‘60s pop radio comes alive on a glorious new album featuring members of New Pornographers, The Besnard Lakes, Stars and more!
“We was hungry. Had them munchies bad.”
Masterful country-noir from Ben Crum and company
A traveler with Big Star and The Db’s shares a song from his second solo LP
The best bets on another great year for music, old and new. (Never mind the cranks, here’s the good stuff as ever.)
Folk pastoralism meets swampy ’60s Americana
Warsaw-based electronic artist weds the grim to the beautiful
Listen to this brilliant cover of a psychedelic classic by the Bee Gees!
In fact, given this late date, I/we can send the first issue(s) (or package) via special 2-day priority mail, the extra postage costs on us, for any order $20 or over in order to get there before the 25th! Or a postcard if you want to start your friends or relatives with the next issue due in the spring.
Listen to the first single from the renowned producer’s next album!
Did the CIA really kill the Virgin Mary by sending her on a suicide mission to the moon?
A decade after breaking up, Phoenix synth-rockers return with a brand-new song
UK indie journeyman returns with a brilliant solo effort
An inspired pairing of two of the dreamiest dream pop bands around
Good news! Big Takeover #77 Fall 2015 issue with Ride on the cover is out on the stands! And there’s still time for the perfect holiday gift: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues (like the big enchilada, complete set 1980-2015)! Plus six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Mens’ and Womens’ sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Beer Cozies and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters! What a way to say “Happy Holidays!”
There’s more to Saratoga Springs than horses and mineral water
A sublime cover of the Chet Baker classic.
NYC protest music, in the grand tradition of The Fugs and The Holy Modal Rounders
From Barcelona, psych-rock with a Britpop pedigree
Chicago’s premiere punk-blues piano-and-drums outfit are back with a modern spin on Serge Gainsbourg’s 1963 single “Chez Les Yé-Yé.”
Wistful, jangling, quietly anthemic indie-pop from Pittsburgh
Heavy, atmospheric music from Oakland — play it loud!
Toledo, Ohio-based singer-songwriter brings a poignant, contemplative and restrained performance
The acclaimed actor takes a break from his day job to deliver his first solo LP in 11 years
Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #77 Fall 2015 issue was completed in Brooklyn, NY and Oakland, CA this month! Pre-order – Subscribe – Renew – Great gifts! Click through for a quick description of its contents. And IMPORTANT, subscribers, please update your address if you’ve moved!
A blue-collar mixture of traditional country, blues and folk that makes us feel good all over.
Few things make us happier than frolicking Goths!
Ever try to get somewhere in a dream, and you just can’t?
NYC post-punk power-pop mavens return with a melancholy but powerful tune
We were captivated by this jazz-inflected number
Sometimes we just want to get glum and jump around
Seattle band rips it up in an exciting new video
Eddie Spaghetti is still Eddie Spaghetti, and even in the face of grim, harsh reality, he’s not lost his ability to write great songs
Break out the good headphones for this remarkable recording
Unsettling new video for a bleak, but danceable, song
A gorgeous new album dedicated entirely to the songs of Barry Reynolds
A stirring work of progressive pop from Australia, exclusively yours
