Shindig! Issue 175

Features

The Lemon Twigs:As the global pop phenomenon unleashes album #6, we get up close and personal with the always affable and endlessly talkative D’Addario brothers.

20 Questions: The Lemon Twigs Our cover stars quizzed by the Shindig! team and celebrity fans.

US69: The untold story of the Connecticut psych heads.

Milk ’n’ Cookies:  “Wholesome” powerpop crafted in the dirt and darkness of CBGB.

The New Colony Six:  The Chicago act that evolved from rave-up garage to gentle soft-pop with ease.

The New Pop Explosion:  Sharp Pins, Mod Lang, Uni Boys, Tchotchke and more chime in on 2026’s guitar-pop renaissance.

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 bundle of Lemon Twigs vinyl and Captured Tracks merch.

It’s A Happening Thing: Little Barrie, The Lemon Twigs, The Courettes, White Fence, The Junipers, Telecom, Ben Auld, Maxwell Hutchinson & Judge Smith, Nick Saloman, Los Negativos, Just Add Water Records.

Family Album: The lost Left Banke album? Not quite, but Montage’s1969 one-off comes close.

Deep Cuts:  The Lemon Twigs offer up the moodiest ’60s garage obscurities.

Back To Back: Two 1966 Who classics and The Jam’s loving tributes.

Screen Time: The wyrd world of forgo en analogue British TV.

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

Prize Crossword: Win a copy of The Byrds’ Greatest Hits.

Vinyl Art: The psychedelic clothes of Włodzimierz Nahorny’s Jej Portret.

Vinyl Clicks: The Dodgers’ 1978 powerpop gem Love On The Rebound.