Shindig magazines

Shindig! began in 1992 as a photocopied garage-punk fanzine called Gravedigger. A couple of years on editor Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills and PJ Crittenden reinvented the title as Shindig! Shindig! was distributed via record shop before falling in the late ’90s and becoming a reviews website. Shindig! re-emerged under the wing of Volcano Publishing in the early noughties and has been popular throughout the high street ever since, growing way beyond its garage roots... In 2015 Shindig! left Volcano and joined forces with Silverback Publishing. The magazine is now monthly.

Why is Shindig's design innovative?

The overall appearance and design of Shindigs magazines largely differs from any magazine that are published these days. Some of the reason it appears this way is the fact that these issues are a lot older and more vintage that recent ones, however I also believe that there is small intention to make the magazine a certain way to show readers how much you can enjoy these ones if not more than others. It definitely presents the older days to younger generations and helps keep the vintage look to many people who haven't experienced this era before and some people find this fascinating to read through and learn about because they haven't personally lived through this time. Everything was different including the clothing, the music and general lifestyle. They present this by the fonts, images and headlines they use. For example, the ombre bright red and yellow colours the headline uses is very unlikely to be seen nowadays in recent publishing's.