Big Takeover Issue 85 Fall 2019

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Interviews: Vivian Girls (cover) * DIIV * Versus * Tacocat * David Yow (Flipper/Jesus Lizard/Scratch Acid) * Frankie Stubbs (Leatherface) * Bob Mould pt. 2 * Posies pt. 2 (Jon Auer) * photographer Bev Davies pt. 2 * Mikal Cronin * Futureheads * Comet Gain * Kazu (Blonde Redhead) * Tennis System * Menzingers * Submotile * Frieda’s Roses * GP Stripes label * Bodega * and more

Editorials: Rabid: “Who Killed the Norms? Republicans Did” * Sommer: “We’ve Got Punk All Wrong” * Kelson: “Liverpool’ 78-’88—Greatest Unnamed Scene”

Live Reviews: Alvvays, The Courtneys * Billy Bragg * Lemonheads * Graham Nash * Ride * Ken Stringfellow, Bridget St. John * Talbott Brothers * Undertones * Vivian Girls * Craig Wedren * Brian Wilson Band (with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin) * The Zombies

CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital Reviews: Adrenalin O.D. * Aints * Archies * Devendra Banhart * Bar-Kays * Beatles * Belle & Sebastian * Black Ferns * Black Keys * Black Swan Lane * Car Seat Headrest * Jimmy Cliff * Lloyd Cole * Frankie Cosmos * Creedence Clearwater Revival * Dead Kennedys * DIIV * Dream Syndicate * Bob Dylan * Steve Earle &the Dukes * Echo & the Bunnymen * Ex-Norwegian * The Fall * Foxhall Stacks * GospelbeacH * Guided By Voices * Juliana Hatfield * Lee Hazlewood * Jowe Head * John Lee Hooker * In Deed * Bert Jansch * Jeanines * Jefferson Airplane * Joy Formidable * Junior League * Kinks * Chip & Tony Kinman * Mark Lanegan * Latvian Radio * Peter Laughner * Mars * Mercvrial * Tony Molina * Motörhead * Muffs * My Morning Jacket * The Nazz * New Model Army * New Order * New Pornographers * Ocean Blue * Angel Olsen * Pernice Brothers * Peter Perrett * Persian Leaps * The Proletariat * Iggy Pop * Preservation Hall Jazz Band * Proper * Redd Kross * Terry Riley & Gyan Riley * Ride * Robbie Robertson * Rocketship * Mitch Ryder * Schizophonics * Secret Shine * Sleater-Kinney * Soft Cavalry * Sonic Youth * Spoon * Static Daydream * Stiff Little Fingers * Subhumans * Successful Failures * Television Personalities * Deniz Tek & the Godoys * Richard Thompson * Vicious Blossom * Wedding Present * Wilco * Wipers * Woolworm * Wreckless Eric * Thom Yorke * And Hundreds More!