clubs
Glasgow clubs
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 east eight days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs being omitted. Glasgow club listings compiled by Jack Mottram.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
Pro-club
I Bounty at Q. 5pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Billy Milligan is at the helm of this new night, featuring party tunes across the genres. from R&B to club classics.
I Deejays In Disguise at The Variety Bar. 8pm-elose. Free. Weekly. The Knucklehead crew take a breather from their usual hectic style and concentrate on the dubbier end of the techno spectrum.
I Free Party Power at The Living Room. ()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Quality underground house action, spiced up with a bit of skewed disco.
I Halt Bar 01 Competition at The Halt Bar. Free. 10 Aug and weekly. The Halt is running a second instalment of their popular DJ comp. The competition runs on 10, 17 and 24 Aug with the final set for 8 Sep. The judges are influential types, including Lawrence Hughes, Silicone Soul, DJ Kushi, Scott Brown and Billy Kilkie from 23rd Precinct. Last year’s winners found themselves much in demand, so aspiring jockeys should call Simon on 0141 564 1527 to book a place in the heats.
I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Miguel (Wall to Wall) spins upbeat house selections for a studenty crowd.
I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Resident ‘Donut’ Jay is joined by Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and AJ. spinning the best house sounds. I Pousey Cafe at Air Organic. 8—11pm. Free. Weekly. The Jengaheads get you stoked up for a night out, with a mixed bag of beats, from electro and funk through to house and techno.
I Phatboy's Kitchen at McChuill‘s Way Out West. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Hip hop, breaks and beats courtesy of The Wax Monkey.
I Shogo at The Brunswick Cellars. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. An evening of breaks, beats and suchlike from G- Man and occasional guests, with skateboarding visual entertainments.
I Tilt at Bar 10. 7pm—Iate. Free. Weekly. An evening of Euro trance from the Tilt crew.
I Virunga at Brel. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. A top selection of tunes with a world bias, including soca, Latin dance, African and reggae.
Club
I 1210 at Babaza. 8pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Top-notch house, garage and trance from Ian Thompson and David Gilmore, renowned for keeping the crowd on their toes and dropping the odd surprise track. In a bid to encourage new talent, the residents step down from
8—1 1pm, turning over the Technics to up- and-coming DJs. Call the club on 204 0101 for details of how to participate.
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Shawn delivers a commercial dance mix in the main room, while Annie supplies 70s and 80s hits at the premier gay venue.
I Bug-A-Boo at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. John Lyons, Martin Hesketh and James Fullerton take it in turns to provide the R&B and soul selections.
I Casino Royale at The Apartment. 11pm—3am. £4. Weekly. Bossanova beats, Hammond grooves, soundtracks and loungecore from your hosts Frankie Savaloy and Kirk St Moritz. Additional entertainment value added by the Bedazzled comedy collective and Monty Cantsin of Bear Room fame.
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I Club Salsa Sabrosa at Havana Bar. 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Top- noteh Latin sounds, with all hip-shaking genres covered thanks to residents Keith, Alexis and Geo D.
I Columbian at The Asylum Back Room. 8pm—lam. £1; free to CUSU members. Weekly. Music with breaks, from hip hop and big beat to soul and funk.
I Cop at Archaos. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Absolutely colossal student night with Vance and OJ. supplying hard partying house anthems in the main room and daft classics from Tam Coyle downstairs.
I Go Bang at Reds. 1 1pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. GK Machine, Glenn C, Jay Hay and Guy spin a varied techno and house selection.
I Hi Karate at The Glasgow School of Art. See Fri.
I Loose Joints at The 13th Note Club. 1 1pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Residents (eyebee) and (deecee) have shifted the old Booty Jam up a gear with a new concept night, just like a 70s album. The concept being to play a broad mix of dancelioor classics without overdoing the turntable techniques, instead concentrating on the songs themselves.
I MFI at Universe (Coatbridge). 11pm—2.30am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Big telly man Ewan MaeLeod and DJ Bob with a disco-tinged selection of house old and
I Pimp at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £4. Weekly. Steve Gaston pumps out the funkiest disco and lightens the blend with the occasional kitsch classic.
I Rhythm And Blues at Life. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. One of the city’s finest R&B nights with residents Paul Traynor, Naeem and Stuart McCallum. I Skint at The Cathouse. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Tough chemical breaks and beats, rock and indie for a studenty crowd.
I Skycop at Skybar (Archaos). 11.45pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. The posh bit of Archaos thrills to the deep house stylings of Ryan Kerr, as the regular student night packs them in downstairs.
I Special Favours at The Glasgow School of Art (Vic Bar). 10pm—2am. £1.50. Weekly. An evening from the self-proclaimed ‘goddesses of sound’ DJ Mingo-go and LJT Bosom, who promise to provide everything from naff pop to cheesy beats via sleazy electro.
