Shindig! 177 (On sale 3rd July 2026)

Features

Thin Lizzy: Exploding out of Dublin with a unique sound built 58 on folk, blues and Hendrix, it was only a matter of time before their early struggles paid off.

Georgie Fame: Unhappy with his patchy solo career, Georgie turns to the US for inspiration.

20 Questions: Marianne Segal The storied ’60s folkie and face of Jade returns to her wyrd roots.

The Tokens: Strange times in the late ’60s for the NYC vocal mainstays.

Golden Earrings: The Netherlands’ primo pop act: an appreciation.

Supertramp: Psych-era beginnings, two flop albums and the long road to success.

New York Dolls: The trampy Stones-loving proto-punks’ influential debut revisited.

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 six of Ace’s superb “Bob Stanley Presents” 2-LP sets.

It’s A Happening Thing: The Lazy Eyes, Cinder Well, Duncan Maitland, Alex Amen, Dent May, Levitation Room, Mayfair, Weird Bloom, Tony Poole, The Heavenly Bodes, Marc Hadley

Family Album: Toronto quintet It’s All Meat’s self-titled 1970 psych-rocker.

Deep Cuts: Psych and prog inspired by the works of JRR Tolkien.

Screen Time: Olivia Newton-John in 1970 space-age pop musical flop!

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

Prize Crossword: Win a copy of Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead Pure Audio Blu-ray.

Vinyl Art: Swedish guitarist Jan Schaffer’s 1974 fantasy The Chinese.

Vinyl Clicks: Turning Point’s 1977 avant-jazz oddity Creatures Of The Night.