MKO (McAvoy, Knowles, O'Neil)

MKO are playing Wrecking Ball Arts Centre on Friday 4 December, and it's a bit of a milestone for them. The name is a shorthand for the three people behind it — McAvoy, Knowles and O'Neil — and the set is built around their debut album of original tracks. It's the first time they're taking the whole record out on the road, so the night is a proper showcase of the new material rather than a mix of covers or older bits.

If you're not familiar with the name, it helps to know what they do: they're a blues-rock band, and the debut album is where they've put their own songs down on record. The set will run through those tracks, so it's a good chance to hear the album as it was meant to be heard, live and in one go. It's the kind of gig that works best if you've had a chance to live with the record first, though it stands on its own as a night of original blues-rock.

It's also worth knowing where they're playing. Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, which you might know as Wrecking Ball Music and Books, is an independent shop in Hull that sells new and used vinyl, the whole Wrecking Ball Press catalogue, and a wide range of books from independent publishers. They also stock music and book-related merchandise and gig tickets, so the venue is part of a working record shop and bookshop. It's a place that lives and breathes the things it puts on stage.

That puts the night in context: a local blues-rock band playing their debut album of original songs in a shop that sells the very records they're now adding to. The gig runs from 8pm to 10pm on Friday 4 December, and tickets are £24.50.