I Knucklehead at Glasgow School Of Art (upstairs). lOpm—late. £4 (£2.50 Glasgow School of Art students). Underground electronics presented by dem DJs Jilkes and Hatch. lnto its fourth year and consolidating itself as the club to hear true funk technology. Freaky dancing is actively encouraged.
I lime at The Lime. 1 1pm—3am. £6 (£4). DJ Fitz with a commercial clubby mix plus £1 drink promo.
I Love Boutique at The Arches. 10.30pm—4am. £10. 6 June and monthly. Junior Boys Own top blokes Terry Farley and Pete Hellerjoin resident DJ Roy at the last Love Boutique before His Majesty Jon Pleased Wimmin takes up his residency next month. Expect full-on camp excess. hard house. sweaty writhing bodies. a smattering of glittery make-up and good times guaranteed.
I Lure at R.G.'s. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJs Ziggy and Bob get housy for a crowd heading off to Archaos and the Sub Club. Pre-club.
I Mish Mash at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8 (£6). 30 May only. The eclectic mix from DJs Oscar. Nick Peacock and MC Nordin comes to the Apartment now that its former home at the Basement has changed hands. Wildly diverse musical styles from house, hip hop and disco to drum ‘n‘ bass. baking and shaking the Apartment from three of the best and most
ex rienced in town.
I 010 Lounge at The P010 Lounge. 10.30pm-3am. £5. Take your pick from the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Ina with a camp mix of housy faves and anthems. or down in the Trophy Room with John for 80s pop. punk and new wave. Gay.
I Reds at Reds. l lpm—3am. £6 (£5). A packed night specialising in mainstream dance. funk. rap and house. Intimate. smart and friendly.
I Revolution at Havana. 8pm-midnight. Free. DJ Tchico of Virunga with his lusty Latin sounds at this new bar.
I Strawberry Fields at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £5. Party night with 60s sounds.
I Stereo at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). 9pm—2am. £3 (free before midnight). Alternative indie night with DJs Rowan and An ela.
I Strathclyde University Student Union lOpm—3am. Free. Indie dance anthems in Level 8 plus Vance and Adeel playing club classics in The Dark Room. Drinks promos.
I Sub Culture at Sub Club. 10.30pm—5am. £8. Harri and Domenic lord it over the legendary night of nice 'n‘ groovy. hard-hittin‘. funky house at the king of Scottish underground dance venues. This is still one of the hottest. ass-shakin‘. no-holds-barred nights in the country and you‘d be a fool not to check it out. 30 May. Harri is away in Cork to play records and drink Guinness. so the Subby have got the magnificent Erik ‘Dirty Jesus' Rug (Paper Recordings/Nova Radio/cool French bloke) uesting. See panel.
I Trash at Trash. 1 1pm—3am. (£7) £5. House in Room 1 with DJ Matt. funk in Room 2 from Paul N'Jie plus eclectic beats by lnnes in Room 3.
I Triumph at The Tunnel. llpm—3.30am. £7 (£5). A huge night of Italian and UK house at one of the country‘s best-looking venues. Colin Tevendale and Steven McCreery take on the main room while Kevin McFarlane and Steven Lee offer up a different vibe with a wide mix of soul. funk and dance classics in Room 2. Smart dress-code. Replaced by Cream. 30 May. 6 June Triumph host the launch of new black vodka called 'Blavod'. Darren Stokes from Club For Life DJs.
I Velvet Rooms at Velvet Rooms. lOpm—3pm. £8 (£4 before midnight). DJ Scud in Room 2 with house. garage and club classics. John Lyons in Room One playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat and classic soul.
GLASGOW SUNDAYS
I Bamboogie at Babaza. llpm-3am. £3. Uplifting vocal garage and house from Scott and Geoff. Drinks promos.
I Bennets at Bennets. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Up-tempo high energy with Jan Frazer. Gay. Drinks promos.
I Brian And Brian at The Garage (upstairs). l 1pm—3am. £2 (£1). Two DJs called Brian playing indie. Britpop and maybe some retro stuff too. Drinks promos.
I Bubblelicious at Reds. llpm-3am. £5 (£3). Club classics and a touch of soul. plus drinks promos.
I Budda at Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. New York Alliance’s Colin Walker playing a deep mix to bring your weekend to a close. Drinks promos.
I Club Jamaica at The Underground (formerly The Venue). 10.45pm—3am. £2 (£1). Reggae night from Sweet T playing dub to soul. all with a reggae tinge. Drinks promos.
I Club Mouth at The 13th Note Club. 10pm—2.30am. £2 (free before 1 1pm). Bizarre eclectic mix of ‘Guitar. beats. punk psych. past. present. future‘, with a late-drinking. nae dancin' policy brought to you by Marky P et al.
