Shindig!
Issue 178
Features: Bonnie Dobson - The Canadian folkie reflects in the morning dew 20 Questions: Brian Protheroe - Teenage theatre, Top Of The Pops, cult acclaim and TV success Downliners Sect - Too sick for fame? London's R&B/country underdogs re-assessed Squire - Their jangly mod-pop was way ahead of the curve Graveyard - Classic Swedish rock with psychedelic and occult overtones The Cramps - As the first "new" material in 20 years is exhumed and the band's catalogue is put in order, we return to the source 1976 - Be-Bop Deluxe, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Roy Ayers, The Modern Lovers, The Arrows our alternative soundtrack 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 a massive Fading Yellow CD bundle. It's A Happening Thing - Hollow Hand, Ty Segall, Bob Stanley, The Great Silkie, The Ettes, Leah Senior, Eva May, Henry Webb-Jenkins, Andy Crofts, Radio Days, Robert Rotifer. Deep Cuts - Pre-fame appearances on the coffee-house scene. Songbook - Richie Havens' 'Indian Rope Man' becomes a mod club anthem. Screen Time - The bizarre yet inevitable phenomenon that was Italo disco. Experience - Adventures on the road with Heatwave, Crew and more. Reviews - The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows. Prize Crossword - Win a copy of Downliners Sect's Sect Maniacs. Vinyl Art - Robert MacLeod's Between The Poppy And The Snow. Vinyl Clicks - Velvet Glove's 1974 gem Sweet Was My Rose.