Guido Farnell, Journalist

Awestruck fans willingly submit themselves and most seem completely lost in sound that envelops them. An hour later the crowd is leaving the NSC talking in the most reverential tones about what can only be described as a class local act.

While the group provide fuller arrangements, we miss out on Khan and BBQ’s guitar playing as they concentrate on singing and playing the tambourine for the rest of the gig. Nonetheless, they provide a carefree evening of guitar rock‘n’roll that has the joint jumping.

Only very few and special artist’s setlist could feature songs culled from a career that has lasted about 50 years. Tonight’s show is the stuff of legend from a bona fide R&B legend.

The title track provides light relief as it drifts like clouds in the sky. A dreamy trip of an album that finds the Lips exploring their more introspective side.

Classixx will blow plenty of glitter on dancefloors with these club tunes.

Slipping softly off focus but not quite into unconsciousness, these gentle daydreams of tunes showcase Bonobo remaining true to his downtempo roots but at the top of his game.

Faulkner seems unsure if there will be a third instalment of Dig It Up! next year. Fingers crossed, third time lucky.

Exploring a different facet of the psychedelic ‘60s this time around, The Black Angels still take us on quite a trip.

An intimate evening of music with a couple of talented singer-songwriters who simply make some of the most beautiful music imaginable.

It is still a couple of months before we can expect to hear the much-anticipated Embracism in full, but tonight gives us a clear indication that it will be intense-but-rewarding listening.