Exclusive Shindig! Qobuz playlist #27: The Hurtin’ Kind: Girl garage, beat, psych and beyond 1965-2025

We’re very excited to be media partners with the truly unique online streaming platform and download store Qobuz. This month, the 27th of our monthly bespoke playlists, which take in all manner of genres and sub-genres, scenes and beyond, then and now, offers the best garage, beat, and beyond made by the girls

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To celebrate the return of both The Pandoras and Thee Headcoatees, here’s a tough playlist centred around female made garage, beat, and beyond. After the punk explosion The Pandoras came alive during the burgeoning garage revival, centred around The Unclaimed, The Chesterfield Kings, The Fuzztones, and so on, giving the guys a run for their money. They covered The Belles’ gnarly ‘Gloria’ rewrite ‘Melvin’ and offered the perfect blend of fuzz, jangle and reverb. The mid-60s revolution saw many young American girls pen songs, pick up guitars, compact organs and bash away on drums to vent their spleen, pre-empting punk by a decade – a 14-year-old Suzi Quatro wrote and sang the upstart ode to cheap liquor ‘What A Way To Die’ for her garage band The Pleasure Seekers. Along with entirely female led bands we also included tough singers who offer more of the same.

The Bangles were big business and had great taste, especially displayed across their early 45s, and The Delmonas and Thee Headcoatees in the UK were less-known, but looked back to the ’60s too working closely with the now legendary Billy Childish. Bringing things up to date are cool cuts from Shadow Show, La Luz, The Crystal Teardrop, and the sensational New Eves.