover #80 (The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde cover) is Shipping! (Great birthday or other Gifts! Order - Subscribe – Renew)

29 May 2017

Good news! Big Takeover #80 Spring 2017 issue with The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde on the cover has been completed and is shipping! It’s the perfect time for Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2017)! Or six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Mens’ and Womens’ sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Beer Cozies and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters!

Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

Final tour of original Zombies line-up commences in the U.S.

21 March 2017

49 and a half years after the original line-up split, all four surviving original members (R.I.P. guitarist Paul Atkinson), Colin Blunstone lead vocals, Rod Argent keyboards/vocals, Chris White bass/vocals, and Hugh Grundy on drums, have begun a rare farewell U.S. tour together; so rare, it’s only the second time they’ve done it—and the first time was 2015! It’s even more rare when you consider the original line-up only came over once in its young, commercial peak. Best of all, from now until April 29, they are once again performing the high water mark of their existence, 1968’s extraordinary, justly lionized, soft-psych masterpiece Odessey & Oracle start to finish to mark the 50th anniversary of its recording.

The Big Takeover #79

Big Takeover #79 (Lush cover) Out Now! Great as a Gift for the New Year! Order - Subscribe - Renew

28 January 2017

Good news! Big Takeover #79 Fall 2016 issue with Lush on the cover is out on the stands! The magazine makes a perfect gift year-round: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2016)! Plus six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Men’s and Women’s sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Beer Cozies, buttons, and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters! What a way to say “Happy New Year!”

New Model Army - Winter

Jack Rabid's Best of 2016 list: Top 150 LPs (new recordings), Top 50 Retrospective/Reissue releases, and Top 30 stand alone singles and EPs

10 January 2017

The best bets on another great year for music, old and new. (Never mind the cranks, here’s the good stuff as ever.)

The Big Takeover #78

Big Takeover #78 (Savages cover) Out Now! Great Father’s Day (or other) Gifts! Order - Subscribe – Renew

15 June 2016

Good news! Big Takeover #78 Spring 2016 issue with Savages on the cover is out on the stands!

The Big Takeover #78

The Big Takeover #78 About to Ship! Subscribers: Update Your Address ASAP!

6 May 2016

Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #78 Spring 2016 issue was completed in Brooklyn, NY and Oakland, CA this month! Pre-order – Subscribe – Renew – Great gifts! Click through for a quick description of its contents. And IMPORTANT, subscribers, please update your address if you’ve moved!

Susanna, Triangle

Susanna - Triangle (SusannaSonata NORWAY)

19 April 2016

Moodiness/magnificence personified, again.

Jeff Runnings of For Against

Song premiere: "Maze" by Jeff Runnings of For Against

14 April 2016

An exclusive first taste of Jeff’s solo debut!

High, by Royal Headache

Jack Rabid's Best of 2015 list: Top 100 LPs (new recordings), Top 50 Retrospective/Reissue releases, and Top 30 stand alone singles and EPs

13 January 2016

The best bets on another great year for music, old and new. (Never mind the cranks, here’s the good stuff as ever.)

Last chance to send an Xmas gift Big Takeover subscription (or back issues, t-shirts, etc.)!

21 December 2015

In fact, given this late date, I/we can send the first issue(s) (or package) via special 2-day priority mail, the extra postage costs on us, for any order $20 or over in order to get there before the 25th! Or a postcard if you want to start your friends or relatives with the next issue due in the spring.

Big Takeover #77 (Ride cover) Out Now! Great Holiday Gifts! Order - Subscribe - Renew

2 December 2015

Good news! Big Takeover #77 Fall 2015 issue with Ride on the cover is out on the stands! And there’s still time for the perfect holiday gift: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2015)! Plus six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Mens’ and Womens’ sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Beer Cozies and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters! What a way to say “Happy Holidays!”

The Big Takeover #77 About to Ship! Subscribers: Update Your Address ASAP!

5 November 2015

Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #77 Fall 2015 issue was completed in Brooklyn, NY and Oakland, CA this month! Pre-order – Subscribe – Renew – Great gifts! Click through for a quick description of its contents. And IMPORTANT, subscribers, please update your address if you’ve moved!

Big Takeover #76 Special 35th Anniversary Issue (Belle and Sebastian cover) Out Now! Order - Subscribe - Renew - Great Gifts!

25 June 2015

Good news! Big Takeover #76 (Special 35th Anniversary) Spring 2015 issue with Belle and Sebastian on the cover is out on the stands! We only come out twice a year, every Spring and Fall, so you don’t want to miss one of our jam-packed 150-page issues! Click through for full details on ordering.

