clubs
VENUES
I The 13th Note 80 Glassford Street. 553 1638.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange Square. 221 7080.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street. 204 3189.
I The Arches Midland Street (off Jamaica Street). 221 9736.
I The Arena 15-27 Oswald Street. 221 3010.
I Atlantis Bar 22 Cambridge Street. 333 I374.
I The Attic (enter through The Garage). 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Baby Grand 3 Eltnbank Gardens. 248 4942.
I Bar 10 10 Mitchell Lane (ofl' Mitchell Street). 221 8353.
I Bargo Albion Street. 552 2680.
I Bar Miro 36 Kelvingrove Street. 353 0475.
I The Bedsit l Park Drive.339 0432.
I Bennet's 80 Glassl‘ord Street. 552 5761. I Betty’s Mayonnaise 37 Queen Street. 221 5934.
I Blackfriars Underground (below Blackfriars). 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane. 342 4966.
I The Cathouse 15 Union Street. 248 6606.
I Caledonian University Student Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681.
I CCA Cafe Bar 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7864.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road. Kelvinbrid ve. 334 0560.
I Club Xc ange 25 Royal Exchange Square. 204 4599.
I Cottiers 93 andland Street. 357 5825.
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane. 649 4717.
I Fixx II 86 Miller Street. 221 1568.
I Fury Murry’s 96 Maxwell Street. 221 6511.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street. 332 0691.
I Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue. 339 8697.
I Ironhorse Bar West Nile Street. 332 2215.
I Jet 15 Benalder Street. 337 1100.
I King Tut's Wah Wah Hut St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
I Lime (formerly The Cotton Club) 5 Scott Street. 332 0712.
I Maxaluna 410 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1003.
I Media 8: Press Club 94 West Regent Street. 400 1033.
I Mojo's Bath Street. 331 2257.
I Nice 'n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.
I Nico's 375 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5736.
I October Cate Top floor. Princes Square (off Buchanan Street). 221 0303.
I Polo lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 l221.
I Queen Margaret Student Union 22 Universit Gardens. 339 9784.
I RAF Ub 27 Ashley Street. 332 4465 I Rat Trap 9 Brown Street. 221 7233.
I Reds 379 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1635. I R.G.'s 73 Queen Street. 221 2200.
I Rocksy's Basement 40 New Sneddon Street. Paisley. 552 5791.
I Rooftops 92 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883.
I Sadie Frost's 8— 10 West George Street. 332 8005.
I Strathclyde University Student Union 90 John Street. 552 1895.
I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street. 248 4600.
I Tin Pan Alley Mitchell Street. Glasgow, 248 8832.
I Times Square St Enoch Square. 221 6579.
I Trash 197 Pitt Street. 353 2306.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000.
I Variety 4OISauchiehall Street. 332
4449.
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street. 332 0755.
I Yo Yo 31 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I ABC Film Centre 120 Lothian Road. 228 1638.
I The Attic Dyer’s Close. Cowgate. 225 8382.
I Assembly Rooms George Street. 220 4348.
I The Basement Broughton Street. 557
0097.
I La Belle Angele ll Hasties Close. 225 2774.
I Cate Gratfitti Mansfield Place Church (bottom of Broughton Street). 557 8003. I Cavendish West Tollcross. 228 3252. I C.C. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place. 556 9331.
I Century 2000 31 Lothian Road. 229 7670.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street. 622 7086. I The City Cafe Blair Street. 220 0125. I Edinburgh Rock Cafe 125a Princes Street. 226 1664.
I Filmhouse Bar Lothian Road. 228 2688.
I The Gallery 232 Cowgate. 225 5583. I Gran Via-Tasca 3 South St Andrew Street. 556 1020.
I Henry's Cellar Bar Morrison Street. 221 1288.
I The Honeycomb 36—38A Blair Street. 220 4381.
I The Jaffacake 28 Kings Stables Road.
229 7986.
I The Lane 7 Queensfen'y Street Lane. 226 6828.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564
I The Living Room 235 Cowgate. 225 4628.
