Rona Diaries: The Chamber Versions Live at Greig Hall is a 12-song companion piece of sorts to Saroea’s first solo record. Rona Diaries, re-recorded with the BIT20 Ensemble live at Grieg Hall during Norway’s 69th annual Bergen International Festival, and includes two chamber arrangements of DATAROCK songs as bonus tracks.
The Florida indie-rock band’s vocalist/guitarist spoke with us about their imminently approaching, independently released debut, Crisis Actor. Cristina Peck also shed light on the LP’s second single, which premieres exclusively on the Big Takeover today.
Igor Keller is a rare example of someone who can dance gleefully through genres at will. On the new LP Out of Place, Keller sets aside his usual allegiance to the gods of rhythm. Shimmering, lush ambient waves of gain ebb and flow beneath cascading stacked vocals. Minimalist, grand percussion echoes like distant thunder.
Primarily known for his electronic dance music, Woolfy’s back with another heartfelt, gentle, toned down indie-rock release with the double-singles “When We Were Kings” and “Heroine.” Both were inspired by Woolfy’s longtime hero, David Bowie.
The shoegaze and dream-pop duo, are gearing up for the April 1 release of their fourth full-length album, Melt, by exclusively premiering a song and video from the record on the Big Takeover. “As soon as we heard the finished song, we both agreed it should be the opening track on the new album,” guitarist/songwriter Neil Burkdoll said.
The Boston-based artist’s new single appears on Together Alone, Borges’ latest album, which drops Friday on Blue Corn Music. She recorded it remotely with lead guitarist Eric “Roscoe” Ambel; the LP also features members of NRBQ and the Bottle Rockets.
Returning to acoustic guitars and ’60s baroque pop tones, the soft-rock troubadour recently tracked 12 new songs in his home studio. “Alice Arrives” premieres exclusively on the Big Takeover today, ahead of the March 25 release of his new LP, Episodes.
An earthquaking anthem of rock and roll, this song is the first we’ve heard from the Georgia-based outfit in quite some time. Listen to the exclusive single premiere today — only at the Big Takeover.
The Big Takeover exclusively presents the first premiere from Andy Meyers and Simon Millerd’s ambient improv duo: the video for a song from their first album, Bones, which drops in two days.
As the Chili Peppers’ founding drummer and a key player on Pearl Jam’s ’90s albums, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is now expanding his repertoire with his fourth release as a solo artist.
The video, styled after The Brady Bunch, depicts just one of the romantic mishaps that the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter brings into focus on his recently released double-album The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century.
Due May 6 — roughly four months after the Los Angeles group issued their Productive Disruption LP — the new four-song EP will be available in part through Pearson’s Three One G. The Big Takeover broke the news courtesy of frontman Justin Pearson.
The Baltimore rock band threw out the rule book and recorded an album as a series of singles released on Spotify, culminating in a full-length. In addition, they sequenced the record in the spirit of the traditional cassette mixtapes that the members of Underlined Passages listened to in their youth.
The cofounder of influential punk band Divine Horsemen combined live footage and material shot on the road for the new clip. The video drops roughly three weeks after Christensen’s latest solo effort, 1 From Kevin — Songs of Kevin Gordon.
Covert Stations, the fledgling music covers collaborative spearheaded by (Damn) This Desert Air singer Craig Cirinelli, has announced its first in a series of cover singles, which will begin rolling out this year.
The New Jersey band, which features vocalist Chris “Crispy” Corvino from Deadguy, is unsheathing their martial-arts-centric video for “Porchlight” exclusively with us. The track appears on the outfit’s Is Anything Alright EP, out now through Nefarious Industries.
Die! Die! Die! captures the spirit of anarchic post-punk — but their sound is so damn groovy, it’s a turn-on even for listeners who might be turned off by noise rock. Check out our exclusive premiere of the walloping title track to their new album, This Is Not an Island Anymore.
