Downstairs NEW PERSPECTIVES - Joining us on our adventures this month will be Rinse FM resident and acclaimed DJ of the moment, ALEXANDER NUT.  His spectrum of musical interests spans a worldwide family of the latest and greatest new era hip hop, post funk and soul (plus everything in between). Infact, his selection skills go so far that Phonica Records (one of London's leading record shops) named his Rinse:08 mix cd their 5th favourite release of 2009, placing it above an incredible range of global talents.  If that wasn't enough, the New Perspective regulars will be there, and we'll be dropping some exclusive new material, including the first play of Keep Up! 006, and a hot off the press Architeq remix of new Keep Up! signing BBG. 

 

Upstairs is taken over by BLACK FUZZ - serving up a mixture of spiritual funk, dirty soul, spaced out rock'n'roll, trippy soundtracks and defunkt pop.  Free entry - 6pm-1am

THE SUPER BOWL XLIV PARTY (IN AID OF SHELTER)

Money can be raised to help Shelter in their cause in various ways.   Shaking buckets on the street, forcing friends and family into sponsorship for dubious ventures and bake sales are all well and good, but when The Social wants to raise money, it needs to be big and it needs to be fun.  And events don’t come any bigger than the Super Bowl.   This year we present live from Miami, Super Bowl XLIV.  Downstairs, everything will be set up for The Super Bowl Party of a lifetime. 

From 8pm, the crowd will be treated to cheerleaders and DJs playing American rock, before the build up and the match live from Miami.  When the game starts, all attention will be on the massive screen downstairs and the action will be uninterrupted - including live coverage of the half time show by The Who – until the final whistle and the Super Bowl Champions of 2010 are crowned. The upstairs bar will be transformed into an American Diner – selling your favourite all American meals.  Tickets will be available from We Got Tickets, costing £5 in advance – EVERY PENNY of which will go to Shelter. 

Doors 7pm-late, £5 entry.

A special headline gig from KRAKATOA. Having supported Alabama 3 on an 18 date UK tour in November, the boys came back to the capital in December to play to a sold out crowd at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen. Make sure you catch them at a venue of this size while you still have a chance! Support comes from the wonderful ROACHES and the brilliant FILTHY BOY. Tickets - £4 seetickets.com / £5 Door - Doors 7pm-12am

www.myspace.com/strollonnights

Live:  A night of brilliant new bands, curated by BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens. New names for the new year; THE GOOD NATURED who is a shining new talent, LUCKY ELEPHANT (Sunday Best) and EZRA FURMAN AND THE HARPOONS over from the US for their first UK date + LISSIE.  DJ Felson and Huw spin tunes till late and between bands. 

Doors 7pm-12am, free entry

This exciting new night brings you the best headliners and hottest rising talent, for little more than the price of a pint! Featuring HAL CRUTTENDEN (as seen on BBC1, Channel 4, Paramount), LUKE BENSON, DANNY WARD, JOHN LUKE ROBERTS, ARIADNE THE GREEK WAG and compere BEN VAN DER VELDE. Doors 7.15pm, show ends 10.30pm with music until midnight.

Tickets £4/£3 on the door or through www.wegottickets.co.uk

LGQ mixes dancing with an all entertainment pub quiz made up of questions purely about music, pop culture, song lyrics, spot the intro, TV and film trivia.  Interjected with sing and dance offs, audience participation, random guest performers, random DJs, random point scoring and random prizes.   Hosted by HOLESTAR (Hot Mess / NYC Downlow) and TOM OKE (Edit / DJ Hero) AND Super Guests JONNY WOO + DISKOBOXX.  General knowledge quiz experts will be disappointed.....it's rather ridiculous.
Doors open 7pm.  Quiz starts at 8.30pm, 
dancing till 1am Tables, first come first served.  Free entry.

Downstairs BLAZE OF GLORY We continue into 2010 and this month have the mighty SOFT ROCKS joining us in the basement. The mysterious collective have been causing a stir for some time now, with various productions ebbing out of their secret bunker studio in Brighton. Last year's huge 'Leave Your Earth Behind' did the business on floors across the land, and 2010 will only see the Soft Rocks star burn brighter:  with a fresh Disco Powerplay 12" about to drop, a new 'Roots Unit' project forthcoming & remixes for the likes of Andrew Weatherall in the pipeline. Aside from the studio machine, the guys DJ right across Europe and glide from incredible disco, italo & balearic gems right into silky deep house and throbbing acid basslines.  As ever MATTY J & BEN TERRY (Tirk Records) will be keeping their end up and giving the people what they want, so to speak.

 

Upstairs THE HEAVENLY JUKEBOX, doors 6pm-1am, free entry.

Downstairs AUTODISCO - Special guest Richard Sen (Padded cell/Bronx Dog) joins the Autodisco DJs for this month's instalment of disco, edits, house and Balearic goodness. Richard has had an illustrious career as a grafitti artist, producer and DJ with releases on labels like DC Recordings, Tirk and DFA.  The Times recently wrote that “Autodisco is at the tip of the UK’s disco scene…” and placed their night alongside HMD, Disco Bloodbath and El Diablo’s as one of the countries main players. Check out the disco heat!

www.myspace.com/autodiscoeventsinfo

Upstairs KATE BONES plays records that float her boat.  Doors 6pm-1am – free entry

Live:

THE HENRY ROAD,

CRABS

+ ASTROHENGE. 

Doors 7pm, £4.

