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The Big Takeover is a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City since 1980 by Jack Rabid and an army of volunteers. Website: bigtakeover.com Subscribe: shop.bigtakeover.com IG: instagram.com/bigtakeovermag Patreon: patreon.com/jackrabid

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With Body Without Organs, Jeremy Moore expands the artistic vision of AD Ozium into its most ambitious statement to date.

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AD Ozium - Body Without Organs (Saccharine Underground)

With Body Without Organs, Jeremy Moore expands the artistic vision of AD Ozium into its most ambitious statement to date.

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The new album from the indie-americana four-piece was released via Honey Badger Records on limited edition vinyl and is the result of years of self-funding releases, sacrifice, relentless touring and steadily building an audience through sheer perseverance.

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Young Martyrs - Might Just Be Enough (Honey Badger Records Ltd)

The new album from the indie-americana four-piece was released via Honey Badger Records on limited edition vinyl and is the result of years of self-funding releases, sacrifice, relentless touring and ...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

Fowler’s liner notes claim these songs were improvised, but it’s difficult to believe on the evidence of your ears.

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Chad Fowler/Eri Yamamoto - Polkadots & Moonbeams (Mahakala Music)

Fowler’s liner notes claim these songs were improvised, but it’s difficult to believe on the evidence of your ears.

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Built on a foundation of haunting melodies, crisp percussion, and Father Chocolate’s commanding vocal delivery, the single captures a mood that is both menacing and deeply vulnerable.

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Father Chocolate - Villains (self-released)

Built on a foundation of haunting melodies, crisp percussion, and Father Chocolate’s commanding vocal delivery, the single captures a mood that is both menacing and deeply vulnerable.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

“Hell has frozen over” is a rock anthem for anyone who has ever felt gaslit, overlooked, dismissed, or painfully alone.

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Sarina - Hell has frozen over (SyrenSong)

“Hell has frozen over” is a rock anthem for anyone who has ever felt gaslit, overlooked, dismissed, or painfully alone.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

Apple Eyes is the London-based musical partnership of Claire Hadidjenar and Matthew Walker, a duo whose international backgrounds bring a rich cultural dimension to their sound.

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Apple Eyes - Be (self-released)

Apple Eyes is the London-based musical partnership of Claire Hadidjenar and Matthew Walker, a duo whose international backgrounds bring a rich cultural dimension to their sound.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

‘River Shook’ is about becoming more honest, but honesty here does not mean presenting a polished portrait of personal growth. Shook admits to struggle, vulnerability, bad judgment and uncertainty. They also recognize that a path isn’t a life sentence.

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River Shook - River Shook (Blackberry River)

‘River Shook’ is about becoming more honest, but honesty here does not mean presenting a polished portrait of personal growth. <strong>Shook</strong> admits to struggle, vulnerability, bad judgment an...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

The album’s most fascinating quality may be its willingness to let uncertainty ring out. Hornyak taught himself cello and harp for this project while returning to the piano training of his childhood, allowing the limitations of newly acquired technique to become part of the journey.

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Melaina Kol - Okay that’s a great idea because if I do that then (Julia’s War Recordings)

The album’s most fascinating quality may be its willingness to let uncertainty ring out. <strong>Hornyak</strong> taught himself cello and harp for this project while returning to the piano training o...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 3h

Its greatest pleasure lies in how much imaginative space Attic Room discovers inside such a small sonic room. By the final notes, the attic no longer seems like somewhere to hide. It has become somewhere to listen, remember, and secure enough to perhaps understand yourself a little better.

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Attic Room - 10 songs created in the attic room (Sunday Records)

Its greatest pleasure lies in how much imaginative space <strong>Attic Room</strong> discovers inside such a small sonic room. By the final notes of “becoming winter,” the attic no longer seems like s...

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The group has built its identity around absence, allowing these recordings to become the events. There are no personalities to chase, no stage mythology to consume. There is only the work.