I Thursday Is Enough at Club Budda.
I lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Disco and house from Stevie Smith.
I Trash at Trash. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Student faves with a funky theme.
I Tune! at g2. 11pm-3am. Free entry before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Simon Morrison and Andy Horn select brand new house and trance, plus Ibiza favourites to jog the memory.
I Tunnel Thursdays at The Tunnel.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Tunnel regulars Kevin McFarlane and Scott Mackay, plus Lisa Littlewood in Room Two, spin house for a dressed-up crowd of students.
I Upfront at The Asylum. 10pm—3am. £1 (free to CUSU members). Weekly. Eddie Tonner and Scott Mochar with quality house and trance.
I The Wha? at The 13th Note Club. Next date 24 Aug.
I Yang at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Fantastic night featuring live funk action from Elevation Trio in the bar and weekly residents Bob Peck and Charlie Inman slamming out their trademark block party hip hop, funk and breaks. Room Three features a rotating selection of DJ talent, including techno crew Mystec Beatz on the third Fri of the month.
Chart & party
I Loveshack at Fury Murry’s. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Jim and Phil with a blend of commercial classics, vintage indie and a touch of disco.
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There are two indisputable truths about Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Firstly, that the man is a legend, a true musical visionary; indeed, those proclaiming his genius are almost guilty of understatement. It's like saying Mohammed Ali was a pretty good boxer or that Jimi Hendrix knew a few flash guitar moves. He is the don of dub and, along with Phil Spector, can claim the title of the greatest producer in the history of popular music. He is ‘Scratch' Perry. Respect his authority. Secondly, Perry is equally well-known for being mad. We're talking burning down your studio, walking backwards for three days mad. We’re talking appearing onstage with a three-bar electric fire on
your head mad.
Eccentricity and erraticism are bywords in the Perry myth, so surely the Optimo boys were taking a considerable gamble booking him for a Barrowland gig; would he even show up? And if he did, would it descend into farce? After all, why pay £15 to watch an old man spout gibberish when you can watch the drunks on Glasgow Green for free? But no, in typi- cally perverse form, Perry does appear and proceeds to blow the roof off with a fantastic, warm, funny, and only mildly eccentric performance. Backed by a band so honed and sharp you could perform open heart surgery with them, and a brain-melting mix courtesy of the Mad Professor, Perry is a joy to watch, possessing the stage presence of George Clinton and Little Richard all rolled into one. He hops and skips through revamped versions of classics old and new, occasionally honking a cycle horn like a ganja-crazed Krusty the Clown. Oh, and he's definitely not mad, got that? We know because he tells the devoted crowd: 'I am not mad, I am not bad, I am your saviour.’ And besides, to quote the late, great Prince Buster, ‘If this is madness, then I call it gladness.’ (Neil Ferguson)
I Rumble at The Garage. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Absolutely crackers student night, stuffed to the gunnels every time with kids sharking to the sounds of chart hits, indie favourites and Iowbrow house. I Wired at Destiny. 10pm—3am. £2 before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. Casual night at the wrought-iron exhibition-cum- club, with a dancier music policy. This is the only time when denim and trainers are acceptable apparel here, so you don’t have to iron your Ben Sherman.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
Pro-club
I Bar 10 at Bar 10. 9pm—late. Free. Weekly. On the first three Fridays of the month you can catch Ian Anderson spinning house, with the last week reserved for some deeper stuff from DJ Bill.
I Brian Murnin at The Living Room. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Brian continues to ‘play the songs that make the whole world sing’.
I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris Harris spinning groove-led house to the usual party crowd.
I Bughouse at Balsa. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chunky house grooves to liven up the city centre.
I Critical Mass at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 8pm—Iate. Free. Weekly. Jon Fopp, aka Nodj, with a wilfully peculiar selection ranging from punk to funk and all points in between.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. House action from a pool of DJs, including Stevie Donaldson, Domenic Cappello, Graham Wilson and Kieran McCann.
I Edward's at Edward’s. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Upbeat selections from Keith Pyper to get you going for the weekend.
I Freelax at Four Cafe Bar (CCA). 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Hi-tech funk and jazz in the McLellan Galleries pre-club.
I Illuminations at The Lighthouse. 8.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Dandy (Disco X) and Alan B. (Breach) spin ‘Tomorrow, yesterday, today’ music. I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Barry Burns with a mixed-up selection of Northern, hip hop and house. I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and AJ. join ‘Donut‘ Jay at this pre-club. Free camera hire adds a nice touch.
I Paul Cawley at Air Organic. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. In addition to running Soma’s breakbeat sister labels