Jams and jamz

Not every band you see at Bluesfest is going to knock you dead, or even off your feet ... The New Mastersounds are one of those bands I think I might enjoy bopping around to in a club. They're a Leeds, England-based soul funk combo who really demand a dancefloor. The slight slope in front of the Hard Rock Stage is not well-suited, particularly when wet and cluttered with lawn chairs, unless the name of your act is "Girl Talk". There is one thing unusual about the new Mastersounds ... they are in fact a continuation of an older Mastersounds, featuring guitarist Eddie Roberts and drummer Simon Allen.

Joe Tatton eyes his organ.



After the quite active Balconies and intense ejaculations of Sunparlour Players thay also seemed a bit sedate. That's bassist Pete Shand standing just behind Roberts.



Simon Allen, prototypical scruffy British drummer.



Jazzy action!



What passes for faceoff action!



A bit more of Shand and Roberts.



Allen holds a pose.



The whole lot and several annoying microphone stands.



They only held my attention for a handful of songs. I went off to the Subway Stage to check out the bluesy sounds emanating there from. The Homemade Jamz Blues Band were performing, and doing a decent job of it (not even taking their age into account). With those instruments they should probably come from Detroit, not Tupelo.

Ryan gets a full dose of sun.



Kyle keeps to the shadows.



Then there's Taya, who's not even a teenager yet.



And, er , that's it (unless you want to bother with the Flickr stuff) since I went off to see Land of Talk. I will note that as I headed back over to the Black Sheep Stage that the New Mastersounds sounded like they were cooking much hotter than when I left.

• Show reminder: The Polymorphines and Vincat rock at Zaphod's. New Car Smell and Medium Fi play the Elmdale House. Lucid 44, Ship Shapes and The Kettle Black are at the Avant-Garde.