jrabid@bigtakeover.com (Jack Rabid)
The Big Takeover Show – Number 476 – March 4, 2024
This week’s show, after Jack (with Jim) raves Ray Charles: brand new T.S.O.L, Arab Strap, Pernice Brothers (with Neko Case), Michael Head, Torrey, Jane Weaver, and Neil Young, plus LaVern Baker, Nico, Steve Goodman, Jean Richie, Alton Ellis, Bee Gees, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 473 – February 12, 2024
This week’s show, after a 2003 Justin Sullivan soliloquy: brand new Decemberists, New Model Army, T.S.O.L, Bolts of Melody, Lemon Twigs, The Smile, and Corb Lund, plus Bobby Parker, The Action, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Webb Pierce, Johnny Ri…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 471 – January 29, 2024
This week’s show, after a 1967 Who hot-shot: one last guest DJ “tribute to 1980” set by Jim Santo, (pt. 5 of 5) + brand new New Model Army, GospelbeacH, Superchunk, Real Estate, Paul Collins, Soft Science, and Penny Arcade (James Hoare), plus The Isley…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 466 – December 25, 2023 – Happy X-Mas Show!
This week’s show, after some 1953 Satchmo sass: a guest DJ “tribute to 1980” set by Jim Santo + brand new Libertines (U.K.), Joel Stoker Dennis Davison, Black Swan Lane, Mountain Goats, Crime & the City Solution, and NORMANS, plus The Orioles, Monkees,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 459 – November 6, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1967 Hollies hearken: brand new The Beatles, New Model Army, Madness, Cloud Nothings, Semisonic, Guest Directors, and Green Palm Radiation, plus John Lennon, 13th Floor Elevators, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Snow, David Bowie, The E…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 458 – October 30, 2023–Happy Halloween!
This week’s show, after a prescient 1993 Bad Religion beckon: brand new Emma Anderson, Dennis Davison, Grandaddy, Plush Machine, Furious Seasons, Craig Wedren, and Colored Lights, plus John Lennon, Nancy Sinatra, Barbara Lynn, Nico, Cat Stevens, Bee Ge…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 457 – October 23, 2023
This week’s show, after a 2001 Pernice Brothers pass: brand new Juliana Hatfield, Soft Science, Blur, Corb Lund, Seablite, Dot Dash, and Miniaturized, plus The Raspberries, James Brown, Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps, Jefferson Airplane, Charlie Pride, S…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 455 – October 9, 2023
This week’s show, after some 1965 McCartney madness: Hurry, Linda Lindas, Damned, Plush Machine, Methadones, Julies, and Cliff and Ivy (with Jim Babjak), plus Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels with Emmylou Harris, Small Faces, Gregory Isaacs, Merry-Go-R…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 454 – October 2, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1979 Joe Jackson jam: Madness, Subways, Dandy Warhols, Emma Anderson, Clientele, Fawns of Love (with Robin Guthrie), and The Cyrkle, plus Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hollies, Lee Hazelwood, Aretha Franklin, Flying Burrito Brothe…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 452 – September 18, 2023
This week’s show, after Jim trills some 1979 Undertones: brand new The Damned, Len Price 3, Turnsole, Persian Leaps, Wilco, Drop Nineteens, and Downstrokes, plus George Harrison, Lee Dorsey, Chuck Jackson, Hank Williams, Big Youth, Dick Dale, and Donov…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 451 – September 11, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1979 Damned dirge: brand new New Model Army & Sinfonia Zeipzig, Plush Machine, Dewey Defeats Truman, Laughing Chimes, Feelies, Joy Formidable, and Bobby Sutliff, plus Buddy Holly, Ides of March, Kinks, Buck Owens, Joe Higgs, G…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 450 – September 4, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1981 Effigies eulogy: brand new The Damned, Film School, Slowdive, Guest Directors, Soft Science, Salim Nourallah (with Marty Willson-Piper), and Baseball Project, plus Buckinghams, Shadows of Knight, Nancy Sinatra, Hugh Malco…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 449 – August 28, 2023
This week’s show, after a 2022 Alvvays aria: brand new Hurry, Blur, Kristin Hersh, Death Cab For Cutie, Billy Bragg, Anton Barbeau, and Teenage Fanclub, plus Erma Franklin, Small Faces, Carl Smith, Derrick Morgan, Thunderclap Newman, MC5, and The Treni…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 444 – July 24, 2023
