14 May 2012
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Subscribers: Update Your Address ASAP (if changed)
Great X-mas gifts including four brand new children's size t-shirts, men's and womens' shirts, beer cozies, magnets, 30th Anniversary Festival posters (signed if you want), buttons, subscriptions, back issues, and CDs!! Ho Ho Ho!
Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #70 Spring 2011 issue with Nada Surf on the cover, and concluding part two of our awesome Vivian Girls feature as well as fabulous history interviews with '60s stars Love (on Da Capo & Forever Changes), Nuggets/Patti Smith legend Lenny Kaye, The Descendents, and New Zealand's Flying Nun label (30-Year Anniversary), as well as newer greats Veronica Falls, Dum Dum Girls, Real Estate, and Cardinal 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.
IMPORTANT: If you are a subscriber and you need to update your address, please tell us right away, as we need to have the shipping order ASAP. Send updates to me at jrabid@bigtakeover.com
And since the issue will soon be shipped to subscribers and stores, now is an excellent time to pre-order it if you would like to receive it, or subscribe if you've been meaning to, or renew your subscription if it has run out. And remember, Big Takeover issues, back issues, t-shirts, CDs (including the limited edition Springhouse CD album, From Now to OK), and subscriptions also make the perfect birthday and Father's Day gifts! Especially in this time when we are all trying to economize.
(NOTE ABOUT T-SHIRTS- NEW KID SIZES! In addition to our four men's and three women's sizes, we now offer six children's sizes, 2T, 3T, 4T, and onesies 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months! For the cool kid in your world!)
If you want to subscribe or renew or give the gift that keeps on giving, just go to our secure online Yahoo store (and feel free to indicate which issue you'd like to start with (or have your friends start with), issue 68 (Pains of Bring Pure at Heart cover), issue 69 (Vivian Girls cover), or the upcoming 70 (Nada Surf cover). It's only $20 for four issues (save 23% off the newsstand price including average sales tax), or $32 for overseas, or $26 for Canada and Mexico. Or, for those in the U.S. you can send us a check made out to "Big Takeover" for $20 to the following address:
The Big Takeover
356 4th St., Upper Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA
Or if you want to pre-order just the upcoming issue 70, you can send us a check for $6 to that address or order online.
Here, again, is what's in the issue:
Interviews
The Descendents * Vivian Girls pt. 2 * Veronica Falls * Dum Dum Girls * Real Estate * New Zealand's Flying Nun label (30-Year Anniversary),'60s stars Love (on Da Capo & Forever Changes) * Nuggets/Patti Smith legend Lenny Kaye, Cardinal * Thomas Dolby * Cloud Nothings * Toronto punk-era greats The Scenics * Cursive * The Twilight Sad * Deep Cut * Twin Sister * Peter Stampfel * Widowspeak
Editorials
Rabid: "Turn out the Lights on the Age of Reason: A Clear Electoral Choice in 2012" * Polk: "Lamenting the Decline of Major Labels" * Sommer: "The Beatles Century Is Over"
Live Reviews
Chameleons-Vox (and Black Swan Lane) * Hugh Cornwell * Damned * Joy Formidable * Pains of Being Pure at Heart * Scud Mountain Boys
Hundreds of CD Reviews
The Avengers * Chris Bailey & H-Burns * Bats * Beach Boys * Bjoerk * The Chambermaids * C.I.A. * Cold Heart Re-Press * Dandy Warhols * Miles Davis Quintet * Deadbeats * Decemberists * Deep Cut * Desario * Diodes * Dirty Three * John Doe (and Exene) * exlovers * Ben Folds * Guided By Voices * Jimi Hendrix * Honeychurch * Jet Black * Janis Joplin * Lambchop * Mark Lanegan Band * The Lucy Show * The Manic Low * Maximo Park * John Mayall's Bluesbreakers * Moonbell * Of Montreal * Puddle * R.E.M. * Frankie Rose * Ruts D.C. * Shins * Paul Simon * The Sound * Strawberry Whiplash * St. Vincent * Strawberry Alarm Clock * Successful Failures * Superchunk * Rufus Thomas * Sharon Van Etten * M. Ward * Paul Weller * Whipping Boy * Yuck * Bloodied But Unbowed (Vancouver '70s punk film) * Smiths tribute * and more!!
Hope you all order it from us, or buy it when 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
P.S. -- Remember, Big Takeover subscriptions (and shirts, cds, and back issues) make the perfect gift!
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