Glasgow
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least lourteen days before publication to clubsglasgothotmail.com. Glasgow listings are compiled by Sandra Marron.
Glasgow Thursdays
Club
I '." at tile Buff ('Iub. l().3()pm 3am. £3 (free). Weekly. Stevie arid David rummage through their records to brirtg you all the good stuff. 'lhcre's the odd live band. so expect a feast of eclectroriica. discotechnocarcy and other words that they've jUst made up.
I Atomic at (‘Iub Apollo. l lpm 3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. 'l'hey invite you to throw shapes on the dancetloor as their resident musical jigsaw builder pieces together an eclectic mix of past masters and enduring classics. spanning four decades.
I Club Tromola at ()ran Mor.
9pm 2am. £5. l6 Mar. Monthly. The Last Drag. an evening of music and perforrriance to smoke yourself silly to before the smoking ban.
I Freakmoves at (ilasgow School of Art. llpm 3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Ultra titre hip hop night for the students. with DJs Dema and Nice. (iucsls this month include Lush Life ( l6 Mar).
I Homebrew at the Sub ('lub.
l lptii 3am. £2. Weekly. An eclectic soundtrack from 'l'iff Peaches. Boom Monk Ben (Mixed Bi/ness). Pro Vinylist Karim (Mixed Bi/ness). lll 'l'echnique (Sub ('ity) and the Groundskeeper (ilenn C.
I Lemon . . . The Kings of Indie at ('lubVDub. l()prii 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. The sharpest indie cuts and the freshest indie hits.
I Lollipop at Glasgow University Union. l()prri 2am. £3 (free £2). Weekly. The (newly refurbished) Hive continues to draw in a full house with DJ John dishing out pop. indie and R&B plus student classics. Karaoke downstairs from 9pm. I Panic Room at MAS. l lprrt Jam. £4. Weekly. DJs Dave Young arid Jirn (iellatly (XFM) host a night of indie and rock plus. as an extra bonUs. live band nights switch places with Fool's (iold DJs every fortnight.
I Radio Soulwax at (‘arling Academy. 8pm l2ani. £16. l6 Mar only. 2Many DJs treat us to their last album (Nighn't'rsimis) as Soul Wax then hit the decks as 2MD. with special guests Whoinadew ho and Headmati.
I Record Player: at (ilasgow School ofArt. 10.30pm 3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Hift Sean & Hushpuppy play" to an increasingly frenzied crowd iii the Vic Bar downstairs.
I Rift Rafi at Bamboo. l lptii 3am.
Free £4. Weekly. lllytis Browrt plays the best iii R&B and hip hop. Toast plays electro. pop and rock in the Red Room while Mash delivers a ‘Back to Mine' set iii the Lounge.
I Rubbermensch at ABCZ.
l lptn 3am. Free £3. Weekly. A new night for indie kids and indie lovers. Andy Wilson is in charge with monthly visits front none other than Alan McGee ((‘reation Records).
I Skint at the (‘athouse l l prti 3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. limo. funk. punk and crossover. rock. goth and hardcore tunes from DJ Billy Moat.
I Style and Substance at QMU. l()pm 3am. £2 (£lmenibers). Weekly. Indie arid rock courtesy of DJ Tani (‘oyle I Subcity End of PM Broadcast at Sub Club. l()pm 3am. £4 (£3). 16 Mar only. Featuring Boom Monk Bert on the wheels of steel. live perfonnanees frottt local hip hop heroes All Time High and Bigg Taj as well as punk outfit Vancouver Deluxe to say goodbye to the FM and hello to online broadcasting.
I Thursday Club at the Garage.
llprii 3am. Freer £5. Weekly. A bit of
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Glasgow Fridays
Clubs
I ? at the Arches l lpiti 3am. £S(£6) l7 Mar. Monthly. This month the Young Blood Brass Band fresh from some superb Big ('hill action during the summer and Joe Driscoll JUIII in the triulti-getire luri
=l< Abomination at (ilasgovv School ol Art. llprrt 3am. £ll). 24 Mar only. Drum & bass poster boys ('ouriterstrike (Algorythiri/Freak/livol Intent/South Africa) and Robyn ('haos (Faith In ('haos/Freak/Metalhead/ll'herapy ) play for the first time iii Scotland.
I Babaza at Belo. 9pm 3am. l-ree £6. Weekly. Paul 'I'tay nor. Ross McMillan and Billy Jones play raucous R&B and heavy hip hop.
I Back to Basics at (ilasgow University Union. l()pm 2am. £3
(free £2). Weekly. DJ 'l’ioutl'ish takes you way back. mashing up the best old skool anthems with new classics. cheese. dance. hip hop. pop. indie and R&B.