This week’s show, after a small 1967 Dave Davies/Kinks warble: brand new Damned, Tubs, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Nyte Skye, Natvral, Star Collector, and Bedroom Eyes, plus Knickerbockers, Charley Pride, Gaylads, Wimple Winch, Fanny, Marty Robbins, and …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 443 – July 17, 2023
This week’s show, after a brief 1956 Chuck Berry refrain: brand new Soft Science, Rain Parade, Handsome Family, Silversun Pickups, Art Bergmann, John P. Strohm, and Cut Worms, plus Sanford Clark, Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Nina Simone, Little Richard,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 442 – July 10, 2023
This week’s show, after a brief 1947 Roy Brown trill: brand new Teenage Fanclub, Lost Tapes, Baseball Project, Deadlights, Grian Chatten, Kristin Hersh, and The New Distractions, plus Manfred Mann, Freddie McKay, George Jones, David Bowie, Larry Willia…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 441 – July 3, 2023
This week’s show, after a brief 1967 Love story: brand new Lovejoy, Marty Stuart, Successful Failures, Shana Cleveland, Guitarmy of One, Guided By Voices, and Willie Nelson, plus Paul McCartney, Dennis Brown, Jan & Dean, Françoise Hardy, Moody Blues, B…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 440 – June 26, 2023
This week’s show, after a lil 1971 Stones croon: brand new Slowdive, Desario, Flyying Colours, J. Robbins, Film School, Colored Lights, and Hurry, plus Graham Gouldman, Beau Brummels, Alton Ellis, Charlie Rich, The Jokers, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Bra…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 439 – June 19, 2023
This week’s show, after a small 1969 Mann/Weil warble: brand new Ash, Damned, Triptides, Once For Kicks, Bird Streets, Clientele, and sparkle*jets U.K., plus The Beatles, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Slade, Leroy Van Dyke, Marvin Gay…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 438 – June 12, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1967 Buffalo Springfield belt: brand new Lovejoy, Chime School, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Live Skull, Daughter, Kristin Hersh, and Rufus Wainwright, plus The Beatles, Love, Delroy Wilson, Tornadoes, Carl Perkins, Jan & Dean, a…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 437 – June 5, 2023
This week’s show, after a 2017 Alvvays refrain: brand new Lauds, Guided By Voices, Weird Nightmare, Tommy Stinson, Cut Worms, Handsome Family, and Salt Collective (with Matthew Caws), plus The Shangri-Las, Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Claude Gray, Donovan,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 435 – May 22, 2023
This week’s show, after a small trill of 1998 Pernice Brothers: brand new Jeanines, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Savage Republic, SLIP~ons, Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire, Snuff, and Lavender Diamond (With Jim James), plus Mississippi John Hurt, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 434 – May 15, 2023
This week’s show, after a small snatch of Gordon Lightfoot: brand new Damned, Crocodiles, Wedding Present, Flyying Colours, 1984 Draft, Black Watch, and Mist Double, plus John Entwistle, Bettye Lavette, Mamas & the Papas, Wilson Pickett, Jimmie Davis, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 433 – May 8, 2023
This week’s show, after no singing at all: brand new Eyelids, Black Nite Crash, Boo Radleys, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Robert Forster, National Honor Society, and Reds, Pinks & Purples, plus Heptones, Love, Johnny Cash, Billy Boy (Arnold), Kinks, Jacki…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 432 – May 1, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1978 Adverts trill: brand new Damned, Wedding Present, Belle & Sebastian, Donovan’s Brain, Beach House, Gaz Coombes, and Green Pajamas, plus Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band, Hank Williams Sr., Al Smith, The Loot, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 431 – April 24, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1973 Stooges refrain: brand new The Tubs, Eyelids, Successful Failures, Anderson Council, Tetsuians, Pam Risourié, Sadies, and Laveda; plus Pete Ham, Hollies, Big Bill Broonzy, Buck Owens, Rolling Stones, Larry Terry, Delroy W…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 430 – April 17, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1972 