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Remain

Video Premiere: Remain - "No Day To Die" (A Diamond Heart Production)

28 March 2025

Remain’s “No Day to Die” was recorded with Eric Delegard at Reeltime Audio in Denton, TX. What you hear on the recording is 100% organic–band members playing instruments and serving the song. The longer we live the less we tend to believe. This song is admitting that we still want to believe in something, and still want someone to believe with.

The Slow Death

Song Premiere: The Slow Death - "Little Ghost" (Don't Sing Records)

27 March 2025

The Slow Death premieres new song “Little Ghost” ahead of their upcoming album, No Light To See.

Starting Early

Video Premiere: Starting Early - "Do As I Do"

17 March 2025

Washington DC trio Starting Early are back with a video for new single “Do As I Do,” written at the end of the studio sessions for their debut album Hello.

Nikki O'Neill

Video Premiere: Nikki O'Neill's - "Newcomer Blues" (Blackbird Record Label)

16 March 2025

“Newcomer Blues” is the video for the third single from Stories I Only Tell My Friends, the third album from Nikki O’Neill, an R&B/Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Chicago.

Softjaw

Single Premiere: Softjaw - "I Need You"

14 March 2025

Softjaw burst onto the international power pop scene in 2024 with a sound that combines Cheap Trick guitars and Teenage Fanclub harmonies with a dash of The Exploding Hearts’ energy. “I Need You” is an infectious single, premiering with a video at The Big Takeover in advance of their first full-length album later this year.

Bruce Haack

Video Premiere: Bruce Haack - "Thank You" (Shimmy-Disc)

13 March 2025

Now considered to have been decades ahead of his time, Bruce Haack forged his music from glittering “new” computer landscapes of his own invention, long before the world was aware that such things were even possible.

Chad Price Peace Coalition

Video Premiere: Chad Price Peace Coalition - "A.M."

12 March 2025

Chad Price Peace Coalition premieres the video for “A.M.,” off A Perfect Pearl, which delivers Chad Price’s signature rough-hewn vulnerability. The limber group kicks up some sublime musical moments that feel distinctly inspired by prog giants like Jethro Tull and Yes.

TELL

Single Premiere: TELL - "Sweet Proximity"

11 March 2025

“We’re thrilled and proud to be part of a new grittier sound and punk rock attitude, borne of frustration and anger, that is uniting people from Generation Z to Boomers. You are going to start hearing more bands and artists taking up the nothing-to-lose attitude, pushing the limits and daring the newly installed fascist regime of Trump and Musk to come after them. We certainly will. And you might only hear about them through the cracks at first, but they will be there, and The Big Takeover will shine the light.”

Impulsive Hearts

Video Premiere: Impulsive Hearts - "WASP" (Cavity Search Recordings)

5 March 2025

Impulsive Hearts shares “WASP” music video ahead of the Sorry in the Summer album remaster (Cavity Search Recordings).

Darker Lighter

Single Premiere: Darker Lighter - "Nice To Meet You"

4 March 2025

More than a wistful love anthem, Darker Lighter’s new single “Nice To Meet You” is a meditation on time, loss, and the unknowable connections that shape our lives, transforming a brief, fleeting encounter into a lasting reflection on the human condition.

Andhi & The O'Neills

Song Premiere: Andhi & The O'Neills - "Blame It On The Weatherman" (Mint 400 Records)

3 March 2025

New York State’s Andhi & the O’Neills are introducing their debut album, The Surprise Party, with the release of their first single, “Blame it on the Weatherman.”

Truth or Consequences New Mexico

Single Premiere: Truth or Consequences New Mexico – "Seed of Doubt" (Don't Worry Records)

26 February 2025

Truth or Consequences New Mexico announces This Time of Year EP with overdriven indie-rock single “Seed of Doubt.”

Hannah Frey

Song Premiere: Hannah Frey – “People Pleaser”

24 February 2025

Chicago’s Hannah Frey shares the dreamy and twangy “People Pleaser” ahead of Lucky Girl album release.

Brian Straw

Video Premiere: Brian Straw – "Wreck of Dreams"

20 February 2025

Brian Straw is a forward thinking artist unbound by convention or the boundaries of expression. In “Wreck of Dreams,” the video premiere from his retrospective 2xLP The Hidden Years, a simple strummed figure underpins the artist’s baritone voice, which can soar as well as brood.

