Glasgow ,
Regular weekly clubs plus one off events are listed by city, then by day, then alphabetical by title. Clubs will be listed, provided that up to date details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs being omitted. Glasgow club listings compiled by Gillian McCormack.
Glasgow Thursdays
Pre-club
I Bacchus at Bacchus. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. New night featuring a rotating roster of DJs. all providing the perfect warm-up for the weekend. This fortnight look out for Stevie Elements (22 Nov) and Universal Principle‘s Nick Peacock (29 Nov).
I Brel at Brel. 9pm—midnight. Free. 22 Nov. Fortnightly. DJ Frank Murphy (Goodfoot) gets those feet stomping. playing the best in soul. R&B. Motown. Latin and reggae.
I Cul De Sac at CU] De Sac. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Join Twitch and Wilkes on their magical musical journey. The gang that love your ears take you frorn psycho rock and country 8: western to dub and techno through to soul and ska.
I Hot Latino Nights at Moda. Spin—lam. Free. Weekly. A fusion of Latin and Cuban sounds courtesy of DJs Salazar 8; Andreas.
I Jengaheads at Air ()rganic. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Martyn Jengahead starts the weekend early playing mellow beats and deep house. and if you spy his CI) player you might just get a sneak preview of some of his and Marco’s up-and-coming releases on L'nder the Counter records.
I Nico’s at Nico's. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Cheesy music for party-minded students. As if there‘s any other kind.
I Nomad at Nomad. 7.3()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Resident ‘Donut‘ Jay is joined by Kris Keegan. Ian Thompson and AJ. spinning the best house sounds.
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 Sample 8: Hold at Bar Soba. Spin—midnight. Free. Weekly. Live hip hop. replete with guest vocalists. scratchy business and percussion.
I Shogo at the Brunswick Cellars. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. An evening of breaks. beats and suchlike from Ci-Man and occasional guests. with skateboarding visual entertainments.
I Spy at Spy. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Simon Cordiner (Traxx) does his [hang and delivers some quality house and funky grooves.
I Tilt at Bar l(). 7pm—late. Free. Weekly. The Tilt crew start the weekend early with an evening of Euro trance.
I Virunga at Brel. ()prn—midnight. Free. 15 Nov. Fortnightly. DJ Tchico serves up a top selection of tunes with a world bias. including soca. Latin dance. African and reggae.
Club
I Bennet’s at Bennet’s. I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Shawn takes to the helm at this premier gay night with his inimitable selection of commercial dance. while Annie sup lies 70s and 80s hits.
I halk ‘n’ Cheese at the Tunnel.
l lpm—3.3()am. £4 (£3); free with a Snapfax before midnight. Weekly. Tunnel regulars Kevin McFarlane and Scott Mackay. plus Stephen Lee in room two. spin house and occasional commercial tracks. They‘re quite relaxed on the old dress code tonight so no need to iron the Ben Sherman.
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I Club Salsa Sabrosa at the Havana Bar. l().3()prn—3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Residents Keith. Alexis and Geo D encourage you to shake that ass with some top notch Latin grooves.
I Columbian at the Asylum Back Rootn. Spin—lam. Free to CL‘SL' members: £1 otherwise. Weekly. Music with breaks. frotn hip hop and big beat to soul and funk. I Freakmooves at the Glasgow School ofArt. l lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Dema and Mr Nice scratchin' it tip in a hip hop ‘ya don‘t stop‘ stylee.
I House at Budda. |().3()—3am. £4. (£2). 22 Nov. Monthly. Deep. dark and dirty sounds provided courtesy of Barry Reid. John Mitchell and Paul Hansen.
I Homework at Vault. l lpm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. The basement club aims for the Thu student crowd without pandering to the usual formulaic pap. They call it fucked-up pop. which means pretty much anything frorn techno and electro to unashamed pop classics. Ian and Stevie man the box.
I Off The Hook at the 13th Note Club. l()ptn—2am. £3 (£2). Weekly. The ()TH gang play electro. 80s pop. abstract machine-based sounds and throw in some random hip hop and booty bass beats for good measure.
I Polo For Me at the Polo Lounge. l()pm—latn. Free. Weekly. You. the lucky punter. take the helm tonight. as request cards are available over the bar and in the booth.
I Skint at the Cathouse. l lpm-—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Tough chemical breaks and beats. rock and indie fora studenty crowd. I Spank at Cube. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. With a little help frotn Nicky and Scott Free. veteran party-up-type Jim Da Best presents house and fttnk across two
I Streetsoul at the Velvet Rooms.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly (except last Thu of the month). Raymond Woods. DMG. John Lyons and Naeem take it in turns to provide the R&B and soul selections.
I Trash at Trash. l().3()pm--—3am. £4 (£2 l. Weekly. Student faves with a funky thetne. I Tune! at g2. l lpm—3am. Free entry before 1 lpm; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Sitnon Morrison and Andy Horn select brand new house and trance. plus Ibiza favourites to jog the memory. if you can remember anything that is.
I 1210 at Babaza. Spin—3am. Free before I lpm: £4 (£3). Weekly. lan Thomson and Vance battle it out on the decks each week. providing the crowd with huge vocal house and garage anthems.
I Work at Alaska. I lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Stucee and Metronome spin deep house and throw in a smattering of techno for those hard grafters on the dancelloor. while Dan and Chris (Bugged ()ut) rip it up downstairs. Go on. put a bit of elbow grease into it.
