I quite like the new "Dexy's Romo Runners" direction.

My fave Wolf story: unable to amicably resolve a dispute with his former label, he shat in a tupperware tub, cycled through London with the still-warm cack in his shopping basket, then, upon arriving at the record co.'s office, carefully posted his deposit through their letterbox.

Well, that's pretty hardcore. Heh.

Is this pretty typical of his music? This is the first I've ever heard of him.

Kind of. I never really thought much of his music initially (twee ukelele ballads with drum & bass undertow not my thing!) but the recent Lycanthropy album is okay, and along these lines. Also there's a great song about Virginia Woolf on the album before that (I think).

He's probably best experienced live, to be honest - when you get bored of the music you can total up the number of girls and boys gazing at him with pure love who ostentatiously display/hide their self-harming scars.

I'd never heard of him until very recently. I'm still undecided but he's growing on me slowly, so I guess I'll check him out.

To derail a bit, I heard a session by Annuals last night. If you like Arcade Fire and similar bands, you'll be blown away by them. Give this WOXY session a listen - it's absolutely stunning.