I Club Mercado 36/39 Market Street. 226 4224.
I Minus One (Carlton Highland Hotel) North Bridge. 556 7277.
I Moray House Holyrood Road. 556 5184.
I The Moscow Bar South St. David‘s Street. 556 6375.
I Negociants Lothian Street. 225 6313. I Oddfellovvs 14/ 16 Forrest Road. 220 1816.
I PJ. Lyies 138—140 Leith Walk. 467 7051.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street. 226 2224.
I Potterrovv Union Bristo Square. 650 8090
I Rocking Horse Cowgate. 225 3326. I Royal Highland Exhibition Centre lngliston.
I Stones Frederick Street. 226 1226. I Studio 24 Calton Road. 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate. 225 6766.
I The Tap O'Lauriston Lauriston Place. 229 4041.
I Teviot Row Bristo Square. 650 4673. I Traverse Theatre Bar Cambridge Street. 228 1404.
I The Vaults Niddry Street. 558 9052. I The Venue Calton Road. 557 3073. I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College Of Art. Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I Walkers 12 Shandwick Place. 226 2887.
I Why Not? The Dome. George Street. 624 8633.
I Wilkie House Cowgate. 225 2935.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS continued
I Trainspotter at The Subway. lOpm—3am. £1 (free for students with matriculation card). A mix of indie and dance.
I Vegas Angel at The Lane. 9pm-lam. £4 (£3). New weekly Monday nighter with Scott Hunter and John McDonald tnixing up UK and US garage for those who can‘t stop artying.
I The Westsr e at Wilkie House. 10.3(1pm—3am. £2. 30 Jun. Soul. hip hop. ragga. old skool and funk with DJ Bazil Blade. Tablecloths and candles are the order of the night.
EDINBURGH TUESDAYS
I Calabash at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly chilled vibes from Gavin the Jazz King and Fawaz.
I C.C. Blooms l lpm—3am. Free. Same as Fridays but with 60s. 70s and 80s tunes.
I John Coltrane Tribute Band at The Honeycomb. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Coltrane goes spicy with the help of live musicians and DJs Eh'.’ Wun! (Seen) and Billy (Slack).
I Motherfunk at The Venue. llpm—3am. Free. Exceptionally popular rare groove and funk night.
EDINBURGH WEDNESDAYS
I C.C. Blooms l lpm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Ceroc at Moray House. 7.15—10.3()pm. £4 (£3.50). Energetic jive from France with varied music including blues. chart and reggae. Beginners class at 7.30pm.
I lub Tropicana at The Citrus Club. 10.30pm—3am. £tbc. Weekly night of self-proclaimed. unashamed supercheese at this student-orientated club.
I Dancefloor Jazz at The Honeycomb. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Jazz. funk and groove with a live mystery band.
I The Deep End at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Student-orientated night with excellent drinks promos and a wide playlist. taking in chart. indie. 70s. 80s and 90s.
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I Dub Department at Negociants. 10pm—3am. Free. Spiritually uplifting dub courtes of the Rude boys.
I International Bright Young Thing at The Rocking Horse. 10.30pm—3am. 1.30am curfew. £2. New weekly night aimed at backpackers. holiday makers and foreign exchange students (and locals on the pull?) The playlist will be vaguely indie but with a cosmopolitan twist. Drinks promos run riot between
I lpm and lam.
I The Nightshift at The Lane. 9pm—3am. £2 before midnight; £3 thereafter. Seventies. 80s and various classic dance tracks to see you through till the weekend. Excellent drinks promos.
I Oddfellows 8pm-lam. Free. Pre- Shark. student cheapy drink. karaoke knees-up. With MC Calverto.
I Out 2 Lunch at Po Na Na.
1 lpm-3am. Free. With H (Tribal Funktion). Johnny Leopardskin and Lunch Mates putting the electric into eclectic. Very busy this one.
I The Transporter Room at The Attic. 10pm—3am. £3 waged; £2 unwaged; £1 members. New tnembership cards available in June. Residents Scottie and 8qu host this long-standing and well respected night of DJs and live music. Look out for gigs from some of the best reggae. funk and hip hop bands in Scotland. as well as loads ofjazz musicians. With compere Vinni Poontang.
