Severed Heads: Fast Forward
While he might be curating an online archive for his maverick Severed Heads outfit, Tom Ellard is not a man to rest on his laurels. “Don’t you want to jump full-bodied into the future?” he asks
Taahliah
Scottish, left-field, floor-filling rippers
Waxing Crescent
Location: Bishop Auckland, UK Est: 2021
Tom Ellard
Severed Heads’ Tom Ellard reveals the first and last records he bought… although a favourite proved tricky
Prop ‘Small Craft Rough Sea’ (Silent, 2001)
If, like me, you were a teenager in Australia in the early 2000s, the album everyone was listening to at house parties, on the radio, and on swapped burned CDs was the debut record by The Avalanches.
Mira Calix: Scissor Sister
Chopping, slicing, cutting and pasting – in both the digital and the analogue worlds – Mira Calix immersed herself in the history of collage for her album, ‘Absent Origin’
Martin Jenkins
Pye Corner Audio’s Martin Jenkins on the first and last albums he bought and one he turns to in an emergency
Desolate Spools
Location: Sheffield Est: 2013
Dlina Volny
Brutalist eastern European synthpop
Tallinn Music Week: The Culture Cauldron
Showcasing the sights and sounds of Estonia’s eclectic electronic scene, we pay a visit to Tallinn Music Week