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clubs
Glasgow clubs
Regular weekly clubs plus one off events are listed by city, then by day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed provided u -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.
Pro-club
I Bounty at Q. 5pm—lam. 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—close. Free. Weekly. The Knucklehead crew take a breather from their usual hectic style and concentrate on the dubbier end of the techno spectrum.
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 A.J. 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 such like from G- Man and occasional guests, with skateboarding visual entertainments.
I The Thursday Broadcast at The Living Room. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Rotation of Glasgow’s top DJ talent featuring Stevie Elements among others.
I Tilt at Bar 10. 7pm—late. Free. Weekly. An evening of Euro trance from the Tilt
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 ()101 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 705 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 Club Salsa Sabrosa at The Havana Bar. 10.30pm—3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Top-notch 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. Free to CUSU members; £1 otherwise. Weekly. Music with breaks, from hip hop and big beat to soul and funk.
I Cop at Archaos. l 1pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Absolutely colossal student night with Vance and C.J. supplying hard partying house anthems in the mainroom and daft classics from Tam Coyle downstairs.
I Fat Sumo at The Glasgow School of Art. 1()pm—2.30am. £3. Weekly. A new venture for the Vic Bar, with LTJ Bosom
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and her trashy electro pop getting ample support from the Hi Fidelity’s Sean Dickson on the second and fourth week of the month, with Hush Puppy (Divine) stepping into the breach on the third week.
I Go Bang at Reds. 11pm—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. The Karate crew are having a wee bit of a break, watch this space for news of their return. See Word Up.
I Loose Joints at The 13th Note Club. llpm—3am. £2. Weekly. Residents (eyebee) and (deecee) have shifted the old Booty Jam up a gear with a new concept night, just like a 705 album — the concept being to play a broad mix of dancefloor classics without overdoing the turntable techniques, instead concentrating on the songs themselves. I Media Student Night at Media. 11pm—3am. £1 with matric card; £3 otherwise. Weekly. The new groovy 705 and 805 Media lays down the red carpet to students.
I MFI at Universe (Coatbridge). 11pm-2.30am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Big telly man Ewan MacLeod 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 Polo For Me at The Polo Lounge. 10pm-1am. Free. Weekly. You, the lucky punter, take the helm tonight, as request cards are available over the bar and in the booth.
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. 11pm—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 The Jam at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Fantastic night featuring live funk action from Elevation Trio in the bar, residents Dema and Nice dissecting the breaks and beats like hip hop neurosurgeons in room two, while in room three Michael Peck and Tom Reeves spin some seriously funky house.
I Thursday Is Enough at Club Budda. 11pm—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. llpm-3am. Free entry
Silicone Soul do their live house thing weekly at Relief
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. 11pm—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 home at Mas. 11pm—3am. £4 (£3 students). Weekly. The boys behind Shagtag kick off a new student night at Glasgow’s newest club, offering the standard mix of house and student favourites, as well as some tasty two for one (2some. Geddit?) drinks offers.
I Upfront at The Asylum. lOpm—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 tbc.
Chart&Party
I Common Sense at Privilege Club Experience. 10pm—3am. £3 before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. A student pop party at this swanky new club venue.
I CJ's Madhouse at Shack (formerly The Temple). 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£2). Crazy chart tunes.
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.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—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 low-brow 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 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 Chi at McChuill’s. 8pm—midnight. Free. Monthly. The first in a succession of rather cool nights, the evening starts with mellow shaolin beats and builds to funky house and bouncy techno.
I Critical Mass at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 8pm—late. Free. Weekly. Jon Fopp, aka Nodj, with a wilfully peculiar selection
ranging from punk to funk and all points in between.
I CuI 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 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. 7.3()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and A.J. 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 label Fenctik and club night Psy Phi, Paul Cawley warms up for the weekend with brand new breaks, hip hop and drum & bass.
I Rowan and Niall at the Halt Bar. Free. Monthly. The former Balsa residents, now ensconced in a new venue, do their deep house thing.
I Russell's at Russell’s. 6pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Yaw kicks out the best R&B, hip hop and swingbeat.
I Soaterama at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (ground floor). 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. An across-the-board blend with an emphasis on the unexpected, from punk to drum & bass.
I Stateside Sounds at The State Bar. 4—7pm. Free. Weekly. Paul Shields selects alt.country favourites, rock classics and blues cuts.
I Straight Ahead at Spy Bar. 9pm—late. Free. Weekly. The superb Straight Ahead crew spin Northern soul, funk and dancefloor 'azz.
I Tap-Mor-La at The Tap. 9pm—midnight. Weekly. A new pre-club from, in their words, ‘just two more blokes playing their records in a pub.’ Fortunately Hush Puppy of Divine fame and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (he’s in some indie band, apparently) have corking collections taking in 60s pop, Wigan- centric soul, mod jazz and Latin grooves. I Tektronic at Bar 10. 9pm-late. Free. Weekly. Harking back to the way it used to be at Bar 10 with Nik Craig (Syntax) and DJ Trace (Mad Dog) supplying a mix of deep house, techno, psychedelia and spacerock/krautrock.
Club
I The Ark at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. The mighty triumvirate of Scott Mackay, Michael Kilkie and Zammo keep the crowd on their toes with top quality hard house, while Simon Foy