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One to watch: Cat's Eyes
After playing their debut gig at St Peter's in Rome, the only way is up for the Horrors singer and his soprano sidekickAs the venue for a band's first ever gig, the Vatican takes some beating. Most...
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One to watch: Jess Mills
Robert Smith's blessing and a monster performance with Leftfield at Rockness have given Jess Mills the confidence to strike out aloneIt must take nerve, at your biggest gig to date, to step up and sing...
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One to watch: Lana Del Rey
After posting one song online, this 24-year-old American singer sold out a London gig in half an hourWe crave a popstar who is authentic, who thrives because of their talent, not PR. So when you...
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One to watch: Jamie N Commons
Jamie N Commons's dad took him to see the Allman Brothers when he was a boy, and now the 22-year-old blues singer counts Elvis Costello among his fansIn the backroom of a spruce but empty pub, the sort...
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One to watch: Lianne La Havas
The London soul sensation lionised by Justin Vernon and Gary Barlow on the personal nature of her songs and the relief of finding a sense of identity"My boyfriend told me to say, 'If anyone asks,...
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One to watch: Willy Moon
Fifties revivalist with a difference Willy Moon looks as good as he soundsDressed up to the nines in a black wool coat, white suit, pale blue shirt and tie, hair greased and parted with precision,...
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One to watch: Grimes
Canadian musician Grimes on how the internet, amphetamine and total seclusion inspired her eclectic new album'There was sort of a moment of realisation," says 23-year-old Claire Boucher. "One day, I...
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One to watch: Jessie Ware
South London singer Jessie Ware talks SBTRKT, schmoozing and her new, soulful directionOne of the many brilliant things to emerge from the legalising of Rinse FM, the London pirate radio station...
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One to watch: THEESatisfaction
The feelgood sensation of this year's SXSW festival, hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction talk about the jazz, R&B and rap music that inspired their fresh new soundThe consensus at this year's SXSW– or...
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One to watch: Seye Adelekan
The London guitarist and singer talks about his debut single, his debt to Paul Simon and the guilty pleasure of Deacon BlueAs anyone with even a passing interest in the interplay between African music...
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Jake Bugg: 'I'd never do a talent show. It doesn't seem genuine'
At least one working-class 18-year-old is prepared to make it in the music biz the old-fashioned way… with an acoustic guitar and the inspiration of Hendrix and DylanJake Bugg is just back from...
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One to watch: My Tiger My Timing
The London alt-pop five-piece on setting up their own label and keeping the rock-star cliches in checkBasking in the midday sunshine, admiring the riverside flats that overlook the Regent's canal, the...
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Angel Haze: 'Right now, no one can beat me'
The New York rapper on why she's first in her field – and why she describes herself as pansexualLast month, it was a track called New York that, to employ the technical parlance, blew up the internet....
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One to watch: Valerie June
The Tennessee-born singer-songwriter talks about the ingredients that go to make up her 'organic moonshine roots music'On the night I watch Valerie June play, a chilly autumn shower is sluicing over...
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One to watch: Chvrches
Already causing a massive stir online, Glasgow electro-pop trio Chvrches are determined to keep their rough edges on recordThe new way of generating hype on the internet is to pretend that a band comes...
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The Bots: one to watch
The anarchic LA duo on learning from the White Stripes, fitting a career around school, and not taking their career too seriously'We've been doing this for 20 years," says Mikaiah Leh, one half of the...
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One to watch: SOAK
The 16-year-old singer-songwriter from Derry SOAK aka Bridie Monds-Watson, releases her second EP in a yearBridie Monds-Watson never had a girly phase. At five, she went round the house in wellies and...
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One to watch: Daughter
The spooky pop three-piece on playing for David Letterman and why they don't try too hard to be heardBetween songs at a recent gig, the three-piece Daughter were jovially heckled: "Where are you from?"...
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One to watch: Iggy Azalea
Australian rapper Iggy Azalea talks to Kate Mossman about being taken seriously and doing things the Kanye wayIggy Azalea has a highly developed sense of the absurd. She saw paparazzi outside her hotel...
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One to watch: Ms Mr
They've yet to release their debut album but this American duo aren't afraid to think big. Fancy a duet, Justin Timberlake?Lizzy Plapinger is wearing a backwards marijuana-leaf baseball cap over her...
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