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Why Bother? - Beyond Step One (Feel It Records)

The group has built its identity around absence, allowing these recordings to become the events. There are no personalities to chase, no stage mythology to consume. There is only the work.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

Independent singer-songwriter and recording artist Patrick Doval unveils a cinematic new music video for his latest Rock single, with drums performed by former The Offspring drummer Pete Parada

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Patrick Doval - Rocket to The Moon (self-released)

Independent singer-songwriter and recording artist Patrick Doval unveils a cinematic new music video for his latest Rock single, with drums performed by former The Offspring drummer Pete Parada

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

“Tokyo Rose” is the third single from Fierce Friend’s forthcoming album Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley.

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Fierce Friend - Tokyo Rose (self-released)

“Tokyo Rose” is the third single from Fierce Friend’s forthcoming album Blood Red Hills & The Uncanny Valley.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

Plastic Crimewave, visual artist/musician Sarah Gossett, and producer Bobby Conn team up for a second offering of kosmische bliss.

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Spiral Galaxy - II (Cardinal Fuzz)

<strong>Plastic Crimewave</strong>, visual artist/musician <strong>Sarah Gossett</strong>, and producer <strong>Bobby Conn</strong> team up for a second offering of kosmische bliss.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

Music by Jeremy is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Banbury, England, making his debut with a project that defies the usual boundaries of a first release.

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Music by Jeremy - Scenes from a Well Worn Path - Side Two (self-release)

Music by Jeremy is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Banbury, England, making his debut with a project that defies the usual boundaries of a first release.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

Firefly Search Party is a quirky couple of humans making honest music with our friends in the search for connection, light, and to make something beautiful with our time together.

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Firefly Search Party - Sing Me A Song (Rad Records)

Firefly Search Party is a quirky couple of humans making honest music with our friends in the search for connection, light, and to make something beautiful with our time together.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 29/09/2026

British rock powerhouse Courtney Hadwin has released her newest single, “Whatcha Gunna Do?!”

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Courtney Hadwin - Whatcha Gunna Do?! (self-released)

British rock powerhouse Courtney Hadwin has released her newest single, “Whatcha Gunna Do?!”

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

Anthology releases a 50th anniversary edition of underground phenom Robert Lester Folsom’s Music and Dreams with bonus LP of demos.

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Robert Lester Folsom - Music and Dreams (Anthology)

<strong>Anthology</strong> releases a 50th anniversary edition of underground phenom Robert Lester Folsom’s <em>Music and Dreams</em> with bonus LP of demos.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

This week’s show: New Sharp Pins, Kristin Hersh, Jesse Welles, Tammy Shine, Smug Brothers, Jack Grisham & the Life Undone, Hurry, and The Messthetics, plus Rupert’s People, Amen Corner, Beatles, Ken Boothe, Them, Tammy Wynette, Timmy “Oh Yeah” Rogers, and Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby!

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The Big Takeover Show – Number 610 – September 28, 2026

This week’s show, after a 2016 Beths besmirch: brand new Sharp Pins, Kristin Hersh, Jesse Welles, Tammy Shine, Smug Brothers, Jack Grisham & the Life Undone, Hurry, and The Messthetics, plus Rupert’s ...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

Zachary is a 29-year-old artist based in Guildford, UK. Since the spring of 2021, Zachary has created between 200 and 250 demo tracks on a recording kit gifted to him by a relative.

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Zachary Mason - Man of the Universe (self-released)

Zachary is a 29-year-old artist based in Guildford, UK. Since the spring of 2021, Zachary has created between 200 and 250 demo tracks on a recording kit gifted to him by a relative.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

Saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun gets busy with his eight and ninth solo albums by releasing them at the same time.

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Kevin Sun - Kevin Sun, I/Kevin Sun, II (Endectomorph)

Saxophonist and composer <strong>Kevin Sun</strong> gets busy with his eight and ninth solo albums by releasing them at the same time.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

The new single from Awake & Dreaming, “Underwater” comes via their upcoming full-length debut Inevitable.

