How's January been for everyone? Bit chilly? Bit boring? Well, don't fear; here at your favourite music magazine (that's us, right guys?), we're ready to lift those spirits sky-high with our first Dork's Night Out of the year.

Taking place at Colours Hoxton this Friday, 27th January, we're bringing Coach Party, Sad Boys Club and deep tan to the stage for an incredible night - never mind the late-night DJ fun going on afterwards.

Ahead of the show, we've dropped a line to all three bands to see how they're preparing, what 2023 is set to bring, and, of course, their favourite pizza toppings. (Did we write these questions while quite hungry? Yes. - Ed).

You can check out what deep tan and Sad Boys Club had to say elsewhere, but now it's time for the headliners. Coach Party are long time Dork faves, previous Hype List alumni, and one of the best new bands in the country. We're expecting a lot from them tonight. They'll deliver, too. They always do.

How's 2023 treating you so far? How are your new year's resolutions going? Some seriously overwhelming stuff has been going down. Take this very moment as an example: I've just had the epiphany that if you start off making shepherd's pie the usual way, but then just put the mash directly onto the plate as a bed, and then pour your veg and gravy mix on top, you essentially have a reverse shep's with the same general taste and experience, but without the extra, and superfluous (in my opinion) stage of baking in the oven and adding a dish to the washing up pile. This is a mere glimpse into the creative high we are individually and collectively experiencing right now, and it scares us. Regarding new year's resolutions, I've just texted Jess to ask if she has one, as she's most likely to have thought about it. Ok, she just texted back. She said, "swim in the sea less, reduce risk of shark attack". Good for her, I say. If something needs to change, go for the root. As for a band resolution, I'll commit us to one right now and say that no one comes out of a Greggs without enough vegan sausage rolls for everyone. But we do that anyway. Ok, second resolution is to stop going to Greggs and shop local. We got a great VSR (vegan sausage roll) in this crazy little town when we were on a diversion off the A3 a while back - across the road, we saw Paul Weller come out of this bakery and get into his weird, eccentric car, so we stopped in there and yeah it was great. There were also lots of photos of Paul Weller in there. Also, so far this year, we've been making new music and stuff, but there's a time and a place to talk about that sort of thing.