Nick Peacock selects the best jazz grooves, with the occasional foray into house.
I R&B at Bar 10. 7pm—3am. Relax with rhythm and blues cuts and take advantage of the generous drinks promos at the city centre style bar.
I Stiletto at The 13th Note Cafe. 9pm-midnight. Free. 26 Mar. Monthly. The art and music collective return with a Radio Tuesday launch special.
Club
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11.30pm—3am. £3. Weekly. Tom plays tunes loved by twelve-year-old girls, plus some bangin’ handbag, to equally appreciative gay men. Funny old world.
I Sunday Worship at Club Budda. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Michael Kilkie and Simon Foy do their uplifting house thing.
I Bite at The Cathouse. 10.30pm-3am. Free entry before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50) after. Weekly. A milder mix of indie and rock than you’ll find at the city’s premier rock club on Friday or Saturday.
I Club Tropicana at The Garage (Attic). 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. lndie, both classic and contemporary, with a healthy dose of Britpop.
I Cocoyan at The Apartment. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. A new night of dancehall, R&B and soca-Latino fusion from Puppa Shango (Joints & Jams) and newcomer DJ Yaw.
I Hostage at Media. 10pm—late. £5 (£4). Weekly. A new night at the new venue, with residents Derek Taylor and Steven McCreery of The Tunnel joined by guests Andy Ling and Mancunian DJ Evolution for across the board credible house sounds.
I Indie Schmindie at The 13th Note Club (both floors). 9pm—3am. Free entry before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. A quality selection of indie, ancient and modern. I Liquid Cool at Babaza. 9pm—3am. £5. Weekly. AJ, Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson playing top notch vocal garage and house to a club packed with hyper-hedonistic twentysomething revellers, all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning. If quality tunes and glamorous antics are your bag, Sundays at Babaza are unmissable.
I LiILo at Reds. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Oscar (Mish Mash) and Harri (Subculture), sparring partners of old, join forces for some funky deep house. I Optimo at Planet Peach. 11pm-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Wilkes and Witch seem to have settled into Planet Peach in fine style, chopping out the usual mix of nasty electro, classic rock and wiggy funk. 26 Mar is the date for your diary, as underground electronics maestro Atom Heart makes his Scottish live debut.
I The Shed at The Shed. 10pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Charty house action from Martin Hesketh at the Southside’s answer to The Garage.
I Slave at Slave. 8pm—3am. £7. Weekly. A lighter selection with percussionists and vocalists joining in for some Chicago house action.
I Streetlife at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DMG provides the classic soul, funk and R&B. I Sun at Trash. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. House, garage and student classics from Jim Da Best, with drinks for £1 all night.
I Voyeurism at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A perv’s paradise, with peep hole performances, non-specific fake shagging and a general atmosphere of muckiness. Oh, and there’s music too, with Mark Sherry and Paul Mendez spinning upfront, uplifting house in the main room, Naeem rocking downstairs with his hip hop selections and Paul Traynor and Naeem providing R&B cuts in the Skybar.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm-3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Rotating DJs mean you can expect anything from jazzy breaks to hard and nasty techno.
Chartaparty
I Atmosphere at Destiny. 10pm-3am. £3 before 11pm; £4 after. Weekly. Full- '
on party action accompanied by generous drinks promos.
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm-2.30am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Chart pop and hits from the 705 and 805.
I iasco at Reds. Brendan and Jamie knock out the chart hits resulting, apparently, in ‘debauchery and mayhem’. I Silver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury Murray’s. 11pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Cheesetastic disco fun for students, with Dave and Phil spinning the discs.
GLASGOW MONDAYS Pro-club
I Loose at The Variety Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Alt- country, classic 705 rock and blues from Paul Shields.
I Phat Dave at The Living Room. 9pm-11pm. Free. Weekly. Starting the week with ‘hedmuzik 4 beatfreakz’, which translates into English as hip hop, breaks, beats and the like.
I Burn at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. Free for bar staff of any pub or club; £3 to everyone else. Weekly. A top party atmosphere guaranteed thanks to the thumping dance classics unleashed by Norm and Richard.
I Passionality at Planet Peach. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Weekly. Gay night that invites you to ‘come get passionate’. Funnily enough, the music, courtesy of DJ Shawn (Bennet’s), promises to be cheesy chart, upfront house and handbag.
I Speedracer at The Garage. 10.30pm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. lndie classics with the odd daft party tune thrown in for the usual crazy crowd.