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Awake & Dreaming - Underwater (self-released)

The new single from Awake & Dreaming, “Underwater” comes via their upcoming full-length debut Inevitable.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

Modest Needs is the musical moniker of Thomas Modig, a singer-songwriter from Uppsala, Sweden, and with his reflective new single, ‘Ett bättre jag’ (‘A Better Me ‘), now out, it’s the perfect time to learn more about him and his music.

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Reflections and reality: Modest Needs on healing the inner child and making music as its own reward

Modest Needs is the musical moniker of Thomas Modig, a singer-songwriter from Uppsala, Sweden, and with his reflective new single, ‘Ett bättre jag’ (‘A Better Me ‘), now out, it’s the perfect time to ...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 28/09/2026

Built on thick guitars, crashing drums, and a hint of twang, the track carries a familiar sense of nostalgia while allowing Kitson’s punk-adjacent, slacker-emo vocals to settle into something more wistful.

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Video Premiere: Gizmo - "Walking The Floor" (Victory Pool)

“This was the second last song written for <em>All Your Worships</em>. This song was a combination of attempting to translate life events into song as well as tipping my hat to country and western mus...

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Chip @chipmidnight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last week, Anthrax. This week, Europe. I've been listening to these bands for 40 years so it's pretty cool (and I still can't believe it) to be able to speak with members about NEW albums they are putting out. Here's my interview with Ian Haugland.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 26/09/2026

Milo Jones is an NYC-based American singer-songwriter whose off-kilter style will endear and engage fans of folk, the 70s, and (lyric-wise) Zappa heads everywhere.

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Milo Jones - I Belong to You: An Introduction to Milo Jones (Tar River)

<strong>Milo Jones</strong> is an NYC-based American singer-songwriter whose off-kilter style will endear and engage fans of folk, the 70s, and (lyric-wise) <strong>Zappa</strong> heads everywhere.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 26/09/2026

Four years after their critically acclaimed EP, “The Summer Tree”, St. Paul’s JoJo Green returns with Paint the Sky – Part 1, a unique and diverse five-song collection that finds the band stretching its iconic eclectic sound

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JoJo Green - Paint The Sky, Pt.1 (Recorded In Mono Records)

Four years after their critically acclaimed EP, “The Summer Tree”, St. Paul’s JoJo Green returns with Paint the Sky – Part 1, a unique and diverse five-song collection that finds the band stretching i...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 26/09/2026

Poems For Dead People / Intertitle is a collaborative project that inhabits the space between dark electronic music, spoken word, and cinematic storytelling

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Poems For Dead People / Intertitle - There Are Spiders In My Dreams (Blank Verse Records)

Poems For Dead People / Intertitle is a collaborative project that inhabits the space between dark electronic music, spoken word, and cinematic storytelling

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Cabaret Voltaire hits Boston as Stephen Mallinder and crew do their final victory lap, celebrating 50 years of pioneering electronic music. Concert #photography by @tinnitusphoto.bsky.social!

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Cabaret Voltaire + I Speak Machine - The Wilbur Theatre (Boston) - September 21, 2026

Cabaret Voltaire hits Boston as Stephen Mallinder and crew do their final victory lap, celebrating 50 years of pioneering electronic music.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Costa Rican alternative rock project Proyecto Escapulario have released their new single and video, ‘Cuasrán’, inspired by the Indigenous Boruca people, their strong territorial and cultural continuity, and their ancestral connection with the natural world.

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Proyecto Escapulario – Cuasrán (self-released)

Costa Rican alternative rock project Proyecto Escapulario have released their new single and video, ‘Cuasrán’, inspired by the Indigenous Boruca people, their strong territorial and cultural continuit...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

From busking on the streets of Camden to selling out shows around the world, Cam Cole has built his career by following his own path

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Cam Cole - Chasing Dreams (New Age Records UK)

From busking on the streets of Camden to selling out shows around the world, Cam Cole has built his career by following his own path

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Twenty-plus years into her extraordinary career, pianist Kris Davis continues to grow.