For deadbeat effervescent, their eighth album (out tomorrow on Emotional Response Records), the rockers have finally swapped their bedroom for an actual studio — and with that, exchanged their Bedroom Pop stylings for a fully formed, mid-fi art-pop sound.
On Wednesday, Vanderslice released the first song by his new electronic-music project, OrangePurpleBeach. He spoke with the Big Takeover about the song, “Pylon Shadow,” the video for which just dropped as well.
Fortunately for fans of the power-pop vets who read the Big Takeover, Davenports leader Scott Klass kindly granted us the exclusive premiere of his band’s new single and its accompanying video a day before release.
The Big Takeover premieres department goes way back with London post-punk/new-wave legends. Four years and one (ongoing) pandemic after premiering one of their videos, we are savouring the opportunity to exclusively roll out “Box of Sorrows,” the latest song by the ever-brilliant Bid and his gents.
“Last Angry Man,” whose video premieres today with the Big Takeover, is one of 10 song written under the cloud of a seven-year lawsuit North’s family ultimately won and that alleged violations against his son’s special needs by Metro Nashville Public Schools.
Raleigh, North Carolina, quartet Thirsty Curses are spiritual heirs to the drunken, sardonic and masterful songcraft of the Replacements, Violent Femmes and hometown power-pop heroes Let’s Active. The band’s forthcoming fourth album, To the Ends of the Earth, is a refined take on the band’s punk-pop sound that showcases its most sophisticated hooks to date.
Last year, the singer/songwriter began releasing a series of videos from her secretly recorded “Stein Away Sessions,” featuring her performing in unique nature filled environments with her yellow piano. Today, the Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of the Stein Away Session video for “Philosophical,” a track whose studio version appeared on Letters.
For the unindoctrinated, the members of the post-punk/shoegaze/alternative rock band aren’t newbies by a long stretch; in fact, the three musicians have over 20 years of experience. The trio of musicians/friends who reside in separate states will release their self-titled EP on Friday — but today, the Big Takeover premieres an exclusive sneak peek.
After three years of living and working together, the indie-rockers found themselves in two continents at the start of 2021. It’s no great surprise, then, that many songs on their second album – Closer Than We’ll Ever Know, due June 3 on Born Losers Records – address the distance between them.
Today, proto-Americana rockers the Rave-Ups release Tomorrow (Omnivore Recordings), a reunion record that comes 31 years after their last album dropped. The Big Takeover delivers a stream of the first song on the record, “So, You Wanna Know the Truth?”
A Brooklyn band featuring longtime DIIV lead guitarist Andrew Bailey, Dead Tooth drops their new EP, Pig Pile, on March 11. Frontman Zach James immortalizes his agile onstage presence on the release; as he delivers his vocals, one can practically see him creeping and shaking like a long-lost relative of Nick Cave or Guy Picciotto.
The Big Takeover brings you the latest version of the folk classic courtesy of Nashville indie-rock band Flight Attendant — whose solemn take features sorrowful vocals, piano and strings.
From Catnap to Coma, recorded and produced by Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew, drops Friday on Already Dead Tapes & Records. The mini-album is streaming as one continuous piece rather than five separate streams.
Shiva Burlesque’s potent synthesis of acoustic and electric textures, exploratory lyrics and keen sense of dynamics brought them some impressive in-the-know admirers; and comparisons to the likes of John Cale, Echo & the Bunnymen and Love.
The clip shows the bandmembers in their COVID-restricted natural habitat, injecting various substances — which, we imagine, help fuel the band’s brand of twisted psychedelic rock.
“Eyes Can’t Stop Listening” is from electronic-music artist Jason Anthony Harris’ album Songs Need People, which consists of songs written for the Patreon project I Want to Write a Song About You. For the project, listeners fill out a questionnaire about themselves and their circumstances, and the singer/songwriter pens and records a track revolving around the submission within 30 days.
The Rhode Island-based rock quintet exclusively premiere a video for one of the songs on their new EP, The Mona Lisa Beverage, which drops in two weeks.
