So Tough! So Cute! in London 28th October and Mixtape by Guest-DJ Astro Sofia

We're delighted to introduce Astro-Sofia from the Finnish indiepop club You Are The Light as the next guest-DJ in Stoke Newington London. You Are The Light being the babysister of London's How does It Feel To Be Loved? club we're really excited for this one and to get you a taste of things to come we asked her to put together a mixtape for us. As you can see it's leaning heavily and heavenly to the C-86 side of things. We like it. A lot.

Dream Faster!
The Shangri-Las - Sophisticated Boom Boom
The Pastels - Crawl Babies
Black Tambourine - Heartbeat
The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
Marine Girls - A Place in the Sun
Cats On Fire - Tears In Your Cup
Belle And Sebastian - A Boy With The Arab Strap
Wire - Ex-Lion Tamer
Fosca - I've Agreed to Something I Shouldn't Have
Moustache of Insanity - We Need More Awesome
Heavenly - C Is The Heavenly Option
Close Lobsters - I Kiss the Flowers in Bloom
Regina - Jos Et Sä Soita
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Passionate Introverts (Dinosaurs)
Burning Hearts - Into The Wilderness

Get it here

SO TOUGH! SO CUTE! with Astro-Sofia
Friday, 28 October 2011 at 11:00pm-4:00am
The Drop (downstairs of the Three Crowns)
175 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH, London, UK
Door: £4/3 with flyer och striped or polka dotted shirts&skirts
Please invite your friends to the Facebook event

Photos And Playlist from So Tough! So Cute! 8th October

Thanks for everybody coming down and making this a really fun night! For a while it looked like it would be a quiet night but then all of a sudden loads of people turned up and danced to pretty much whatever we threw on the turntables. Amazing.

As usual there are many more pictures on the Facebook page where you can tag your friends, lovers, cousins and the next night is on the 28th October in London when we have guest-DJ Astro-Sofia coming all the way from the You Are The Light indiepop night in Helsinki Finland. And then we have the Magnetic Fields special in Malmö in November

If you haven't received an invite it's because you need to join the new So Tough! So Cute! Events group.

You'll find the playlist after the pics.

Here's what we played!

Julie Ruin - Breakout A-Town
Dear Marje - Awkward Date
The Clean - Billy Two
Times New Viking - Anything Could Happen
Weekend - End Times

Aislers Set - Chicago New York
My Favorite - The Black Cassette
Denim - Middle Of The Road
Bleached - Think Of You
Slutever - No Offense

Coathangers - Trailer Park Boneyard
Terry Malts - Something About You
Jeffrey Lewis - No Lsd Tonight
Salsa Chips - Why You Gotta Be Like Dat
The Honey Dos - Bad Parts

Comet Gain - Clang Of The Concrete Swans
God Help The GirL - I'll Have To Dance With Cassie
Heavenly - Hearts & Crosses
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
Beat Happening - Midnight A Go-Go

Humousexual - Oh Camberwell
Frankie Rose And The Outs - Candy
Devon Williams - Your Sympathy
Look Blue Go Purple - Cactus Cat
Girlfrendo - Cat Heaven

The Hit Parade - My Favourite Girl
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - (If You) Keep Me In Your Heart
Art Museums - Dancing With A Hole In Your Heart
My Darling You! - Please Don't Talk To Me I Fall In Love So Easily
Kids On A Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth

Spectrals - Big Baby
Belle & Sebastian - I'm Waking Up To Us
Wake The President - She Fell Into My Arms
The Beas - International Girl
Smiths Feat. Sandy Shaw - Hand In Glove (With Sandy Shaw)

Orange Juice - Satellite City
The Man From Delmonte - Drive Drive Drive (22 And Still In Love With You)
Nixon - I Hope We Stay In Touch
The Cure - The Love Cats
The Drums - Money

Wax Idols - Gold Sneakers
The Chefs - Let's Make Up
Big Troubles - Sad Girls
Camera Obscura - Keep It Clean
Field Mice - Emma's House

The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Morrissey - Suedehead
Suede - Animal Nitrate
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Allo, Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars
Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Eternal Summers - Pogo
Ash - Girl From Mars

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Some One You Shouldn't've?)
Ebba Grön - Profit
Ramones - Beat On The Brat
Modern Lovers - She Cracked
Belle & Sebastian - Me And The Major

SmitHs - What Difference Does It Make?
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
Bob Hund - Allt På Ett Kort
Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!

Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heat Wave
Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
Broder Daniel - I'll Be Gone
Smiths - This Charming Man

Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone
Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard
Let's Wrestle - I Won't Lie To You
Joy DivisIon - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Omd - Enola Gay
Le Tigre - Hot Topic
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
The Strangeloves - Cara-Lin

Hunx And His Punx - Dream On (Little Dreamer)
Felt - Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow
Pulp - Babies
Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic?
Camera Obscura - French Navy

Broder Daniel - Shoreline
Royal Beat Conspiracy - Good All Over
The Stooges - 1969 (Original John Cale Mix)
The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
Tullycraft - The Punks Are Writing Love Songs

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Zebrassieres - Beach Fight
The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer
Billie Davis - Tell Him
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

Buzzcocks - Boredom
The Shop Assistants - Safety Net
Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Bristols - Questions I Can't Answer
Hefner - The Hymn For The Cigarettes

Comet Gain - You Can Hide Your Love Forever
Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want To Get Over You
Thee Headcoatees - Teenage Kicks
Field Mice - Sensitive

Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl

Dance This Mess Around

Three good things this Friday

Gigantic poster finally up after two days of struggling with printer

Mention in the Nöjesguiden club guide (niotillfem is one of our favourite blogs)

Amazing footage found

So Tough! So Cute! at Retro in Malmö 8th October

So Tough! So Cute! back at Retro in Malmö for a dance night where we play our favourite twee as fuck  pop punk, soul scorchers and indiepop bands like Magnetic Fields, Hefner, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Supremes, Veronica Falls, Ride, Cure, Vivian Girls, Beat Happening, Dum Dum Girls, Camera Obscura, Allo Darlin', Shop Assistants, Stone Roses, Field Mice, Belle & Sebastian, Crystal Stilts, Pulp, Broder Daniel, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Orange Juice and loads more.

So Tough! So Cute!  - Indiepop, Soul & Girl-groups disco

Saturday 8 October

Retro, Norra Skolgatan 24, Malmö

20-03 | 20kr | 20yrs (Email us to get on the 18yrs list)

Facebook event

Photos and playlist from So Tough! So Cute! in London

Still very high on fun and again very grateful that we get to go to London once a month and do this wee club night of ours and to see so many people having a great time. Thanks so much to everyone who turned up, to the bar staff, our new door girl Gemma and most of all Kajsa who played ace songs as usual. There are many more pictures on the Facebook page and the next night is on the 28th October when we have Astro-Sofia coming all the way from the You Are The Light indiepop night in Helsinki Finland. You'll find the playlist after the pics.

No party for you? If you haven't recieved an invite it's because you need to join the new So Tough! So Cute! Events group.

Here's what kajsa and we played:

Little Eva - Let's Start The Party Again
Veronica Falls - Come On Over
The Liminanas - Je ne suis pas trés drogué
Ed Templeton And Erica At Crazy Sexy Cool - Two Minutes In The Closet
Oh-Ok - Such N Such

Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90 Go
Trixie's Big Red Motorbike - Norman and Narcissus
Let's Whisper - Meet Me On The Dance Floor
Liliput - Die Matrosen
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends

Demon's Claws - Hunting On The 49
The King Khan And Bbq Show - Animal Party
Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever
Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
Christine Pilzer - Ah-Hem-Ho-Uh-Err

Pat Simon - Hold Tight
Comet Gain - An Arcade From the Warm Rain That Falls
Fresh & Onlys - August In My Mind
Hunky Dory - noisy fun famous
Candypants - Dishy

Bis - Kill Yr Boyfriend
Sock Puppets - I Blame Gravity
Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
Cub - Freaky
Lucksmiths - The Year Of Driving Languorously

Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Allo, Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
Hefner - The Day That Thatcher Dies
Spearmint - We're Going Out (Single Version)
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack

The Mo-dettes - Norman (He's No Rebel)
Ballboy - I Wonder If You're Drunk Enough To Sleep With Me Tonight
Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side

Acid House Kings - Under Water
Vivian Girls - Take It As It Comes
Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
Le Tigre - Hot Topic
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Girlfrendo - First Kiss Feelings Vs. Everyday Sensations
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

Jacques Dutronc - Le Responsable
Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
Davila 666 - Hanging On The Telephone
The Drums - Money

My Teenage Stride - To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge
X Ray Spex - I Can't Do Anything
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Håkan Hellström - Ramlar
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Some One You Shouldn't've?)

Esg - Dance
Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
Lykke Li - Get Some
Blur - Girls & Boys

Monks - Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Girls
The Go-Betweens - Lee Remick
Bearsuit - When Will I Be Queen?
St. Etienne - He's on the Phone
John Peel And The Fall - Intro/outro Edits

The Fall - Totally Wired
Pulp - Babies
Best Coast - Boyfriend
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
Young Friends - By My Baby

Broder Daniel - Underground
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire
Diana Ross and the Supremes - When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Indian Summer

Tullycraft - Wild Bikini
Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Hunx And His Punx - Dream On (Little Dreamer)

Shirley Ellis - Clapping Song
La Casa Azul - Sexual revolution (feat. Yeongene on vocals)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
Standard Fare - Fifteen
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

Rolling Stones - The Last Time
Link Wray & The Raymen - Five And Ten
Unrelated Segments - Where You Gonna Go?
Sonics - Have Love Will Travel
Lulu & The Luvvers - Shout
Billie Davis - Tell Him

Irma Thomas - Break-A-Way
Starlets - I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Family Guy - Rock Lobster

The B-52's - Rock Lobster
Smiths - This Charming Man
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Hefner - The Hymn For The Cigarettes
Ronettes - Be My Baby