The Big Takeover issue #69

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Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #69 Fall 2011 issue with Vivian Girls on the cover, and concluding part twos of our awesome The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Left Banke and Best Coast features and concluding part three of our Iggy & the Stooges interview, as well as fabulous history interviews with, Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice), Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & the Raiders), Steve Ignorant (Crass), and Vancouver's '78-'82 punk rock scene documentary film (and D.O.A.) as well as New York stalwarts Fountains of Wayne was completed in Brooklyn this month! (A full description of its contents is just below!)

It will begin shipping any day now, so you should see it quite soon! And remember, we only come our twice a year, every Spring and Fall, so you don't want to miss one of our jam-packed 180-page issues! Below is a quick description of its contents.

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Here, again, is what's in the issue:

Interviews

Vivian Girls (cover * Best Coast pt. 2 * The Pains of Being Pure at Heart pt. 2 * Iggy & the Stooges pt. 3 * Fountains of Wayne * Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice) * '60s stars The Left Banke pt. 2 and * Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & the Raiders) * Steve Ignorant (Crass) * Vancouver '78-'82 punk documentary film * D.O.A. * Animal Collective * Cymbals Eat Guitars * Wild Beasts * Liam Finn * Eddy Current Suppression Ring * Lydia Loveless * Something Fierce * Slumberland Records

Editorials

Rabid: "Pick Your Protest: The Tea Party, the 1773 Boston Tea Party--or Occupy Wall Street?" * Polk: "Before You Scream 'Racket,' Thing Again; the Logic Behind Indie Labels' CD Pricing" * Sommer: "The Band of Our Life; R.E.M. and the Birth of the Alternative World"

Live Reviews

Bastards Of Melody * Crosby & Nash * Death Cab For Cutie * The Decemberists (And Best Coast) * John Doe * Echo & the Bunnymen * Eddie & the Hot Rods * Husband&Wife * Joy Formidable * Paul McCartney * Don McGlashan * Bob Mould * Off! * Haroula Rose * Savage Republic * Sebadoh * Sloan (and You Am I) * Stiff Little Fingers (and Kraut) * Superchunk * Swervedriver * T.S.O.L. * White Fence * Wire * Zounds * "Big Star's Third" Tribute * Doe Bay Festival

Hundreds of CD Reviews

Art Brut * Pete Astor * Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School Of Medicine * Big Troubles * Blues Magoos * Bon Iver * Bubblegum Screw * The Caseworker * Johnny Cash * The Chambermaids * Gene Clark * Lloyd Cole * Dengue Fever * Dot Dash * Dum Dum Girls * Felice Brothers * Fleshtones * Forever Goldrush * Fountains of Wayne * French * Doug Gillard * The Girls * Happy Hate Me Nots * Hazey Janes * Jimi Hendrix Experience * The Hollies * Ivy * Jayhawks * Jigsaw Seen * Leatherface * Nick Lowe * Male Bonding * Stephin Merritt * Meyerman * Moby * Peter Murphy * Jesse Payne * Sam Phillips * Iggy Pop * Radio Birdman * Red Button * Redettes * The Rifles * The Servants * Patti Smith * Smithereens * Tommy Stinson * Peter Tosh * Trolley * TV On the Radio * Veronica Falls * Wild Swans * Wesley Wolfe * Toy Love Tribute * and more!!

Hope you all order it from us, or buy it on the shelves now it's out! And/or hope you subscribe, as that is still by far the best way to support the print magazines you love if you want them to keep going. It means a lot to them!

And hope you can share the gift of reading with your friends!

Cheers!
Jack R

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