LP Premiere: Riot For Romance – Learning to Unburden Myself (Steadfast)

14 February 2025

With perhaps a bit of intentional irony, Denver-based rock trio and Big Takeover favorite Riot For Romance releases full-length LP Learning to Unburden Myself on Valentine’s Day. The album is a glorious racket of alternative rock formed from a swirling confection of post-punk, emo, and shoegaze roots.

Song Premiere: "Playing Records" by Lane Moore + It Was Romance

7 February 2025

‘Tinder Live’ star, actor/comedian Lane Moore + It Was Romance returns with new stellar indie rock EP.

Song Premiere: "Experimental Hugs" by Kinski

28 January 2025

Today Seattle band Kinski announces its 10th LP Stumbledown Terrace, due March 7 on the Comedy Minus One label. Check out the new single “Experimental Hugs” and pre-order the vinyl

Springhouse 1991 promotional photo (l-r): Jack Rabid, Larry Heinemann, Mitch Friedland

Video Premiere: "Moving Van" by Springhouse!

15 January 2025

SPRINGHOUSE’S FROM NOW TO OK TO BE REISSUED MARCH 14 ON VINYL, CD AND DIGITAL FORMATS, WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BONUS CD OF RARITIES!

Trap Girl - 'The Savage Goddess' (Kill Rock Stars)

26 September 2024

Trap Girl‘s new album, out tomorrow via Kill Rock Stars, is an uncompromising collection of hardcore punk anthems highlighting the band’s commitment to social justice and trans empowerment.

The Old Ceremony - "Lonely Mayor" (Robust Records)

21 August 2024

“Lonely Mayor” is the second video from the upcoming seventh studio album from Chapel Hill-based pop-noir band, The Old Ceremony, being released October 17 on Robust Records.

Flower Festival - "The Well" (Moone Records & Anxiety Blanket Records)

16 August 2024

Filmed over three non-consecutive days around Phoenix, the visually captivating, “The Well” by Flower Festival explores themes of vulnerability, coping, and ultimate peace.

"The Witness", Death Doula (Death Doula Records)

12 August 2024

“The Witness” is the first music from Love Spells, upcoming the debut album from Death Doula, a dusky Art-Rock band hailing from Portland, Oregon.

Ellee Duke - "fragile"

9 August 2024
“‘fragile’ is a big cheers to being underestimated. This song helped me through one of the darkest, loneliest seasons of my life, and I hope it will be an anthem for others to stay grounded in who they are no matter how difficult life may get.”

Grasser - "Don't Make it Weird" (Mint 400/Byrdhouse Records)

8 August 2024

Grasser is back with “Don’t Make It Weird,” their third music video from their forthcoming sophomore album, You’re Welcome For Having Us, out August 30th via Mint 400 Records & Byrdhouse Records.

Tron the Archer - Hostage Graduation (Mint 400)

1 August 2024

TRØN THE ARCHER, formerly part of the duo TRØN & DVD, is starting a new chapter in his music career with the new single “Hostage Graduation” on Mint 400 Records

Fair Panic - "Heaven or Las Vegas" (Mint 400)

25 July 2024

New Jersey Eclectic Alt Rock Band Fair Panic pulls a fast one covering the great 90’s shoegaze forerunners, Cocteau Twins!

Renee Maskin - "Jaques Cousteau" (Mint 400)

11 July 2024

Renee Maskin is premiering the track, “Jaques Cousteau,” from the upcoming Chansons de lune Split EP, a collaboration with fellow New Jersey artist SONOFDOV

Little Hag - "You Blew It!" (Bar/None)

10 July 2024

Asbury Park’s fierce “bitch rockers,” Little Hag, are thrilled to share their latest single and accompanying music video, “You Blew It!.”

Dream Phases - "Turn Away" + Exclusive Q&A

2 July 2024

Today, L.A. neo-psych group, Dream Phases, share “Turn Away”, the third single off their upcoming LP, Phantom Idol.

Photocomfort - "Roll"

28 June 2024

“Roll” is a platonic love song. This one deals with one of the more difficult themes on the record for me: loving a friend so much that you might have to let them go.

