Yeah ok, so we may have over done it with this Thursdays theme but since we always fancied the lines "I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy / But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor" from the song There's Too Much Love by Belle & Sebastian and since indieclubs tend to play a lot of soul (why is that?) we thought "oh why not go all out this time".
Joining us we have two very special and old school northern DJ's: Sebban and Jonas. Sebban used to do The Gabb with Marcus Cawood, who's now our partner in crime at Retro with his new club Flipside. The Gabb was the place to be at in Malmö if you were a mod or just a soul or psych fan. We remember many fond nights with queues outside the venue before the night even started and then the always great handmade decorations taking you straight into a Quadrophenic mood. We're happy to drag Sebban from the Pickwick Pubs beer garden to play some great records. Jonas has straight A's in doing Northern Soul clubs in Malmö. With Cellar Soul Club, Club Understanding and now Function him and his fellow DJ's have put Malmö on the Northern Soul map with booking famous and geeky international DJ's and putting on nights that have had club goers doing back flips long into the early hours.
The So Tough So Cute Sound System (STSCSS) will be providing the Belle & Sebastian tunes alongside other indiepop while the to gentlemen will put on stomper after stomper and by the end of the night we should have a winner.
Please note that this night is at the new venue Rex
BELLE & SEBASTIAN vs NORTHERN SOUL
DJ's: Sebban (the Gabb) + Jonas (Function)
Thursday 2 September
Rex Källare, Nobelvägen 107, Malmö
18år | Gratis | 21-01 Facebook event
Thanks to everyone who showed up! You guys rule as always! We must say that we're quite happy with last nights playlist. Lots of girl fronted bands got played and we managed to avoid the obvious hits until the last half hour. Not that we really mind but sometimes it's nice do things a bit different. So thanks again and thanks to John of Chocolate Barry who jumped in and played some nice soul and pop (Mopeds!)
Summer's almost over and school is in! What better to impress you new classmates with than a synth and punky new mixtape? We've got tracks that'll make the teachers keep an extra eye on you and the principal call you up to his office. But what do you care? You're sixteen, you've got your tongue firmly placed in your cheek and your two fingers in a permanent up yours-mode and you sleep with your Crass singles and Spectors' Back To Mono box under your pillow. So enjoy this tape, there are some great sounds so play it loud, and please go buy the records or tapes and go see the bands.
1. Unit 3 with Venus - Beer
2. Colleen Green - Green One
3. First Base - She's Boy Crazy
4. Susan Rafey - The Big Hurt
5. Mutating Meltdown - Fantasy
6. Pens - You Only Like Me When I Tell You I'm Wrong
7. Times New Viking - No Time, No Hope
8. Trailblazer - Mallard
9. Commercials - Speeds The Time
10. Husband - Slow Motion
11. Sexual Harrassment - If I Gave You A Party
12. Quintron - Dirt Bag Fever
13. Broken Spells - Power Blinker
14. Beat Mark - Breeezing!
15. Comet Gain - I Never Happened
16. Wonderful Fellowship - Save The Kids
17. The Jameses - Rat People
18. Destroyer - No One Needs To Know
Oh boy do we have some treats for you this week! We have, not one, but two awesome parties with, not one, but two awesome sets of guest-DJs! So excited!
The DJ for our night on Thursday is our friend Ian Watson of How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in London. Weather the club is in the deep dirty south in Brixton or in Central London it's always an amazing night out with all boys and girls dressed up to their teeth in polkadot dresses and button down (Though seldom at the same time). Ian has visited Malmö twice before and it's always been a packed fun filled night and we've had equally fun times when having had the honour to play his night. Ian plays a great mix of sixties tunes and new and classic indiepop and if you've missed HDIF he's together a podcast you can have a listen to. Fun!
On Saturday we're very happy to have The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart gang playing records after their gig at Malmöfestivalen. The Pains have since their debut become one of the most loved and celebrated noise pop bands. And with good reason, as their specially roasted New York City blend of Buzzcocks, Field Mice and My Bloody Valentine has been as exciting on record as it has been on gigs. We've been curious as to what makes them tick so we've invited them to play records at So Tough! So Cute! for the official after-after party!
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE LOVED?
Thursday 19 August
Deep Club, Amiralsgatan 20, Malmö
23-03 | 30kr before midnight then 60kr | Facebook event
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART AFTER-AFTER PARTY
Saturday 21 August
Retro, Norra Skolgatan 24, Malmö
22-03 | Free | Facebook event
If you're under 20 and want to be sure to get in send us an email with your full name
It's time we had some proper twee back on this site don't you think? One can only take so many beach cravin' dope smokin' lo-fi garage bands and post-punk trios ya know what I'm sayin'. So who better to sort this mess out than the sweet Sumire of Tokyos Twee Grrrls club.
