‘I Can’t Stay Away’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: ‘I Can’t Stay Away’ by Ragtyme Featuring Byron Stingily
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: North by Northwest
Concrete dreams and brutalist ideals… Gordon Chapman-Fox is Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. His third album, ‘Districts, Roads, Open Space’, has just been released and he’s here to talk about it. What’s more, he’s brought sandwiches
Plaid ‘Feorm Falorx’ (Warp)
Space Odyssey
Richard Barratt ‘Testone’
Sweet Exorcist’s Richard Barratt – aka DJ Parrot/Crooked Man – recalls the making of 1990’s essential bleep techno cut, ‘Testone’, with Richard H Kirk
Podcasts
This month, our intrepid columnist gets to grips with podcasts – or not
Helen Ganya
Songwriter extraordinaire Helen Ganya tackles our quick-fire questions
Damsel Elysium
Fashion-conscious multi-instrumentalist
Sandra Cross ‘The MMs Bar Recordings’ (Trunk, 2011)
As someone who writes about a lot of weird music, I can get desensitised to it. The soundtrack to an imaginary film about school dinners? Meh.
Death Hags
Mysterio gives lush dreampop and more
Richie Culver
Artist and musician Richie Culver on the first and last albums he bought, and an all-time favourite