Hotly tipped newcomers London Blackmarket are gearing up for a busy year. Formed from a close knit group of friends bored with an increasingly moribund UK music scene, London Blackmarket are a bunch of dodgy geezers with some juicy goods to sell.

Single Checkmate is a hit in waiting, a three blast of Americana influenced indie rock. Sounding not unlike Arctic Monkeys after a good few days graft on the markets, London Blackmarket are a bunch of bad boys turned good but with plenty of juicy stories to tell.