I Cubana Chant at Havana. 8pm-midnight. Free. An evening of easy Latin. Latin-jazz and Latin funk from Simon Hodge (Club Latino) and Charlie lnman, plus guests.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
9—1 lpm. Free. Diarmid and Steve playing an across-the-board mix of ‘Sunday' tunes from tripped-out jazz to drum 'n' bass.
I Divine at Brel. 8.30—1 lpm. Andrew and Alan Divine (Glasgow School Of Art) play you the stuff they play for themselves at home. Retro soul. Bobby Gentry. movie themes etc. Pre-club.
I Disco Extravaganza at Fury Murry's. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Studenty night of party tunes from DJs Dave and Phil. All drinks £1.
I Fantastic 80s at The P010 Lounge. llpm—3am. £3. 31 May only. Jon and Michelle rifling through their 10.000 records to come out with all the tunes you thought you'd never hear again. Budweiser two for the price of one. Gay. I Optima at The Sub Club. 1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Twitch (Pure) and Jilkes (Knucklehead) provide some techno/ eclectic/electro action. joined by anyone else left standing come Sunday night.
I Phonetics at The CCA. Spin—midnight (lam license applied for). Free. New series of nights run in conjunction with the new Soma imprint Phonetics. offering deep. jazzy. funky beats. Label boss Paul Cawley is resident DJ and is joined by regular partner Alex Horton (Audio Psy-phi) plus guest artists coming out on Phonetics and other sympathetic labels. There are drinks promos and inexpensive. good-quality food.
I Please Yourself at Trash. 1 lpm-3am. £5 (£3). Stevie Smith with a mellow Sunday mix from funk. soul. swing and hip hop to garage.
I Poptastic at The P010 Lounge. 10pm—3am. £5 (free before 1 1pm). 7 Jun and monthly. Their last Poptastic was the busiest night the Polo have had since they opened. so be warned and get down here early. Michelle and Tony in the main room. Kitch Bitch in the Trophy Room and disco classics on the ground floor. plus something called a shagtag. Gay.
I Shirley's Temple at Archaos. llpm—3am. £5 (£3). A trippy mix of camp theatricals and hard house soundtrack from the radiant Ms Alston. joined on the last Sunday of the month by the force that is Maggie from Joy. Paul Traynor in Bar 1 with R&B. hip hop. swing and soul. Drinks promos.
I Sorted at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1.50; free before 11.30pm). Indie/alternative vibe with drinks promos.
I Squat at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £5. Night of extreme aural pleasure with Cris Biguzzi and Jim Hutchison going for zero tolerance of commercial tracks and opting
for deep electro. house and techno. Extra sound and £1 drink romos.
I Straight Ahea at McChuill‘s Way Out West. 8pm—l lpm. Free. Goodfoot mob and friends playing an extremely diverse selection of soul. jazz. funk and dub. Check out the related fortnightly Uptight night at the Bedsit.
I Velvet Rooms at Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £5. Martin Hesketh in Room 1 playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat and classic soul. Alan Ronald in Room 2 with an open mix from classic house to soul. All drinks £1.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
I Academia De Salsa at Porters. 6.30—10.30pm. Highly popular salsa classes. Absolute beginners 6.30—8.30pm; beginners 8.30— 10.30pm. No partner required. Pre-club.
I Burn at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £3. DJs Norm and Richard with the good-time party grooves they used to provide at Jet. 60p drinks promos.
I Club El Pussycat at Bourbon Street.
1 lpm—3am. £3 (£1). Rhythm & blues. jazz. ska. soul and rock ’n‘ roll l)Js plus in house combo. the Cobra-matics.
I Echo Beach at The P010 Lounge. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. DJ Jon playing classic 80s retro with a touch of punk and new wave.
I Handbag Factory at Tin Pan Alley. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Stella with the big handbag/hardbag tunes. All drinks £1.50.
I Speedracer at The Garage. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Steven mixes up a few indie-dance classics and retro tunes for a busy. up-for-it crowd in the main room. Drinks promos.
GLASGOW TUESDAYS
I Academia De Salsa at Porters. 6.30—10.30pm. Highly popular salsa classes. Beginners 6.30—8.30pm; intermediate—advanced 8.30—10.30pm. No partner required. Pre-club.
I Brazilica at Havana. 6pm—midnight. Free. Night of Brazilian dance music with DJ Thaissa Domingos and a free dance class at 6pm. Music ranges front Ara Ketu. Chico Cesar to Caetano Velosa. plus all the latest lambada and samba reggae sounds fresh from this year’s carnival season.
I Buffo at The 13th Note Club (ground floor). llpm-3am. £1. Jer (from Dawson) hits the turntables with some noisy gurtars. dub. drum 'n' bass. hip hop and jarring unrelated chunks of folk music from around the globe.
I Ceroc Dance at The Underground. 7.30—10.30pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Ceroc is an easy-to-learn. modern jive with classes here every week. Beginners are welcome. No dance experience is required and you don‘t need to bring a partner as the teaching methods ensure everyone mixes together. No need to book. either.
