If theirs one underlying theme at this Saturday's gig, it's the unadulterated Filth. House music has taken a turn for the dirty in the last few years, and is all the better for it. A genre once dominated by rolling basslines and wailing divas, now it's littered with huge synth riffs, murky beats and a sex drenched manifesto. Jack's got his clothes dirty.

Formed from the ashes of the trance-rockers Spacemen 3, singer/guitarist Jason Pierce's group Spiritualized did not break away from his prior band's trademark hypnotic minimalism; instead, they perfected it. Drawing on the continued influence of the Velvet Underground, La Monte Young, and Steve Reich, Spiritualized staked out a common ground between minimalism and lush symphonics.

Charlie Fink started playing the guitar when he was a young man. He started writing songs when he was a little older. He discovered the concepts of love, death and time shortly after this and soon could think about little else.

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! is the lovechild of me and Trent Reznor. I met Trent when he asked me to fill the opening slot of his European With Teeth tour. After only the 2nd show he asked if I might be down to collaborate on a song or album, whatever I saw fit.

Bison are in fact a nine- or ten-piece, horns-front, hoof-stomping party beast who specialise in putting big cheesy grins on faces and getting some serious movement out of knees and, for want of a better word, 'booty'. They have a sense of humour and perspective, a love of pop music of all kinds, and minds of their own.

Detonate's May party comes swaggering into focus for a bank holiday bonanza. One more the musical focus is split, detonate providing their own crushing deebee mandate and enlisting the talents of Dark Crystal to broadcast their own bleak musical vision side by side.

It's bank holiday season and as a consequence it's inflicted Plug with a sense of sunshine and cheer. The guests for this week's live shenanigans at Shuffle are two bands that have manag

It's Bank Holiday weekend and that means an extra day is lined up for the weekend marauders, three nights of high octane partying. Smack bang in the middle of this tomfollery for Plug is their Saturday night flagship Shuffle, and for the occasion they've enlisted a firm favourite to rock the decks at the steel city's premier venue.

Sheffield's Urban Gorilla are celebrating the second May bank holiday in style with their biggest ever event, and the biggest night to hit the steel city in years. Not content with securing a long overdue return to the city from the legendary Sasha, they've added some of the hottest acts in clubland to the line-up to create a truly monstrous event, which sprawls through two huge rooms and a car park(!).

Sheffield has always been at the heart of the bassline scene. Whilst the country turned its back on UK Garage at the turn of the nineties there were certain hotspots that refused to let it die. Along with Birmingham and certain suburbs of the capital, the Steel City was representing week in week out for those who still loved their dance music infused with that little more bass alongside the vocals.

He's back. The King of Kings, it's time for the return of a man that is House music in 2008. The don of the celebrated Swedish house mafia, the sound of the weekend personified and that rare beast who manage to straddles accessibility whilst hauling in the purists, whipping floors into frenzies time and time again. It can be only one... Steve Angello returns to the Plug.

Uprising is one heck of a rave. Thirteen years in the business and still going strong, they sure know how to party. A period of time that has seen some of the most intense lunacy known to mankind, a gleeful hedonistic appetite that would revile Hunter S Thompson and a brutal music policy which leaves no prisoners, it's no wonder the party continues to grab attention across the globe.

And what exactly is their secret? Well, followin

I Was A Cub Scout are two 17-year old hardcore souls who are making a big noise from dark corners of East Midlands.

The Gentlemen have been spreading their charms in the North of England for nearly two years but first started to win the people's hearts after supporting such acts as Dunyen, The Motorettes and We Are Scientists. Their unique blend of upbeat indie and funk with occasional jazz piano has been hailed by old and young alike. Twice packing out Plug in Sheffield at their Album Launch in July and a Christmas gig, their growing popularity is clear.

Armed with heartbreaking melodies, crashing drums and a tornado of white noise, Glasvegas are the thrilling sound of young Scotland. Well-versed in rock's rich history, they marry classic 50's songwriting with the sinister fuzz of Suicide and the Velvets.

A monster sound clash of pumping Bristol Ripper mayhem versus Zogg Sheffield hyperdelic trance techno carnage!! In the flouro corner we have RIPSNORTER who have been ‘avin it large in Bristol for over a decade, taking in just about every venue and playing host to just about every major underground trance, techno and hard dance DJ/live act in the land. In the UV corner we have Planet Zogg Record's very own PROPULSION playing driving trance techno live and direct on stage.

Wiley is one of the original founders of what is now known as 'Grime' music. Traversing from the massive Pay As U Go Cartel to start up his own crew with the Roll Deep Entourage. His debut album 'Treddin On Thin Ice',

When your debut single is number one in seven different countries and your album goes on to sell more than 700,000 copies, you get to choose where you record the follow-up

Aged 23, Philippa has both an impressive list of accomplishments and an incredible story to tell. Her debut album Watching Me is set for release this coming October; having already recieved critical acclaim from international distribution giants CDBaby who placed the album at the top of their recommended chart for the 'Contemporary Christian' genre and in the top 3 for 'Solo Female Artists'.

On the back of a high profile slot supporting none other than Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the 2008 US Plug awards and the Austin Chronicle ‘best new band' award, the supremely humble yet highly effervescent White Denim sashayed back into their home town for what would become a battering-ram SXSW that left many in awe as to their band dynamic.

The Saw Doctors are the latest in this strangely noble line...They are not loud or angry, or vigorously uncompromising. They have no image, message of "attitude"...