Black Lips  They’re not evil! Twenty years of transgressive garage.

Brainticket  On the trail with the pan-European ’70s psych enigmas.

Dorothy Ashby  The jazz harpist who transcended genre and expectation.

UK Psych Comps  The genesis and development of the format that continues to bloom.

Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil  How Brazil’s most promising young talents were exiled to London and the music that surrounded their adventure.

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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 copy of The Rolling Stones In Mono 16-LP box set.

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Family Album  Scott Seskind’s self-titled 1985 loner-folk outlier.

Song Book  The story of Stephen Schwartz’s ‘Butterflies Are Free’.

Deep Cuts  10 RCA 45s that were contenders for the ‘Starman’ crown.

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

Prize Crossword  Win a copy of Cluster’s excellent second album.

Vinyl Clicks  Craig McLearie’s warped late ’70s lost gem.

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20 Questions Guitar magus Steve Hillage reflects on Canterbury days, ’70s crossover success and the festival afterlife.