Alternative pop
Bipolar Sunshine
O2 Academy Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £11.25 inc fees from ticketweb.co.uk

Manchester’s Adio Marchant – aka Bipolar Sunshine embarks on a headline tour to accompany new SBTRKT collaboration Daydreamer. Expect new age ambient soundscapes with soulful lyrics. The tour follows support slots for A$AP Mob, London Grammar, Rudimental and Bastille.

Bluesy-pop
Larkin Poe 
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets £14.30 from ents24.com

Atlanta sisters Larkin Po had presenters like Terry Wogan and our own Bob Harris falling over themselves to play the girls’ debut album Kin. Now’s our chance to hear the duo’s bluesy mix of electric guitar, lap steel and close vocal harmonies. This is classic rock at its finest.

Reggae
Lee Scratch Perry
O2 Academy Oxford
Saturday
Tickets £22.50 from ticketweb.co.uk

One of the greatest reggae producers and artists of all time pitches up at the O2 Academy for a night of rebel Rasta rhythms.

Despite an illustrious past ‘The Upsetter’ continues to innovate, releasing a string of records with the Mad Professor. Don’t miss a chance to see a Jamaican legend who has been doing it since the 60s.

Rock
Lower Than Atlantis
O2 Academy Oxford
Tomorrow
Tickets have sold out

Responsible for one of the best rock albums of the year so far, Lower Than Atlantis hit the road with the suitably maritime-sounding We Are The Ocean and PVRIS. Singer Mike Duce told us: “We can't wait to go back out.”

Americana
Tom Brosseau
Art Jericho, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets from tigmus.com

Talented guitarist brings genre-hopping blend of American alt folk. See Soundbites.

Tribute
Manic Street Creatures
Fat Lil’s, Witney 
Tomorrow

At first glance, news of this gig had us splurting out coffee in disbelief. But then that’s the beauty of a good tribute band name – and this is among the best.

By all accounts the band live up to expectation too, with Steve Thompson playing the role of James Dean Bradfield, Nick Aspey taking on Sean Moore and Paul Smith as Nicky Wire.

Look forward to faultless renditions of such Manics gems as Everything Must Go, Design for Life and Motorcycle Emptiness.