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We
play:
Belle & Sebastian * Dusty Springfield
* The Magnetic Fields * Love * Orange Juice * The Ronettes * Ramones
* The Supremes * Aztec Camera * Beach Boys * Buzzcocks * The Cure * The Temptations * Velvet Underground
* Felt * The Shangri-Las * R.E.M. * Allo Darlin' * Otis Redding * The Field Mice
* Dexys Midnight Runners * Camera Obscura * The Four Tops * The Go-Betweens
* Pixies * Tammi Terrell * Jens Lekman * Jonathan Richman * Le Tigre * Pat Powdrill
* The Sea Urchins * Sleater-Kinney * Os Mutantes * Neutral Milk Hotel
* The Left Banke * The Associates * Martha Reeves & The Vandellas * Thee Oh Sees * Teenage Fanclub * The Pastels * Shop Assistants
Reviews
of How Does It Feel To Be Loved?:
"This hugely popular night knows there are few better
ways to enter the new year than with a soundtrack of classic sixties
soul and the most danceworthy janglepop and shimmering indie tunes."
- Time Out
“A speakeasy for anyone who suspects that their life is one big
Smiths song' - Big Issue
'Absolutely the best night in the whole of the world!” - The Guardian
“Much-loved indie pop institution” - The Quietus
“Legendary indie
club” - NME
"How
Does It Feel To Be Loved has, since 2002, easily been one of London’s
best club nights. Its unpretentious and welcoming nature, often fuelled
with everything from Belle & Sebastian and Orange Juice to Tamla
Motown and Dusty Springfield, swipes away any negative connotations
our capital has for being a cold, brutal and rather heartless place."
- Music OMH
"With a tag-line of ‘From the Smiths to the Supremes’
it’s the music policy that shapes How Does It Feel To Be Loved?;
indie-pop and soul draw a quietly hip bunch of revelers. Best of all
they are just so friendly; no aggro or posturing here – it’s
all crooked smiles and handclaps." - For Folk's Sake
"With
a decade of great nights under its belt How Does it Feel to Be Loved?
is one of London's most enduring and influential underground indie get-togethers."
Flavorpill
Future dates
Saturday January 17th - Talking Heads special. We kick off 2026 with a Talking Heads special, playing hits and fan favourites by Talking Heads alongside our usual mix of indie pop and soul. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/676780
Friday January 30th - C86 Special at The Great North Wood. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/686110/. More info here
Saturday February 21st - Pulp Special. Our annual Pulp special. Come and dance to your favourite Pulp smashes, alongside our usual mix of indie pop and soul. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/676782
Saturday March 21st - Pixies Special. It's been a while since we had a Pixies special, so let's have a night playing our favourite Pixies songs alongside our usual mix of indie pop and soul. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/676783
Saturday April 18th - Our 24th Birthday Party. Come and help us celebrate 24 years of dancing to indie pop, northern soul, tamla motown and 60s girl groups. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/686638/
Saturday May 16th - Patti Smith and CBGBs Special. We celebrate the CBGBs scene of the 1970s, with a special playing Patti Smith, Television, Blondie, Ramones, Modern Lovers and more. Tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/event/686639/
Saturday June 20th -The Cure Special. Our annual Cure special. Come and dance to a ton of Cure hits and fan favourites alongside our usual mix of indie pop and soul. Tickets here -
Saturday July 18th - 1986 Special. We play our favourite indie and pop songs of 1986, alongside our usual mix of indie pop and soul. This will include C86 but also a broader range of indie songs from the year. Expect to hear The Smiths, The Housemartins, R.E.M., Siouxsie And The Banshess, Husker Du, The Fall and more. Tickets here
About The Phoenix:
The Phoenix is on Cavendish Square in central London, a few mintues walk from Oxford Circus tube station. We have a gorgeous wooden dancefloor, a superb sound system, and drinks are at pub prices. HDIF has been at The Phoenix since 2005.
About How Does It Feel To Be Loved?
How Does It Feel To Be Loved? (often abbreviated to HDIF) has been running in London since 2002. We play indie pop, northern soul, Motown, and 60s girl groups at our nights - we love pop, we love guitars that jangle, we love foot stomping melodies and huge choruses. Over the years, we've had tons of fantastic guest DJs appear at the club, including Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian, David Gedge of The Wedding Present, Kevin Rowland of Dexys, Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, Jeffrey Lewis, and lots more (full list here). We also produce monthly podcasts (which are here), and run an all-ages family version of the club on the last Sunday afternoon of the month (info here). We've been called "legendary" by the NME, "an institution" by Time Out and The Quietus, "impeccable" by Londonist, and "the best night in the whole of the world" by The Guardian. We've been part of the line up of the End Of The Road festival since 2011. We do it because we love it.
HDIF
Podcasts:
Throw
a party in your living room with the latest HDIF podcast. The podcasts
have a variety of themes - some feature songs that were played at the
most recent club night, and some are new music specials focussing on
indie pop.
You
can listen to them here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/
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