Welcome to the third of our ones to watch for this year, an eclectic list chosen by our editors and writers. Read parts one and two here.

Alas, the debut offering from Manchester’s Delights will not be joining this illustrious pantheon. They have been honing their sound for the last few years, ...

The Gentle Spring are the new band formed by Michael Hiscock, founder member of 1990s indie-pop favourites The Field Mice, ...

It's Blue Monday apparently. Which is slightly ironic when it's a lovely bright and chilly winters day. Yes, the sky is blue but not in a melancholic way. Go ...

I remember hearing this album for the first time vividly. As a huge Pixies fan, I was excited when the erstwhile Black ...

Einar Selvik’s vision, as always, is vast and deeply introspective, yet Birna takes this further. The bear becomes a mirror, ...

The current mindset of a musician can be read into the way tracks are spelt on an album. On predecessor acts of rebellion ...

Desperate Journalist are on a strict curfew so don't fuck about. Apparently a disco is far more important. Not to anyone in ...

What should have been a hop, skip, and a jump up the M1 was a prolonged slog out of Nottingham. Bless you, you are a ...

Bodega is a brilliant venue. It's just small enough to be intimate but feels like a big room even though it's a tight squeeze ...

On ‘It Wasn’t Me’ from her ninth solo album, Showtunes from the Shadows, Helen McCookerybook sings, “I’m a chameleon / I’ve ...