Moonbabies

Friday Special: Wizards On The Beach by Moonbabies

24 April 2015

After seven years away, Sweden’s Moonbabies are back and better than ever!

Big Takeover Weekly Radio Show with Jack Rabid Moves to New Home Monday, via Realpunkradio.com!

23 January 2015

Those who’ve enjoyed my weekly “Big Takeover” show on Breakthruradio.com the last six-and-a-half years, and have missed it the last month—or would just like to hear a weekly companion to Big Takeover magazine’s coverage—will be glad to know I will be resuming it in the same weekly 90-minute+, format, only listener-supported from now on, at our new home on Realpunkradio.com, starting this Monday, January 26!

Big Takeover to sponsor New York gig Sat. Feb. 7, with The New Lines, Jet Black, Soft Science, and Pale Lights

15 January 2015

Four truly exciting yet often somewhat dreamy-sounding up and comers we love! Click through to watch music videos by all four, and read my reviews of their most recent releases!

Big Takeover Issue 75

Big Takeover #75 (The Raveonettes cover) Out Now! Great Holiday Gifts! Order - Subscribe - Renew

10 December 2014

Good news! Big Takeover #75 Fall 2014 issue with The Raveonettes on the cover is out on the stands! And there’s still time for the perfect holiday gift: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2014)! Plus six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Mens’ and Womens’ sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Accessories (Beer Cozies, Buttons, and Magnets!) and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters! What a way to say “Happy Holidays!”

Big Takeover Issue 75

Big Takeover #75 Fall 2014 issue about to ship — update your address ASAP!

6 November 2014

It will begin shipping any day now, so you should see it quite soon! Click through for details!

Buzzcocks

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new New Pornographers, Jigsaw Seen, Buzzcocks and Ty Segall!

17 September 2014

Also airing this week: Pale Lights, Jet Black (new), History of Apple Pie (new), Sloan (new), Paul Collins (new), Byrds, Pretty Things, Kinks, Zombies, Roddy Woomble & Band (new, live), Luluc, (new), Roddy Frame, and Tim Hardin.

Jet Black

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Jet Black, Paul Collins, and Ultimate Painting, old Wipers and Gene Vincent, etc.!

9 September 2014

Also airing this week: Valery Trails, Cheatahs, Proper Ornaments, Wesley Wolfe, Moose, Idaho, Talk Talk, Luff, Bob Mould, Replacements, Suicide Commandos, Suburbs, Loud Fast Rules, and Rogue Wave

KGLT-FM Bozeman Montana

Big Takeover Editor Jack Rabid DJing on Live Radio Tomorrow on KGLT, Bozeman, MT

14 August 2014

[Updated, corrected for correct time:] It’s tomorrow, Friday, August 15, 5-8 PM Eastern Standard Time, 3-6 PM Mountain time on Bozeman, MT’s KGLT, and can be streamed at kglt.net. Thanks to KGLT legend Ron Sanchez!

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Jigsaw Scene (premier), Paul Collins, Allah-La's, and Sloan, old Mary Wells, etc.!

12 August 2014

Also on this week’s show: Omi Palone, The Muffs (new), The Reducers, Alvvays, Beverly, Penetration, The Specials, Madness, The Ruts, Flower (live Rabid Session), The KVB, Clustersun, Savage Republic (new), and The Sensible Grey Cells. Cool!

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new New Model Army, Buzzcocks, Goat, and New Pornographers, old Syd Barrett, etc.!

4 August 2014

Also on this week’s show: La Sera, Drive By Truckers, George Jones, Martin Carr (new), The Muffs (new), Cheatahs, The War on Drugs, Sad Lovers and Giants, Conor Oberst, The Clean, David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights (new), Slowdive, and Scud Mountain Boys

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new History of Apple Pie, Sloan, Len Price 3, and SLF, old Jerry Lee Lewis and Dusty Springfield, etc.!

28 July 2014

Also on this week’s show: Bob Mould (new), Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Dum Dum Girls, SPC ECO, Elbow, Teenage Fanclub, Pale Lights, Prophet Hens, Rock City (Big Star), Flower, Chino, Bevis Frond, and Mountain Man (live)

Big Takeover Issue 74

Big Takeover #74 (Dum Dum Girls cover) Out! Great Gifts! Order - Subscribe - Renew

26 July 2014

Good news! Big Takeover #74 Spring/Summer 2014 issue with Dum Dum Girls on the cover is out on the stands! And there’s still time for the perfect gift: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues!

