So yes, I get somewhat excited about him.
This led me to taking a very hungover trip into London on Friday to see him perform at Selfridges as part of their 100th birthday celebration "Big Yellow Festival".
"DJ Yellow" kicked things off on the tiny stage (in view of the Cath Kidson concession where all I wanted to do was buy even more patterned re-usable shopping bags to add to my collection), one of the last tracks he played? "Shoes" by Tiga. Which made me quite the happy little bunny.
Mr Wolf arrived on stage, clad in cut-off leather pants (the flies of which remained open for a large proportion of the performance... Accidentally of course...), knee-high black and white socks, Doc-Martin esque boots, black "straight jacket" style shirt with leather braces hinting at a penchant for S&M, bleached hair everywhere.
Over the course of the performance, the crowd (including some highly bemused shoppers) were treated to some 'more illuminated than usual' versions of tracks from his soon-to-be-released album 'The Bachelor', including 'The Vulture' and upcoming single 'Hard Times', alongside some 'Magic Position' era singles 'Accident & Emergency' and, a personal favourite, 'Bluebells'. Throughout which he proceeded to grab a young boy by the hair, grind his rear in the face of a front-row spectator, climb and subsequently throw himself from the modest PA system and use a member-of-the-crowd's seemingly precious Franz Ferdinand plectrum.
Patrick was on top form with the banter, conversing with the crowd in-between tracks, endorsing shoplifting and offering the thought that his music is more suited for "that time when all the lights in your house have gone", which made a welcome change from the last time I saw him at the tail-end of 'The Magic Position' tour.
The set ended with a rendition of Happy Birthday dedicated to his father for his 60th birthday, with a bit of Lady GaGa thrown in for good measure. Obviously.
Have a look at some of the videos that are floating around YouTube.
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