1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (269+ words) Although the title might sound like the sort of track fellow Compton -ites, NWA would have gone for, things have changed in the 35 or so years since they called it a day. So although the title is a suitably incendiary…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (268+ words) The Big Takeover Sitting somewhere between the sass of indie and the classiness of soul, blending such extremes as guitar intensity and a more understated, bass-driven serenity, ‘Pack It Up’ is one of those songs where such opposites definitely attract....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (280+ words) The Big Takeover Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Follow The Big Takeover As the opener and lead single from Sky Is Alright’s first album in five years, FINITE, ‘Summer In Galt’ is a great reminder…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (106+ words) You wouldn’t get that with AI’s weasel words. Eight great songs where the elegance of simplicity is warped into the excess of early rock ‘n’ roll…and not just any rock ‘n’ roll, rock ‘n’ roll that has been boiling…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (213+ words) Rock music often casts itself as the rebellious outsider, the mysterious stranger from the wrong side of the tracks; bands that make such music like to be seen as something that stands in opposition to everything that defines the mainstream....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1025+ words) This kind of material doesn’t emerge out of thin air, and neither does Seabird. Before Lightspheres on Their Way, there was Burlington, a college town small enough that everyone seems to be in each other’s band at some point which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (286+ words) The Big Takeover His latest single, ‘Evergreen,’ moves Steve Stinson one step closer to his debut album, which drops next month, and, as all pre-album singles should, makes you want to know more. More about him as an artist and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (856+ words) In 2025, Maoli switched to full-on country with the album Last Sip of Summer, which resulted in a debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. Now, though, there’s a return to the blend of reggae and island country with MMO 3, which…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1025+ words) The Big Takeover The album’s severity is inseparable from its humanity. Zownir’s poems, written specifically for Mur, do not attempt to soften the world they describe. They confront alienation, appetite, resentment, mortality and the peculiar absurdities of contemporary existence with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (309+ words) Autumn Luz’s upcoming debut full-length album, Moments, is a sonic scrapbook of vulnerable vignettes exploring love, lust, loss, and the transient nature of human connection. Across seven songs, the record traces the impermanence of relationships—romantic infatuations fade, broken hearts…...