The JD Set @ ABC 2, 17 Jun

For those unfamiliar with the JD Set formula, it presses shuffle on the standard gig routine – mixing up members of veteran acts alongside those of up-and-comers; encouraging the resulting line ups to reinterpret influential artists and classic tracks.

Tonight, our dream team bring the party like it was 1989 – taking on the iconoclastic pop of early Madonna; mercifully, post-Evita Madge is largely left on the shelf. Folktronic wunderkind James Yuill starts the evening with the only single-handed performance – a low key rendition of Frozen – before accompanying NME sweethearts Casiokids on a suitably upbeat and novel rendition of Holiday in their native Norwegian tongue.

Malcolm Middleton, unsurprisingly provides a stark contrast, delivering bountifully on his mission statement to ‘depress the shit out of you’ through a dark, minimalist reinvention of Vogue with Silver Columns. London’s Cocknbullkid – aka Anita Blay – breathes life back into the room, reworking the dreamy Dress You Up with a staggered beat.

But it’s not until everyone piles on stage to perform the most successful reinvention of the night – a thumping, noisy synth pop rework of Borderline (the power pop vocals care of Blay and Silver Columns’ Johnny Lynch proving to be a crowning glory) – that the evening realises its true potential. To persistent encores, the melting pot supergroup reprise with a formidable electro take on Get Into the Groove, curtailing the set just as we all were. [Rachel Bowles]