New Jersey Eclectic Alt Rock Band Fair Panic pulls a fast one covering the great 90’s shoegaze forerunners, Cocteau Twins!
Renee Maskin is premiering the track, “Jaques Cousteau,” from the upcoming Chansons de lune Split EP, a collaboration with fellow New Jersey artist SONOFDOV
Asbury Park’s fierce “bitch rockers,” Little Hag, are thrilled to share their latest single and accompanying music video, “You Blew It!.”
Today, L.A. neo-psych group, Dream Phases, share “Turn Away”, the third single off their upcoming LP, Phantom Idol.
“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 offer up a track-by-track breakdown of their new album Become an Island
After relocating from the East Coast to his home of Salt Lake City, indie-artist Toto Peña proudly shares his latest single, “FUELT4NK,”
“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
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.
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.
“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 announces new album ‘Socialist Dance Party’ with “Bread and Roses”
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
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.
Single Premiere: Chicago soul songwriter nicholas shares “loose leaf,” co-written with Marcus Darling and Steven Rutledge
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.
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 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 announces new album Live! From Earth with beachy soul single “Surface”
“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.”
“I want to be totally immersed in the music that I love & am writing….fuck ‘career’.”
-Ken Badger, The Scenics
“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.
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.”
“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
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.
“The new single from psych-pop mastermind Anton Barbeau’s epic Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager double album balances pure pop with Eastern prog, and the video features animated funeral donuts. What’s not to like?”
On May 31, +/- {Plus/Minus} will release their highly anticipated album, Further Afield, via Ernest Jenning Record Co. Today the band is thrilled to unveil their latest single, “Calling Off The Rescue,” accompanied by a captivating band-created video.
Chicago indie-rock band Madame Reaper & the Gentleman’s Club combines synth-pop with a healthy heaping of gothic theatricality. The Big Takeover is happy to premiere their newest song “Satanic Tango (Is)”, which takes on a more literal interpretation of a Madame Reaper and features a Spanish-inspired sound.
Today, LA space rock quartet Les Biches (lay-beesh) release the fourth video from their acclaimed LP The Mysteries—the mysterious and epic “Shikotsuko.” Conjuring elements of wall-of-sound alt-gazers such as Spiritualized or The Church with perhaps a touch of the reserved elegance of David Sylvian’s Japan, the track is a singular experience where night sounds give way to a deconstructed lullaby before descending into a crush of horns and guitars.
There’s a palpable excitement surrounding New Jersey’s The Tide Bends. Their latest single “Glass Jaw” feels like the calm before the storm, hinting at something seismic on the horizon.
Dark Ice Balloons, the latest LP by Brooklyn indie/punk trio, Nihiloceros, premieres today exclusively on Big Takeover Magazine and available everywhere tomorrow via Totally Real Records. The follow up to their 2021 EP, Self Destroy, which garnered the band attention from fans and critics for its bleak take on the human condition, Dark Ice Balloons explores the places between the worlds of living and the dead. Both lyrically and sonically its a touch more hopeful than its predecessor, leaning away from standard pop elements in lieu of rich guitar textures and an intentionally uglier palette of sound.
Palm Ghosts shares two new releases, “Pulse,” from their forthcoming Escape EP, and a The Chameleons cover, with sales to benefit To Write Love On Her Arms.
Today’s premiere is a dreamy, melody-drenched number that pleasantly reminds us of Animal Collective.
An experimental pop collective led by Andrew Grossman, Washington, D.C.’s The North Country has become synonymous with catchy indie-pop earworms and electrifying live performances. Their music delves into themes of digital fatigue, heartbreak, and socio-political critique aimed at the elite. With each song, The North Country challenges listeners to think critically while keeping them moving on the dance floor.
“Shake What They Gave You” is breezy indie rock that nods its hat to
groups like Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Stereolab and Steely Dan. The song is one of
Chick’s most beloved on More Thrills, Less Hills, as it features random things like
shuffleboard, shakers and seasonings.
Denver-based rockers Riot For Romance follow 2022’s self-titled debut with Learning to Unburden Myself: Step One. The trio’s sound is a glorious racket formed from post-punk and shoegaze roots.
Led by the magnetic Ellie Linden, Odd-Pop Quartet Das Body make a triumphant return with their eagerly anticipated sophomore album, True Vulture.
Magnet School, the Austin Texas Alternative / Indie Rock legends & sonic sound manipulators are back with their new release The Raven – a 5 track mini opus of sonic tapestry.
After a 5 year hiatus Mythological Horses returns with a proper 3rd album out February 2nd on Godless America Records taking the band to new musical heights of pure rock n roll balanced with the band’s early Anti-Folk beginnings.
Branching out from what Jack Rabid has referred to as the “coffee and adderall” energy of the band’s last two albums, “June Meets Tulip” sees Janus 4-14 coming off as some kind of 90’s-tinged Elvis Costello fronting late-era Guided by Voices.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Dang Cold” by Mike Chick.
Gaviota is an excellent collection of sun-drenched and introspective surf pop tracks from the brain of Scott Claassen, formerly of The Broken West.
Joh Chase’s explosive new single is the perfect introduction to their new full-length, SOLO, which will be out on Kill Rock Stars in April.
Big Takeover is excited tohost the premiere of “Draconist” by Satyasena.
Montreal psych-rockers Elephant Stone return today with “Pilgrimage,” the latest single from their upcoming album, Back Into the Dream, due out February 23rd, 2024.
Few artists can juggle their involvement in multiple interesting projects at once and pull it off like a seasoned pro. Erik Kase Romero is a perfect example of such an artist. He splits his time between being an active member of The Front Bottoms, his production/engineering work, where he pours much of his creative juices into his efforts to help up-and-coming bands shine to their fullest on record, putting out music under his own name, and you know, having an actual life outside of music, too.
“Estuary of Dreams” is the softest, folksiest song we’ve recorded yet…”
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Got Me All Wrong” by KillerStar.
“It’s a genuine love song, but there is an element of self doubt and a desire to feed off of someone else’s power – flirting with masochistic undertones.”
Zoon has partnered with artist and producer Yonatan Gat on a remix of their track “Astum” (ft. Leanne Betasomosake Simpson), taken from their record released last year, Bekka Ma’iingan.