Love music and art? One Love night at The Social launches on 15th Feb and will be the place where great musicians come to get their music painted by the art world's very own rock star, Kilford – The Music Painter. Expect an eclectic fusion of great tunes and beautiful tones on this unique monthly installation.   Doors 7pm-12am £5 all proceeds to The Sam Buxton Sunflower Healing Trust.

www.cancertherapies.org.uk

February will feature MAPLE BEE aka Mel Garside (Tabitha Zu/Huski) doing her lush and pastoral big big songs along with SIC signings FITNESS CLUB FIASCO who are getting lots of radio play from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, RobDabank and John Kennedy in support of their debut single Forest City and some special guests from America who we can't announce yet.  Plus the bickering ILL FIT DJs, free swag, free entry and good old fashioned good times.  Doors 7pm-12am – free entry.

Live:

PINEY GIR

TIM TEN YEN +

2HOT2SWEAT

Electro-punk-pop duo 2 Hot 2 Sweat are proud to announce a new animal themed club night Pet Sounds, a happy amalgam of our twin obsessions of kick-ass music and little furry critters. The Social will be transformed for one night into a den of frolicking woodland creatures, frozen tundra dwellers, and tree habiting primates.  Come dressed as your favourite animal. 

Doors 7pm-12am – free entry

www.myspace.com/petsoundsclub

London’s original HHK night. Putting a fresh twist on the ancient art of post-work karaoke, Hip-Hop Karaoke London lets you get on the mic and act out your rap fantasies to the fullest. Easily as good as it sounds.  A truly amazing and now legendary night. Doors 6pm-1am, free entry – arrive early for sign up

www.hiphopkaraokelondon.co.uk

Downstairs we welcome a brand new Friday Night Pop Party called BIOLOGY featuring DJs Bobby Champagne Jr, Nick Levine and Danny (Heavenly Jukebox) spinning classic pop from the last 3 decades – everything from the Human League, via the KLF and all the way up to modern pop practitioners like Girls Aloud, Robyn and Annie.  Biology! – proving that Pop is NOT a four letter word! 

 

Upstairs is hosted by DROYD AND PHONES playing a Friday night soundtrack of boogie down classics back to back.  Doors 6pm-1am, free entry

Downstairs THE LOOSE CANNON’S who Rob Da Bank describes as "undoubtedly the finest party djs this side of Mars and our Bestival after party DJs of choice" will be sprinkling the hottest new electro bmore jackhouse dirt from their kiss radio show over club classics and all manner of up/down/over-tempo joy. Whatever they want, basically, from Boy 8 Bit to Fats Domino to Ten City. 

AND now joined by THE TRASH CAN DJS too who’ll be manning both up and downstairs!  Doors 6pm-1am, free entry

www.theloosecannons.com

This brand new night will seek the best new unsigned music currently performing in the UK in a unique and intimate setting. The emphasis on the night will be on students and showcasing student artists and bands. RSG has great relationships with several of the top music courses and Universities in London. Over the next few months there will be several exciting collaborations with these institutions to make sure RSG has access to the next big thing in music before it breaks.   Doors 7pm-12am, £4 entry – loads of great drinks offers for all signed up members (membership is free)

Live:

JOANA AND THE WOLF - This alluring lady and her pack of wolves have amassed quite a reputation for their powerful, dramatic art-rock propelled by lead singer Joana’s impeccable lungs. 

CAPTAINS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY - Saviours of Rock n’ Roll? The next Camper Van Beethoven?  Or just another ramshackle jangly guitar band from veteran London performers who are members of too many bands to count?  You decide.

+ SMALL ENGINE REPAIR - It takes a lot to make a snare drum mellow and melancholic, that’s when you know that a band are getting into truly soulful territory.  Small Engine Repair make every snare hit feel like the beat of a broken heart.  Classic contemporary folk music in the vein of Califone and Bonnie Prince Billy. 

Doors 7pm-12am, free entry

March 2010 marks the third edition of this festival, a now major event in Nice and on the French Riviera dedicated to the British culture and especially British music. 2010 line-up : 4hero, Dj Fresh, Foreign Beggars, Mark Force, Belleruche, Macka B, Earl16, Fink, Anthony Joseph and more.  To make this party unforgettable, Miss Callis, active and renowned member of the broken beat group ‘LadyBugz,’ will be delivering a particularly eclectic mix to bring together people from all musical backgrounds. By her side, Son of Kick and MC Two Tokez, a French producer who has captured the best of the London music scene since he settled in the capital years ago. And Tris Kayo, a DJ from London now living in the South of France, host of the popular radio show Le Guide Essentiel on Radio Monaco. doors 6pm-1am, free entry

Joining the dots between disco, dancehall, tropical rhythms and bass, South London's finest Nasty McQuaid & Mangno take a break from their roadblocked OffModern art raves to deliver some grimey party music sunshine to your Thursday night. This month they're joined by Top Nice supremo Louis Enchante who'll be bringing his bag of italo treats and electro pop magic to woo your ears and feet. + DJs upstairs (see website for details).  Doors 6pm-1am, free entry

Downstairs SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY is the monthly Friday night party from the crew that brings you Hip-Hop Karaoke London and their now very well loved blog of the same name.  DJs Rob Breezy and Superix throwdown all the classics and future classics that you want to hear until the early hours. It really is quite simple.   For free music, mixes, info, news, opinions and more of the good stuff, visit us at www.southernhospitality.co.uk. 

 

Upstairs the boys from RIDDIM AND SOUL dedicate a night to the sound of vintage soul, funk and reggae 7” vinyl.   Doors 6pm-1am, free entry

Downstairs SET THE TONE 67 is a cranked up night of original top boss reggae, rip roaring ska and smooth rocksteady – and this is their 6th birthday party.  Hosted by the rogues in brogues aka DEAN THATCHER + STEPHEN SAUNDERS. With very special guest JEFF THE FISH (IT'S YOUR THING).

www.myspace.com/setthetone67

Upstairs TBC.  Doors 6pm-1am, free entry.