Elvis Perkins @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 4 Nov

Elvis - son of late actor Anthony and Vogue photographer Berry - Perkins won hearts and accolades on both sides of the Atlantic with his debut album Ash Wednesday back in June. When The Skinny recently asked the suave troubadour how wandering the earth for most of 2007 had impacted on his music, the man answered in riddles: "Well, I've experienced mostly highways, greenrooms and strangers in the past year so the next record might be full of numbers moving quickly through the fields of the familiar and on into the face of the unknown." Perkins places much value on his band of travelling companions, Dearland, and what they add to the live incarnation of his melancholy folk-rock sound. "Dearland is made up of Nicholas Kinsey, Brigham Brough and Wyndham Garnett. The current family includes some roving members and it may grow over time, but there won't be a Dearland without these gentlemen." [Hamza K]