David Bowie mangle: brand new Bird Streets, Linda Lindas, Fawns of Love, Star Collector, Sloan, Black Watch, Shana Cleveland, and TN Rep. Jason Jones & Joan Baez; plus Richie Barrett, John Lennon, Prince Far I, Wallace Co…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 429 – April 10, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1992 Sugar trill: brand new Damned, Eyelids, Tubs, Live Skull, Reds, Pinks & Purples, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Pia Fraus, and Shirley Collins; plus Bo Diddley, Paul McCartney, Sam & Dave, Jeannie Seeley, Jacob Miller, Marilyn…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 428 – April 3, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1993 Boo Radleys bauble/bobble: brand new Beths, Black Watch, Mike Viola, Altin Gün, Keyside, Joe Keithley, and Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives; plus The Olympics, Beatles, Ethiopians, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood, B…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 427 – March 27, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1977 Weirdos warble: brand new Flyying Colours, Robert Forster, Naked Raygun, Bitter Defeat, Reds, Pinks & Purples, OFF!, Foam Giant, and Death Cab For Cutie; plus Fats Domino, Beatles, Bee Gees, Junior Byles, Howlin’ Wolf, Jo…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 426 – March 20, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1966 McCartney warble: brand new Eyelids, Black Watch, Live Skull, Lemon Twigs, Successful Failures, Peter Case, and Jim Corradi/Music Will; plus The Beatles, Larry Williams, Peter & Gordon, Shocking Blue, Rufus Thomas, Tammy …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 425 – March 13, 2023
This week’s show, after a 2002 Electric Soft Parade warble: brand new Killing Joke, Gaz Coombes, Successful Failures, Susanna Hoffs, National Honor Society, New Pornographers, Robert Forster, and Sleaford Mods (with Perry Ferrell); plus Mamas & the Pap…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 424 – March 6, 2023
This week’s show, after a small snatch-a 1960 Chuck Berry: brand new Fastbacks, Chime School, Telephone Numbers, Death Cab For Cutie, Salim Nourallah (with Marty Willson-Piper), Belle & Sebastian, and Graham Nash; plus The Beatles, Neil Young & Crazy H…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 423 – February 27, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1958 Huey “Piano” Smith tribute: brand new Lovejoy, Dot Dash, Black Watch, Eyelids, Shana Cleveland, Field School, Guided By Voices and an Autodidact Dreams world premier; plus Beatles, Temptations, Manfred Mann, Kinks, Paul R…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 421 – February 13, 2023; Including a Tribute to Burt Bacharach (1928-2023)
This week’s show, after a 1967 Dusty Springfield/Bacharach trill: brand new Damned, Tubs, Black Watch, Tombstones in Their Eyes, Yo La Tengo, Bird Streets, and Guided By Voices; plus Beatles, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Monkees, Ennio Morricone, Kitty Wells,…
Interview: Palms Station
It’s no surprise that Los Angeles rock band Palms Station has a spiritual quality to their music: multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Hillel Tigay is also a cantor and musical director at IKAR, one of the largest and most influential progressive synag…
bdrmm – “It’s Just a Bit of Blood” single and 2nd LP coming in June
bdrmm’s new single, “It’s Just a Bit of Blood” meanders and surges with epic dream pop— and shoegaze—drenched results. Now we have to wait til June 30th for the LP, “I Don’t Know”.
Dry Cleaning with Nourished By Time – Toulouse Theatre (New Orleans) – January 28, 2023
After a couple of EPs, Dry Cleaning made their mark with 2021’s New Long Leg and “Scratchcard Lanyard” in particular showcasing the band’s unique mix of a propulsive rhythm section, inventive guitar and most of all, Florence Shaw’s de…
Interview: Greg Hoy
Greg Hoy tells us what he and the boys leanred through making the “Everyboy Wants to be Somebody” video.
The Civilians – Lush and Tumble (The Civilians)
This Seattle five-piece’s first two albums, 2019’s Over the Bar and 2020’s Straight In/Straight Out so wowed Elvis Costello’s Attractions and Imposters keyboardist Steve Nieve, he supplied alluring piano to this third LP’s soulful ballad “Harder Than t…
Ivan Julian – Swing Your Lanterns (Pravda)
Swing Your Lanterns channels several spirits from seventies and eighties New York, reflecting Julian’s own versatile experiences.
