SURYA

27 FEBRUARY 2013

★☆☆☆☆

Quick. Think of something nice to say.

ROUNDHOUSE

3 MAY 2013

★★★☆☆

Bronze medallists in the synth wars demonstrate they have a bit of a thing for Joan

THE O2 ARENA

28 MAY 2013

★★★★☆

Violated by the dark lord of goth-pop and we loved it

O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

18 SEPTEMBER 2013

★★☆☆☆

A powerhouse album’s anniversary performance falls short of the mark

ELECTRIC BRIXTON

18 OCTOBER 2013

★★★☆☆

A siren’s songs overshadowed by chattering millennials recounting dull festival stories

ROYAL ALBERT HALL

20 OCTOBER 2013

★★★★★

Immaculate

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

22 OCTOBER 2013

★★★☆☆

The Buddha of bucolic folk woos a crowd fuelled on cheese-and-pickle sandwiches

ROUNDHOUSE

31 OCTOBER 2013

★★★★☆

The Fraggle shaman leads us on a dream quest

FLOOD GALLERY

9 NOVEMBER 2013

★★☆☆☆

The prince of pissed-off plays a poster shop

ALEXANDRA PALACE

9 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★☆☆

Seattle rockers play Narnia

THE BLACK HEART

11 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★★★

Getting wasted in Camden with a quarter(ish) of Mötley Crüe

SCALA

12 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★★☆

Melodramatic indie greatness

ROUNDHOUSE

16 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★★★

Rediscovering the Numan in Gary Numan

O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

21 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★☆☆

Weird hippy circle makes nice music

THE 02 ARENA

30 NOVEMBER 2013

★★☆☆☆

Will you just bloody lighten up!

THE 02 ARENA

30 NOVEMBER 2013

★★★★☆

Still alive. Still kicking

ROUGH TRADE EAST

9 DECEMBER 2013

★★★★☆

An unexpected joy, crammed in the free jazz section

THE O2 ARENA

10 DECEMBER 2013

★★★★☆

In a box with the devil’s house band