To get an idea of the Delegators' sound, imagine the Supremes moved to Kingston via South London. They've shared bills with reggae legends and acts as diverse as The Pioneers, Dave Barker, Pat Kelly, Doreen Shaffer, The Nextmen, Hepcat and The English Beat. The Delegators kicked off the 2012 International Ska Festival in London with a bang, have performed four times at the Glastonbury Festival (including an opening slot for Lady Gaga!) and featured on Mark Lamarr's 'God's Jukebox' on Radio 2.

"I can hear the rock but where's the roll gone?"

Nestled away in a dark corner of southeast London, The Hertz Complex asked themselves this very question.  And then they set about answering it, combining lo-fi fuzzed-up guitar riffs and hypnotic melodies to create shimmering post punk masterpieces.

“The band’s vintage psych sound – all driving guitars, pounding bass and crashing drums – is like a battering ram to the senses, a perfect cocktail of Brian Jonestown Massacre menace and Spacemen 3-esque trippyness.” - David Sue - Manchester Evening News, May 2014

Relic is a heartfelt and gentle song that showcases singer Paul Herron’s accomplished vocal performance against a simple yet effective piano and guitar accompaniment, but the song’s lyrics come from a place of mourning for what has passed.

“A festival for all the senses and one that successfully manages to be cool and cosy at the same time.” The Guardian, May 2014.

Pobl Y Bryn, whose members hail from Llanfyllin, Morda and Wrexham, will support the mighty Status Quo when they take to the Eisteddfod stage for the closing night of the event celebrating Welsh culture on July 13th.

Like The Walkmen’s ‘The Rat’ realised as a full band - NME

Killer guitar skills and major charisma - Nylon

Anything but anonymity beckons - Q Magazine

Armed with a repertoire of hectic, but undeniably catchy tunes, the band channel indie rock’s brightest moments of the last 20 years - Esquire Magazine

Catfish and The Bottlemen look back to early 2000s indie and embrace it- jolting it into a tight, passionate sound that is fast winning them fans - The Independent

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jon Allen will release his new album Deep River on 7th July, 2014 on Monologue Records. The album is the third of Allen’s career, and the first single released from it, ‘Night & Day’, has already spent five weeks on BBC Radio 2’s playlist.

I'll hand over to Nicole to tell you all the exciting news....

“The only kind of words that apply to describing the Huoratron sound are words like massive, gargantuan, mammoth, humongous, monumental." The Beat

Amongst some of the comments made by the BBC's Tom Robinson about this young Manchester based singer songwriter are;

"My favourite artist of the week"

"A true rock’n'roll poet"

"John Peel would have loved this"

We caught up with Rory at a Stockport Arts Centre where he had just signed up for a class of 'Gangnam Style' dance lessons by Psy's lesser known cousin Joo-Wun.

“We heard something on the radio about Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord who was known as an amazing strategist and a really caring, benevolent leader. He was also eight feet tall and had ears so big he could see them. Seemed like something to aspire to.”

Gary Numan playing at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter – yes please!

Musicmuso were invited to stand side of stage and enjoy the show, we even managed to take some pictures too. Here's how the evening unfolded.

"The wind blows harder, rivers flood, the clouds come rolling in on us"

'Wind Blows Harder' will be released on the 16th of June 2014 on Young & Lost Club.

Written & performed by Natalie McCool. Produced and mixed by David Berger of the band 'Outfit'.

Cardiff-based four-piece Samoans have announced the release of debut album ‘Rescue’, available on 12" vinyl + download via Apres Vous Records (Hold Your Horse Is), on 14th July, 2014.

SKY VALLEY MISTRESS are a female fronted four piece who play rock and roll with fuzz, feedback and turned up fucking loud. After a year of touring as a 3 piece and an appearance at the legendary Download Festival the band have now found a fourth and final member, Russell ‘Russell’ Russell on bass.

The latest remix to come from Sam Smith's forthcoming single 'Stay With Me' is from US production duo Soul Clap.  Slowing down the tempo and adding in hypnotic synth and drums, Soul Clap have transformed 'Stay With Me' into a pool-side, summer track.

“A great band, a great night and sang beautifully. The band was great, raw and the guitar solos leapt out!” Nick Cave 

“A rousing, quirky reminder of the pre-Khmer Rouge golden era of Cambodian pop.” The Guardian

“An upbeat, unusual and accomplished, an Asian rock ‘n’ roll space odyssey indeed.” Clash

AUTUMN UK HEADLINE TOUR & SUMMER FESTIVALS ANNOUNCED

LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE OCTOBER SHOW ON SALE

We Have A Ghost are set to release their eponymous album on July 22nd and is a NIN/Mogwai/Ulver hybrid. 

We had a sneaky peak at a track from the album 'The Secret' and liked it so much, put a few words around it, here's what we thought.