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The Big Takeover Show – Number 608 – September 14, 2026
This week’s show, after a 1996 Descendents demolition: brand new The Tubs, Social Distortion, Stephen Egerton, Effigies, Railcard, Metric, and Squeeze, plus Jimi Hendrix Experience, Zombies, Lemon Fog...
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This week’s show: Brand new The Tubs, Social Distortion, Stephen Egerton, Effigies, Railcard, Metric, and Squeeze, plus Jimi Hendrix Experience, Zombies, Lemon Fog, Porter Wagoner, Enos McLeod, Trashmen, Bobby Rydel, and Cascades; and Special Set: Kinks covers Part 16!
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Macron makes rare visit to French territory off Canada, where he will host Carney
Macron makes rare visit to French territory off Canada, where he will host Carney
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Saint Pierre and Miquelon for the first time of his presidency. Mark Carney, who welcomed this week a proposal for closer ties with the EU, will be the first Canadian prime minister to visit.
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September 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Macron makes rare visit to French territory off Canada, where he will host Carney
Luke Haines and Mike Smalle pull an 1887 Irish American song into a tense electronic present on “The Black Maria, O,” where antique criminal slang, synthetic pulse, and gathering metallic chaos make history feel strangely immediate.
Luke Haines & Mike Smalle - The Black Maria, O (Dimple Discs)
Luke Haines and Mike Smalle pull an 1887 Irish American song into a tense electronic present on “The Black Maria, O,” where antique criminal slang, synthetic pulse, and gathering metallic chaos make h...
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September 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Luke Haines and Mike Smalle pull an 1887 Irish American song into a tense electronic present on “The Black Maria, O,” where antique criminal slang, synthetic pulse, and gathering metallic chaos make history feel strangely immediate.
Anthrax spent a decade away, then came back to record Cursum Perficio at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606, where Grohl would wander in mid-session and start headbanging. Bassist Frank Bello talks about the long road to one of the best albums of the band’s career, and why he’s not done yet.
Interview: Frank Bello (Anthrax)
<strong>Anthrax</strong> spent a decade away, then came back to record <em>Cursum Perficio</em> at <strong>Dave Grohl</strong>’s <strong>Studio 606</strong>, where Grohl would wander in mid-session an...
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September 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Anthrax spent a decade away, then came back to record Cursum Perficio at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606, where Grohl would wander in mid-session and start headbanging. Bassist Frank Bello talks about the long road to one of the best albums of the band’s career, and why he’s not done yet.
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What song was important in @perennialtheband.bsky.social finding their sound? Chad tells me in this feature for the @bigtakeover.com website. Chad and I take a deeper dive into the band's new album, Modernism, in the next BTO print issue out later this year.
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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,...
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September 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
What song was important in @perennialtheband.bsky.social finding their sound? Chad tells me in this feature for the @bigtakeover.com website. Chad and I take a deeper dive into the band's new album, Modernism, in the next BTO print issue out later this year.
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Eddie Skuller’s “House Where Nobody Lives” reframes Tom Waits’ abandoned-house ballad through tender melody, live-tape intimacy, and a quietly bruised sense of what love leaves behind.
Eddie Skuller - House Where Nobody Lives
Eddie Skuller’s “House Where Nobody Lives” reframes Tom Waits’ abandoned-house ballad through tender melody, live-tape intimacy, and a quietly bruised sense of what love leaves behind.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Eddie Skuller’s “House Where Nobody Lives” reframes Tom Waits’ abandoned-house ballad through tender melody, live-tape intimacy, and a quietly bruised sense of what love leaves behind.
Formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2024, SUNTWIST is an indie rock band that pairs energetic songwriting with catchy melodies and a sound that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly modern.
SUNTWIST - Matchbox (Banana Stand Records)
Formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2024, SUNTWIST is an indie rock band that pairs energetic songwriting with catchy melodies and a sound that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly modern.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2024, SUNTWIST is an indie rock band that pairs energetic songwriting with catchy melodies and a sound that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly modern.
“Run” is the third single from Tallulah’s seventh album, Only Human.
Tallulah Rendall - Run (self-released)
“Run” is the third single from Tallulah’s seventh album, Only Human.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
“Run” is the third single from Tallulah’s seventh album, Only Human.
Alternative dream rock four-piece Leem of Earth is entering a new creative chapter in 2026 with ‘SEE’, an ambitious concept album inspired by George MacDonald’s Victorian-era fairy tale The Princess and Curdie.
Leem of Earth - The Greatest Gift (Velvet Blue Music)
Alternative dream rock four-piece Leem of Earth is entering a new creative chapter in 2026 with ‘SEE’, an ambitious concept album inspired by George MacDonald’s Victorian-era fairy tale The Princess a...
