How lovely to see The Path make another end-of-year list. Feliz navidad!

In this month's 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! I chat to the supercool Robin Gnista about album covers (what else?), for a special Vinyl Art Extra. Also this issue there's Rob Bailey, Astrud Gilberto, a Deep Deep Cuts, Ginny Winn, Michel Polnareff and heaps more. Out now!

Fellfoul is here! Our new Mulgrave Audio short play by @andreworton, with Aja Dodd drawn into a fantasy world of dragons and danger. 10" vinyl/download, original score by @GhostBoxRecords Belbury Poly, and comic strip by John Ridgway! Pre-order here... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/album/fellfoul

Two weeks from today Stephen Barnard and I will be talking about The Beatles' Sgt Pepper (him!) and The Zombies' Odessey and Oracle (me!) at TheSettlement in Letchworth as part of our Classic Albums series. Don't miss it. letchworthsettlement.org.uk/events/settlem…

Happy 150 issues (and 30 years!) to 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! . A little bit of me in this issue including a Vinyl Art column that takes in Hipgnosis and Motown, but it's all about the celebrations. Out today. Subscribe!

I had a very enjoyable chat with the team at Sonor Music Editions for a Vinyl Art Extra in this month's 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠!. And if Italian library music isn't your thing, perhaps some Jefferson Airplane, Buddah Records, Margo Guryan, or Isley Brothers? Another great issue, out this week.

The Summer 2024 issue of US record collecting bible Goldmine magazine includes my feature celebrating the 60th birthday of the legendary New York label Nonesuch Records and their legacy of amazing album art. Lovely collectors' covers too including Melanie with turquoise vinyl!

Fresh on The Haunted Generation site... my magical, sun-baked day in London with Belbury Poly! That's Jim Jupp, Justin Hopper, Christopher Budd and Jesse Chandler. Discussing flat-roofed pubs, The Twilight Zone and their album The Path for Electronic Sound... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2024/08/16/bel…

In October's 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠!: The Move, Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper, Boys Wonder, Richie Havens, Paul Williams, and lots more including me talking to Martin Springett about Ian Hunter, Roslav Szaybo, and MC Escher. Don't miss it!

On Saturday my esteemed colleague Stephen Barnard and I will be presenting a special French-themed session of our ongoing Classic Albums talks, in the picturesque surroundings of the Letchworth TheSettlement . À bientôt là-bas!

Out this week is 2024's final issue of 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠!, with our traditional end-of-year best-of, seasonal spookiness, even more Paul Williams, and plenty more besides. And I spent some time with those deep diggers at Guerssen Records for an expanded Vinyl Art. See you in '25.

The first 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! issue of 2025 includes great reading on Jeannie Piersol, Tom Wilson and much more besides, while I delve into some colourful electronics in Vinyl Art. Treat yourself to a New Year subscription.

British '60s jazz, Krautrock Eruption, twenty years of hauntology, Lynn Carey, and more besides - it's all in the new 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! , out this week. And I was lucky enough to find out about the rather fascinating Nik Pascal Raicevic for Vinyl Art, so now you can too.

Al Kooper knows who hasn't subscribed to 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠!. Make amends now and this month you can read about the man himself, among all the usual offbeat brilliance you demand. Plus me, for Vinyl Art, going looking for phallic rocks in the desert. Where else? Nowhere else!

Have Adrienne Poster, psychedelic Doctor Who, World Countdown, Bonnie Dobson, and Sandro Brugnolini ever all been between the same covers together? They have now in 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠!! Plus my Vinyl Art column which this month goes all Antipodean and swirly. It must be the heat.

Another fabulous issue of 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! for your back-to-school bus ride, with Sérgio Mendes, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Terry Reid, and Brigitte Fontaine there's plenty to keep you busy. And I get to join the dots from Blue Note to Blaxploitation in Vinyl Art.

Not too late am I to big up 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! No.169? If Contour Records, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Terry Southern and all manner of other fabulous stuff floats your boat, you'll be glad I did. And a little bit of Polska szkoła neon from me in Vinyl Art.

For the big December issue of 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠! , I met the absolutely charming Melody Prochet to chat about her terrific new LP (which has barely left my turntable), while also finding time for an equine entry into the Vinyl Art canon. Merry Xmas to you!

The new Shindig! Magazine is in yer newsagents today. Where else are you going to get Peanuts, Ben Wheatley, and a bands-in-movies Deep Cuts all under one roof? And that's just in the first half! Plus I take a look at both ends of the US '60s jazz scene in a Vinyl Art special.

Landing today is the new issue of your fave mag Shindig, packed with proper goodies including pedal steel deep cuts, Frank Zinn, Cream, and all manner of other great stuff to accompany your rainy springtime. And in Vinyl Art I revisit the future of the big band banking industry.