How Does It Feel To Be Loved?

About Me

HDIF is a London club night that plays indie pop, northern soul, tamla motown, girl groups, sixties heartbreak and lots more. We're on the first Friday of every month at The Canterbury Arms in Brixton, and on the third Saturday of every month at The Phoenix on Cavendish Square.
We've had a host of guest DJs play at HDIF, including Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian), David Gedge (Wedding Present), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Stephen Street (Smiths/Blur producer), Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura), Dan Treacy (Television Personalities), and The Actionettes (who've also danced at the club several times).
Our website is at http://www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk
The first release on the HDIF label, a 19 track indiepop compilation called "The Kids At The Club", featuring I'm From Barcelona, Voxtrot, Tender Trap, Language Of Flowers, Fosca, and lots of superb new bands, is out now. The second release, "Profit In Your Poetry" by Butcher Boy, is out on March 5th. We're taking advance orders now from http://www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk/hdiflabel.html
The MySpace page for our sister site, the Indie Travel Guide, is here - http://www.myspace.com/indietravelguide
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My Interests

Music:

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, Magnetic Fields, The Isley Brothers, Heavenly, Brenda Holloway, Hefner, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Movies:

Breakfast At Tiffany's, Amelie, Gregory's Girl, Black Cat White Cat, Taste Of Honey, Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, Rear Window, Withnail And I

Books:

A Confederacy Of Dunces

Heroes:

Kevin Rowland * Smokey Robinson

My Blog

Sat Jan 26th 2008 - Smiths special at the 100 Club!

To coincide with Morrissey's residency at the Roundhouse, we're holding a special one-off HDIF at the 100 Club on Saturday January 26th. The night will be a Smiths special, and we'll be playing all of...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:18:00 PST

Smiths special and Bonnie & Clyde at HDIF on Saturday!

Hello!Just a quick note to say that this Saturday's HDIF in central London will bea Smiths special. Every so often we do a night where we play all of aparticular album over the course of the evening -...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Thu, 17 May 2007 04:15:00 PST

Pet Sounds special at HDIF on Saturday Dec 16th!

This Saturday we're having a "Pet Sounds" special at HDIF. I wanted to do something Christmassy, that didn't involve playing any Christmas songs. For a while, I toyed with doing something around the "...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:11:00 PST

The Kids At The Club

Hello!We're very pleased to announce the forthcoming release of our first recordon the HDIF label. "The Kids At The Club" is a 19-track indiepopcompilation, featuring Saturday Looks Good To Me, Voxtro...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:21:00 PST

Thank you!

Hello!Just a quick note to say thanks very much to everyone who came to HDIFPresents on Thursday and HDIF at the Phoenix on Saturday. Both fabulousnights, Saturday especially - playing all of "The Boy...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:58:00 PST

Saturday July 15th - B&S special at HDIF at The Phoenix

I know, I know...!Because we've moved to the first Friday in Brixton and the third Saturday atthe Phoenix, every so often the calendar does a weird temporal shimmy anddeposits the two weekends next to...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:57:00 PST

Saturday June 17 - Darren Hayman at HDIF at The Phoenix

Hello!We've very very pleased to announce that this Saturday, HDIF returns to thePhoenix on Cavendish Square in central London. Our guest DJis Darren Hayman of Hefner fame. Darren turned in an excelle...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:19:00 PST

Friday June 30th - Seven And Seven Is

Hello!Well I suppose I ought to knock together something about this. I'm doing a one-off night at the Buffalo Bar. I had this idea ages ago, and booked the night in January - and now it's almost upon ...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Fri, 26 May 2006 05:09:00 PST

Friday Feb 17th - Last north London HDIF for a while...

Hello! I'm sorry to say that this Friday's HDIF is the last we'll be doing at The Phoenix on a Friday. There is a chance we might move to a Saturday at The Phoenix, or we may well end up on a Frida...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:12:00 PST

Friday Feb 3rd - Ramesh from Voxtrot DJs at HDIF

I'm very pleased to announce that we're returning to The Canterbury Arms in Brixton on Friday February 3rd. Our guest DJ will be Ramesh Srivastava, the singer with the American band Voxtrot. If you ...
Posted by How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:00:00 PST