clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed, provided up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Clubs listings compiled by Rory Weller and Jim Byers.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—l lpm. Free. Andy Young playsjazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos.
I Area 51 at McChuill‘s Way Out West. 8prn—midnight. Free. Future fusion of funky noise from Shaft and Derick.
I Audio Psy-phi at The Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3. Phar Out's Paul Cawley embarking on a voyage of hip hop. drum 'n' bass and generally music with the funk. ()ne of the best of its types in Scotland. 25 Jtrn Psy-phi host a Pork Recordings party with Baby Mammoth. Bullitnuts and the man Porky. the genius behind Fila Brazilia. Solid Doctor and Heights ofAbraham. Top night guaranteed from these great guests at a formidable night. 9 Jul Peanut Butter Wolf from Stonesthrow Records (San Francisco) and Rasco play their rescheduled date.
I B.E.S.T. at Babaza. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark mix ofcheese to please. Drinks promos.
I Big Karn's Party Night at Bennets. ll.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads ofcamp nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza. 8pm—midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass litres. phat and funky beats and Latino fuelled disco.
I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Nick Gemrnil with house crossing over into all sorts including drtrm 'n' bass and hip hop.
I Casrno Royale at The Arches. l0ptn—2am. £4 (£2). 25 Jun and monthly. Easy listening fun and frolics from your suave hosts DJs Frankie Savaloy and Monty Cantsin.
I Chicano at Havana. Spin-midnight. Free. The original Latin dance DJ Nick Peacock with Latin grooves. Barrio beats and the latest Salsa from Cuba. New York. Colombia and Puerto Rico with the legendary Nick Peacock.
I Club Barbarella at Strawberry Fields. 9pm—3am. £1.50 (£3). Three local unsigned bands from 9—l l. l5pm then student. indie and cheesy retro until 3am. Bands wishing to play should call Barbara on 221 787l.
I Cop at Archaos. 10pm—3arn. £4 (£3). Busy student house night from DJ CJ and Vance playing l-a-r-g-e club tunes to a young bunch while Tam ‘The Fuzz‘ Coyle does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in the newly done-up Room Two. Drinks promos.
I Dandy at King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 8pm—midnight. Free. Familiar (and friendly) face about town DJ Dandy with a new night of ‘music that will warm the coldest hearts‘ from Beach Boys to B Boys.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. 8pm—close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Check out their Pusher l3 night at The 13th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. l lpm—3arn. £2 (£1.50; free before l|.30pm). lndie/grunge/industrial/chemical beats rock on a darker tip than The Cathouse’s other nights. Drinks promos.
I Don't Front at The CCA Cafe Bar. 9pm—midnight. Jazzual. soulful beat music with DJs Ragged Robin and Paul Cawley. Pre-club.
I Free Flow at Glasgow School OfArt (downstairs). 9pm—2am. Free. Keepin‘ it real with early Motown. ska. reggae. soul. JB super funk. Hammond jazz. 70s disco to hip hop. new and retro guitar pop. movie soundtracks. trip hop and drum 'n' bass with DJs Al Rutherford and
68 THE LIST 25 Jun—9 Jul 1998
Lindsey. Lager £l a pint. Still running durin degree shows.
I He ter Skelter at The Underground (formerly The Venue). 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Student-orientated music. with retro tracks next to contemporary indie from Gordon Tennant.
I Hi Karate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm-2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate duo of Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine kick up the funky break beats to a large and loyal crowd. This is one that is reallyjurnping tonight. See club review. Closed for the degree shows until 9 Jul.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar. 9— l lpm. Free. Ali and Martyn of the Jengaheads with more of the same nonsense they are renowned for: big beats and a wee bit more. sometimes on four decks when they can be arsed. Drinks promos.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry‘s. l0.30pm—3. 15am. £5 (£3). Fine indie. house and disco sounds downstairs with Chemical Beats (Chem Bros. David Holmes. Big Beat etc) upstairs. Drinks promos.
I The lime at The Lime. l0prn—3am. £4 (£3/£2 before llpm) Student night with club classics in your house and garage style to replace the reggae and salsa events which finished recently. Cheap drink promos.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (ground floor). llpm~3arn. £2. Weekly night from Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving up electro funk beats to a crowd following on froin their Variety pub gig. Getting pretty busy down there on a Thursday night.
I Richard Howie at Russell's Bar/Cafe. 8—l lpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house.
I Rumble at The Garage. llptn—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night ofcharty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Sno vtastic!
I S y at Trash. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). The guys who ran the monthly events at the Tunnel. combining house with outrageous behaviour start up this new weekly night offering more of the same. Neil and Frog in the main room for big anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in Room Two. Dress up in sotne sort of sexy/ glamtny gear and you get in free. Drinks promos.
I Tchic at The Apartment. Midnight—3am. £3. DJ Tchico (Virunga) with a night of R&B. swing and hip hop. Drinks promos.
I Velvet Rooms at The Velvet Rooms.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). House and garage over two rooms of this sumptuous club. All drinks £l all night.
I Wanna Play? 10.30pm—3.30am. £4 (£2.50 with tnatric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa. playing a mix of classic house anthems plus treasure hunts and wheel of fortune. Drinks promos.
