Following last Saturday’s birthday shenanigans we’re right back on it this weekend with the launch of a new night, NEW!

Just to give you a little background on this, when we started Hot Pockets, we did so because we wanted to showcase some of the amazing new music we come across and love.*

Now whilst we’ve been happily doing that, the problem with 7″s is they’re quite expensive to produce, especially if you’re printing lush sleeves and using coloured vinyl, and sadly as we’re hardly Rockefellers, this limits us to putting one 3 or 4 a year.

So alongside the sevens we’ve decided to start doing a quarterly CD compilation, a round-up of all that is new and wonderful, and to go with this we’ll be running a monthly night at 93 Feet East, showing off bands from the compilations and the kind of bands we’d love to feature on the CD**.

Each compilation CD will come complete with a little book featuring interviews and features on the bands, and hopefully should be dirt cheap, so a great introduction to all sorts of new music.

Anyway to kick things off we’ve got quite a monster lineup, with one of our favourite acts to emerge this year Silver Columns, playing live in the man hall. Emerging all mysterious like earlier this year with the falsetto pop genius that was Browbeaten, SC went onto release one of my favourite albums of the year.

Joining them on the live stage is Hot Pockets own :Kinema: who should just about have recovered now from the epic stage invasion at their last London gig and another of our current obsessions, the excellent Danimal Kingdom.

If that wasn’t enough taking control of the decks we’re joined by Kill Em All’s finest the Filthy Dukes, Moshi Moshi DJs, Lovers & Gamblers and thisaintnodisco. As we said it’s going to be B I G.

Right let’s get your week started with a bang, wrap your ears around this Caribou remix of Silver Columns’ forthcomi g new single ‘Always On’, 9 minutes of joy.

Download: Silver Columns – Always On (Caribou Remix)

*We also have massive egos and liked the idea of being record label moguls.

**We’re still putting together the first one so whilst the bands on this lineup are indicative of the kind of bands we want to feature, don’t take it as read that these bands will be on there, little legal disclaimer there…