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Features Estrus Records
Mummies! Surfers! Boobies! The punk-rock institution comes of age
20 Questions
From Foxygen to being an “analogue fetishist” and producer to the stars
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Barbara Moore
The voice that adorned hundreds of pop and library gems
14 Iced Bears
The 13th Floor Elevators of the ’80s grass-roots indie scene
Wil Malone
A look at the late ’60s/early ’70s work of the prolific arranger, musician and writer
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Arthur Lee
Love comes, Love goes. Arthur’s changing faces in the ’70s
Regulars Thoughts & Words
Your letters, tweets and emails
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Shindiggin’
What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable
Subscribers’ Prize Draw
Subscribe now and you could win The Island Book Of Records Volume 1 1959-68
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It’s A Happening Thing
The Beatles, Pleasurewood, Jason Falkner, Coming In 2024, def.fo, Love Of The Brave, MOOON, Ian M Bailey, The Nuthins
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Family Album
Canadian electronic trio Syrinx’s 1971 outing Long Lost Relatives
Songbook
Michael Murphey’s 1972 outlaw-country debut ‘Geronimo’s Cadillac’
Deep Cuts
Under-the-radar psych, soul and pop 45s from the Verve Forecast label
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Reviews
The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows
Prize Crossword
Win a copy of All Our Loving: A People’s History Of The Beatles
Vinyl Art
Kevin Ayers’ The Confessions Of Dr Dream And Other Stories
Vinyl Clicks
Steve Tilston’s Collection
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Dwight Twilley
A salute to the much-missed progenitor of blue-collar powerpop
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“It was Phil who pulled me into a secluded hallway and said, ‘Dwight, let’s make a hit record right now’. That night we recorded ‘I’m on Fire’’’