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The Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst and Johnathan Blake - Lost in Geneva (4166)

Twenty-plus years into her extraordinary career, pianist <strong>Kris Davis</strong> continues to grow.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

EverWill is the solo rock project of Nebraska-born artist Will Griffey, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter turning personal experiences into powerful, high-energy anthems.

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EverWill - Stay (The Years Since)

EverWill is the solo rock project of Nebraska-born artist Will Griffey, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter turning personal experiences into powerful, high-energy anthems.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Put simply, MonstroCity is an album that wanted to be made, and Shansylvania is the band that was destined to make it.

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Shansylvania - Haunted Hotel (self-released)

Put simply, MonstroCity is an album that wanted to be made, and Shansylvania is the band that was destined to make it.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Songwriter Scott Allen draws inspiration from personal history and life lessons. He uses both memories and significant experiences to shape the storylines, often focusing on moments shared with others.

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Scott Allen and the List - June (self-released)

Songwriter Scott Allen draws inspiration from personal history and life lessons. He uses both memories and significant experiences to shape the storylines, often focusing on moments shared with others...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Forty years after “The Final Countdown” put Europe (the band) on the map, drummer Ian Haugland takes us inside their new LP, Come This Madness, and a band that, four decades into its career, remains as interested in moving forward as it is reliving its past. Interview by @chipmidnight.bsky.social!

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Interview: Ian Haugland (Europe)

Forty years after “The Final Countdown” put <strong>Europe</strong> on the map, the band’s full-throttle return to ’70s-inspired classic hard rock has cemented its place far beyond the hits that made ...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

With a new album, the wonderfully titled That’s When The Earth Becomes a Star just dropped, it felt like the perfect time to sit down with Sean McLeod to find out about his past, the current album, and what the future might hold.

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A Star is Born: A chat with Sean MacLeod about the new album and the freedom of not overthinking things

With a new album, the wonderfully titled <em>That’s When The Earth Becomes a Star</em> just dropped, it felt like the perfect time to sit down with <strong>Sean McLeod</strong> to find out about his p...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

A timeless-sounding country album, Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts? by Athens’ The Star Room Boys is being reissued for the first time on vinyl by Strolling Bones Records. Dave Marr and Philip McArdle share why now was the right time to revisit the album.

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Interview: Dave Marr and Philip McArdle (The Star Room Boys)

A timeless-sounding country album, <em>Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts?</em> by Athens’ <strong>The Star Room Boys</strong> is being reissued for the first time on vinyl ...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

UK music sorcerer Fran Ashcroft has shaped pop history from both sides of the glass—from his own band The Monos! to producing Damon Albarn and working at Abbey Road.

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Fran Ashcroft - Things to Make Do With (self-released)

UK music sorcerer Fran Ashcroft has shaped pop history from both sides of the glass—from his own band The Monos! to producing Damon Albarn and working at Abbey Road.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

The Graceland Conspiracy is the new dream-pop project created by Colin Crooks, previously a member of PBR Streetgang, who released several singles through the legendary Northern Irish label Good Vibrations.

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The Graceland Conspiracy - We Are Chaos (self-released)

The Graceland Conspiracy is the new dream-pop project created by Colin Crooks, previously a member of PBR Streetgang, who released several singles through the legendary Northern Irish label Good Vibra...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Throughout the album, the pianist shifts between easy control and almost total abandon.

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Stanley Cowell Trio - Illusion Suite (ECM Luminessence)

Throughout the album, the pianist shifts between easy control and almost total abandon.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

Fools Arcade is an alternative indie band known for their eclectic sound, driving rhythms, and rich harmonies, hailing from Leeds, UK.

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Fools Arcade - Festival In A Bar (self-released)

Fools Arcade is an alternative indie band known for their eclectic sound, driving rhythms, and rich harmonies, hailing from Leeds, UK.