I X-Rated at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). 9pm—2am. £2 (£l). Chart and dance in the main room with DJ Ray plus indie and live music in Room Two.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I The Ark at The Tunnel. l lpm—3.30am. £7 (£5). If you‘ve got a new YSL shirt or Dolce & Gabana frock and you're wondering where to go. it's gotta be The Tunnel tonight. Top class international DJ . producer and shop assistant Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and Zammo (Rhutnba) take no prisoners in the main room for large-scale hard house dancefloor detonators. plus Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in Room Two. All drinks £l beforel2.30am. Smart. stylish and glarnmy.
I Bar 10 8pm—close. Free. Stevie Donaldson and Bios with super quality minimal house and techno for a crowd making sure the weekend kicks-off with an almighty bang. Pre-club.
DJ Tchico plays his Latin sound all over Glasgow this fortnight
I Bargo Spin—midnight. Free. Regular pre-club night at this phenomenal bar in the Merchant City. with guest DJs on an underground dance vibe.
I Bennets ll.30pm--3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Bom at The Born. llprn- 3am. £5. House and dance anthems from Keith Pyper and Steven Foy at this new venue still trying to find its feet.
I Brass Monkeys at King Tuts wah Wah llut. Rpm-midnight. Free. 26 Jun and fortnightly. Big beat pre-club.
I Brilliant at The Underground (formerly The Venue). 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3). Gordon Tennant with a commercial mix ofclrart dance and indie offerings. Drinks rornos.
I Bud a at Budda. 8pm midnight. Free. Solemusic‘s Stevie Middleton with laid- back garage and deep house. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). l0pm 2.30am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk from Mark and Michael of Delaney‘s Rhythm Section with Nick Peacock (Back To Jazz) playing the last Friday of every month (next do 26 Jun). Still running during degree shows.
I Bump 7n' Hussle at Babaza. 5.30pm—3am (DJs frorn llpm). £5 (free before llpm). £5. Patrl 'l‘raynor with R&B. soul and swing in this exceptionally pretty and comfy subterranean club.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. ‘)-l lpm. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The l3th Note Club. llpm—3am. £3. The Kung Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop, big beat and ftrnk in the basement. Note that The 13th Note has now moved lo Clyde Street and is open as a bar from 8pm.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. Spin—midnight. Free. ()oh er missus. rude word club name shocker. Deep Philly funk. house and garage and (hopefully) some saucy posters. Pre club.
I 4th Dimension at The Baby Grand. c)pm—midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Homegrown at Nice ‘n' Sleazy‘s. Spin—lam. £3. 26 Jun only. Experimental beats night featuring four live bands Ground Control. Savalas. Pharmaco Kinetics and Lazy Suzy. Drum 'n' bass hip hop fusion with the best bands in the city. Ground Control are fresh from playing the Longest Day. Savalas play drum ‘n’ bass. Lazy Suzy features the
formidable vocal talents ofSTV's Mart Stevens and l’har'maco Kinetics has some of the best live drtrni ‘n' bass you‘re likely to hear in Scotland. (heck.
I Katch at The ('athouse.
10.30pm- 3am. £3 (£2.50; free before ll.3(lplli). 'lilll'L‘C floors of lock. hip hop, chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos
I Lime at The l ime. llprrr iarn. £4 (£3). D.l (‘arnrny with house. garage and nu soul. Drinks promos.
I Love Bug at The (iaragc.
l0.30pm 3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good-time party tunes. Drinks promos. I Mojo at Mojo. 9pm midnight. Free. DJ Scud (Reds/Velvet Rooms) with soulful yarage and disco grooves.
I Park ife at The Arena. l0.30prn 3am. £4 (£3). (ilasgow‘s first and foremost Britpop night. playing classic dance/pop/ indie/retro/soul sounds from the ()l)\ to the ‘)()s. Drinks promos all night.
I Polo Lounge at The l’olo Lounge. llprn 3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Michelle in main club with ‘)l)s‘ club and indie or down in the Trophy Room with lna for a more cornmercral mix. (iay. Special l’r'itle events all weekt nd.
I Radio City at The .-\lllc‘.
l030pm 3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club. playing Stas. Motown. Stones. The Who. etc.
I Rapt at The .-\partrneut. llprn 3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like nobody's business.
I Sabroso! at llavana. Spin midnight. Free. ('lub ('ubana‘s Duncan Kane and Shannon Shiell joined by Ana and Farah for a wide range of hi-NRG Latin and tropical floor-shakers from techno- merengue to the latest Latin rap. via smooth salsa and retro Latin grooves.
I Salsa Sabrosa at The 13m Note (‘lub (basement). Spm- l0.45prn. £4 (£3.50). Karen l’asi takes her massively popular Salsa classes from The Lime down to The 13th Note every Friday night. Beginners welcome. Pre-club. Free tickets available for the club that runs afterwards.
I Shag at Fury Murry's. llprn ~3.l5am. £4 (£3). The sexiest. cheesiest tunes ever frotn Mark and Jatnes (i.
I Skank at The Hall Bar. ()pin- midnight. Free. Crucial vibes gtrys getting you ‘irie for the night ahead' apparently. Well handy for their Bedsit do every other Friday too.
I Spectrum at Archaos. l0pm—-3am. £7 (£5). Latest outing for the Colours crew. with house for a glamrned-up crowd from residents Jon Mancini. Crosby and Borrey