Heads Will Roll Vol 4

Heads Will Roll returns to Sheffield on Saturday 17 October, taking over Arundel Emporium from 21:00. It's a club night rather than a single act, and this particular outing is billed as Vol 4.

If you haven't come across it before, the night is built around a broad and deliberately eclectic selection of sounds. The organisers describe the mix as electroclash, dance-punk, witch house, indie-sleaze, riot grrrl, indietronica, art-pop and oddities. It's a wide net to cast, and the appeal is exactly that: you're as likely to hear a jagged dance-punk line as you are something from the art-pop or indietronica end of the scale, with the more abrasive riot grrrl and witch house sounds sitting alongside. The 'oddities' part of the description gives them a bit of room to throw in whatever doesn't quite fit into those categories, so it's the kind of night where the tracklist can shift gears without warning.

Because it's a club night and not a headliner with a supporting act, the focus is on the selection rather than a setlist. The different styles they pull from—electroclash, dance-punk, indie-sleaze—all lean towards the dancefloor, but they're coming from different corners of electronic and indie music, so the mood changes as the night goes on. It's a broad mix, and the 'Vol 4' tag suggests this is part of a continuing series rather than a one-off.

It kicks off at Arundel Emporium on Saturday 17 October from 21:00, with tickets at £8.50.