Chart & Party
I Madhouse at Shack. ll).3()pm—3arn. £4 (£2). Weekly. Student anthems provided by DJ C].
I Loveshack at Fury Murry's.
l lpm—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. 1 lpm~ 3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. The kids go mad for this student night. maybe it's because if they haven't managed to pull it's only because they‘ve been in art alcohol-induced coma. Chart hits. indie favourites and low-brow house.
I Shagtag at Privilege. l lpm— 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. Mtisic- wise. it's commercial house and trance from Sexy Steve and Kinky Kenny.
I Skint at the Cathouse. l lpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Funk. punk and party pap with plenty of drinks promos.
I Wired at Destiny. l()pm—3am. £2 before I lpm: £3 after. Weekly. Casual night at the wrought-iron exhibition-cunt- club with a dancier music policy. This is the only time when denim and trainers are acceptable apparel here.
Glasgow Fridays
Pre-club
I Ad-Lib at Ad-Lib. 5—8pm. Free. Weekly. Rotational DJs provide the perfect soundtrack to wind down to the weekend just as the bar staff serve up the right cocktails to take the edge off the week.
I Bar Ce Lona at Bar Ce Lona. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Geoff Montford with a unique blend of house and disco grooves.
I Budda at Bar Budda. Spin—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris Harris spinning groove-led house to the usual party crowd.
I Chi at McChuill's. Spin—midnight. Free. Weekly. A rather cool night. beginning with mellow shaolin beats and building to funky house and bouncy techno.
I Critical Mass at Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Spur-late. Free. Weekly. Jon Fopp. aka Noj (the family man) requests that you kick out the jams mutherfunkaz as he blends a wilfully peculiar selection. ranging from punk to funk and all points in between with surprise guest I)Js each and every week.
I Edward’s at lidward's.
()pttlvv midnight. Free. Weekly. Keith Pyper revs up the crowd for the weekend. I Moda at Moda. Spin—3am. Free. Weekly. The latest house and R&B for your pre-clubbing or indeed clttbbing pleasure (note the late licence). served up by DJs Mark and Scott.
I Moskito at Moskito. ()ptn—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie ‘Sole’ Middleton warming you up with a soulful selection of garage and vocal house.
I Nico’s at Nico’s. ()prn—midnight. Free. \\ eekly. l'pbeal mainstreamage to keep the drinkers on their toes.
I Papacool at the Basement Bar. (mm-midnight. Free. Weekly. The fittest in jazz. soul and funk.
I Paul Cawley at Air ()rganic.
9pttl— midnight. Free. Weekly. Cawley‘s serves a beat and break based selection. I Rowan and Niall at the llalt Bar. Free. Weekly. The former Balsa residents do their deep house thing.
I Russell’s at Russell‘s. (mm—midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Yaw kicks out the best R&B. hip hop and swingbeat.
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. ()ptn—late. Free. Weekly. Dance floor
jazz. northern soul and funk spun by the
superb Straight Ahead crew.
I Paddy Power at the Variety Bar. t)ptti—midnight. Free. Weekly. The astoundineg eclectic DJ Paddy powerfully plays everything from Brain lino lo l'ndcrground Resistance.
Club
I The Ark at the Tunnel.
l().3()pm A 3.30am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Scott Mackay and Simon Foy keep the crowd
jumping with top quality hard house in
the main room. while Gary Curley moves the crowd in Bar 2 with smooth garage and vocal house.
I Bugged Out at ()Mtf. Monthly. Next date 8 Dec.
I Caliente! at Havana. 9pm 2am. Free. Weekly. Loco Latin action courtesy of George and Andreas from 9pm through to the wee stnall hours.
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The Funk Room Fresh from success with their Discern/Define album on Quannum Projects. the highly regarded Poets Of Rhythm join residents Andrew Divine and Simon Hodge for a freaky funk- down of mammoth proportions. The Arches, Fri 76 Nov.
21* Melting Pot After seriously ‘avin' it on his last visit to Glasgow. Bill Brewster (author of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life). is back for more action. joining Simon Cordiner and Billy Woods on the decks for a night of disco classics and roots house. Riverside Social, Sat 77 Nov.
“ Richie Hawtin Album Tour Promoting his latest long-playing project 0E9 — Closer To The Edit. Canada's finest exponent of electronic mayhem does his best to mess with our minds via his unique dex/fx & 909 show. The Arches. Fri 23 Nov
"-Ii Nisted Nerve Tour Andy Votel's packed the assoned musical bandits from his Manchester-based label onto a very big bus to come and entertain the Glasgow crowds. And no. Badly Drawn Boy's not on
board. See preview. page 74. Glasgow School Of Art. Fri 23 Nov Caledonia Soul Second session of this all-new northern soul night featuring a guest spot from KENT records boss. Ady Croasdell. See Word Up for details on how to win KENT‘s latest compilation CD Northern Soul 's Class/est Rarities. Woodside Social Club, Sat 24 Nov.
It: Homebass The Fuel Records sound system rolls into town. making its first appearance in Glasgow to unleash some quality bass-heavy beats and breaks. Alaska. Sat 24 Nov.
:;-.r.f. Inside Out This trance and progressive house night has been rocking the Glasgow massive for five years now and with Judge Jules. Simon Foy and Alan Belshaw occupying the residents' roost. it's little wonder why. On the happy occasion of Inside Out's fifth birthday bash. they're joined by Anne Savage (pictured). JFK and John Kelly. See preview. page 72. The Arches, Sat 25 Nov.
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