After a flurry of bigger bands hitting the local circuit recently, things have certainly quietened down this week. A combination of festivals vying for peoples hard earned cash, the wave of good weather (finally) and the fact that it is now law that venues and promoters are not allowed to share gig information with the public, means that there isn’t too much to tell you about this week. But here we go anyway.

So if it isn’t about quantity, The Beehive certainly offers the quality as this instalment of Acoustic Buzz, Tim Manning’s excellent evening promoting all things folk, roots and Americana, returns to the venue tonight. This thirty-sixth chapter welcomes back Jess Vincent and music that blends light, delicacy and wonderful narratives, presented through a charming folk delivery. Joining her is Ian Palmer who takes similar folk leanings and threads them through with more bluesy, alt-country vibes and your host, in the guise of a solo Blind River Scare set will be proving that Old World Folk and New World country are pretty much joined at the hip. And pick up a copy of his cracking new album whilst you are there, its great.

Normally found leading a full electric, raw and visceral blue-rock outfit across European festival and venue stages, Krissy Matthews brings his rarified guitar skills to The Groves Company Inn. After sifting through all the on-line information regarding the gig I can tell you that he is joined by Max Maxwell, whose picture suggests that he is a drummer and that the gig is indeed tonight. So much for information superhighways.

Staying at The Groves Company Inn and Friday sees them welcome Metson to their stage, a duo playing pre-loved songs from the 60’s to the present day and from all corners, styles and musical enclaves of the pop and rock world.

At The Victoria, Going Underground offer a menu of mod, punk, new wave and ska covers from the late 70’s and early 80’s musical canon. So whether you want to pogo, bop, skank or skate, there’s something for everyone. As Shakespeare once said, The Killertones by any other name doth groove just as hard! Yes he did, I read it somewhere.

And if you are not throwing some crazy moves, cutting rugs and generally wigging out to the above then Vice Versa’s set of indie and rock classics from the golden age of guitar music, that is 70’s through to the 90’s, at The Queens Tap may provide just what you are looking for.

Saturday is the day for tributes to some of the big name bands to be found around the place, the options this week coming from Kingz of Leon, a tribute to the Followill clan’s blend of alternative, accessible and arena rock at Groves Company Inn and Whole Lotta DC bring a whole bag of four to the floor, riff driven classic AC/DC tunes to The Victoria.

Classic rock is also on the cards at The Queens Tap as Vulcan Reign unleashes its mixed bag of originals and covers delivered with energy and attitude upon the unsuspecting public.

Those awfully nice chaps from Shocks of Mighty will be spinning old-school ska and reggae at The Beehive and music and nostalgia also come together at Level III for their Furnace Reunion, a night of the same mix of rock, metal, goth, punk, indie and more that was associated with the venue from 2002 and 2013.

Finally on Tuesday The Misfires can be found at The Victoria. They have rapidly gone from rising local indie kids to national circuit contenders with a sound which sits at the end of a line connecting the likes of Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Libertines and Oasis but which brings its own forward thinking take on the genre.