Lame Drivers - Become an Island (Jigsaw Records / Bleeding Gold Records)

27 June 2024

Lame Drivers offer up a track-by-track breakdown of their new album Become an Island

Toto Peña - “FUELT4NK"

26 June 2024

After relocating from the East Coast to his home of Salt Lake City, indie-artist Toto Peña proudly shares his latest single, “FUELT4NK,”

Zeke Bleek - "26 eXes"

25 June 2024

“I’ve been walked out on, stood up, run down and laid low so many dang times, I just had to sing about it. Butch Vig overheard me telling the tales in a dive bar one day, and he said let’s get you in a studio, Zeke. This song is the role call of my romantic downfall.” -Zeke Bleek

Alessandra Rose - "Wild Horses" (self-released)

24 June 2024

Washington state’s Alessandra Rose drops a new cover of the legendary “Wild Horses,” featuring members of Guns ‘n Roses, The Posies, and Mark Lanegan‘s band.

Sub*T - "Shed" (If This Then Records)

20 June 2024

Brooklyn-based alt-rock band Sub*T is thrilled to announce the release of their new single “Shed,” a standout track from their forthcoming EP, Spring Skin out June 20 on If This Then Records.

The Slants - "The Band Plays On" (featuring BAO)

18 June 2024

“I was crashing at Simon’s house in Nashville during his 2019 book tour when one day, I woke up to this big novel of lyrics that he had written from a dream that he had earlier that morning.” -Joe X. Jiang

Artie Do Good - “Bread and Roses”

14 June 2024

Artie Do Good announces new album ‘Socialist Dance Party’ with “Bread and Roses”

roger weeks - "MY OWN WAKE" (If This Then Records)

13 June 2024

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter roger weeks is thrilled to announce the release of his new single “MY OWN WAKE” along with its accompanying music video, co-directed by roger and Rose Betts

Cloakz - "El Zero" (Mint 400)

12 June 2024

Philly indie rockers CLOAKZ just shared “El Zero,” the first single from their upcoming Control Program LP, which is set for release in August, 2024.

nicholas w/ Marcus Darling and Steven Rutledge - "loose leaf"

11 June 2024

Single Premiere: Chicago soul songwriter nicholas shares “loose leaf,” co-written with Marcus Darling and Steven Rutledge

Karen Haglof - "One Hand Up"

10 June 2024

One Hand Up is the fourth full length release by guitarist/songwriter Karen Haglof.  Like its predecessors, One Hand Up revolves around Haglof’s hard-hitting yet spry, stripped-down, playing and writing.

Young Legs - 'Rare Earth Dream' (Mint 400)

3 June 2024

Self-recorded and produced, Rare Earth Dream is a sonic odyssey spanning nine tracks, each a testament to Young Legs’ keen ear for arrangement and composition.

The Armoires: “We Absolutely Mean It” (Big Stir Records)

30 May 2024

The Armoires absolutely mean it as the video for their new single opens up the Art Nouveau-inspired world of their forthcoming album.

Jacob on the Moon - “Surface”

29 May 2024

Jacob on the Moon announces new album Live! From Earth with beachy soul single “Surface”

OmenBringer - "BTGGF"

24 May 2024

“BTGGF is an ode to the most beautiful and powerful women on earth; the song (and video) is an expression of self that ANY ONE can embody.”

The Scenics - "Jonathan Richman" (Supreme Echo & Dream Tower Records)

23 May 2024

“I want to be totally immersed in the music that I love & am writing….fuck ‘career’.”
-Ken Badger, The Scenics

Marisa Bloom - "Dairy Queen" (Pilot Light Records)

22 May 2024

“Dairy Queen” is the pop-punk summer anthem for anyone who’s ever wanted something they can’t have — like an Oreo Blizzard or an unrequited crush.

The Adventures of Anacleto

The Adventures of Anacleto - Silent Disco

21 May 2024

Chicago artist Alex Santilli is usually seen behind the kit. But today, he takes center stage as The Adventures of Anacleto to announce his second record Saturnia Vol 2. with the single “silent disco.”

American Sigh - "Virtue Signal"

17 May 2024

“I spent a lot of time thinking about the ways ironic detachment and nihilism permeates online culture and by extension into our day to day lives.”
Theo Matz, songwriter, American Sigh

Bug Seance - I'm Right Here (EP)

16 May 2024

Across six tracks, Bug Seance invite listeners on a captivating journey through a mosaic of heavy, effervescent, shoegazey soundscapes. Throughout, themes of solitude, mental well-being, friendship, and love are explored with unwavering sincerity.