Interview: Yellow Pills
Ryan Miera of Yellow Pills sits down with Big Takeover to discuss Elvis, recording, sobriety and his latest music.
Video Premiere: “Vines” by Humbletown
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of “Vines” by Humbletown.
Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade – Dion’s Quest (Sugah Hoof)
The appearance of the Chicago group’s second full-length Dion’s Quest is more than welcome.
Interview: Hamish Hawk
While Hamish Hawk is known first and foremost as a musician, this discussion about topics ranging from favorite coffee cups to listening to CDs in the car positions Hawk as a great conversationalist as well.
Paint Fumes—Elijah von Cramon Interview
Paint Fumes frontman Elijah von Cramon talks about the pronounced new power pop direction on his band’s latest album, ‘Real Romancer.’
brad allen williams – œconomy (Colorfield)
The guitarist plugs his instrument into synthesizers and boards of electronics, creating a fascinating series of soundscapes that seem to have dropped in from another reality entirely
Video Premiere: “Old-Blooded” by Flowers For War
Members of The Mayan Factor, Telesma & (Damn) This Desert Air announce new band, Flowers For War.
The Charlatans UK with Ride -The Vic Theater (Chicago) – February 7th, 2023
What a glorious pairing this night was of two British bands whose careers spanned similar timelines and who released and featured albums from the early 1990s that one can still feel both nostalgic about and savor the listening experience today. Bot…
Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto)
Pianist Fred Hersch is revered for his compositional, improvisational and technical talents, a jazz musician’s jazz musician. Singer/bassist/songwriter Esperanza Spalding has used her massive talent to bridge the worlds of jazz and, well, everything el…
Song Premiere: “You’ll Live Forever in My Songs” by Paige Su
Paige Su traces life-journey from darkness and the specter of death to lightness, acceptance and – above all – love on “You’ll Live Forever in My Songs”.
The Big Takeover Show – Number 420 – February 6, 2023 [Including Special Guest Set by Jeff Kelson]
This week’s show, after a 1986 Billy Bragg refrain (for Barrett Strong): brand new Gaz Coombes, Sloan, Green Pajamas, Nyte Skye, Iggy Pop, Dot Dash, and Stargazer Lillies; plus Billy Preston, Ray Charles, Upsetters, Tom Lerher, Dovers, Bobby Helms, and…
Easy Tiger: Unleashing copacetic electronic/dance music during the pandemic
Columbus, Ohio-located electro-/dance-rock trio Easy Tiger recently sprang their self-titled debut EP.
Anders Jormin/Lena Willamark – Pasado en claro (ECM)
As well as being a bandleader in his own right, bassist Ander Jormin anchors the long-running Bobo Stenson Trio. Singer, songwriter and violinist Lean Willamark has joined her fellow Swede on numerous occasions, co-leading a quartet with koto player Ka…
Interview: Tropical Fuck Storm
Tropical Fuck Storm’s Gaz Liddiard discusses the Australian band’s latest covers EP, checking out free jazz cassettes from the library, and bassist Fiona Kitschin’s recent breast cancer diagnosis.
Ryan Shelkett – Someone Becomes No One (Steadfast)
Shelkett’s career in the Baltimore emo scene goes back 30 years, having fronted and released albums with Blank, Cross My Heart, Dead Red Sea, and Liars Academy; this debut solo LP was produced by hardcore/punk vet J. Robbins.
EP Premiere: “Berliner Pilsner” b/w “Bummer Party” by C.C. Voltage
C.C. Voltage Releases New Single “Berliner Pilsner” On Spain’s Snap Records.
New Music “…In the Void”
Hammock and The Reds, Pinks, and Purples have each recently released music around the theme of “the void.” Hammock writes of “love in the void” while RPP sings of “life in the void.” With uncannily similar themes from music released just a few days apa…
Big Takeover Exclusives: February 3, 2023
Jenn Howard is releasing her new album (first in 14 years) on March 3rd, via New Orleans’ Bathtub Music. Her first single, “Microphone”, features a guest vocal from NOLA royalty, Ivan Neville.