Chart 8:. party
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra’s. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1). Weekly. Start the week with 705 and 805 hits.
GLASGOW TUESDAYS
Pro-club
I Dub Night at The Variety Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie Donaldson (Bar 10) playing, oddly enough, dub.
I L Is For Latin at Havana. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJs Keith and Alexis provide you with a cool night of Latin tunes, with merengue and salsa classes from 8pm.
I Stylophone at The 13th Note Cafe. 9.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The first leg of the Stylophone mobile club, with rock and garage sounds, plus the chance to pick up free drink passes for the club
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Club
I Eden at Alaska. 11pm-3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. One for the students, with the usual classics of academe downstairs thanks to Alan Ronald, plus some charging party tunes and a smattering of house upstairs from Scott Mackay of The Tunnel. Further proof that Tuesdays are the new Thursdays.
I F.U.N. at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £3. Weekly. Gay night featuring the traditional hodge podge of cheese and handbaggage courtesy of DJs Shawn and Georgie Boy.
I Basics at g2. 11pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Jon Mancini from Colours plaging out his usual high quality house. I ty ophone at The 13th Note Club (ground floor). 9pm—3am. Free before 11pm; £2 after. Psychedelia, rock, 605 garage and a bit of punk. Go to the ‘Note Cafe beforehand, and you can pick up free drink passes for the Club.
Chart 8; party
I Laid at The Temple. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. A new student night with the cheesiest of cheese, regular tribute bands and the odd foam party.
I Goo 600 at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Paul Melon claims to be ‘The King of Cheese’, while Dave
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I F.A.B. at Babaza. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud blends garage, R&B and funky house, playing to a dressed-up crowd who help to make this one of the busiest midweek nights in Glasgow.
I Ghetto Flava at Reds. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Paul N’Jie with a smooth blend of house, garage, R&B and funk.
I Joints And Jams at Planet Peach. 11pm—3.15am. £3 (£2). Weekly. High calibre night of hip hop, swing and R&B from a rotating roster of DJ talent including Martin Hesketh, Puppa Shango, John Lyons, DMG and James Fullerton.
I Overground at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Indie sounds and chart classics from Joe McKay.
I Shag Tag at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system: everyone gets a number upon entry, then, if someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own, with the idea being that they then rush up to you and get biz-ay. Musicwise, it’s banging house and trance in the main room and across the board ‘madness’ from CJ downstairs.
Chart a party
I C.J.D. at The Apartment 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student frolics with Marcello, Alan Belshaw and Ryan Mathie.
I Klass at Destiny. 10pm—3am. £2 before 11 pm; £3 after. Weekly. For those who fancy a party night out, but can’t
Mulholland whacks out the commercial house and garage.
I Planet Pop at Qudos (Queen Margaret Union). 10pm—23m. £2 (£1)— students and up to four guests. Weekly. Pop, anthemic house and related silliness from Tam Coyle.
I Shooting Stars at The Garage. l1pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Gerry and lain keep the drunk kids happy with charty house and hits. I The Shimmy at Bennet’s. 11.30pm-3am. £3 (£1.50). A straightish and studenty night at the gay venue, with Raymond Davren maintaining the party atmosphere.
I T.I.T. at Trash. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Rory Weller with hands in the air, foot-stomping house and trance, Graham churning out the student sounds in Room Two.
GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS
Pro-club
I Edward's at Edward’s Bar. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Louise with hits from the 805.
I Jengaheads at The Living Room. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Martyn Jengahead goes solo to showcase new releases, acetates and the like.
I Russell's at Russell’s. 9—11pm. Free. Weekly. DJ Yaw brings his world music extrava anza to the yuppie masses.
I Shu irata at The Cul De Sac. 8pm—midnight. Jazzy breaks, hip hop, electro, drum & bass: whatever gets played out, its bound to be the best
available. stand those pesky kids cluttering up the joint. Over 285 only. club I Pop 8: Tarts at The Cathouse.
I Algo Differente at Havana. 10.30pm—late. £4 (£3). Weekly. Arrive early for salsa tuition, then revel in the up disco and funk.
Salsa Sabrosa crew’s high octane Latin I Souped Up at The Garage.
set. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11.30pm—3am. pop piffle from Iain Hanlon.
£2.50 (£1.50). Weekly. Sara with an upfront dance mix. Gay.
11pm—3am. Weekly. Free before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50) after. Weekly. Party-
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