Issue 8 out now
In the Spring 2023 issue: We speak to Argentinian producer Kevin Fingier about his new compilation from Acid Jazz subsidiary, Fingier Records. Documentary film maker, promotor and Soho savant, Nick Bray, delves into the origins of the ‘afternoon club’ which found favour with young Mods looking for hangouts to drink coffee and listen to cool jazz sounds in the 50s and 60s. Ocean Colour Scene’s Simon Fowler tells Daniel Rachel some of the stories behind his songs. There’s an exclusive extract from Eddie Piller’s new, long-awaited autobiography – ‘Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances – A Life in Mod,’ which is published in hardback this April. Read about Eddie's first meeting with Secret Affair’s legendary guitarist, Dave Cairns and the lengths he went to becoming a ‘Glory Boy.’ Meanwhile, guitar legend Andy Fairweather-Low tells Claudia Elliot about his latest album Flang Dang, recorded entirely by himself and a drummer at Rockfield’s famous studios in Wales. Plus, Mark Baxter waxes lyrical about Paul Weller’s eponymously titled first album, Mod girl Gill Evans Catling tells us about the key items from her wonderful wardrobe and Peter Jachimiak goes in search of the modernist rural idyll. It’s all in the Detail...