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis with Shirley Scott – Cookin’ with Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Cookbook Albums (Craft Recordings)
A tenor sax ace and Hammond B-3 queen team up to make feelgood soul jazz.
Joe Chambers – Dance Kobina (Blue Note)
Chambers channels melodies and rhythms from South American, Latin American, and African sources, and makes them all come out hard bop.
Jennifer Harper – Change Is Coming (self-released)
Her rich voice and intimate lyrics evoke a 1970s flower-child spirit with a fresh layer of uplifting pop. Comparisons to Jennifer Harper’s motivational music include Carly Simon, Carole King and Sarah McLachlan.
After listening to even a few of Harper…
Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke – Rite of Strings: Live at Montreaux 1994 (Mercury Studios)
This live set captures a summit meeting of iconoclastic musicians as it happened nearly 30 years ago at the famed and influential Montreaux Jazz Festival. The concert predates and foreshadows a classic album for fans of ’90s fusion.
Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame (Tapete)
The Candle and the Flame, the eight solo album from former Go-Betweens co-leader Robert Forster, was made under trying circumstances: Forster’s wife Karin was battling ovarian cancer.
Video Premiere: “To Love Somebody” by Eva & The Vagabond Tales featuring Bob Cowsill
Big Takeover is excited to host the premiere of Video Premiere: “To Love Somebody” by Eva & The Vagabond Tales featuring Bob Cowsill.
Paul Lewis & Romeo Rage – Sky’s Rust (Realize Records)
Sky’s Rust transcends genres and resists categorization but it will easily appeal to fans of Romeo Rage’s influences.
Ben Wolfe – Unjust (Resident Arts)
A bassist and composer of some twenty-five years’ standing, Ben Wolfe has attracted as much acclaim for his compositions as for his playing, with a career in chamber music alongside his jazz work.
Dan From Downingtown: Connecting to something bigger through music
Pennsylvania-based artist Dan From Downingtown has released a potent new single with accompanying music video.
The Royal Arctic Institute – From Coma to Catharsis (Already Dead)
One of the hidden jewels of the urban Northeast, the Royal Arctic Institute returns with From Coma to Catharsis, a sequel of sorts to its prior EP From Catnip to Coma.
Song Premiere: “Something New” by JoobieSeaz
JoobieSeaz returns with another killer dreampop/indie single “Something New” via Pyrrhic Victory Recordings.
The Big Takeover Show – Number 419 – January 30, 2023
This week’s show, after a 1967 George Harrison remembrance: brand new Ron Sexsmith, Belle & Sebastian, Guided By Voices, Boo Radleys, Sleaford Mods, Primitives, and Lauds; plus Beatles, Ike & Tina Turner, Byrds, Tom Jones, Culture, Ruth Brown, and Fran…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 418 – January 23, 2023 [Including David Crosby tribute, R.I.P.]
This week’s show, after a 1967 David Crosby-era Byrds warble: brand new Flyying Colours, Superchunk, Nyte Skye, Gaz Coombes, Gulps, Goat, and Green Pajamas; plus Four Tops, Joan Baez, Red Foley, Woody Guthrie, Leo Graham, Odetta & Larry, and The Ventur…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 417 – January 16, 2023 [Including Jeff Beck tribute, R.I.P.]
This week’s show, after a 1965 Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds trill: brand new New Pornographers, Belle & Sebastian, Eyelids, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Shana Cleveland, and Alvvays; plus Beatles, Carole King, B.B. King, Music Explosion, Gene Vincent, Lefty Fr…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 416 – January 9, 2023 [Part 2 of 2, Jack Rabid’s Top 50 LPs of 2022! Plus: 10 Best Singles/EPs & 10 best Retrospective Releases!]
