Good news! Big Takeover #78 Spring 2016 issue is out on the stands! Starring female London post-punk stars Savages on the cover, and featuring an “in memoriam R.I.P.” previously unpublished interview with Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead plus fabulous history interviews with Dr. Feelgood guitarist/star Wilko Johnson, X and solo great John Doe, and veteran Gun Club, Cramps, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds guitarist and solo artist Kid Congo Powers, as well as equally interesting sit-downs with Ben Folds, The Thermals, Yeasayer, and The Sharp Things. And there're shorter chats with Film School , Tanya Donelly, La Sera, The Furious Seasons, Charlie Hilton of Blouse, Breathless, Great Lakes, Titus Andronicus, The High Violets and reformed late ’70s Texas punk-era greats Mydolls, and more! A full description of its contents is just below!
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If you want to subscribe or renew or give the gift that keeps on giving, just go to our online store (and feel free to indicate which issue you'd like to start with (or have your friends start with), issue 77 (Ride cover), the current 78 (Savages cover), or the Fall issue 79 (Katy Perry cover--ha, just kidding. Just wanted to make sure you were still reading). It's only $20 for four issues (save 23% off the newsstand price including average sales tax), or $32 for overseas, or $26 for Canada. Or, for those in the U.S. you can send us a check made out to "Big Takeover" for $20 to the following address:
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Or if you want to order just issue 78, you can send us a check (or make PayPal payment to jrabid@bigtakeover.com) for $6 to that address or order it.
Here, again, is what's in the issue:
Interviews: Savages (cover) * Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister (R.I.P.) * John Doe (X) * Ben Folds * The Thermals * Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) * Yeasayer, Kid Congo Powers (Gun Club, Cramps, Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds) * The Sharp Things * Film School * Tanya Donelly * La Sera * The Furious Seasons * Charlie Hilton (Blouse) * Breathless * Great Lakes * Titus Andronicus * The High Violets * Texas punk-era legends Mydolls,
Editorials: Rabid: “Music and the Grim Reaper; Thoughts on Death, the Joy of Life, and David Bowie” * Sommer: "Why Pop Must Fight" * Kelson: “The U.K.’s Musical Doldrums of the Mid-’80s… and How it Was Saved by The Smiths, JAMC, C86, and ‘Blue Monday’”
Live Reviews: Paul Collins’ Beat * The Dickies * DIIV + Tamaryn * Mark Eitzel * Idlewild * The Joy Formidable * Haroula Rose * The Zombies (Original Lineup)
CD/Vinyl Reviews: Alternative TV * Bad Religion * Beach House * Bent Shapes * Black Randy & The Metrosquad * William Burroughs * John Cale * Chatham Rise & Jeff Levitz * Cheap Trick * Ornette Coleman * Defunkt * Desario * Tanya Donelly * Dråpe * Dropkick * Eureka, California * Ex Norwegian * The Fall * Flaming Lips * Golden Bloom * GBV/Robert Pollard * Lee Hazlewood * Honeychurch * Bert Jansch * Ed Kuepper * Lake Ruth * Love * Lush * Magnet School * Johnny Marr * Massive Attack * Métal Urbain * Mott The Hoople * Bob Mould * Nada Surf * Willie Nelson * New Planet Trampoline * Elvis Presley * Penetration * Gene Pitney * Emma Pollock * Iggy Pop * Reagan Youth * Rogue Wave * Runaways * Jeffrey Runnings * Sonny Sharrock * Spires * Starling Electric * Joe Strummer * Supermoon * Tacocat * Teenage Jesus & the Jerks * Trash Can Sinatras * Lucinda Williams * Wire * Wreckless Eric * Various-Still In A Dream: A Story Of Shoegaze 1988-1995 (Box)
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Cheers!
Jack R
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