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September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Alternative dream rock four-piece Leem of Earth is entering a new creative chapter in 2026 with ‘SEE’, an ambitious concept album inspired by George MacDonald’s Victorian-era fairy tale The Princess and Curdie.
New York rock outfit Hazel Gaze bring a distinctly live-driven energy to their latest project, Strung Out: Live & Unplugged at the Brooklyn Conservatory, a recorded and visual performance that revisits the spirit of the classic unplugged sessions of the 1990s and 2000s.
Hazel Gaze - Do As You Please (Live & Unplugged) (self-released)
New York rock outfit Hazel Gaze bring a distinctly live-driven energy to their latest project, Strung Out: Live & Unplugged at the Brooklyn Conservatory, a recorded and visual performance that revisit...
bigtakeover.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
New York rock outfit Hazel Gaze bring a distinctly live-driven energy to their latest project, Strung Out: Live & Unplugged at the Brooklyn Conservatory, a recorded and visual performance that revisits the spirit of the classic unplugged sessions of the 1990s and 2000s.
If you’re in the market for a mainstream jazz pianist, Benny Green has a hell of a CV.
Benny Green - Renovation! (Sunnyside)
If you’re in the market for a mainstream jazz pianist, <strong>Benny Green</strong> has a hell of a CV.
bigtakeover.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
If you’re in the market for a mainstream jazz pianist, Benny Green has a hell of a CV.
Tokyo Tea Room’s dreamy, groove-heavy dance-pop has found a surprising second life, with streaming algorithms helping older songs rack up tens of millions of listens and bringing renewed attention to the English band. Interview by @chipmidnight.bsky.social!
Interview: Beth Plumb and Dan Elliott (Tokyo Tea Room)
<strong>Tokyo Tea Room</strong>’s dreamy, groove-heavy dance-pop has found a surprising second life, with streaming algorithms helping older songs rack up tens of millions of listens and bringing rene...
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September 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Tokyo Tea Room’s dreamy, groove-heavy dance-pop has found a surprising second life, with streaming algorithms helping older songs rack up tens of millions of listens and bringing renewed attention to the English band. Interview by @chipmidnight.bsky.social!
Chad Jewett talks about hearing The Who’s “Out in the Street” for the first time and the role it played in Perennial’s music. “That was a big moment,” he says. “That was when Perennial sort of pivoted and figured out some cool stuff we could be trying.” Profile by @chipmidnight.bsky.social!
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,...
bigtakeover.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Chad Jewett talks about hearing The Who’s “Out in the Street” for the first time and the role it played in Perennial’s music. “That was a big moment,” he says. “That was when Perennial sort of pivoted and figured out some cool stuff we could be trying.” Profile by @chipmidnight.bsky.social!
I Plead Irony are three long-time friends making alternative rock with punk and blues fringes, pairing dark themes, dry humour and a persistent fascination with contradiction.
I Plead Irony - This Monologue Conversation (self-released)
I Plead Irony are three long-time friends making alternative rock with punk and blues fringes, pairing dark themes, dry humour and a persistent fascination with contradiction. Their
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September 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I Plead Irony are three long-time friends making alternative rock with punk and blues fringes, pairing dark themes, dry humour and a persistent fascination with contradiction.
Melodic, emotionally raw indie singer-songwriter Brendan Ranney returns after 19 years with Slightly Out of Focus.
Brendan Ranney - Slightly Out of Focus (self-released)
Melodic, emotionally raw indie singer-songwriter Brendan Ranney returns after 19 years with Slightly Out of Focus.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Melodic, emotionally raw indie singer-songwriter Brendan Ranney returns after 19 years with Slightly Out of Focus.
Jess Yaffa is a New York City-based alternative-pop artist entering a new chapter in her music, one built entirely on her own terms.
Jess Yaffa - Spill My Guts (self-released)
Jess Yaffa is a New York City-based alternative-pop artist entering a new chapter in her music, one built entirely on her own terms.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Jess Yaffa is a New York City-based alternative-pop artist entering a new chapter in her music, one built entirely on her own terms.
The single carries that worn Americana space beautifully. It brushes against country without dressing itself in full country costume, western in its dust and plainness, but still tied to the folk-rock instinct that has shaped Lapides’ songwriting for decades.
Sam Lapides - Tonight
The single carries that worn Americana space beautifully. It brushes against country without dressing itself in full country costume, western in its dust and plainness, but still tied to the folk-rock...
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The single carries that worn Americana space beautifully. It brushes against country without dressing itself in full country costume, western in its dust and plainness, but still tied to the folk-rock instinct that has shaped Lapides’ songwriting for decades.
Chris Connelly’s “Nothin’ But A Rock Song” turns Lou Reed’s 1974 voltage into a collage of sneer, glamour, cigarette smoke, media memory, and rock attitude, where surface carries its own kind of intelligence.
