Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Control” by CrashMonkeys.
Elijah Johnston is a singer/songwriter from Athens, GA who’s known for his collaborative and solo work and his energetic live shows.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Vials” by Diver Through.
A mantra for living and overcoming obstacles with Saint Small’s “You Must Destroy What Will Destroy You” from their new THANK YOU FRIENDS EP.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Runaway” by Seattle based songwriter Jen Ayers.
A fuzz beast clawing out of a pit of noise, riffs and existential joy.
The UK indie/alt-rock band unload a fervently confrontational single with accompanying video from their upcoming full length.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Youth Vaping” by Chicago-based indie outfit The Empty Pockets.
Austin band The Living Pins (featuring Carrie Clark of shoegaze heroes Sixteen Deluxe) premiere the buzzing grooves of the hook-heavy, should-be summer hit “Oh Yeah” via Big Takeover. It’s like teleporting to your teenage summer dance party.
Bailey Flores has an exciting music career ahead of her and she’ll be dropping a new EP in the fall.
A hallucinatory collage of plundered archival footage and dialogue mirroring the defective rhythms of Simon Grab as remixed by Mike Hamerski.
In the ten compositions that comprise Kramer’s new LP, mournful at times yet mysteriously life-affirming and generous in their scope, Kramer sees films where there are none, and composes his accompanying ambient soundtracks in a state of interrupted grace.
LA’s Maple Mars return the video for “Gliding”, the lead single from their first album in over a decade.
Chicago musician Ari Lindo might be best known for his soulful guitar playing in Late Nite Laundry, The Devonns, or Lester Rey, but he’s showing a different side of his musical talents with his solo folk music.
L.A.-based, jazz-influenced Nick Demopolous recently dropped his latest avant-garde album.
Through keenly observed detail, swirling instrumentals, and a spirited melody, The Valery Trails’ new single “Zancudo” captures the mood of the sleepy little Costa Rican beach community and its people.
Tyrannosaurus Shake is the 3rd single from the forthcoming and sophomore album Ulysses Trash by Dez Dare. Featuring chase scenes, disembodied hands and a looming fear that will envelope you whole!
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “See Those Colours Fly” by Breathless.
The new full-length from Raleigh’s State of The Secretary is an introspective and emotionally bold collection of songs.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Grandpa Jack’s new album Grits, available everywhere July 29.
Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere for the video for “Blood Moon” by Susie Suh.
The North Carolina indie rocker with poetic and perceptive lyrics recently dropped a single and will release her debut album this fall.
San Diego punk-soul trio The Schizophonics release the tempestuous title track to their upcoming album Hoof it, produced by Dean Reis (Plosivs, RFTC.) The MC5’s high-energy melodies meets Memphis soul underground’s rhythmic ruction.
Syvers, a lofi-electronica duo from the midwest have a stunning new single and music video :Fired Up”.
Welcome to the world of the Liverpool-based band, Torture and the Desert Spiders, a left-field project based around the songwriting of Anna Kunz.
The band’s debut album, Dark Matter, is releasing on August 19th via Tulsa’s Horton Records and their latest single with mesmerizing video is out now.
‘Being understood is something that I look for in everyday human interactions, ethically and emotionally. But it’s not something vital to my artistic expression.’ – River Gari A.K.A. Idle Fire
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Following the recent 2021 release of B. Hamilton’s fourth studio album, Nothing and Nowhere, the Oakland-based rock band are set to drop their new single and lyric video “Good Foot” on July 15th via Sofaburn Records. This is the first single from their forthcoming, as-yet-to-be-titled studio album.
“One of the first songs we wrote for Grits, “Hate Has a Heartbeat,” is about the current state of the world and how we interact and communicate. To be honest, I can’t think of a better time to be releasing it.” – Matt C. White, Grandpa Jack drummer
Philadelphia musician Jude Flannery partnered with Matt Barrick (The Walkmen, Muzz), Quentin Stoltzfus (Mazarin, Light Heat), Robbie Bennett (The War on Drugs), and more on his forthcoming solo debut.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Hutchie’s new LP Some Other Way.
Tamar Berk is a literate songwriter with a haunting, atmospheric sound steeped in 1990s alt-rock, ’70s to ’80s power pop, and ’60s psychedelia.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of the video for “333 Dreams” – a surreal experience as the haunting melody slides over dream like sequences.
Singer-songwriter/producer Salim Nourallah teamed up with Marty Willson-Piper (formerly of The Church), and the brand new single and title track from Nourallah’s forthcoming EP, See You in Marfa — provides the sunny, carefree music for a joyful new video.
Big Takeover is excited to premiere Adaleena, the fiery debut EP by bay area folk-rock band, Svvarms, which drops everywhere July 8. So, get ready for tasty hooks and groovy licks, which might just burn down your barn!
“it was yr birthday” is the debut single from GREAT—aka NYC multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Chandler Fredrick.
Portland, OR post-metal trio Light Creates Shadow’s new full length is a powerful, emotive rebirth, produced by Matt Bayles. Hear the full album today!
The Brooklyn-based stoner rock trio traveled to the remote upstate New York town of Saugerties to lay down the fuzzed-out tracks for their upcoming album.
“Unstoppable Me” is a sunny pop charmer from Chicago-area prog/roots-pop collective Jeff Elbel + Ping. The song’s boundless confidence sets up a twist in The Threefinger Opera LP’s storyline. The video is campy fun from the team at Mecoclub.
“Experimental World” is a new single from songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Evan Taylor being released on Taylor’s own Loantaka Records.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Useless Users “They Put Tears In Cigarettes” from the debut LP “We Are All” due out on Emotional Response Records July 3.
Pioneering Boston punk band Nervous Eaters, contemporaries of bands like the Ramones, The Police, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, and a host of others, has released a new single, “Wild Eyes,” ahead of a new album due out this fall on Little Steven Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records.
PREMIERE: partygirl Explores Survivorship as Radical Political Identity in Debut Single “good night”
Premier of “Matador Bell,” the second video from the upcoming Treat Her Strangely album, the latest album from doubleVee featuring former Starlight Mints frontman, Allan Vest.
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of new music from City of Four from the upcoming jazz compilation “Standard Issue” on Mint 400 Records / Raining Music.
Acclaimed gypsy punk collective Gogol Bordello, led by charismatic Eugene Hütz, calls for solidarity with and aid for Ukraine in the face of barbaric invasion.
Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of “The Drugs Don’t Work” (Verve cover) by The Art Of The Soul.
Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of the new “Anti-Hate” single “Ouroboros” from post-hardcore band Luminous Beings, from their upcoming album ‘Horrors’ due out June 24.
The Boston alt-rock band reaches cruising altitude on the first single from this September’s Sparkle Baby 2000 EP.