Len Price 3

Nobody Knows… But Us—An interview with Len Price 3's Glen Page

26 July 2014

“I remember the hardships and the frustrations bitterly. I wasn’t mourning Maggie Thatcher’s loss greatly!”

Ramones, Rocket To Russia

Amazon Essentials: Jack Rabid Revisits The Ramones’ “Hottest, Loudest, Boldest” Album, ‘Rocket to Russia’

25 July 2014

With the July 11 passing of drummer Tommy Ramone from bile duct cancer, the original quartet that launched 1,000 others are consigned to memory, film, and record.

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Engineers, Dead Horse One, Proper Ornaments, and GBV, old Moody Blues and Dr. John, etc.!

21 July 2014

Also on this week’s show: Cocoanut Groove, Slowness (new), The Rifles, Kaleidescope (U.K.), Allah-Las, Math and Physics Club, Maximo Park, The Steinbecks, Shoes, The Ramones, Beverly, The Outskirts, and Roddy Frame (new).

Stone Roses

Amazon Essentials: Jack Rabid Revisits Stone Roses’ Guitar-Pop Masterpiece

16 July 2014

Indeed, The Stone Roses remains an immortal moment in modern British pop history. A quarter century on, one is still held enthralled by John Squire’s lovely, commanding yet beautiful guitar passages, Mani’s booming, loping bass, and Reni’s kick-drum-heavy grooves, backing a bravura performance from smallish, po-faced frontman Ian Brown, whose almost whispery trilling belies an essential brashness. There’s not a false moment, from the opening buildup of the says-it-all “I Wanna Be Adored” to the concluding, psychedelic funky freak-out of the (also self-explanatory) “I am the Resurrection.”

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Slowness, Proper Ornaments, Len Price 3, Juliana Hatfield, old Ennio Morricone, etc.!

14 July 2014

Also on this week’s show: Soft Science, Lightfoils (new), +/- (Plus/Minus), Sad Lovers and Giants, The Weirdos, Penetration, Radio Birdman (live), Bob Mould (new), Replacements, The Last, Throwing Muses, Tanya Donelly, Lisa Mychols, and an oldie by New Riders of the Purple Sage!

Now Airing: Australian punk legend Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) Rabid Session at God's Little Ear Acre Studio

11 July 2014

Also featured: songs byThe Stooges, MC5, Saints, New Christs, Birdman and other Tek bands/projects of the past and present, Donovan’s Brain, The Visitors, Angie Pepper, and New Race

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new La Sera, Conor Oberst, Pale Lights, Solvents, old Jimmy C. Newman (RIP), etc.!

10 July 2014

Also on this week’s show: Bob Mould (new), Real Estate, Cheatahs, Upset, Screaming Females (live), Deniz Tek, Guided By Voices (new), Omi Palone, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Ken Stringfellow, House of Love, Goya Dress, and Gene.

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Roddy Frame, SLF, Off!, Bob Mould, old Huelyn Duvall, etc.!

30 June 2014

Also on this week’s show: Flying Colours, First Communion Afterparty, Ty Segall, Elvis Costello, SPC ECO, The War on Drugs, Kaleidescope (U.K.), Veronica Falls, Cheap Star, Dot Dash (Rabid Session Live at Pancake Factory Studios), Victim,The Forty Nineteens, and The Spits

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Bob Mould, Dead Horse One, Potty Mouth, Elbow, etc.!

23 June 2014

Also on this week’s show: Maximo Park, Valery Trails, Chan Romero, The Rifles, Dum Dum Girls, Math & Physics Club, Dot Dash (Live “Rabid Session” at Pancake Factory Studios), New Model Army, Procol Harum (live), The Starlight Run, Negative Lovers, Wax Idols, White Blush, Last Remaining Pinnacle, and Headshy

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: special 6th Anniversary (on BTR) lookback, with For Against, Visqueen, Sloan, Effigies, etc.!

16 June 2014

Also on this week’s show: Radio Birdman, Teenage Fanclub, Buzzcocks, Guided By Voices, Darker My Love, Sleepover Disaster, Secret Shine, Springhouse, Belle & Sebastian, Jeremy Enigk, Mark Eitzel, Greg Graffin, The Libertines U.S., The Reducers, and Robert Forster

D.C. post-punk/indie-pop stars Dot Dash Rabid Session at Pancake Factory Studios now airing!

12 June 2014

Also featured: songs by Wire, The Undertones, and 10 bands Dot Dash members used to play in: Swervedriver, Minor Threat, Youth Brigade (D.C.), Julie Ocean, The Saturday People, Ultracherry Violet, Strange Boutique, St. Christopher, Glo-Worm, and Tree Fort Angst!

