Shindig! Magazine Issue 140 (June 2023) The Teardrop Explodes

Shindig! Magazine Issue 140 (June 2023) The Teardrop Explodes

Features
The Playn Jayn - Straight outta London’s psychedelic pub-rock scene of the ’80s.
The Soup Dragons - The DIY garage-infused beginnings of the Glasgow indie-pop stalwarts.
The Teardrop Explodes - As a Kilimanjaro-sized career overview arrives, we go deep inside the complex and contrary story of the Merseyside act that brought psychedelia to the masses like no other.
The Creeps - The Swedish garage purists who wooed all that witnessed them before mainstream success became inevitable.

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 set of 14 Dark records
It’s A Happening Thing - Permanent Clear Light, Edgar Jones, Sam Blasucci, The Bevis Frond, Calibro 35, The Crystal Teardrop, The Saxophones, Paul Moody, Enys Men, The 13th Floor Elevators, Full Time Hobby
Family Album - The Direct Hits’ 1986 mod-pop outing House Of Secrets.
Deep Cuts - Choice international garage revival singles of the ’80s.
The Cramps - How B-movie trash style and ’60s garage-rock created a monster.
20 Questions - Musician, publisher, writer and renaissance man Mike Stax tells all.
Reviews - The best in reissues, new releases, books, and live shows.
Prize Crossword - Win Barclay James Harvest’s Once Again on vinyl.
Vinyl Clicks - The Birdmen Of Alkatraz’s 1989 garage-psych gem From The Birdcage.
Vinyl Art - Colin Lloyd Tucker’s 1984 oddity Toybox.

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