ROYSTON JONES- Manics shaped indie rock.

THE RAGAMUFFINS- Neil Young disports himself in a grimy frock coat and stove pipe hat whilst The Coral run barefoot thru the alley pursued by whistle blowing peelers and The Zutons do the chim chiminey dance across London’s rooftops….

THE SCHOOLGIRLS- 3 piece garage/punk/experimental band…very satirical and comic about their music, you can sense this band aren't taking themselves very seriously just trying to enjoy what they do...Their sound is taken from the psychedelic years and a hint of The Stooges is also present via a little bedroom DIY aesthetic last seen with Huggy Bear. .

COMIC BOOK HEROES- Grade A  powerpop they say …And they is right..Groovy girl singer ..we’re in Sleeper, Comet Gain, The Primitives territory. Mighty fine.

THE REELS- Radiohead (early) or Muse doing pop rock...Keane without the keys type o' music…Cherry Ghost, Adrian Hawley sort of territory vai some alt 80s darkness a la My Bloody Valentine can also be heard.

MY ALABATROS- The singer has a touch of the Morriseys and there's some nice atmospheric guitar through swathes of reverb . Nice tunes mashing up The Smiths, The Clash and Echo and The Bunnymen.

ROGUE SATELLITES- 3 piece semi acoustic band specializing in a mean melodic indie/rock. 

VANILLA KICKS- Ambient, proggy alt-rock. Melodically dark and brooding with the epic all encompassing sound of the Muse and Radiohead variety. Could be a bit of Placebo with Jeff Buckely-esque vocals in there too. Really good, quality songcraft if you don't mind feeling a bit melancholic.

THE POOR SOULS OF POMPEII- Poprockdiscoprog from London. Peter Gabriel fronting Scissor Sisters is the vibe what with the funky touches and heartfelt falsettos. An unusually original  mix of The Editors and prog rock guitar wigouts via an Abba sense of soaring harmonies and melodies, then some 80s synth thrown down to a disco beat. Accomplished songwriting, flawless production, masterful weaving of styles. really good.

WAYTER- London based psych-ish groove rock with dark experimental leanings and intricate guitar passages. Somewhere between Trail of your Dead, Sonic Youth and Slint with a near emo feel to the vocal and general melodic throb. Quite interesting. Artful and artsy.

THE INTERNATIONAL TRUST- Energetic indie pop somewhere betweenThe Fratellis and The Clash with a very British sensibility , y’know umbrella poised to fight off cad as pork pie is nibbled delicately from bone china platter.

THE RAMBLINGS - Groovy garage stomping with great harp blowing and a very Joe Strummerly vocal, but a raw garagey Strummer...

DIRTY MINDZ- Brummies on a punk metal mission..so, sprawling punkpop  rockscapes a la early MC 5 plus harmonized screechy metal singing[Maximum security' ]...they pound out stuff like 'Maximum security' quite convincingly, and 'Guitar hero' takes the early punk ethic and runs with the snotty ball well enough. The same neck of the woods as yer Towers of London used to shit really...glam/ metal/punk... Pistols/Green Day/Ranicd...

I SHOUTED GUN- Raw hewn art-rock fro S.London …And if you like The Jam and The Fall and ever wondered what the result would be if they came out of the Fly style matter transporter machine together then here be…

5 GOAL THRILLER- Edwyn Collins like vocals, Orange Juice like ballads. Melodic 80s sounding riff cycles..a pretty convincing modern take on Aztec Camera perhaps…

ZEN ARCADE- Despite the Husker Du inspired name , the bands they namecheck are The Pixies and Interpol, and 'In Summer' sounds like Joy Division with John Cale on viola...a very affecting sound, but not much for laughs! On ‘Geranium’ it's Fugazi meets yes Husker Du and an intense fucked up sound is created. Impassioned!

THE CITIZENS- Fuses 70's with modern rock/punk… hints of Joy Division, Smiths and possibly Pulp. Some Nick Cavery going down with the vocals too and something of Kasabian in the big big bigness on offer, oh yes.

ROB THE RICH- Kooks n Jack Penate shaped skanking pop with bags of wide eyed charm and good playing/tunes. Good.

KADEJCI - Zippy altness, melodic vocal lines and insistent new new wave riffing. They say-‘Sooty being anally molested by an un-Corbett trained hand’!!! Good God man Sooty hasn’t got an anus. Nirrvana meets Wire?

HEY- Fugazi and Mogwai, Shellac and Sonic Youth ...well cool.