Chris Connelly - Nothin' But A Rock Song (Shipwrecked Industries)
Chris Connelly’s “Nothin’ But A Rock Song” turns Lou Reed’s 1974 voltage into a collage of sneer, glamour, cigarette smoke, media memory, and rock attitude, where surface carries its own kind of intel...
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Chris Connelly’s “Nothin’ But A Rock Song” turns Lou Reed’s 1974 voltage into a collage of sneer, glamour, cigarette smoke, media memory, and rock attitude, where surface carries its own kind of intelligence.
Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte return to one another on “Home,” a restrained, intimate single that finds its force in space, recognition, and the quiet certainty of belonging.
Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte - Home (33.3 Music Collective)
Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte return to one another on “Home,” a restrained, intimate single that finds its force in space, recognition, and the quiet certainty of belonging.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte return to one another on “Home,” a restrained, intimate single that finds its force in space, recognition, and the quiet certainty of belonging.
Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz turn “Blood Lines” into a heavy, full hearted rock song about family as something inherited, carried, survived, and passed forward.
Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz - Blood Lines (RPM Entertainment)
Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz turn “Blood Lines” into a heavy, full hearted rock song about family as something inherited, carried, survived, and passed forward.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz turn “Blood Lines” into a heavy, full hearted rock song about family as something inherited, carried, survived, and passed forward.
Longing, emotional distance and unresolved desire lie at the heart of ‘I Could Love You’, the new single and video from Charlotte, North Carolina indie-electronic / synthpop project Midniter.
Midniter - I Could Love You (Sugar Tank! Records)
Longing, emotional distance and unresolved desire lie at the heart of ‘I Could Love You’, the new single and video from Charlotte, North Carolina indie-electronic / synthpop project Midniter.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Longing, emotional distance and unresolved desire lie at the heart of ‘I Could Love You’, the new single and video from Charlotte, North Carolina indie-electronic / synthpop project Midniter.
A long-lost ’90s indie rock album from Japanese trailblazing artist is set to be unveiled.
Single Premiere: Nanaco Sato - "Lust - Love Underground" (Gearbox Records)
A long-lost ’90s indie rock album from Japanese trailblazing artist is set to be unveiled.
bigtakeover.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A long-lost ’90s indie rock album from Japanese trailblazing artist is set to be unveiled.
Lowsunday’s Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP turns their long return into something beautifully exact, carrying shimmer, distortion, loneliness, and melody through songs that make old ache feel newly legible.
Lowsunday - Low Sunday Ghost Machine - Black EP (Projekt Records)
Lowsunday’s <strong>Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP</strong> turns their long return into something beautifully exact, carrying shimmer, distortion, loneliness, and melody through songs that make ...
bigtakeover.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Lowsunday’s Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP turns their long return into something beautifully exact, carrying shimmer, distortion, loneliness, and melody through songs that make old ache feel newly legible.
With a sound not unlike ’70s-era Fleetwood Mac, The Family’s debut album, Delusions of Grandeur, nearly never saw the light of day. James and Dylan LeBlanc, Angela Hacker, and Bay Simpson discuss the album’s star-crossed beginning and what it means to finally have it out in the world.
Interview: The Family
With a sound not unlike ’70s-era <strong>Fleetwood Mac</strong>, <strong>The Family</strong>’s debut album, <em>Delusions of Grandeur</em>, nearly never saw the light of day. Written and recorded duri...
bigtakeover.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
With a sound not unlike ’70s-era Fleetwood Mac, The Family’s debut album, Delusions of Grandeur, nearly never saw the light of day. James and Dylan LeBlanc, Angela Hacker, and Bay Simpson discuss the album’s star-crossed beginning and what it means to finally have it out in the world.
Liverpool post-punk veterans The Room pull “Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl” back into motion, turning an early cult track into a sharp, jangling blast of doom-pop momentum.
The Room - Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl (9x9 Records)
Liverpool post-punk veterans The Room pull “Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl” back into motion, turning an early cult track into a sharp, jangling blast of doom-pop momentum.
bigtakeover.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Liverpool post-punk veterans The Room pull “Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl” back into motion, turning an early cult track into a sharp, jangling blast of doom-pop momentum.
Ecce Shnak’s “Anna O” pushes psychological captivity into a heightened art rock escape scene, with grunge weight, jagged vocals, and a video that brings the song’s inner conflict into view.
Ecce Shnak - Anna O (Records, Man Records)
Ecce Shnak’s “Anna O” pushes psychological captivity into a heightened art rock escape scene, with grunge weight, jagged vocals, and a video that brings the song’s inner conflict into view.
bigtakeover.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Ecce Shnak’s “Anna O” pushes psychological captivity into a heightened art rock escape scene, with grunge weight, jagged vocals, and a video that brings the song’s inner conflict into view.