1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (451+ words) Hayes Noble - Never Blue (Two Two One Press)The Big Takeover In the sequestered environment of Leadmine No. 4, Hayes Noble has engineered an auditory experience that pulses with a raw, unvarnished vitality. "Never Blue" is not merely an exercise in…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1655+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover Much appreciation to Brian for taking the time to answer this super fan's questions. James Broscheid: Looking back at your first meeting during the recording of'Judy…...

22+ hour, 12+ min ago  (572+ words) Anna Calvi " Is This All There Is? (Domino Recording Co.)The Big Takeover The collaborative EP "Is This All There Is?" by Anna Calvi represents a profound meditation on the nature of artistic communion and the reimagining of modern classics....

6+ hour, 57+ min ago  (163+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover Solid Gold's latest single is the perfect embodiment of that, and "Government Grade" is a song that goes way beyond a piece of sonic entertainment. Although,…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (284+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover Anything that gives out serious "Into My Arms" vibes is obviously a song worth spending a bit of time getting to know. I'm not saying that…...

21+ hour, 37+ min ago  (973+ words) Special Friend - Clipping (Skep Wax)The Big Takeover On "Clipping, Special Friend continue refining the peculiar alchemy that has made them one of the most quietly compelling duos in contemporary independent pop. Guillaume Siracusa and Erica Ashleson have long demonstrated…...

21+ hour, 47+ min ago  (427+ words) Mink's Miracle Medicine - Freedom Queen (self-released)The Big Takeover Mink's Miracle Medicine has long operated in the quiet spaces where folk tradition meets modern isolation, but "Freedom Queen' represents a profound deepening of their domestic observations. Captured through the glass…...

22+ hour, 12+ min ago  (302+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover NYC-via-San Antonio/Nashville alt-country singer-songwriter legend Steve Earle closed out a two-show residency preview of his upcoming 70+ date North American solo acoustic tour,, which really should…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (210+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover And if it feels reminiscent of better times, earlier sounds and styles, a golden age where pop and rock mixed freely, hopped its own demarcations and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (178+ words) Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover How the wonderfully named Sharkeologist manage to mine so many sonic seems'or even scenes, weave together so many threads and still come out with something that…...