NoKTuRNL - Gypsy Bar (April 6)

The audience were mesmerised for NoKTuRNL's entire performance and rightly so. A subtle balance of powerhouse rock, ballads and poignant lyrics blended with a genuine rapport with the audience to produce a show that punters are unlikely to forget in a hurry. The set drifted seamlessly through an emotional minefield. This is a band who wear their hearts on their sleeves and who's music comes from their soul. And they produce some damn fine tunes. Couple that with an uncanny ability to read their audience and you have all the ingredients of what rock is supposed to be. If the punters weren't shaking fists to 'Nevamend' they were grooving along to 'No Respect'. If they can survive the insane glitz and glamour of stardom they may well be this generations Midnight Oil.

Tracey Heffernan - BMA