It was refreshing to see two solo singer songwriters captivate the audience

Live at Leeds again proved to be a brilliant day out

Rather than subscribe to the overdone 4 piece rock band, Public Service Broadcasting have taken an idea and run with it

Karnivool don’t quite recover from playing their energetic songs early

John Cooper Clarke – you either love him, or you have probably never heard of him

Mounties fail to catch the attention of the crowd for long spells

Bipolar Sunshine does little to stir the audience to any higher echelons

The Leisure Society call us into welcoming arms with tune after tune of harmless and sunny bliss

Jam City’s live show feels undercooked

Robert Hood is everything a DJ should be

The combination of venue with artist could not have been more perfect

RBMA present a fantastic night of local talent, each able to headline in their own right

Zakk Brown gets down with Peace’s indie extravaganza at the Deaf Institute

Kwabs’s support slot is rather too mysterious for impatient fans

Nubiyan Twist shone in Manchester

Their raucous, sold-out Albert Hall show was exactly what we expected from The Vaccines

Warpaint’s magical live show is a bubbling cauldron of 2 parts Joy Division, 1 part Foals and a sprinkling of chemical XX…

Gomm’s set was entertaining, but perhaps, at times, it was he who was having the most fun rather than the audience

The ‘Rather Be’ hitmakers’ live set shows they have talent in abundance

Samuel Ward gets lost in the falsetto dreamscape of All We Are