Wednesday 14th May 2014 by Michael, Andrew, Ed, Gaby | Photos by Press

2014 has already been a very, very good year for music, with new bands hitting the scene and a number of our favourite acts making a return to the mainstream. In short, the first five months of the year have made us very happy indeed.

The sheer scope of music being made this year is also impressive, with soul, dance, pop, rock, rap and r&b all adequately catered for in the 2014 crop. But, if we were to cut things down to pinpoint the 20 definitive bands of 2014 so far, who have made the music scene such brilliant place, it would be this lot...