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 (Glasgow) and Simone Baird
(Edin urgh).
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I 4th Dimension at Brel. 8.30—l tpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Access at Bonkers. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). New night downstairs at Bonkers with well-respected Tunnel residents Michael Kilkie. Trevor Reilly and Simon F0 for u front house. Drinks promos. I DE $.1i.)at Babaza. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Jim da Best with his trademark mix of cheese to please. Drinks promos.
I Dig Karn's Party Night at Berrnets. ll.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Karn Dunbar with 80s. 90s and loads ofcanip nonsense. Drinks promos.
I Brass Tax at Bar Sauza. Spin-midnight. Free. DJ Muchil with broody bass lines. phat and funky beats and Latino fuelled disco. Pre-club.
I Brown Sugar at The Bom. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). Two rooms with DJ TNT in the front with R&B and swing while DJ Benji takes up residency in room two with more of a hip hop sound. I Budda at Budda. 8prn—midnight. Free. Nick Gemmil with house crossing over into all sorts including drum 'n‘ bass and hip hop. Pre-club.
I Casrno Royale at The Arches. lOpm—2am. £4 (£2). 30 July and monthly. Easy listening fun and frolics from your suave hosts DJs Frankie Savaloy and Monty Cantsin.
I Chicano at Havana. 8pm—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. Happy hour until 7pm. Pre-club.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde University Students Union (Barony Bar). 8pm—3am. Free (open to students and four guests). DJ Phil with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes. ()pen all
I Cop at Archaos. lOpm-3am. £4 (£3). Busy student house night with DJ Domenic playing l-a-r-g-e club tunes to a young bunch while Tam ’The Fuzz‘ Coylc does his indie/pop/kitsch stuff in the newly done-up Room 2. Drinks promos. I Cyber Jazz at The Arches. lOpm—3am. £3. 6 Aug and monthly. After the huge success of the last events the night now gets a regular slot mixing up live jazz and drum ‘n' bass from DS Murray Quartet. the Ground Control DJs and video art mixing.
I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. Spin—close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno. Check out their Pusher 13 night at The 13th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. l lpm—3am. £2 (£l.50); free before 11.30pm). 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 Of Art (downstairs). 9pm—2am. Free. Keepin' it real with early Motown. ska. reggae. soul. JB super funk. Hammondjazz. 70s disco to hip hop. new and retro guitar pop. movie soundtracks. trip hop and drum ‘n' bass with DJs Al Rutherford and Lindsey. Lager £l a pint. Still running durin degree shows.
I Hi arate at the Glasgow School of Art (upstairs). lOpm—2.30am. Free. The Hi Karate duo of Neil McMillan and
78 "IE usr 23 Jul—6 Aug 1998
Andrew Divine kick up the funky break beats to a large and loyal crowd.
I Hot Traxx at The Lime. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Seventies night with 70 drinks promos on vodka. beer. Pernod and Wild Turkey.
I Jengaheads Cul De Sac Bar. 9-1 1pm. 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 to move the cappuccino machine out the way. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's. 10.30pm-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. l()pm-3am. £4 (£3/ £2 before llptn) Student night with club classics in a house and garage style. Cheap drink promos.
I 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 type iir Scotland. 23 July sees the Scottish debut of Viennese duo of trip funk and future jazz pioneers Kruder and Dorfmeister.
I Pusher 13 at The 13th Note (ground floor). llpm—3am. £2. Weekly night from Jilkes and Hatch of Knucklehead (Art School. Sats) giving up electro funk beats to a crowd following on frorn their Variety pub gig. Getting pretty busy down there on a Thursday night.
I Richard Howie at Russell's Bar/Cafe. 8—llpm. Free. Richard Howie with deep. jazzy house. Pre-club.
I Rumble at The Garage. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with an exceptionally busy night ofcharty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Sno tastic!
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 some sort of sexy/glammy 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 TVR at The Velvet Rooms. 1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Dance and soul mix from DJ Skud in the main room getting away from the usual student cheese. All drinks £ 1. I Wanna Play? l().30pm—3.30am. £4 (£2.50 with matric 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.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Area 51 at The Glasgow School of Art. lO.30pm—2.30am. £5 (£4). 24 July only. Benefit night raising money for homeless charity Shelter with Area 51 DJs Jules. Shaft and OPjoined by Test‘s Shandy and Panic from Tangent. Hard funky techno all the way.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. 1 lpm—3.30am. £7 (£5). If you‘ve got a new YSL shirt or Dolce & Gabanna 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 (Rhumba) 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 before 12.30am. Smart. stylish and glammy.
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.
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.3()pm—3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff with an upbeat dance night. Gay.
I Born at The Born. llpm-—3am. £5 (£4). Upfront house and dance anthems from George Bowie. Neil McKay and Steven Foy in association with MS. Red Bull and Smirnoff for a dressy club crowd. Dnnks promos.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. Spin—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dirtsman. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. llprn 3am. £4 after midnight. £3 before. Club classics at this after-office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Nobble \\’liitelaw. I Brass Monkeys at King Tuts Walt Wah Hut. Spin-midnight. Free. 24 July and fortnightly. Big beat pre-club.
I Budda at Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Solemusic‘s Stevie Middleton with laid- back garage and deep house. Drinks promos. Pre-club.
I Buena Vista at (ilasgow Scltool ()f Art (downstairs). ll)pm-—2.3()am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk front Mark and Michael of l)clzttley"s Rhythm Section. with Nick Peacock (Back To Jazz) playing the last Friday of every month.
