On The Up

We're usually first on the new talent scene but we've been beaten to it this time. Twenty-one-year-old Brit-Schooler Tawiah – a Battersea nu-soul girl with chops to put the post-Winehouse crowd to shame – has already been heralded by those other big excavators of talent, Mark Ronson and Gilles Peterson. On Thursday February 28 she got Time Out's own seal of approval when she previewed her upcoming debut album at our (free) On The Up showcase.

Main support came from Matthew Herbert protégé, Micachu, who did her skittery, mad-as-a-hatter R&B thing for us before going off on tour with Foals.