I Eden at The Velvet Rooms. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Alan Ronald plays Britpop in Room I and Scott Mckay plavs mellow house 111 Room 2. Drinks promos.
I Flunlt at The Lime. lln.n-3am. £3 (£2). Student charty. party mix. Vodka. Wild Turkey and promo beers all 70p.
I Pump at Archaos. l 1pm—3am. £4 (£2.50). Paul Traynor with R&B. swing and dance. Drinks promos.
I Jojo's at Tin Pan Alley. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Stella playing a club soundtrack to a principally gay crowd. I Qure at The Queen Margaret Union. 10pm—2am. Free before 11pm. £3 (£2 members). Contemporary indie. pop and chart.
I Shooting Stars at The Garage.
1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Insane. drunken shenanigans eased along nicely by the charty choons of Gerry and Iain in the main room. Staggering drink promos.
I The Shimmy Club at Bennets. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£1.50). Raymond Davren’s party-type affair at the straight night in this gay venue. Drinks promos. I Tam at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. 8pm—midnight. Free. Veteran DJ Tam Coyle is welcomed to the hut playing a
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mix of next week‘s indie-esque releases as well as favourite pre-club tunes. CD and ticket give-aways and drinks promos. I T.I.T. at Trash. 10.30pm-3am. £2. Studentish night featuring DJ Rory with house classics and future anthems in Room I Grahame with student faves in Room 2; and extra beats in Room 3 Drinks promos.
GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS
I 705 Wonderland at The Cathouse. llpm—3am. £2 (£1.50; free before 11.30pm). Seventies disco and funk with drinks promos.
I Bennets at Bennets. l 1.30pm-3am. £2.50. DJ Sara with upbeat dance. Drinks promos.
I Big Daddy at The 13th Note Club.
1 1pm~3am. £1. Big Daddy ensures us he's presenting ‘a half-nelson of funk. jazz. hip hop and petite beats‘ every week so make of that what you will.
I Chopper at Archaos. 10.30pm-3.30am. £4 (£2.50). House. 90s disco and pop from Jim da Best and hip hop/rap night Juice in Room 2 once a month. Drinks promos.
I Club Havana at Bar Sauza (below R.G's). Spin—midnight. Free. Weekly outing for DJ Jazz and his Latin extravaganza that is Club Havana. complete with all manner of hot and saucy dancing. 10 June it all goes on to the Velvet Rooms midnight~3am (tickets from the bar) to celebrate Scotland beating Brazil.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac Bar.
9—1 lpm. Free. Richard Brown. of Glasgow‘s Sotna Records. guesting every week with a huge pile of white labels. Drinks promos.
I Dance Cafe at The Blylhswood Hall. 260 Bath Street. 7.30— 10.30pm. £4.50. Leroc modern jive classes to chart. swing and soul. Beginners welcome.
I Elements at Trash. 1 lpm—3am. £6.50. 3 June only. Only Scottish date ofThe Progressions Sessions with the mighty LTJ Bukem. MC Conrad. Blame and Phi) in the main room and local hero Krash Slau hta in Room 2. See Hitlist.
I Fagb at Reds. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). House. garage and anthems with a twist of soul from DJ Skud. Drinks promos.
I Fused at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. Weekly night of intelligent techno to hard house from Domenic Gallacher. Tangent. Stevie Donaldson and JP.
I Genetix at The 13th Note Club (basement). llpm—3am. £2. New night from the crew who brought you Elements. with Rob G and Kemal — two of the most impressive drum ‘n' bass DJs in the city bringing you the finest cuts from the country‘s better labels. plus their own dub plates. Hear the future of Scottish drum 'n’ bass here. 10 June they're starting to bring guests. KMC and the Future Engineers are guesting tonight.
I Jengaheads at The Living Room. 9pm-midnight. Free. Mainly big beat session with some daft tunes thrown in for good measure. all from the Jengaheads (Paradise Island). Been rammed lately. so get down early. Red Stripe £1.50 and one house spirit 60p. Drinks promos.
I Neptune's at Bar Miro. 8—1 lpm. Free. 3 Jun only. DJ Paul Harkins and lnnes with laid-back funk and ambient vibes. I Pushy at The Velvet Rooms. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Stevie Smith with happy house. garage and classic dance in the main room.
I Rockin' In A Shy Way at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. 8pm—midnight. £1. The old Cantaloupe lsland moves to Wednesday nights with Scrabble.
Pla Station. DJs and drinks promos.
I alsa Y Sabor at Havana. 6pm—midnight. Free. Latin divas Ana (Virunga) and Shannon present a delicious blend of hard and soft salsa and merengue. plus a free Latin dance class from the Academia de Salsa at 6pm.
I Sticky Fingers at The Attic. 10.30pm-3am. £2 (£1). Gerry with indie and retro sounds. Drinks promos.
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