I Bump 'n' Hussle at Babaza. 5.3()pm—3am (DJs from llptn). £5 (free before I lptit). £5. Paul 'l‘raynor with house. Ro'cB arid soul classics for a dressy. drinky. jump-about-a-bit crowd. I Carl Cox at The Arches (lane entry). llpm—3atn. £8. 24 July only. Carl (‘ox on his own for four hours. no messing about. Hard house and techno from the genius DJ given a free reign to expand his set. If you go out once this month. this has got to be the one. See llitlist.
I Crucial Vibes at The Bedsit. 9pm-2am. £2 (free before I 1pm). 3| July arid fortnightly. DJ Gus playing all the latest and classics iti reggae. ragga. dub and roots.
I Cul De Sac Cul De Sac Bar. ‘)- llptn. Free. Anton and Doug with pre-club head phunk.
I Deep Fried at The 13ih Note Club. llprn—3am. £3. The Kung Funk Collective with reggae. dub and mellow grooves on the ground floor and hip hop. big beat and funk in the basement. Note that The l3th Note has now moved to Clyde Street and is open as a bar from 8pm.
I Exotica at The CCA (are Bar. ()prn-midnight. Free. Andy Divine and Hush Puppy playing an easy listening and sound track mix for a pre-Art School crowd.
I Fellatio at Bar Sauza. Spin —midnight. Free. ()oh er missus. rude word club name shocker. Deep Philly ftittk. house and garage and (hopefully) some saucy posters. Pre-club.
I 4th Dimension at The Baby Grand. 9pm—midnight. Free. Andy Young and Danny play jazz. Brazilian. soul. fusion and funk. Drinks promos. Pie-club.
I Goodfoot at the Stib Club. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 24 July and monthly. The summer season of funk continues with Glasgow's longest running soul crew firmly establishing themselves into the monthly slot at the Subbic. Check out their Northern Soul night at the Bedsit on the first Friday of the month.
I Katch at The Cathouse. l().30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50; free before ll.3()pm). Three floors of rock. hip hop. chemical beats. grunge and contemporary indie. Drinks promos.
I Lime at The Lime. I lprn -3am. £4 (£3). DJ Cammy with house. garage and nu soul. Drinks promos.
I Love Bug at The Garage. l().30pm—3am. £3 (£4). An eclectic mix of good-time party tunes. Drinks promos. I Mojo at Mojo. ()prn—midnight. Free. DJ Scud (Reds/Velvet Rooms) with soulful garage and disco grooves.
I Paul Cawley at Air ()rganic (downstairs at Miros). ()pin—midnight. The Sub Club's Thursday night resident and label boss of Fenetik Records down at this new bar every week for hip hop. drum ‘n' bass and break. Pre-club.
Hit list
Carl Cox Rare chance to hear one of the
world's best 015 break loose. No support, no distractions, just four hours of pure unadulterated Coxy. The Arches, Fri 24 Jul.
Tangent Techno funk residents A-man and Panic welcome their first live guests for quite a while, Choosing London's Jeep Grrlz (no to make some noise at the Subby tonight. Expect solid disco and wah—wah led house. The Sub Club, Fri 37 Jul.
Jengaheads Present Bigbeat/breakbeat bonanza from Glasgow's Jengaheads along with Derek Dahlarge (Wall of Sound), Cut La Roc (Skint) and Don and John from the Big Kahuna Burger. The Arches, Sat 25 Jul.
Slam’s Never Get Out The Boat One of
the few chances to see the seminal Orde
Meikle and Stuart McMillan at home with their penultimate legendary boat
party of the year. The Renfrew Ferry, Sat
25 Jul.
Love Boutique Jon Pleased Wimmin rocked the place in July and now we've
got him here every month, Jon choosing
Love Boutique as his only reSrdency anywhere. Glamourous excess guaranteed. The Arches, Sat IAug.
I Parklife at The Arena. l().30pm—3atn. £4 (£3). (ilasgow's first and foremost Britpop night. playing classic dance/pop/indie/retro/soul sounds from the ()(JS to the 90s. Drinks promos all night.
I Polo Lounge at The Polo Lounge. llprn 3am. £5. Take the choice of the Polo Lounge upstairs. open until 3am. downstairs for DJ Michelle in main club with 90s club and indie or down in the Trophy Room with lna for a more commercial mix. Gay. Special Pride - events all weekend.
I Radio City at The Attic.
l().3llpin- 3am. £3 (£2). The original retro club, playing Stax. Motown. Stones. The \Vlto. etc.
I Rapt at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like nobody's business.
I Sabroso! at Havana. Spur-midnight. Free. Club (‘ubana's Duncan Kane arid Shannon Sliiell 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. 3| July. groovy salsa and rncrengue from 6 piece band Grupo Azucar.
I Salsa Sabrosa at The Hih Note Club (basement). Spin-l().45ptn. £4 (£3.50). Karen Pasi takes her massively popular Salsa classes from The Lime down to Tire 13th Note every Friday night. Beginners welcome. Pie-club. Free tickets available for the club that runs afterwards.
I Shag at Fury Murry's. llpm—3.l5am. £4 (£3). The sexiest. cheesiest tunes ever froin Mark and James G.
I Skank at The Halt Bar. ‘inn—midnight. Free. Crucial vibes guys getting you 'irie for the night ahead' apparently. Well handy for their Bedsit do every other Friday too.