Edwyn Collins
Purcell Room, SE1, Saturday
The former Orange Juice man returns after serious medical business, to present the Chic-meets-Velvets music of his youth and witty contemplations of his middle years.
The Hugs
The Windmill, SW2,
Saturday Vines-meets-Libertines, from the US. Young, scruffy guitar hooliganism the order of the day on a 1965 Records night that also features the Brian Jacket Letdown.
Kelley Stoltz
The Borderline, W1, Monday The San Franciscan
record shop employee performs the quality, tuneful, 1960s-inspired,
I-work-in-a-record-shop music of his Circular Sounds album.
Black Lips
Heaven WC2, Tuesday
Garage rock for hipsters from the American band with a reputation for spirited engagement with their audience. 'Taches, outbreaks of violence and intermittent songs.
Peter, Bjorn And John
KOKO, NW1, Tuesday
The Swedish composers of the generally ubiquitous Young Folks return. A new, largely instrumental album — Seaside Rocks — offers a way forward.