Shindig! Magazine Issue 163 (May 2025) The Who

Shindig! Magazine Issue 163 (May 2025) The Who

Features
Mike Bloomfield: The mercurial blues guitarist’s trip to acclaim, without playing the fame game.
20 Questions: Lee Dorrian Childhood mod, grindcore icon, record collector supreme, whatever next?
The Dwarf Music Acetate: The story behind the “forced” Dylan songs that proliferated the record world in 1968.
Robert Crumb: How an old-timey comic book artist became the freaks’ choice.
Bee Gees: Back-biting! Stalled solo careers! Insane work ethics! The brothers reunite in 1970.
The Who: From The Goldhawk Club to The Marquee to the Top 10. The first half of 1965 brought about a seismic shift in the fortunes of the West London mod icons. Plus: Conquering America three years later: the photos!

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 copy of Solution’s The Last Detail 19-disc box set.
It’s A Happening Thing: Louis Phillippe & The Night Mail, Lavinia Blackwall, Céline Dessberg, The Chemistry Set, Twïns, Young Gun Silver Fox, Amelia & The Housewives, Scott Hepple & The Sun Band, Glenn Brigman, Cosmic Crooner, North Sea Radio Orchestra
Family Album: Beaver & Krause redirect electronic music on 1971’s Gandharva.
Deep Cuts:Mellotron mania, but not from the usual suspects.
Screen Time: Dennis Hopper’s acid-drenched metafiction The Last Movie examined.
Reviews: The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.
Prize Crossword: Win a copy of Dig! XX on Blu-ray
Vinyl Art:The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s Tomorrow Belongs To Me.
Vinyl Clicks: Massimo Giuntoli & Roberto Meroni’s Diabolik E I Sette Nani.

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