contents ISSUE 150, APRIL 2024
Features Strange Things Are Happening 32 Richard Norris remembers his days at Bam-Caruso and psychedelic club nights
20 Questions
Your editors Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills and Andy Morten answer questions from musicians, label heads and supporters
Shindig! covers gallery
SRC. The Prisoners. Bobbie Gentry. Lindisfarne. They’re all here!
30 Albums In 30 Years
We revisit the best new albums from each of our 30 years
Music Magazines
A history of the printed music press before Shindig!
The Animals
How the R&B tough guys embraced Brill Building songs, acid and fuzz guitar – until it all got too much
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Regulars Thoughts & Words
Your letters, tweets and emails
Shindiggin’
What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable
Subscribers’ Prize Draw
Subscribe now and you could win limited edition Tim Burgess/HikerDelic Cambridge Audio earbuds and a Qobuz subscription
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It’s A Happening Thing
The Lemon Twigs, The Black Crowes, Kelly Finnigan, Record Store Day, Ultrasonic Grand Prix, Shadow Show, Ederlezi, The Galileo 7, Isobel Campbell, Donna Blue, Hyperloop Records
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Family Album
Keith’s 1969 opus The Adventures Of Keith
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Songbook
‘Kicks’: garage anthem and anti-drugs caution
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Deep Cuts
Michael Nesmith productions
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Reviews
The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows
Prize Crossword
Win a copy of Jamie And The Magic Torch on DVD
Vinyl Art
Sounds Nice. Twice!
Vinyl Clicks
Mowrey Jnr & Watson’s Busker
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30 Years Of Shindig!
We celebrate 30 years and 150 issues with a glance back to the early days
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“Garage and psych ’zines were everywhere until the internet came along”