The song features an easygoing pop sensibility, with D’Amato delivering melodies as if they’re effortless. The sprawling guitar of the intro gives way to a pristine, undeniably pop chorus. A groovy bassline cements the entire song, making space for D’Amato to play with harmony and melody.
The New Jersey quartet’s new song, “Samantha,” describes a thread between two disparate experiences: the joy of a first kiss and the thud of loss. The track features a delicate arrangement that pulls the listener in as it weaves through the story, ultimately climbing to a lush and powerful hook.
Henry’s five-track collection of New Wave-inspired alt-pop tracks examines love and desire from the perspective of classic horror characters. Throughout The Horror! The Horror!, Henry examines the humanity of monsters and the monstrosity of humans atop pulsing layers of cold electronic production that call to mind both John Carpenter’s signature synth scores and modern darkwave artists like Cold Cave in equal measure.
The 10-song effort includes cover tracks of songs by Kate Bush, Depeche Mode and Royal Blood, along with one original, “Valentine,” which the singer wrote just in time for the upcoming holiday. While Undercover hits Spotify and Apple Music starting Friday, the Big Takeover is bringing you a preview of the stream today.
The groovy Australian pop duo’s new effort comprises five tracks of soulful and rich guitar-driven music that is a testament to the creative dynamic between bandmates Dusty Lee Stephensen, Matt Birkin and their cast of long-term collaborators and live band.
Chicago’s the Feeders released their first LP, Kerchoo, in November on Eccentric Pop Records. Not too long after, the album made the cut on Jack Rabid’s list of best records of 2021. Today, the Feeders are proud to share the video behind the first single from the record, for “I’m a Rat.”
Having been written in May 2020, lyrically, “Have I Gone Too Far” attempts to capture the day-to day-isolation, monotony and depression that went along with quarantining during the early months of the pandemic
An/Animal presents its audience with four songs strung into one narrative, made complete by the eerie visuals of its accompanying short film. The music features imaginative arrangements, ethereal to explosive dynamics, primal urgency, deceptively catchy hooks, and elements from gospel, indie, rock, prog, country, ambient and, as always, an infectious pop sensibility.
Titled “Permanently Closed,” the video finds the Minneapolis-based sludgegaze band performing tracks from their two releases in an empty bar — a fitting backdrop for the “release show” of Sorrowful Cries, which was written and recorded in quarantine.
The music-powered spoken word offering is a preview to what’s in store on the spring release of the experimental duo’s sophomore album, Ghosts Before Breakfast.
Hailing from Atlanta, Rae started playing in music at a mere 8 years old. She left behind that love to move on to a beauty career until the tragedy of the global pandemic struck — and, as Rae recently told the Big Takeover, everyone returned to be with what we value most.
The songwriter and musician uses her knowledge gained from years spent DJ’ing to create captivating beats and taps into her worldly travels — she’s lived in Germany, the U.S. and England — to write relatable lyrics. The Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of “Reasons,” the newest single from the electronic pop phenom.
On April 22, the world will witness the latest chapter in the burgeoning Toronto artist’s career, in the form of her new album, Stolen Time. Lucky for readers whose interest is already piqued, the Big Takeover is pleased to unveil the first single from the new album, as well as its accompanying video, today.
Come February 11, Heatley’s admirers will bear witness to his next foray into music — and first official solo studio record — when Dream Puppy Records releases Life Our Own Way on all streaming and digital platforms. Today, the Big Takeover unveils the time-intensive video that Heatley created for the title track.
Today, The Big Takeover exclusively premieres the newest video from Boston’s power-guitar/synth-pop quartet, who started working together in late 2018. The clip was filmed just outside Boston at The Sanctuary, an old church converted into a music performance space.
Magic Shoppe songs often feature warm and fuzzy tonality that can wash out into textured soundscapes — or crash into a mind-melting maelstrom. Big Takeover is pleased to host the video for the brand-new track, which just hit streaming services today.
