Fanzine Friday!- The Big Takeover (issue #21, December 1986)
I don't know if this was the first issue of Jack Rabid's Big Takeover, but it was definitely one of the first ones that I got.
...and it is still going! Jack and his crew just published the latest issue which looks much different than this (now it's glossy, mostly color and 200 pages).
This one was photo copied (maybe offset printed) and 22 pages and you see the bands on the cover (bands that Jack still writes about to this day).
In those 22 pages it's crammed to the gills with reviews, both records and live shows, and plenty of photos as well (in fact there's a pic of the Milo of the Descendents from their show at City Gardens in July of 1986....that I was at...it was first time I saw them).
Jack's intelligence, knowledge, wit and sheer enthusiasm has always come through in his writing, and nothing has changed in the past 40 years.
Oh,and you can still order the old back issue of the Big T. just go to the website below and see the treasure trove (and a photo of Felt!)!
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After months of figuring out what to make my back patch I realised the perfect inspo was Heavenly’s “riot twee” shirt design! It felt very me (although I did take some creative liberties with the colours)
I’m insanely proud of this! It came out so clean and accurate to the original design and I didn’t even use a stencil for it! Also the lace detail around the edge turned out beautiful too. I’ve only been making patches/DIY properly for a year now but I’ve seen myself improve so quickly and I’m glad this is a representation of how that has culminated.
Until another big idea strikes again I might leave the jacket alone for a little while and focus on some pants I’ve started which has no particular theme - it’ll just be more music I like of multiple styles jumbled together.
I cannot wait until it is cold enough again to wear this to a gig (even though there’s only one-two other people in my scene who fully get my twee(mo) self amongst a sea of punks, hardcore kids, and metalheads)
Touch Girl Apple Blossom luxuriates in radiant jangle, the band’s two guitarists — Olivia Garner (who also sings) and John Morales — joining in sunshine soaked spirals of pop-rock sound. “Sunshine Reminds Me Of,” an early single, beckons from the first warm day of the season. The sound is well in line with the jangle-pop of Sharp Pins, the happy-into-sad glow of the Cords, and the lo-fi tunefulness of Good Flying Birds, a band that they’ll be touring with this summer.
The band is a foursome out of Austin, Texas with one previous, buzzy EP. Garner, the main songwriter, previously played guitar in noisy, shoegaze-y Hotline TNT. Bassist Dustin Pilkington, who also contributed a couple of tunes, has been in roughly a dozen Austin bands, notably hardcore punk’s Discreet and Total Abuse. John Morales and drummer Daniel Powell also play in much loved Austin post-punk band Guiding Light, but none of that will really prepare you for the sweet C86 tunefulness of this first full-length.
Consider, “Vacation” for instance with its ebullient guitar vamp, which might remind you, if you’re old enough, of the Friends of Distinction’s “Grazing in the Grass.” But instead of the soul swagger of that tune, this song is layered over with Garner’s dreaming, drifting, cool girl vocals. The song scrambles and glides at the same time, its furiously mobile bass and drums pushing ahead, while the chorus unspools indolently.
“Heartgo” shows a little more of the band members’ punk roots, erupting into action on a rupturing drum fill and slashing and burning through noisy openings. But then it settles into a swinging pop groove, as light and airy as a soap bubble. “Where does the heart go?” croons Garner, as the guitars clang, the drums pound, the bass thunders; it’s a pop song with spine and friction. They have a lot in common with current day Slumberland/K/Perennial guitar pop bands, but if you want to reach back a little further, the spike-y vulnerability of the Pastels comes to mind.
Spring comes earlier to Austin than some other places, so I’d imagine that the single “Spring Reminds Me Of” has already gotten a pretty good airing on the nice days, streaming out of open car windows and drifting through the windows of local bars. If you’re looking for a song of the summer, you could do worse.
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Texas Two are an Bogor, Indonesia band who have described themselves as "inspired by acts like Free Loan Investments, 14 Iced Bears, Henry's Dress, The Tall Dwarfs". At times I've been overwhelmed by the nascent Indonesian pop scene. That, coupled with the fact that many of the bands don't physically release a lot of their music means that much of this scene hasn't really been covered here.
Thanks to Japanese label galaxy train, "Chronovisor" is getting a cassette release. This is an eight-track whirlwind release for which the Bandcamp page states of Texas Two: "If you dig into C86 movement you might be like their outputs. they played some minimalist DIY pop music with some fuzzy guitar like Shop Assistants, Henry's Dress, Bubblegum Splash, The Vaselines, Aggi, Sex Sux and etc."
Make sure you listen to the last track. None of those previous comparisons prepare you for the all out guitar sludge assault of "You're All I Loved". Such a great way to end the album.