This week’s show, after a 1967 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood homage: Part 2 of 2, Jack Rabid’s Top 50 LPs of 2022 Countdown Shows! The Exciting Conclusion! [Plus:10 Best Singles/EPs and 10 best Retrospective Old Releases, Too!] This Week: His Picks for…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 415 – January 2, 2023 [Part 1 of 2, “Jack Rabid’s Top 50 LPs of 2022 Countdown Shows!” Plus 10 Best Singles/EPs and 10 Best Retrospective Old Releases, Too! This Week: His picks for 2022’s Best LPs 50 through 26
This week’s show, after another 1788 Robert Burns homage: Part 1 of 2, Jack Rabid’s Top 50 LPs of 2022 Countdown Shows! [Plus:10 Best Singles/EPs and 10 Best Retrospective Old Releases, Too!] This Week: His Picks for 2022’s Best LPs 50 through 26 (and …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 414 – December 26, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1947 Frank Loesser warble: brand new The Beths, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, House of Love, John Cale with Weyes Blood, Iggy Pop, and Annie Hamilton; plus Byrds, Eddie Cochran, Shocking Blue, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hollies,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 413 – December 19, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after little Lemonheads-1996 trill: Andy Bell, Alvvays, Linda Lindas, Surf Rock is Dead, Tubs, and Motörhead; plus Procol Harum, Tom T Hall, Dennis Wilson, Dovers, Tom Lerher, Betty Everett, and Art Carney
The Big Takeover Show – Number 412 – December 12, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after little Caroline plays a Beths song on piano: TV Smith & the Bored Teenagers, Nils, DIIV, Mercvrial, Love Burns, and Downstrokes; plus Little Richard, Mar-Keys, Beatles, Lulu, Smiley Lewis, Keith & Tex, and Bobby Bare (Sr.); and …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 411 – December 5, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1989 Stone Roses butcher: brand new Iggy Pop, Dot Dash, I Was a King, Bitter Defeat, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Well Wishers, and Jack Skuller; plus Moody Blues, Belairs, John Holt, Webb Pierce, Curtis Mayfield, Monkees, The Smoke, a…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 410 – November 28, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1979 Wire trill: brand new Lauds, Carina Messier, Alvvays, Black Nite Crash, Guest Directors, Beths, and Weyes Blood; plus Esquerita, Pete Townshend, Howlin’ Wolf, Creation, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Del Shannon, a…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 409 – November 21, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1990 Chills trill: brand new The Nils, Sloan, Startographers, Jack Skuller, I Was a King, Buzzcocks, and Brian Eno (with Darla Eno); plus Pretty Things, Barrett Strong, Neil Young, Culture, Hank Locklin, Astrud Gilberto, and D…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 408 – November 14, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a new Beths warble: brand new Primitives, Bird Streets, Dazy, Alvvays, Beths, Laughing Chimes, and The Damned; plus Marvin Gaye, Poppy Family, Kiki Dee, Melodians, Pee Wee King, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, and Shirley Col…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 407 – November 7, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!; Special “Happy Birthday Caroline” Edition]
This week’s show, after a 1968 Bee Gees weeper: brand new The House of Love, Wedding Present (with Amelia Fletcher), Sadies, Sansyou, Valery Trails, I Was a King, and Death Cab For Cutie; plus Arthur Alexander, Small Faces, Kitty Wells, Roscoe Holcomb,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 406 – October 31, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1958 Chuck Willis/Jerry Lee Lewis melody: brand new Altin Gün, Party Battleship, Jack Skuller, Sloan, Robyn Hitchcock, Alvvays, and Beths; plus Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, Tomorrow, The Choir, Buck Owens, Phil Ochs, and…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 405 – October 24, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1982 Descendents refrain: brand new Beatles, Sloan, I Was a King, Wet Leg, Black Nite Crash, Robert Forster, and Sadies; plus Pete Ham, Little Willie John, Hank Snow, Fats Domino, Electric Light Orchestra, Guy Lombardo & His R…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 404 – October 17, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1989 House of Love warble: brand new The Nils, Astrid Williamson, Alvvays, Beths, Donovan’s Brain, Downstrokes, and Underbites; plus The Hollies, Ennio Morricone, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Jan & Dean, John Lennon, Willi Williams,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 403 – October 10, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a brief 1979 Dickies revisit: brand new Weyes Blood, Ron Sexsmith, Damned, Black Watch, Daniel Wylie, I Was a King, and Reds, Pinks and Purples; plus The Beatles, Easybeats, John Phillips, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, Merseys, Derric…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 402 – October 3, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a brief 1978 Clash homage: brand new Alvvays, Beths, Wedding Present, Salim Nourallah, Fontaines D.C., Blue Herons, John Doe, and Martin Courtney; plus Shangri-Las, Joe Higgs, Cilla Black, Buckinghams, Smokey Robinson, Jimmie Ro…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 401 – September 25, 2022 [Half Usual/Half a Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show, after a 1965 Beatles outtake trill: brand new Alvvays, Sloan, Death Cab For Cutie, I Was a King, Jack Skuller, Bird Streets, Black Nite Crash, and The Underbites; plus Pretty Things, Dennis Brown, Bee Gees, Chuck Berry, Doug Dillard &…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 400 – September 19, 2022 [Special Lookback Show!]
