Issue 16•May-June 2010


Contents Features


Hello Shindiggers! As a child in the ’70s I was very aware of The Monkees through their TV show. It seemed to run for an eternity, but Paul Revere & The Raiders were not known at all here in England. In fact, they were one of the first garage bands I discovered 10 years later. “Garage band?” our American brothers and sisters ask, eyebrows raised in confusion. “Surely you mean Top 40?” But no, in the UK the Raiders were never a high profile band, not even in the ’60s. Their The Spirit Of ’67 was a prized discovery, and a record that sat perfectly with The Electric Prunes, The Music Machine, The Chocolate Watchband, The Seeds and so on. For me, and probably all of my British garage-teen kind, the Raiders were very much a “garage band”. Although learning later of their American success,


and how they were one of the top US pop bands of the era… somehow thinking of them as a “cool garage act” still seems right. Our cover story traces the Raiders’ career and illustrates how being a raw Northwest rock ’n’ roll band adored by a young pop audience was not without problems. UK prog-pop lords Caravan; powerpop heroes The


Shoes; post-shoegaze, stoner-psych-rock survivors Sundial; Rubble favourites Granny’s Intentions alongside the rediscovered soul troubadour Lou Bond, garage-teens The Lemon Drops, Yardbirds drummer and Renaissance man Jim McCarty and Frank Zappa round out another fine issue. Hopefully you have grown to like the way we don’t


place all our eggs in one basket. But do we offer enough variety? Or possibly too much? Let me know. Shortly we will be conducting a huge online reader survey, which you will be able to access via our site. There’ll be a prize draw, and you’ll of course be helping Shindig! grow and develop into the magazine that you the readers want. Currently we are working on a number of exciting projects, all of which will be revealed soon. Sit back and enjoy. Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills Editor-In-Chief


What’s hot on the SD turntable Shindiggin’


1. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Track LP)


2. Tony Da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys - The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness (Turnstile CD)


3. ANNEKE KONINGS - Feelings & Fairytales (Excalibur CD) 4. October Cherries - Dreamseller (Baal/EMI LP)


5. Various Artists - Lovers From The Sky: Pop Psych Sounds From The Apple Era 1968-71 (RPM CD)


6. POLYTOXICOMANE PHILHARMONIE - Go Ape (Nasoni Berlin CD)


7. Shalini - Metal Corner (Dalloway CD) 8. The Third Ear Band - Alchemy (Harvest LP) 9. David Heitkotter - David Heitkotter (Time-lag LP) 10. Big Star - Keep An Eye On The Sky (Rhino CD box set)


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Regulars 4


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Paul Revere And The Raiders


Caravan 42


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Granny’s Intentions


Shoes Sun Dial


Thoughts & Words Your emails, letters and cyber correspondence.


It’s A Happening Thing News and views from Shindigworld.


20 20 Questions Jim McCarthy.


52 Reviews CDs, albums, 45s, DVDs, books and gigs.


88 Subscriptions, competitions Plus back issues, Annuals and special issues.


90 Vinyl Art The Mothers Of Invention’s We’re Only In It For The Money


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