Features

The Courettes How a pair of transcontinental ’60s superfans synthesised garage, surf and girl-group sounds, boutique chic and a riotous stage act to become “the hardest working band in showbiz”.

Elliott Smith Between the abums: riding high and building a studio in 1997.

The Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun Inside the ground-breaking, kaleidoscopic surf documentary.

Kasenetz & Katz The bubblegum producers who gave American kids something sweet to call their own.

The Osmonds No, wait! A study of the siblings’ albums and cooler hidden sides.

Gal Costa The singer and enfant terrible who defined Brazilian cutting-edge music for six decades.

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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 A2D2 analogue audio streamer.

It’s A Happening Thing The Soundcarriers, Juniore, Paul Molloy, Throat, Hot Apple Band, MJ Lenderman, Jane Frances, Apollo Ray, PM Warson, Upupayāma, Stoned Rose.

Family Album Dead Moon’s 2000 garage-punk tour de force Trash & Burn.

Back To Back The Moody Blues’ ‘Gypsy’ and its small-town USA fan club.

Deep Cuts When sci-fi met psychedelia!

20 Questions Love guitarist and philosophical survivor Johnny Echols.

Reviews The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.

Prize Crossword Win a copy of Strawberry’s diabolical The Devil Rides In CD box set.

Vinyl Art The Crome Syrcus’ 1968 curio Love Cycle.

Vinyl Clicks Per Forssell’s DIY Beatle-esque oddity Hantverk.