Sumire seems to be a restless girl as she's kept herself busy this year visiting and DJ-ing at indie pop events all over the world and back home she and six other grrrls do the Twee Grrrls Club as well as create fanzines, exhibitions, cassette mixtapes and just about everything else that has connections to the UK DIY scene. One bright and shiny day we hope to be able to visit and play the Twee Grrrls Club but in the meantime here's Sumires mixtape to brighten our day.
This Many Girlfriends Club
The Eternal Summers - Able To
Annie & The Aeroplanes - A Million Zillion Miles
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Let Me Go
Bubblegum Splash! - Plastic Smile
Betty And The Werewolves - Paper Thin
Strawberry Story - Pushbutton Head
The Heaters - Oh
They Go Boom!! - Take Me To The End Of The World
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Lost Saint
The Hit Parade - Crying
Magic Bullets - Lying Around
Shocking Stocking - Red China
Procedure Club - Vermont ll
Love Child - Ponytail
Internet Forever - Break Bones
Following the fantastic Smiths & Morrissey night at Deep we continue with another one of our summer theme nights. This time with a Manchester and Britpop Special so get sorted and come down for a funfilled night and please send us requests
So Tough! So Cute!
Manchester & Britpop Special
23-03 at Deep in Malmö
♥ FREE before 12 ♥
Wow what a fantastic weekend! Pop Punk Love was great fun and we want to thank everyone involved. The venues Tempo, Retro and På Besök; our guest-DJ's The Mongonaut and Jumping Fences; and Allo Darlin', The Smittens, Moustache Of Insanity and Nils Folke Valdemar. Our highlights of the weekend was Moustache of Insanitys set, which was so fun and charming, and The Smittens who played a great version of Beat Happenings 'Cast A Shadow'. So much fun! Hope you can see the bands when they're playing in Gotherburg and Stockholm the next few days!
The Mongonauts all vinyl DJ-set was amazing and it was so much to see everyone having fun dancing to it! Here's what he and the STSC soundsystem played. And you can still download the Mongonaut mixtape if you feel like you missed out
The Mongonauts playlist:
T. Rex - Baby Strange
Cheapskates - Run Better Run
Kim Fowley - Control
Bundle Of Fags - Art School Asshole
Kenny Rodgers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Jocelyn - Nitty Gritty
The People's Temple - Outta My Hands
Buzzcocks - Just Lust
Shangri-las - Sophisticated Boom-boom
The Markettes - Out Of Limits
The Coasters - Bad Blood
Lyres - I Really Want You Right Now
Stephen Eicher - Disco Mania
Teenage Lovers - Number One
The Brouges - I Ain't No Miracle Worker
Shadow Of Knight - Shake
? & The Mysterians - Girl (You Captivate Med)
Serge Franklin - KKK
Baby Huey & The Babysitters - Monkey Man
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire
Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Heavy Music (Part 1)
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
The Strangeloves - Caralin
The Blendells - La La La La La
The Shirelles - Last Minute Miracle
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
The Byrds - Feel A Whole Lot Better
Link Wray & The Raymen - Five & Ten
Love - 7 & 7 Is
Hunx & His Punx - You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
The Wailers - Dirty Robber
Bob Seger System - Ramblin Gamblin Man
Fergus & Geronimo - Blind Muslim Girl
Helen Love - Joey Ramoney
Bobby Moore - Chained To Your Heart
Jackie Wilson - Soul Galore
The Shells - Whiplash
The Contours - First I Look At The Purse
The Make-up - Free Arthur Lee
STSC playlist
Jeffrey Lewis - Big A, Little A
Beat Happening - Teenage Caveman
The Fresh & Onlys - I'm Not Myself Today
The Zoltars - Party at the Batcave
Comet Gain - I Never Happened
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
Manatee - Indecision
Real Estate - Beach Comber
Wire - Reuters
Dana Gillespie - You Just Gotta Know My Mind
Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Chain Smokin'
Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
Harlem - South Of France
Sweater Girls - Fingers Crossed
Dorotea - By My Side
Free Loan Investments - Kick His Balls Out
Tidy Ups - Dizzy Heights
Aerospace - Summer Still Reigns Supreme
Springfactory - Get Out Of Bed
Shop Assistants - Safety Net
Fat Tulips - Rainbow Sky
Hillary and the Democrats - I Wish That I'd Taken More Photographs
Annette Funicello - Pajama Party
Darlene Love - Not Too Young To Get Married
Exciters - Tell Him
Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
Jan & Dean - The New Girl In School
Allo, Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance
Heavenly - C Is The Heavenly Option
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Vernons' Football-Pool's Girls - We Love The Beatles
Thee Headcoatees - Teenage Kicks
The White Wires - That's The Way A Woman Is
French Kissing - Oh Suzanne
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Hefner - Hello Kitten
Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Single Version)
April Skies - Rise & Rise Again
Garbo's Daughter - Private Party
Madness - Nightboat To Cairo
The Survivors - Rawhide
Skatalites - Dick Tracy
Divers - A Swinging Safari
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Home Blitz - Is Anybody There?
Comet Gain - You Can Hide Your Love Forever
Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
