Record labels! Reserve your ad placement in issue #97 of The Big Takeover, appearing Fall 2025!!! Below are the ad rates, specs, deadline, etc. We only publish two blockbuster 170-page issues a year; so the next one after this, #98, won't be coming out until the Spring of 2026.  Our circulation has increased to over 8,700 thanks to popular cover stars like The Beths, Sloan, Guided By Voices (3 times), X, Billy Bragg, Alvvays, Dinosaur Jr., Joe Pernice, Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders), The Damned The Chills, Bob Mould (3 times), Savages, Lush, Dum Dum Girls, Slowdive, Johnny Marr (Smiths), Joy Formidable, Beach House, Ride, Raveonettes, Nada Surf (twice), Vivian Girls (twice), Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Teenage Fanclub, Spoon, Sonic Youth, Interpol, Death Cab For Cutie (twice), Paul Westerberg, Shins, Joe Strummer, Decemberists, Iggy Pop, New Pornographers, Wilco, XTC, Social Distortion, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead (twice), R.E.M. (3 times), Belle & Sebastian (twice), Idlewild, and Stereolab. So reserve your ad space today!

Features planned thus far for the upcoming Fall issue:  Neko Case (likely cover), Bob Mould pt. 2, Fruit Bats, The Saints ’73-’78, Jeanines, Rocket, New Model Army, Sorry, Peter Prescott, Salem 66, Sugar For the Pill, Six Figure Satellite, Nelson Bragg, Bria Salmena, Liquid Mike, likely Swervedriver, and so much more!

Distribution: TNG, Distcor Canada, FAB Canada, Media Solutions, Revolver, and more. 

We get into Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million!