This week’s show: a special “Show #400 Lookback”! with Swervedriver, Jet Black, Muffs, Idlewild, New Model Army, The Saints, Bevis Frond, Larry Williams, The Kinks, Prince Buster, George Jones, Mose Allison, Leonard Nimoy, Woody Guthrie, and more!
The Big Takeover Show – Number 399 – September 12, 2022
This week, after a short till of 1980 Wipers: brand new Suede, Buzzcocks, Sleepyhead, Sansyou, Maximo Park, Martin Courtney, and live Jimi Hendrix Experience, plus The Attack, Flying Burrito Brothers, Troggs, Billy Gentles, Leaves, Anne Briggs, and The…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 398 – September 5, 2022
This week, after a 1979 Damned snippet: brand new Black Watch, Cowsills, Robyn Hitchcock, Proper, Off!, Fancy Logs in History, and Beremy Jets, plus Rolling Stones, Patsy Cline, Count Five, Walker Brothers, Fats Domino, Ernie K. Doe, and Benny Spellman…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 397 – August 29, 2022
This week, after Jim plays & sings 1996 Sloan: brand new Damned, Tony Molina, Black Nite Crash, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Valery Trails, Archers of Loaf, and Salim Nourallah, plus Shocking Blue, Esquerita, Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazelwood, Johnny Fortune, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 396 – August 22, 2022
This week, after Jim plays The Beths’ new single on piano: brand new Beths, Sloan, Death Cab For Cutie, Persian Leaps, A.M. Nice, American Darlings, and Graham Nash, plus Small Faces, Hank Williams (Sr.), David Bowie, Simon & Garfunkel, Prince Buster, …
The Big Takeover Show – Number 395 – August 15, 2022
This week, after Caroline plays a Neutral Milk Hotel song on piano: brand new Alvvays, Newtown Neurotics, Reds, Pinks & Purples, Salim Nourallah, Buzzcocks, Sadies, and Grip Weeds, plus Los Shakers, Del Shannon, Beatles, George Morgan, Ronnie Hawki…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 394 – August 8, 2022
This week, after Jim plays another Sloan song on piano in August: brand new Black Watch, Suede, Successful Failures, Off!, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Northern Portrait, and Goon, plus Magic Sam, Montage, Webb Pierce, Jeff Beck, Poppy Family, Neil Young,…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 393 – August 1, 2022
This week, after Jim plays Sloan on piano: brand new House of Love, Linda Lindas, Robyn Hitchcock, Interpol, Peel Dream Magazine, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, and Sadies, plus Joni Mitchell (with Brandi Carlile & friends), Ray Charles, Dave Clark F…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 392 – July 25, 2022
This week after a 2000 Death Cab ditty: brand new Archers of Loaf, Guided by Voices, Death Cab For Cutie, Cat SFX, Jeanines, Inflorescence, and Kramies, plus Bee Gees, Cilla Black, Roy Drusky & Pricilla Mitchell, Etta James, Big Youth, Sonics, and Jimi…
The Big Takeover Show – Number 391 – July 18, 2022
This week: brand new Sloan, House of Love, Newtown Neurotics, Beths, Breathless, Fernweh, and Martin Courtney, plus The Kinks, Hank Snow, Byrds, Cryan Shames, Prince Buster, Peter & Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel; and Elvis Presley songs tribute!
The Big Takeover Show – Number 390 – July 11, 2022
This week: brand new Alvvays, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Day Wave, Michael Head, Kids On a Crime Spree, Triptides, and Petrified Max, plus The Ikettes, P.P. Arnold, Hollies, Everly Brothers, Porter Wagoner, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and Shirelles