I Whale at The Jaffacake. l lpm—3am. £2. Two floors of funk. house and charty dance. With drink promos. Happy Hour 1 lpm—midnight with selected drinks only 50p.
EDINBURGH THURSDAYS
I Brutus Gold's Love Train at ()ddfellows. 8.30pm—lam. Free. Brutus Gold with tunes from the 70s. Plus promotions. prizes. games and giveaways.
I C.C. Blooms l lpm—3am. Free. See Fridays.
I Club lndilta at The Rocking Horse. Entry through Shady Lady‘s in the Cowgate. llpm—3atn. £2. The latest in dancehall. ragga and reggae.
I Eden at La Belle Angele. Next date 17 Jul. Monthly.
I In Yer Face at The Tap O‘Lauriston. Spin—lam. Free. Weekly techno in this pub.
I Kinky Indie at The Citrus Club. 10.30pm—3am. Price tbc. Old and new indie at this student-loving venue.
I The Living Room 9pm—lam. Free. DJ 4th V presents a fusion of soul. funk and hip hop. Pre-club.
I The Mambo Club at The Cavendish. lOpm—Iate. £4 (£3). Midweek edition of Sir Ossie‘s eternally popular Mambo. Expect the same uptempo sounds as Saturdays: funk. soul and rap.
I Overboard at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. £3. Cheap drinks and various indie and pop sounds.
I On The Razzle at Walkers. 6ptn—3am. £1. Remember Busters. Cinderellas and Tiffanys‘? Over 25‘? Single-ish‘? This charmingly-named night could be the one for you. Complimentary nibbles. Happy Hour 6—8pm. live bands. DJs and cabaret.
I Pants at Stones. lOpm—lam. Free. Indie session with spirits at 50p a shot. I Red, Hot And Cool at The Lane. llpm—3am. £3. Soul and funk vibes.
I Skuff at The Vaults. 10.30pm—3am. £4. 3 Jul. Monthly. Edinburgh's Neil Landstrumm (Scandinavia. Peacefrog and Sativae Records) plays his last live set in the capital for at least a year at this new quality techno night. Residents are Charis. Morris and Hugo. Robert Armani guests on 31 Jul.
I Shag at The Rocking Horse. llpm—3am. £3. Free chocolate. ridiculous competitions and an unashamedly kitsch pop playlist at this extremely popular Thursday night club. I The Unspoken Thing at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Trip hop. hip hop. drum 'n‘ bass and beats ‘n‘ scratches from Edinburgh's deadliest sonic saviours. 26 Jun is a Moving Shadow tribute night performed by Smooth Raoul.
I Zoology at Wilkie House. l0.30pm—3am. £4. Midweek house with residents Gordon Whittaker and Phil Alcock. Superb drinks promos (11.30pm—3am pints £1; nips 75p). With regular guests.
DJ Top 5
JOSEP MALIK
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Resident at Cafe Graffiti's weekly Saturday nighter Lizzard Lounge, Joseph Malik is a founding member of Edinburgh's respected East Coast Project collective, whose second album is due soon. He is a regular guest at Big Beat and Tribal Funktion, where he drops anything from 'northern soul to rock 'n‘ roll and John Coltrane to Kurt Cobain’.
Runaway The Salsoul Orchestra featuring Loletta Holloway (Salsoul) ‘Back on the Nu Yorkican soul tip with the original and best.’
life Is Just A Ball Game Womack And Womack (Island) 'A Lizzard Lounge classic. Six minutes of percussion — summer soul.’
Straight Out The Jungle Jungle Brothers (Gee Street) ‘The track that started it all for the Blacka'nized crew back in the days when hip hop was saying something.’
Sorrow, Tears, Blood Fela Kuti (Arista) 'The new Nigerian World Cup anthem for France 1998'
East Of The River Nile Augustus Pablo (Rockers International) 'Rimshots galore and weird Chinese melodica.‘