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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.

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Twenty-twenty-five was nobody’s idea of a great year — but it was another excellent year for music, and the BigTakeover.com team was all over it, as always! Pour yourself an eggnog, put up your feet and enjoy our most popular articles of 2025. See you all in the new year!
The Big Takeover Best of 2025 collage of album covers
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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The Big Takeover magazine Fall 2025 #97, with Neko Case on the cover.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Good news! Big Takeover Issue #97 Fall 2025 with Neko Case on the cover has been completed and will be out shortly! But hurry to order—pre-orders and subscriptions are best/crucial! And they are *much, much cheaper* than ordering after we have to turn in our mailing list to the printer.
The Big Takeover #97 Fall 2025 with Neko Case on the cover. She's sitting on a wooden chair on wood floor, wearing a jungle print dress and high heels striped blue and black. One shoe is off her left foot. Her wild red hair is extremely long, and what appear to be hunks of cut-off hair are scattered all over.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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AND COUNTLESS REVIEWS (check the ALT)!
Above Me/The 1981/Grey Causeway, Tunde Adebimbe, Airport 77s, Allo Darlin’* American Darlings, Greg Amici, A.M. Nice, Art Schop, Corin Ashley, Greg Antista & the Lonely Streets, Paul Arámbula, Bag People, Julien Baker & Torres, Peter Baldrachi, Bantom Woods, bdrmm, Beckies, Beirut, Craig Bell & the Dead Man’s Handle, Bevil Web (Tobin Sprout), Frank Black, Black Tape For a Blue Girl, The Black Watch, Blasters/Phil Alvin, Blueboy, Blue Oyster Cult, Bongos, Dennis Bovell & Friends, Bromide, Burning Limos, Andi Camp, Can, Chappaquddick Skyline, Chills, China Crisis, Gene Clark & Carla Olson, The Clean, Clipping, Cloakroom, Cmon Cmon, Compulsion, Celeste Corsano, Coward Brothers (Elvis Costello/T. Bone Burnett), Cracker/David Lowery, Crisis Actor, Julee Cruise, Lucy Dacus, Danny & the Doorknobs, The Darkness, Darkside, Dauber, Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom/Dean Wareham, Deep Blue Something, Dennis Davison, Richard Dawson, Des Demonas, Destroyer, Dez Dare, Dogs, Dotsun Moon, DoubleVee, Doves, Dr. John, Dr. Strangely Strange, Dropkick, Drop Nineteens, Dunkirk Riots, Joe Ely, Escape-Ism, Wayne Everett, Evil Nature, Ex Norwegian, The Faint, Fake Plastic, The Fall, Feeders, Fine China, Craig Finn, Flavor Crystals, Fleshtones, Flying Vipers, Robert Forster, Fotoform, Gentle Spring, Doug Gillard/Bunnygrunt, The Gits, Glorybots, Go-Betweens, Alan Goldberg, Great Unwashed, Grip Weeds, Guided By Voices, Victor V. Gurbo, Pearl Harbor & the Explosions, Francoise Hardy, George Harrison, Harsh Symmetry/ Justin Warfield, Lee Hazlewood, Heaven, John Lee Hooker, Horsegirl, Greg Hoy, Humdrum, Huntingtons, Ida, Los Idiotas/Psychic Pigs, Johnny Iguana, Immersion W/Suss, Innocence Mission, Interpol, Jason Isbell, I Was a King/King Husky, Elmore James, Janus 4-14* Japanese Breakfast, Jetstream Pony, Steve Kilbey/Jack Frost, King Ropes, Kinski, Krayolas, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, Ben Kweller, Lambrini Girls, Laughing Chimes, Legendary Pink Dots, Jeffrey Lewis, Librarians With Hickeys, Limps, The Lo…
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Big Takeover Issue #96 (Bob Mould cover), Our Special 45th Anniversary Issue, About to Ship! Existing Subscribers: Update Your Address ASAP!
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May 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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ear hair is made to tweeze
who am i to disagree?
strip them bare from little hairs
everybody's pulling for smooth lobes
Annie Lennox, a white woman with short red hair, poses in a black suit jacket, white dress shirt, and silver checked necktie. Annie's hands are behind her head. Her earlobes are immaculate.
April 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Cheers, folks! I mean it!
punk-rock/goth Archies-style cartoon character points to poster that reads "Sharing Your Spotify Wrapped Is Fine. BUT [underlined] due to their refusal to pay acts a fair amount based on plays...it is more important than ever before, to support the artists you love by: Buying merchandise, vinyl & show tickets. But also don't stop talking about & sharing those bands.
December 7, 2024 at 1:20 AM