Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Portland, Maine indie-noir singer-songwriter Whitney Walker’s new single/video for “Love Keeps no Record of Wrongs” featuring Dana Colley (Morphine) on the bass clarinet.

Billy Tibbals releases another rock gem “The Best Day I Ever Had” to celebrate his new album Stay Teenage.

‘STARLESS’ is the striking second single from Kety Fusco’s album ‘The Harp, Chapter I’, due for release on 3 March 2023. The composition of this piece was created with all the classical harp sounds recorded and catalogued by Kety Fusco in her sound library “Beyond The Harp, Extreme, Extended, Experimental”.

“Tell Me Lies” is the first video taken from Swing Your Lanterns, a new solo offering from Ivan Julian who’s had a long and distinguished career as a provocative songwriter and one of New York City’s most distinctive guitar stylists, a reputation first established as a founder member of Richard Hell & The Voidoids.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “K-Style Circuit” by The Royal Arctic Institute.

Americana/roots-rock singer-songwriter Scott Clay shot a series of videos to accompany some of the songs from his recent album, “Let It All Lay Bare,” at national parks around the country.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Vines” by Humbletown.

Members of The Mayan Factor, Telesma & (Damn) This Desert Air announce new band, Flowers For War.

Paige Su traces life-journey from darkness and the specter of death to lightness, acceptance and – above all – love on “You’ll Live Forever in My Songs”.

C.C. Voltage Releases New Single “Berliner Pilsner” On Spain’s Snap Records.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Video Premiere: “To Love Somebody” by Eva & The Vagabond Tales featuring Bob Cowsill.

JoobieSeaz returns with another killer dreampop/indie single “Something New” via Pyrrhic Victory Recordings.

Seattle-based STAHV premieres anthemic post-punk track “Love 4 Nothing” from Simple Mercies EP.

Spaghetti Eastern Music returns to instrumental mode with blistering electronica-driven acoustic blues, “A Fresh Kill”.

Psych/Shoegaze outfit Cult of Lip announce their upcoming debut full-length by releasing new video for the first single, “Surrender”.

The killer new full-length from San Francisco’s Steakhouse is a modern post-punk masterpiece.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Dopamine Blues” by Turn Turn Turn.

Chris Picco offers pure power-pop bliss with his new single “Time Changes Everything” from the album Split Down The Middle, available March 22.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short” by No Time For Caution.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of the first single and video from Star Collector’s sixth full-length album, ‘Attack, Sustain, Decay… Repeat’

San Tropez is blazing a path with their stoner-pop single, “Valley and the Shore,” from their forthcoming debut album Maybe Tomorrow, out on Mint 400 Records later this month.

A follow-up to their last release, In The Distance, Where It Doesn’t Matter is an angsty, high-energy track with a definite early oughts feel, perfect to get one’s hips swaying despite its lyrical basis in a tumultuous emotional struggle.

My Best Bets On Another Great Year For Music, Old And New. Hope This List Inspires You To Find, Or Give A Second Look To, A Few Great Releases You Might Miss Otherwise That You End Up Truly Loving—In This Year of Post-Pandemic Outpouring! (It’s My Longest List Ever!)

Good news! Big Takeover Issue #91 Fall 2022 with The Beths on the cover is now out! It should be arriving in stores now or may have just hit the shelves (please ask for it by name!), and subscriber copies have been mailed and will arrive shortly! And if you haven’t already, you can subscribe for yourself and/or your friends as a holiday or birthday gift, or send away for our juicy back issues! (All 90 are get-able!) All straight from our secure Shopify online store!

And it’s just in time for the perfect Christmas, Chanukah, other holidays, birthday, or other gift, even to yourself: Big Takeover Magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2022)! Plus 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 and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters, or our CDs!

Read on for the full skinny on the new issue that’s now out! It can be ordered as a standalone, or as part of a subscription starting with #91 or the previous issue #90 (Billy Bragg cover) if you prefer!:

French darkgazers Pam Risourié return with “You Are the Sound” from their upcoming record “Days of Distortion”, continuing their commitment to blending niche genres of 90’s-era shoegaze with more contemporary post-rock persuasions.

Sleepyhead releases video for “New Alchemy,” the title track from their new album, filmed at the Cape Cod location that inspired the song!

Big Takeover is excited to hos the premiere of “It Must Have Been Love” [Roxette Cover] by Covert Stations.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Elephant EP by Electric Pets.

“Shot Thru”, the second single from The Whiffs’ much-anticipated sophomore album Scratch ‘N’ Sniff is in the air! Not just Another Whiffs record, it’s the NEXT Whiffs record, and it’s here to tickle all of your senses! Recommend if you DIG!: The Whiffs’ previous output, Stiff Records, The Mats, The Rubs and any era of the Fab Four.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Obvious” by Push Puppets.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Outside” by Dana Why.

Good news! Big Takeover Issue #91 Fall 2022 with The Beths on the cover has nearly been completed and will be out shortly! But hurry to order—pre-orders and subscriptions are best/crucial! And they are much cheaper than ordering after we have to turn in our mailing list to the printer.

And it’s just in time for the perfect Christmas, Chanukah, other holidays, birthday, or other gift, even to yourself: Big Takeover Magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2022)! Plus 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 and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters, or our CDs!

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “The Bomb” by Emily Duff.

“We didn’t really have a goal in mind, we just kinda let these songs fall out of us with little regard towards it being likable, we wrote these songs for us because that’s what we’ve always done.” – Collin Smith

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Midlife Suicide” by Underlined Passages.

Montreal psych rockers Atsuko Chiba premiere experimental new single “Link”.

The Mortal Prophets’ newest single is a “contemporary reimagining” of the Delta blues classic, “Grinnin In Your Face,” written by Son House in the 1960s and later covered by Andrew Bird and Beck.

Glam Punk Pioneers The Black Halos Return With Anticipated New LP “How the Darkness Doubled”

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Late Night Ramble” by Doug Hoekstra.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “White Flag” by Saline.

Legendary producer Martin Bisi releases video for ‘A Storm Called Ida’, the first single from Feral Myths.

Embark on a road trip along Los Angeles’ iconic Sunset Strip with “Back to the Start” by James Houlahan.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “A Modern Olympia” by Little Fuss.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “When You Get Tired” by Renee Maskin.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Nothing Is Real” by The Endorphins.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Afterglow” by Pacifico.

Big Takeover is stoked to host the premiere of David Wilson and the Summer Husbands latest EP “The Only Reward”.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Torchbearer” by Sonofdov.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Shangri La” by Moonchy & Tobias.

Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Hush” by Stephen Mallinder.