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6 September 2010Film School – Fission (Hi-Speed Soul)
Let’s get right to the point: Film School does nothing that hasn’t been done before during either the original shoegaze era or on your average episode of 120 Minutes.
5 September 2010I Love J-Rock (Good Charamel Records)
I Love J-Rock features 5 girl fronted Japanese bands (including the mighty Shonen Knife) for a great primer in the awesomeness of Far East rock and pop.
4 September 2010Paul Collins – King of Power Pop (Alive)
Collins doesn’t fornicate around here – he just whips out nugget after nugget of catchy, melodic, chiming guitar pop with two guitars, bass and drums.
3 September 2010Cee-Lo Green - "F**k You" (Elektra)
The mild shock of this song’s titillating title, sung by the smooth voice of Gnarls Barkley’s worldwide smash “Crazy,” is probably its first hook. There’s a different reason for endless repeat plays, however. Naughty or not, you’d have to spin the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” to hear a catchier pop-soul single.
2 September 2010Quest For Fire – Lights From Paradise (Tee Pee)
The primary difference is that the band pays even closer attention to melody than before – no unfocused jamming here.
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Visqueen live in the studio (and interviewed) and "Best of the New Breed, Vol. 1" now on Rabid In The Kennel!
21 August 2010“Rabid In The Kennel” appeared on Bastille Day with a very special guest: the one and only Visqueen, playing a special, drummer-less session for us in support of their awesome recent LP , A Message to Garcia, and then the members, including dashing, powerful-throated singer Rachel Flotard, sat for a long 35-minute chat, including lots of funny sexual innuendo.
More recently, we tried a special new wrinkle on our established format, by presenting all music and no chat with seven less established, but equally deserving new bands, called “Best of the New Breed, Vol 1.” This began airing just last week!
Welcome to the new Bigtakeover.com!
11 July 2010On behalf of all of us here at bigtakeover.com and Big Takeover Magazine, I bid you welcome to our newly redesigned site! Looks cool, doesn’t it? Our print magazine is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, going back to a good 15 years or so before there was any electronic media. So the timing is perfect. Our endeavor has come a long, long way from the days of typing, Xeroxing, reducing, stapling, folding, mailing, shipping, and selling at gigs, and we are celebrating this long three decades of service and commentary in three distinct ways this year.
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