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Bob Mould, Muffs, Morrissey, Close Lobsters, old 1977 live Devo, and more!

9 June 2014

Also on this week’s show: Omi Palone, Soft Science, Cheatahs, +/- (Plus/Minus), Sad Lovers & Giants, Allah-Las, Dot Dash (Live “Rabid Session” at Pancake Factory Studios), Guided By Voices (new), The New Mendicants, Eagulls, Daydream Machine, Nothing, The History of Colour TV, and The Sensible Grey Cells

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Conor Oberst, La Sera, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, old Jimmie Rodgers, and more!

3 June 2014

Also on this week’s show: Roddy Frame (new), Salem 66, Long Blondes, Cramps, Penetration, Upset, Maximo Park, (Paul Collins’) The Beat, Split Single, Nomads, Guided By Voices (new), Slowdive, The Millions, The Steinbecks, and Kristin Hersh (new)

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Guided By Voices, Doug Gillard, Roddy Frame, old Roy Rogers, and more!

26 May 2014

Also on this week’s show: Bevis Frond, Dum Dum Girls, The Rifles, Kaleidoscope, Elvis Costello, Rudi, The Last, 1956 Johnny Burnette Trio, The Joykiller, I Was a King, Minor Alps, Trick Mammoth, Bubblegum Lemonade, Go-Betweens, and 1971 Electric Light Orchestra.

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Jimi Goodwin, Savage Republic, Youngteam, old Xavier Cugat, and more!

19 May 2014

Also on this week’s show: Baby Strange, BNLX, Soft Science, Dead Leaf Echo, Mountain Man (live), Prophet Hens, , Real Estate, Mega City Four, Marc Ganancias, X,Wire, Noh Mercy, Catherine Wheel, Headshy, andWithered Hand

Cheatahs, and Dead Leaf Echo Rabid Sessions at Pancake Factory Studios now airing!

14 May 2014

Also featured: songs by Half String, Slowness, Mighty Lemon Drops, Ringo Deathstarr, Lush, Highspire, Beach Fossils, and Nothing (Dead Leaf Echo session), and Male Bonding,The History of Apple Pie, Milk Music, Sonic Youth,Waaves, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine and Metz (Cheatahs session)

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Proper Ornaments, Sharp Things live, George Sarah Steinbecks,and more!

5 May 2014

Also on this week’s show: Bevis Frond, Soft Science, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1946), The Beat (Paul Collins’), Pezband, Shoes, Dwight Twilley Band, The Chills (live), Violens, Dead Leaf Echo, The Black Watch, Warbles, Scattered Bodies, and Trespassers William

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new The Sonics premier, new Yuck, La Sera, Pains of Being Pure at Heart,and more!

28 April 2014

Also on this week’s show: The Valery Trails, Great Ytene, Soft Science, Daydream Machine, Jigsaw Scene, Guided By Voices, People’s Temple, Gene, The Sensible Grey Cells, Irving Kaufman, The Moondogs (Irish 1979), The Last, 65s, We Are Hex, and Scud Mountain Boys

Daydream Machine

Exclusive video premiere: "Spacement" by Daydream Machine

25 April 2014

I’m proud and pleased to present the exclusive Big Takeover premiere of this great video from Daydream Machine’s excellent new album, Twin Idols!

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show: new Soft Science, Savage Republic, Stiff Little Fingers, Steinbecks and more!

21 April 2014

Also on this week’s show: Kitchens of Distinction, BLNX, Withered Hand, Sultans of Ping F.C., D.O.A., X, Marc Ganancias, The Spits, Toy, The New Mendicants, Small Faces, The Kinks, The Equals, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, and Inventions!

Len Price 3, Nobody Knows

Len Price 3 - Nobody Knows (JLMR)

15 April 2014

Ten years and four albums in, they’re still bringing 1966 red hots kicking into our era and making us beg for more.

This week's "Big Takeover on Breakthru Radio" show!: new Jimi Goodwin (Doves), Fresh and Onlys, Carsick Cars, Bubblegum Lemonade, and a Vancouver 1979 punk set (R.I.P. D.O.A.'s Dave Gregg)--and Esquerita too!

14 April 2014

Also on this week’s show: Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band, [Vancouver 79 tribute: Private School, D.O.A., Dishrags, Young Canadians, Subhumans (Canada)], Cheatahs, Seasurfer, Nothing, New Model Army, Minor Alps, Blake Rainey & His Demons, HeadShy, and William Fitzsimmons