The Smiths * The Supremes * The Go-Betweens * Dusty Springfield * Belle & Sebastian * Love * Tammi Terrell * Aztec Camera * The Ronettes * Orange Juice * Beach Boys * The Temptations * Velvet Underground * Felt * The Shangri-Las * Primal Scream * Otis Redding * The Field Mice * Dexys Midnight Runners * Camera Obscura * The Four Tops * Melba Moore * The Orchids

For more on the club's music policy, go here

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE CANTERBURY ARMS
8 Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, SW9 7QD, London, 9pm-2am, map of the venue is here, £4 members, £6 non members. Membership is free! Register here,

Dec 5th - Phil King (Jesus And Mary Chain/Lush/Felt)
Jan - No Brixton HDIF in January
Feb 6th - Eleftheria Ioannidou (Astrogirl/Wave Radio)

The guest DJs are on between 10.30 and midnight

THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE PHOENIX
37 Cavendish Square  London, W1G 0PP, 9pm-3am, map of the venue is here, £4 members, £6 non members. Membership is free! Register here

Please note the venue has a new policy regarding age - if you're 18, 19 or 20 or look younger than 21, you may be asked to show ID. Please make sure you bring some along, or you might not be allowed into the club.

Dec 20th - Raffle Bat Bat (Simon Fanfarlo & Clare James Clare)

The guest DJs are on between 10.30 and midnight


You can plan your journey (including night buses, if necessary) to either of the HDIF venues using the TFL journey planner. Just click below:

HDIF Presents at Brixton Jamm

We're putting on free live shows on the fourth Thursday of every month at Jamm in Brixton. There's more info about the nights here, but this is what's coming up:

November 27th - The Madrigals/The Puncture Repair Kit/Electrophonvintage/Lost Left

December 25th - No show in December, of course!

HDIF Presents at Brixton Windmill

We're doing a one-off show at Brixton Windmill on Thursday Nov 6th, featurng Pelle Carlberg, The School, Arctic Circle and The Noughts And Crosses Band. There's more info here.

Guardian Indie Pop feature 2004 - excellent piece about indie pop and HDIF
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1325674,00.html

Hilarious piece about HDIF from the Big Issue - "This, it would seem, is where young librarians go to let off steam"

What the ladies and gentlemen of the press have said about the club:

"Tortured soul convention. Unusual but it works" - The Guardian Guide (number four club of the week), 15/6/02
"Emotional and sincere songwriting from across the board gets the treatment it deserves" - The Guardian Guide (number five club of the week), 17/8/02
"London's premier indie pop Motown club" - Dotmusic
"Highly recommended club night this - especially if like me, you're hurtling at 100 miles an hour towards 30 years of age and can remember when there were club nights around for sensitive boys and girls who liked their indie music a bit jangly and want to hear it mixed with the best of Motown" - myislington.co.uk
"Digging deep into a 60s to 70s selection with the Temptations, Beach Boys, The Shangri Las and into the 80s with The Smiths, Belle And Sebastian - 'a celebration of an emotion in motion'. Deeeep." - Time Out London
"Who said clubbing's dead? Pah! It's just fractioned back into smaller parties where it's all about the music and the vibes (maan!) This is rockin' its stockin's off!...No dollar sign aspirations in sight!" - Time Out London (15/1/03)
"Resolution 52. I will dance to the Beach Boys and The Smiths again." - Time Out London Critics' Choice (14/1/04)
"A success that surprised even the promoters. No bank note rolling intentions, just a rockin' party!" - Time Out London (14/1/04)
"Absolutely the best night in the whole of the world!" - Laura Barton, The Guardian (19/7/04)
"Rediscover your sensitive indie side at this fabby, intimate party" - The Times, critic's pick (9/4/05)
"Legendary indie club" - NME.com (17/8/05)
"Smack bang in the middle of town, this extra special party really knows how to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step (ie it feels good!)" - Time Out London (13/12/05)
"With a music policy to die for ... expect a night of indiepop, sixties girl groups, Northern Soul and Motown, all enhanced by the awkward, exuberant dancing of the city’s twee brigade, as once a month the skinny ties come out in force to pick their vintageheeled way towards the Jericho Tavern. The DJing is normally spot on, second-guessing what the crowd wants to hear before the crowd really know themselves. Good times then, this is the closest you will come to being loved by a club night." - The Oxford Student (25/5/06) Read the full review here
"Sensitive types are devotional about this lesser known indiepop night that wears its heart (ache) on its sleeve. Everything from The Beach Boys and Dusty Springfield to Belle and Sebastian and, of course, The Smiths gets played, with the overriding theme being unbridled emotion. Bowl haircuts, rim glasses and anoraks are preferable but not essential. A tortured soul, on the other hand, is a must." The London Paper, Sept 2006
"How Does It Feel To Be Loved? is a twice a month extavanganza of northern soul, revelling in the lush sound of pop from The Supremes to Orange Juice and Dexys Midnight Runners." - Uncut website, Nov 2006
"Sensitive indie anthems, girl-group classics, great lost singles and the pick of the Sarah and Postcard imprints." - Top Five Clubs Of The Week, Ed Potton The Times (16/8/08)
"HDIF's Ian Watson delivers a wonderful mix of indie pop, northern soul, Motown, girl groups and '60s heartbreak." - Time Out London (Sept 2008)

A great review of the John Peel Tribute Night on LondonNet.Com
http://www.londonnet.com/ln/out/ent/clubs-howdoesitfeel.html

And a few kind words from Jo who attended the January night. A text message apparently sent from Jo to Chris.

"Ta again for helping me find the holy grail of nightclubs!"

Go here for some other kind words from HDIF-goers

Thank you all!