The sun is blinding today in Glasgow. Apollo shines his light on the 6music Festival. The blessing of the gods follows us to the Barrowland ballroom. The Barras Market is in full swing and American singer Haley is talking to us after lunch. The Minnesota based singer plays Saint Luke's around the corner tonight with Sacred Paws, The Lemon Twigs and Car Seat Headrest. We'll be at Barrowlands too for Bonobo, Thundercat, Loyle Carner and Songhoy Blues.

And that's where we'll start tonight's adventure, with Loyle Carner it the main room. Security is tight here and given recent events, we'll just have to tolerate it. The young English lad performs vocal gymnastics over the mellow but effective backing of his DJ. The bass makes the jelly in our eyeballs tremble. Carner lived in Glasgow when he was younger, he even owns a kilt.

His autobiographical lyrics are a million miles from the sparkle and bling of some of his American counterparts; particularly when he's dressed in slacks and a woolly jumper. He carries a towel like Vegas-era Elvis. From up front at the barrier, he’s an impressive performer too. I don't see much hip-hop but I could be converted.

Over to Saint Luke's for Sacred Paws and this place makes a great first impression. You come around the corner from Barrowlands and there it is; a standalone deconsecrated church with gothic ornamentation. Inside, the stage has been expanded to accommodate the BBC logistics. The drum riser sits at the foot of a set of organ pipes and between two stained glass windows, each about five metres tall.

The start is delayed and music plays over the PA. Sleeper’s ‘Inbetweener’ followed by REM’s ‘Don't Go Back To Rockville’, one could put up with this. Eventually Liz Kershaw appears to introduce the band. They play danceable music with tight harmonies that would make The Bee Gees sit up and take notice. The guitars and drums unleash rhythms that are somewhere between math rock, Bloc Party and Paul Simon's Graceland. There are moments of early Vampire Weekend punkiness blended with tribal beats and glimpses of The Raincoats. They’ve a debut album coming out and from this display it will be well worth a listen.

Barrowlands has filled up rightly for Californian bassist Thundercat whose latest solo album has taken the world by storm. He's known for his signature six string bass, 50% more than the average, and for his work with acts as diverse as Suicidal Tendencies and Kendrick Lamar. It's too jazzy and self-conscious for my liking. You'll pass fifty similar acts at Glastonbury without pausing for too long. Too much of it sounds like the satirical “Jazz Club” from ‘90s sketch programme The Fast Show.

So with that, it's back to Saint Luke's for Haley. The sun has set so the huge neon Barrowlands sign has been turned on. It's quite a sight. Saint Luke's is lit up in the festival livery too. We spoke to Haley earlier today. This is the start of a European tour for her and she's a big fan of Car Seat Headrest who play this stage later tonight. She's played NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert and Later...With Jools Holland so the 6music Festival will be familiar territory.

It’s difficult to categorise her music. She's creatively restless and mercurial. The set opens with a torch song sung to a drum machine and sweeping guitars while the second is up-tempo rock in the vein of her other band Gramma’s Boyfriend. She's working on the third album of that band as well as a collection of short stories, and that’s on top of her solo stuff. You can read that interview here later in the week.

Described as desert blues Mali's Songhoy Blues are going down a storm in Barrowlands. They've a heavy dub reggae influence making them reminiscent of The Clash. They have fans in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Strokes and it's obvious why. There are a lot of shared influences. Lead singer Aliou Toure dances hypnotically between verses, eliciting uproarious cheering from the audience. Three songs in they are joined by a brass section for a song from their new album. The rolling bass and the horns make it sound like Level 42 with Songhai lyrics. They sing in English too and Toure straps on a Les Paul for an old favourite. They've a following here in Glasgow and it gets a massive reception.

Across the way in Saint Luke's The Lemon Twigs are having an extensive warm up before starting their set. The New York four piece are suffering technical difficulties but manage to overcome them and deliver some infectious harmonies. They mix rock ‘n’ roll, doo wop, and musical theatre. There are moments when it is hard to believe that there are only four of them on stage. Jim Steinman could use these guys for Bat Out Of Hell 4, provided the songs were up to scratch. There's a touch of Freddie Mercury to it too.

Barrowlands is eagerly awaiting tonight's headliner. Bonobo's sixth album, Migration, came out in January. He's someone who has passed me by over the years so I'll be interested to see if he can win over a sceptic, as Future Islands did last night. Over a steady drone the band enter the fray one at a time over the course of several minutes, each adding their own contribution to the cacophony. The six players assemble in a semi-circle at the front of the stage, facing the audience.

After five minutes, there is a break and they begin the next song but there is too little happening in the tunes to hold the interest. This is headphone music being played in a cavernous room. Guest vocalist Szjerdene helps add some variety and interest but it just doesn't work in this environment. It's a pity to end the day in disappointment but with Loyle Carner, Songhoy Blues, Haley, Sacred Paws and The Lemon Twigs, this has still been a good day for music.

It must be fantastic to be Django Django right now. It’s been a jam packed year and the band, who are prevailed as one of the biggest indie success bands in recent years, have been non stop touring and releasing their second LP Born Under Saturn.

Jump forward to tonight and here at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, the art rock outfit are stunned to be playing at this legendary venue. Singer Vincent Neff specifically said “I can’t believe we’re playing here. I’ve been wanting to for fucking ever and it’s finally happening.”

Normally at a gig you’d expect the band to play their latest music first. But with Django Django, the guys decided to not mess with perfection and blasted onto the stage with ‘Intro’ and ‘Hail Bop’, covered in green neon light. Continuing with the classics, the guys belt out ‘Storm’ followed swiftly by the heavy beats and synths of newer track ‘Shake & Tremble’.

Up next is a clear fan favorite here tonight, ‘Reflections’. You can just see everyone's head bopping up and down to this techno jazzy track, with the help of saxophonist James Mainwaring.

Changing the tone a bit, we head into ‘Love’s Dart’ with Neff announcing Dave Maclean on “the cardboard box”. These guys are just so versatile, chopping and changing between instruments.

The production is just stellar. It’s what adds to a Django Django gig. I wouldn’t expect such an enthusiastic performance without the details out into the stage video. You can feel the heat of what looks like fireballs on screen mixed in with the performance by the guys.

Mixing it up again, Tommy Grace (synthesiser operator) moves over to the drums for ‘Slow West’. The gradual reverbs of this slow western is a nice reprieve before ‘Firewater’. A deep and heavy bass contrasting with Neff’s high vocals. This is followed by ‘Waveforms’ which sees bassist Jimmy Dixon have a swatch on the drums.

Leading into ‘Skies Over Cairo’, both Neff and Dixon take hold of the synths and then all goes manic with a lead into hammering drums and an Egyptian influenced sound throughout. Another fan favourite, or so the crowd leads us to believe with their hysteria. One man proves this with his so eloquent mash of raving and dad dancing.

Taking down the tone a bit is ‘Default’ with its bouncy electro-pop western style encouraging the crowd to bounce along with it. Which takes us into the more summery ‘Life’s a Beach’, which for tonight's blistering gales is a nice change.

Finishing up, its ‘WOR’ with distorted visuals, alarm bells ringing and utter mayhem on stage from the guys. They have the power, quite literally by bringing the crows to their knees. And so it should end. But all night the band have preferred old hits, so an encore of ‘4000 Years’ and ‘Pause Repeat’ seems app. This before finishing of on oldy ‘Silver Rays’.

If there’s anything that can be picked up from tonight is that Django Django are refreshing and smart. Bringing all these different sounds together and not wholeheartedly sticking to one card makes them stand out.