The Big Takeover

The Big Takeover announces the release of James Houlahan’s new album, Ordinary Eye, debuts lead single “What Is Our Love”

“It’s more efficient to be without pain”—for years, this mysterious line was floating around inside James Houlahan’s head. It wasn’t a voice that the L.A.-based indie-folk artist immediately recognized as his own. Still, it intrigued him. “It was something I could almost hear Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy sing,” Houlahan says. “It was much more snarky and tongue-in-cheek than anything I’d written before.”

Eventually, the moment struck and from these words a fully formed song materialized. “What Is Our Love” is the lead single from Houlahan’s new record Ordinary Eye, set to release on November 20th. The song delivers its sly, sarcastic comedy in the most disarmingly earnest musical packaging.

The Big Takeover praises Tender Creature’s “reflective and poignant” new single “The Quietest Car”

New York-based LGBT!Q+ indie-folk/pop duo Tender Creature is comprised of Steph Bishop and Robert Maril. They were formerly bandmates in the LGBTQ+ country outfit Kings, but spent years apart before reuniting as Tender Creature. READ MORE…

by Baby Robot Media

The Big Takeover Debuts Radiator King’s New Single, “Haunts Me Now,” Ahead Of Livestream Performance From The Bowery Electric

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Since the release of Radiator King’s 2017 second album, A Hollow Triumph After All, singer-guitarist and creative mastermind Adam Silvestri has been searching high and low for a sign, a trail, a clue, that would lead his sound and songwriting in some new direction.

As he geared up to write and record what would become his new album, Unborn Ghosts, Silvestri alternated between the trenches of rock & roll—touring America on a shoestring budget in a Ford Econoline van—and holing up in his Brooklyn apartment or the local public library, reading and researching—gathering fuel for his muse.

The Big Takeover debuts politically charged lead single + video from Margaret Chavez, “The Croupiers Unite I.C.E.”

Austin, TX-based freak-folk/ space rock outfit Margaret Chavez is the psychedelia-steeped project of founder Marcus Striplin.

Margaret Chavez’s upcoming socio-politically relevant, folk-rock opus, Into An Atmosphere, will arrive on July 31st via We Know Better Records. The LP was mastered by Greg Calbi (Bowie, Springsteen, Bon Iver) and also worked on by Striplin’s longtime recording partner Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, Loretta Lynn, The White Stripes, Phosphorescent), as well as Paul Williams and Don Cento.

by Baby Robot Media

The Big Takeover praises The Pedaljets’ new video “Disassociation Blues”

Kansas City-based rock & roll powerhouse the Pedaljets have spent decades flying just under the radar. From their inception in 1984, their raucous brand of scuzzy, yet melodic jangle-pop and jagged post-punk placed them in league with some of the most beloved rockers, from The Replacements and Hüsker Dü to Meat Puppets and The Flaming Lips, all of whom the Pedaljets have performed alongside on stages across the United States. READ MORE…

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The Big Takeover Premieres Sara Rachele’s New Video for “Let Me Make it Up to You (You’re Such a Sweet Thing)”

Decatur, GA-based indie singer-songwriter Sara Rachele recently released her latest album, Scorpio Moon via Angrygal Records.

The LP was recorded live to tape in Brooklyn with Binky Griptite and other members of Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones’ former backing band The Dap-Kings for all of the full live band recordings. It was co-produced by Rachele and keyboardist Spencer Garn (Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics) and mixed by Atlanta-based engineer and Rachele’s bandmate Kristofer Sampson of New West Records band Ponderosa.