NO MAD - One of their tracks; 'Batman & Robin' recently got played on Soccer AM (Sky TV) and has been getting a lot of attention. It's a breezy keys adorned indie rock/pop which has a fizz about it, especially the Velvets go baggy vibe of 'What'as on my mind'. Or The Byrds play tango shuffle of 'So you say' Jangling guitars , fulsome bass. The Charlatans are a massive influence here.

GIT - 3 piece, art rock, early pink floyd played by wire on nirvanas gear...

MODERN CLICHEES-  Punk pop with an Artic Monkeying about vibe.

REDLIGHT ROBOTS- Post-punk Blurry stuff. Touch of the grunge, but lots of pop.  Grand.

THE MISSION BABIES- Scousers doing a melodic but hard edged indie pop with impassioned singing and pounding drums. Not a little commercial too.

GESTIR- From the Faroe Islands no less where there's clearly a good supply of Sigor Ros and Radiohead records, cos betwixt these two is where they're at, good though, very haunting, like Radiohead at their darkest with some nice widscreen atmospherics then the oblgatory LOUD bit which recalls Muse. All good.

THE NIGELS- Discombobulated indie ska, got some catchy little pop tunes here.  Babyshambles meets Talking heads via Madness!

THE SIXTY ONES- Like the Libertines crossed with The Housemartins. Good chirpy indie pop with an intelligent lilt.

JACK JACK DAWS -A darkish folk vibe here, Shades of some gothic punk too but it ends up sounding quite folk poppy as the female lead singer keeps it bright and breezy despite the guitar sections being of a darker nature. Its very good stuff however you look at it, very polished and tune laden. They say Interpol meets Archie Bronson. Ok then…

ADAM WHITE - Singer songwriter.

DOLLY ROGER- London based dolly fronted commercial rnb/pop-rock/soul band on a Southern soul and rock tip. 'Music to pillage to' they say... They do mention Blondie, and that is detectable in a more rootsy, bluesy way- her voice does have some Harryisms and the way the keys wash thru the arrangements is quite Blondie like too. And they do have a New York connection somewhere along the line. To me I hear Janis Joplin, The Doors, Chilli Peppers and Atlantic Soul rendered rock. More than groovy.

RESONANCE- Definite Cranberries style, mature pop/rock with a quite mellow, easy listening lilt. Strong , striking vocals in harmony with the instrumental drift at all times.

BRAZILIANS- Art-rock meets Brit rock and every one’s a winner.

TOM HINGLEY- The lead singer of The Inspiral Caepets finds time out from rejigging that ace 80s/90s combi to hit us once again with his mighty fine solo kit…and yes, you can expect some singularly soaring renditions of classic Inspirals songs…

GAMBLING HEARTS- Teenage Fanclub meets Bufallo Tom with the odd spunky punky episode to keep ya boppin’.

THE SHILLS - Good fashioned English indie music, sound like the libertines (Up the bracket album), full of melody and great spiky guitars, good songs and a good band.

HUNGRY AND THE HUNTED- Melodic alt rockers.

FORGET THE DOWN- Manics meets U2 big guitars, neo metal drums, U2 bass lines creating an anthemic sound that sails and soars thru feisty alt rock with a baggy swagger to hard rocking riff monster territory.

BIG NUM- Big num, tell you what…They are good Stoogey type Rock and Roll…. raw, punkish, 77 type stuff thru more dynamic swinging New Wave artnikisms.

VOID- Wales based tuneful rock band. Remind of the Manics and some Stereophonics too. Melodic, anthemic, bristling with passion…

MARCONI -Indie rock.

THE ELEMENTS- Americana and soulful popwhich swings onto a Neil young sans crazy horse trip backed up by some lush C.S & N style harmonies, the kids will go for it but so will their mums n dads.

SUNSET DRIVE- An indie pop rock happening from Japan...Belle and Sebastian , early Beta Band, then a quirky folk feel thru blues rocknroll . QOTSA meets Beck on a stripped down acoustic tip. Then again the more elderly people in the room went on about The Nightingales……

PANIC ATTRACT- One guy "band", dunno quite how he pulls it off live as there are lots of different sounds a happening in the music and  what is more its really good!!! Its kind of Radiohead but with Frank Zappa craziness in it. Neat….

SID DELICIOUS- Electronica with some fine feckled folk influences.  Have an 'out there' nay ‘outsider’ sound. Overwhelmingly artful episodes in sonic sass. 

KILLER WAVES- First 2 influences listed on myspleen are The Strokes and The Fall, and 'One man crime wave' sounds exactly like that fabulous blend. Perky, rhythmic, full of quirky charm and punky grit. The vocal isn't bad either, sort of swaggering talky style but not a la MES particularly...inspiring stuff.

