1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (476+ words) Now with a streamlined lineup and renewed focus, Paper Tigers are making up for lost time with frenzied new album East Coaster, a chaotic, noisy, and anthemically aggressive collection of bangers that The Big Takeover is exclusively premiering today ahead…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (293+ words) Back in the day, the gothic sound was a sort of two-pronged attack. On the one hand, you had the formative digital experiments in darkwave dance sound; on the other, the guitar bands, more traditional rock poses with a penchant…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (269+ words) The Big Takeover People forget one crucial point when making music that falls into the general garage-rock, punk, or even post-punk. It was never just about making a racket…it was about making a beautiful racket! Early punk sounded like…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (291+ words) The Big Takeover Some songs seem to turn up in the time it takes to write them, flashes of inspiration that seem to arrive finished and ready to go. Others take longer. “Ally The Truth” certainly falls into the latter…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (273+ words) The Big Takeover Innovative indie orchestra Wild Up continues to plumb new depths in the catalog of underrecognized, underrecorded, and underperformed Julius Eastman with Gay Guerilla, the fifth stop in their journey to keep the late composer’s music alive for…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (353+ words) The Big Takeover If the core of this collaborative album lies in hushed saxophone, spacious piano, and a 4,000-mile distance between the two main players, then the result feels like a much more intimate and personal affair, music made across…...

4+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (472+ words) The Big Takeover The self-titled debut from Salt Lake City’s Box Elder represents a significant metamorphosis from a solitary bedroom project into a robust, communal effort. Born from the isolated ruminations of Christopher Archuleta during the pandemic, this collection of…...

4+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (209+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover In a world where (I know that sounds a bit AI written, I assure you it is not. But that is the sort of thing that…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (170+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover But, like any artist worth their salt, the music speaks for itself, you don’t need me to big him up, you only have to drop the…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (168+ words) The Big Takeover I wouldn’t say that The Iddy-Biddies is a band stuck in the past. I would say that they are a band that has learned from it. There is something ornate and intricate fused into their signature brand…...