Clubs listings
Glasgow Fridays
Pre-club
I Ad-le 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. Cohort Geoff Montford satiates your ass with a last blend of house and disco grooves. I rry Gemmel at Nico‘s. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The finest R&B. house and garage to please the smartly dressed Fri patrons.
I The Beat Museum at the Variety Bar. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Mark Macallum and friends spin out only the best treats from the world of soul. dance and house.
I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Purveyor of fine funk Chris Harris says a slammin‘ hello to the Budda clientele. who are in for a night of high class house. Entry only to those wearin their disco trousers.
I Ca on Records at Republic Bier Halle. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The A to Z of Carbon Music. as Matthew Prall and Guests map out the coolest cuts of past and present.
I Chl at McChuill‘s. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. The Chi spinners begin by deploying a unique blend of mellow shaolin beats and then unleash the heavier stuff later on.
I Critical Mass at Nice‘n‘Sleazy. 8pm—late. Free. Weekly. Noj (Midi Hi- Fi) and John mess with your head playing anything from dub. punk. indie. reggae. hip hop. dance and rawk to soul and funk. Come along and kick out the jams or go uptown top rankin’. Guest DJs most weeks.
I Cul de Sac at Cul de Sac. 5pm—midnight. Weekly. Cul de Sac knows what its customers want: good music and loads of it. Kenny Hislop takes to the decks from 5—8pm. and then at 9pm Steve Sutherland of Urbana Music takes over. Sensory overload.
I Edward’s at Edward‘s. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. An after- office crowd is worked up into a ball of happiness by DJ Keith Pyper. Please be careful.
I Elllots at Elliots. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Keith Pyper plays soulful house and garage in this smart central boozer. Drinks promos and happiness are also part of the experience.
I Friday Street at Blackfriars. 8pm—lam. £4(£2). 27 Sep. Monthly. Neil Donaldson is the mod master at this northern soul funker. Lapels should be the right width. and holes in desert boots should be kept in check.
I Kenny H at Moloco (West End). 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Funky grooves from around the globe. with a healthy smattering of soul thrown in for good measure.
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I Modalicious at Moda. 9pm» lam. Free. Weekly. Mark Duff and Ally Sandler pull out some ftmky vocal house grooves mixed with appetising garage anthems. but if they don‘t fulfil then just marvel at what must be the coolest fireplace in town.
I Mod Night at Mc(‘huill's. Spin—midnight. Free. 4 ()ct. Monthly. The Friday Street mob play (i()s funk. soul and dancefioor jazz for a real music crowd. (iood atmosphere. classic venue. I Moloco at Moloco. 8pm midnight. Free. Weekly. Rotational DJs from the Buff clth work the pre-club crowd in this fine West End boozer.
I Moskito at Moskito. ‘)pIn-~midnight. Free. Weekly. The Sole don Stevie Middleton warms a funky crowd under Bath Street. Like all good DJs. he‘s not afraid to throw in something old. borrowed or even blue.
I Nico’s at .\'ico‘s. 9pm midnight. Free. Weekly. Nico's warms the Sauchiehall revellers tip with happy. popular music and a selection of alcoholic beverages. A novel idea if ever there was one.
I October at the October (’afe. 9pm—midnight. Weekly. Gordon Miller puts his decks to very good use with the best in vocal house and LS garage.
I Papacool at the Basement Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Papacool occupy that beautiful niche of jazzy soul funk with a grace that most jUst can‘t manage. Quite special.
I Phonic at 54 Below. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Phonic DJs Steven Reilly and Gordon Logan serve up some quality house grooves.
I Russell’s at Russell's. (mm—midnight. Free Weekly. DJ Yaw kicks out the best R&B. hip hop and swingbeat.
I Shift at Blackfriars Basement. SpIn—lam. £3. 4 ()ct. Monthly. Funky pre-club warmth from these Shift bad boys. who occupy what must be one of the coolest basements in town.
I Soulsa Presents: Vinyl at Strata. 9pm~midnighf Free. Weekly. Another
beautiful Glasgow bar with a fitting music policy. Underground house. Latin vibes and choicest disco from Andy Unger. Shae-l) and special guest DJs. I Sound Museum at (.‘(‘A bar. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris ‘Beans' (ieddes (Belle and Sebastian) and Hushpuppy (Divine. GSA) uncover a forgotten world of sound. delving deeper and more carefully than many into lost realms of soul. Latin. funk. disco and exotica.
I Stateside Sounds at the State Bar. 4—7pm. Free. Weekly. Paul Shields selects alt.country favourites. rock classics and blues cuts. A night that should be commended for doing something different and for doing it well.
I Straight Ahead at Spy Bar. 9pm—late. Free. Weekly. Dance floor jazz. northern soul and funk spun by the superb Straight Ahead crew.
I Surfer’s Paradise at Walkabout. (mm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Party time at this new pre-club proposition. Those who drink Australian. think Australian. so expect widespread lairiness and crocodile-baiting. Not that we're into stereotypes or anything.
I Therapy at the Medicine Room. Xpm—lam. Free. Weekly. The highly trained Divine DJs deploy a soothing yet potent treatment in this unique new bar run by the owners of Ad Lib and Brel. lt's eerily yet handily positioned opposite the Cathedral. Royal Infirmary and Necropolis. and each clinic offers a variety of placebos.
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Club
I Aerodynamico DJ Exchange at Ad Lib. Next date 4 ()ct.
I The Ark at the Tunnel. l().3()pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. ()ne of the elder statesmen of the Glasgow clubbing scene. the Tunnel bring the hard house and trance to a crowd of well suited and booted young folk. This is one of their biggest nights. too.
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‘3 Bebado at Riverside Club. Midnight—3am. £l() (£8) 27 Sep. Ady Harley from BBC lXtra and Sambal.oco
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I Bogota! at (.‘uba Norte. 9pm—2am. Free. Weekly. Barrio and Radio Magnetic main man Mr peaches entertains the troops on 28 Sep. You never know. it might become a permanent fixture.
‘3 Breakdown at Ad Lib. l lpm—4am. £3. 20 Sep. Monthly. (‘arbon take their enviable record collection out on the road once again. and the results are uniformly funky and cool. Chris Marr and Matthew Prall play a selection of house and breakbeat tracks. For this date only ‘A-Usl'r‘ard holders gel [2 ({fl-(IUUI‘
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I The Cathouse at the (‘athouse l().3()pm—3am. £1 before I lpm: £4 (£3) after. Weekly. Riding high on the nu metal wave. this is one of the busiest nights in town. Rock. grunge. indie and a dash of breakbeat across three floors at Glasgow‘s top venue for rockers and alternateens.
' I Coded at Vault. llpm»-3am. £5 (£4).
Weekly. They're from a record store. so the tunes are going to be fresh and highly funky. aren‘t they‘.’ A rotating roster of DJs affiliated to 23rd Precinct supply house-led grooves at the new club. Steven McCreery is the main man. but the pool of talent includes Billy