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 25/09/2026

‘What Remains’ tackles the visceral feelings of new motherhood through a dripping, sweaty haze of psychedelia-infused rock.

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Single Premiere: Female Gaze - "What Remains"

‘What Remains’ tackles the visceral feelings of new motherhood through a dripping, sweaty haze of psychedelia-infused rock. -Female Gaze

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 23/09/2026

Cable Street Riot is an anonymous solo project from Los Angeles blending post-punk, dark electronics, industrial textures and atmosphere

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Cable Street Riot - Conditions (Collapse System Records)

Cable Street Riot is an anonymous solo project from Los Angeles blending post-punk, dark electronics, industrial textures and atmosphere

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 23/09/2026

The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor, commissioned by The Joyce Theater and Factory International, is a magnificent, trend-bucking contemporary dance tribute to the late Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, conceived and directed by Tony Award-winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh.

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The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O'Connor - The Joyce Theater (New York) - September 20, 2026

<em>The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor</em>, commissioned by The Joyce Theater and Factory International, is a magnificent, trend-bucking contemporary dance tribute to the late Irish singer-songwrit...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 23/09/2026

Raised On Candy let “Pickle Eyes” reveal itself gradually, moving from wiry tension into layered guitars, exposed vocals, explosive drums, and a final surge that makes its opening feel deceptively small.

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Raised On Candy - Pickle Eyes (Magic Door Record Label)

Raised On Candy let “Pickle Eyes” reveal itself gradually, moving from wiry tension into layered guitars, exposed vocals, explosive drums, and a final surge that makes its opening feel deceptively sma...

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“All the energy and attitude that went into the best mid-‘60s stuff — there was something we could be making out of our own contemporary post-hardcore, post-punk context, and the ’60s stuff we always loved” @bigtakeover.com bigtakeover.com/profiles/sou...

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Soundtrack of My Life: Chad Jewett (Perennial)

<strong>Chad Jewett</strong> talks about hearing <strong>The Who</strong>’s “Out in the Street” for the first time and the role it played in <strong>Perennial</strong>’s music. “That was a big moment,...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 22/09/2026

This week: New Royal Blunder, Black Watch, Perennial, Morning Line, Death Cab For Cutie, Bosses, United States of Existence & Burning Limos + Clydie King, Remo Four, Loretta Lynn, Junior Murvin, Pretty Things, and Lalo Schifrin; and R.I.P. Cheetah Chrome and Martha & the Vandellas’ Rosalind Ashford.

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The Big Takeover Show – Number 609 – September 21, 2026

This week’s show, after a 1955 Billy Boy Arnold/Yardbirds yank: brand new Royal Blunder, Black Watch, Perennial, Morning Line, Death Cab For Cutie, Bosses, United States of Existence, and Burning Limo...

BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 22/09/2026

Grant’s passion is bringing American history (including our native peoples) and culture to life with his music. So far, his AMERICAN STORIES album series has captured the essence of the Dust Bowl, Appalachia, and the Mississippi River.

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Grant Maloy Smith - Wild West: American Stories (self-released)

Grant’s passion is bringing American history (including our native peoples) and culture to life with his music. So far, his AMERICAN STORIES album series has captured the essence of the Dust Bowl, App...

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 22/09/2026

Francesco Virgilio’s multidisciplinary electronic project explores existence, wonder, adolescence and loss across four interconnected tracks and accompanying films.

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mokroïé - Unanswered (self-released)

Francesco Virgilio’s multidisciplinary electronic project explores existence, wonder, adolescence and loss across four interconnected tracks and accompanying films.

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BigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 22/09/2026

Energy Whores, the genre-defying electronic project led by New York songwriter, vocalist and producer Carrie Schoenfeld, release Invisible (Four Ways)

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Energy Whores - Invisible (Four Ways) (Fruit Hat Records)

Energy Whores, the genre-defying electronic project led by New York songwriter, vocalist and producer Carrie Schoenfeld, release Invisible (Four Ways)

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