Hello! As I'm sure you all know, today is John Peel day, a celebration of the life and work of the legendary broadcaster and music fanatic. Countless gigs are being staged across the UK in tribute to the great man and we're proud to be playing a small part with our fourth HDIF Presents bill. As a mark of respect I¹ll be playing excerpts from the 1988 Festive Fifty between the bands and afterwards. The 1987 fifty was the next logical one to play after our 1986 Festive Fifty tribute last year, but somehow the 1988 fifty seems more fitting. The 1988 Festive Fifty is here - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lng/Festive88.htm I'll be playing tracks from the first half before and between the bands, and tracks 25-1, in order, afterwards. HDIF Presents IV Thursday October 13th The Windmill, Brixton, 8pm - late, £5 for non members, £3 for members Labrador Super suave indie popsters from Denmark, Labrador pick up where St Stienne left off at the end of ³So Tough², with dreamy, trumpet-bolstered bursts of pop perfection. If you¹re a fan of early Trembling Blue Stars, My Favorite or St Etienne (of course), then you¹ll love these. http://www.labrador.dk/ The Red Stars A brand new band from Islington and Lambeth, The Red Stars inhabit a quietly stylish dreamworld where Roddy Frame fronts the Tindersticks, and indiepop is equal parts poetry, sophistication and a perfectly strummed guitar. Formerly members of the 1940s-tinged (and Actionettes-associated) Heist. Lucky Soul A female fronted five piece from Greenwich, Lucky Soul sound like The Pipettes flirting with Saint Etienne (them again!), all sleek sixties melodies and songs to make your heart melt. http://www.luckysoul.co.uk Tickets are onsale now at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/6711 Hope to see you later on! Ian x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+