Fresh-faced rebel (ie he's gone acoustic in a snub to the Auto-Tune age) Patrick Wolf tours in Feb (4-13, tour begins St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford) and has just added a big date at Queen Elizabeth Hall (6 Apr, SE1) ...
An experimental vocal-drums collaboration between Richard Youngs and Damon Krukowski comes with a bonus set of ex-Galaxie 500 wonder by Damon & Naomi (26 Jan, Cafe Oto, E8) ...
More indie-of-yore hero-worship as Yo La Tengo revisit these shores to veer gloriously from dream pop to noise rock (20-23 Mar, tour begins Barbican Hall, EC2) ...
Owners of Levi's corduroy jackets everywhere will be cheered by the return of indie pop godfather and Glasgow's best-known bird fancier Edwyn Collins, who plays material from forthcoming new album, Understated (Union Chapel, N1, 24 Apr) ...
Finally, radio-friendly math-pop might sound impossible, but Two Door Cinema Club make it work, adding more dates to their mostly sold-out tour (Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, 26 Apr, Alexandra Palace, N22, 27 Apr)