SPORT- Resolutely American sounding alt-rock from Brighton featuring meaty Sabbathy riffs underpinned by an incisive yet funky rhythm section. If you can imagine Primus with the silly comedy element removed yer there...bit's of this are also very Rage Against The Machine and you could also mention Biffy Clyro but they sound like their having fun (unlike Rage & Biffy) ….Rage and Biffy, love those guys.

ZERO PUNK- Spaced out riffing rock with a punkish hue via some sort of a countercultural rocknroll vibe…I'm thinking Bowie circa The Man Who Sold the World but the riffology is more Sabs via AC/DC, whilst the vocals take us into that late 60s alternopop vibe…loadsa wah wah and shit, good shit…..

CB6- Old school trash n thrash metal featuring some good incisive riffing and spot-on rhythm section ….think Slayer or Pantera rather than recent stuff in the rawk area….

THIS BEAUTIFUL THIEF- Indie guitar four-piece embracing  Bloc Party/Maximo Park/Weezer with some Cars-type new wave pop outings and agreeably rocking out lead guitar.

AMBASSADORS OF MOROCCO- Vividly varied indie pop. Covers a lot of bases. Usual hint of The Libertines but also The View, Bloc Party, XTC etc. Interesting guitar work a particular joy with this mob.

ENL- Indie cheeky, chappy, jaunty pop stuff.  Should I mention the Kaiser Chumps? Hell, I just did…pop pop poppity pop chock fulla pleasure.

THE SUBURBS- Doe eyed balladeering of a Verve/ The Music sort of stamp with some Dylany harp blowing taking it away from Embrace territory towards The Bluebells…then they transmogrify into an early Manics chugging frugging rock pop…schizophrenic, you may say but well worth a pogo, headbang and Mud on TOTP circa 1973 roadie dance.

RIOT RIOT- Rumpity tumpity Fratellis style jollied up indie rockings with inevitable Kooks/Libertines oh oh ohing…..really fookin' tight and taut, plenty of punk rock zip… they rock good baby. Have been played on R1 and Kerrang Radio, and they are very , very Radio friendly so expect them to soar very soon.

GUY JACKSON - Spoken word artist.

STUMBLE - Feisty alt rock with a nod towards early Idlewild

RODDY BELMONTE - Rather interesting solo bloke who is in a band called Avida Dolls. His voice is singularly different-somewhere between Sky Saxon and the bloke outta The Violent Femmes-they're a good pointer actually.

THE BERKEKEYS- Stripped down post Doherty pop glories.

TAKING OVER MARS- From Kranj (? SloveniaJ) American style melodic punk a la Green Day, NOFX or Offspring, not so much in your face though… subtle almost!

7 DOLLAR TAXI- Oh my aint we International.. from Switzerland , The Hives meets The Coral...but it’s The Kinks whose influence really burns through here. Tunes tunes tunes….

STRAWHOUSES- Vocal wise a dose of Thom Yorke and Neil Young. Musically its Arcade fire in their more tender stripped down moments, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley too.

ZAG AND THE COLOURED BEADS- Very strange, quintessentially English psychedelic prog rock that sounds like Syd Barrett if he didn't go bananas, fronting a new band bashing out a theme song for an early 70's game show. Long prog organ wig outs and noodly guitars are the way things roll here, but in a way which thrills and amuses slightly. Ok, they were around in the 80s and have just reformed, but their music has survived the test of time. Prepare to be wierded out and perhaps a little scared.

THE MILE HIGH YOUNG TEAM- 60's tinged folk rock from Oxford with some Celtic mistiness going on..   Whimsical and pleasing songs with a jazzed out undercurrent that put us somewhat in mind of Pentangle.

JOINTPOP- Apparently they hail from Walsall, Trinidad and Tobago! A guitar slinging singer songwriter duo. rocking fine lyrics on 'Let's pray for rocknroll'… it's The Velvets, The Clash, Mott The Hoople, and some reggae and soca. The Clashy riddims groove bigtime. They've already released 4 lps and were formerly based in LA.

ANATASHA- Pristinely produced, uber-commercial pop, vocally a bit like a cross between Suzanne Vega and Natalie Imbruglia, slightly like the sort of stuff they play in the "sad" bit in a rom-com, but the girl can deffo sing, the NME are into her. Promising.

JACK AND JASMINE- Excellent Country tinged songwriting and performance from this superb duo.

JAMES PAGE- Singer-songwriter in the Get Cape Wear Cape Fly mould, luverly stuff.