I Ball Breaker at ('alhotise.
l().3()pm 3am. £3 £5. Weekly. ()ii level one DJs Barry and Billy play classic rock. glam metal. funk metal. industrial. titi metal. emo. hip hop. crossover. alternative rock and dance. Phew.
I Biggest Irish Shindig at (iarage.
l lprti 3am. Free £5. l7 Mar only Queen of Karaoke Nicola goes all ()irish. Dave McMahon plays the best of indie arid alternative in the Attic while Dave M brings you the very best of R&B. hip hop and soul in (32 all for St Paddy ‘s day.
I Boogiedown at Bluu Basement. l()pitt 3am. Free £5. Weekly. A night of furtked up jalz. disco. rare groove and house sounds from resident groove merchant Stewart Reid.
I Canvas Club at Arta. 9pm 3am.
Free £5. Weekly. Live bands plus DJ Joe Deehan playing funk and party classics. I Chinawhite at ('hiriawhite. 9pm 3am. £l(). Weekly. Waitresses. proper doormen and discerning DJs make up the 'whites experience. liclectic sounds.
I Coded at Vault. llpm 3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Steven Mc(‘reery is the main man and the likes of Billy Woods. Billy Kilkie and Amanda Price join in frotrt time to time.
I Dolly Mixture at Stereo. 8pm l2am. £3. l7 Mar only. The last Dolly before Stereo closes with live treats ll‘olll Miss the ()ccupier and (ilasvegas pltis guest DJ Adrienne (Popup).
I Electric Circus at Queens ('lub. l()pm 2am. £7 (£5). 24 Mar. Monthly. A night of nu-disco and the like from loft stalwarts Billy Woods and Andy Piacentini.
I Festival at ABCI. l lpm 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. iiuari Neilson does the honours with his bag of funky electr'o sounds and cross genre freeforni mixing pIUs guests.
I Fluid at MAS. l lpm 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. DJs Lisa Littlewood and Scott MacKay (XFM). DJ ('utl and DJ Status play the futtkiest of house tunes and cutting edge tumtablisrn to a great party crowd.
I Freakmenoovers at Blanket.
llpm 3am. £3 £6. Weekly. DJs Dema and Nice on rotation. playing the best iii hip hop. funk. street soul and R&B.
I Fresh at the Polo Lounge. l lpm 3am. £5. Weekly. Michelle and Andy are iii charge of the mUsical duties at this delicious gay/mixed Merchant (‘ity' club. I Funhouse al Barfly. l lpm 2am. £6. Weekly. A night of clued-up punk attd cathartic indie pop nonsense. It's pogoa- gogo with Mr Scott Duncan and Mr Paul Needles.
I Grind at Club Dub. l()pm 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Scottie B plays the best urban. R&B and hip hop sounds to an up— for-it-crow'd.
I GTV Fridays at the Garage.
llpm- 3am. Free £5. Weekly. Brian McMaster plays everything from Brit pop to chart music from every era.
I Max Romeo at chlrew l erry
Spin 2am £|5 24 Mar only Roots heaven Mungo's HI l'l. Hectorr and Kenny Kiiotts Join the man himself to blast the soundsy stem to striitheteens Sec preview. page 57
I Mind the Gap at (ilasgovv School ot Art llpm 3am £ll) l7 Mar Motitlily This month 'I'ekel and Plionigue guest at this great new iirglit
I Offset at ('ube llpm iairi £S (£5) Weekly. Dance classics and (till house from resident his
I Old School Funk at the Butt
l()prrt 3am £6 Weekly (iordie. Jack. (mug and Dec play old school ran and funk classics
I Pinup Nights at Bastille lavetite
S 30pm latit £8 l7 Mat Monthly Pinup Nights presents the l'K's top Smiths tribute batid. the Smytlis. and the official (ilasgow playback ol Mor'irssey ‘s new album Ring/mule) u/ I/it' Inmu'nlmv I Pukka Funk at the 'l'utmel.
llpm lam £5 (£3) Weekly Kris Keegati. lain ‘Santos' 'l'homsoii arid :\J play a Hed Kandi style set.
I Radiomagnetic at Basura Blanca l()pm 3am. £5 l7 Marotily ('elebratitig their fifth birthday at the cutting edge ol iiiterriet broadcasting with DJ sets limit the Radtotriagnetrc Stilllltlsy stem. Boom Monk Bert. DJ Mirigo go (Deatlt l)l\u)l.
('hicl' (Bcbado) and l‘lttllk Murphy
(Vegas).
I Rocket at Bamboo '05“le iam £7 (£5). Weekly (ieoll M and ('iaig |.aws play quality house music pltis RAB and hip hop front Miguel. Disco and boogie tunes from Stev ie Sole iii the lounge Martin Solverg guests on il March
I Siren at Bar Bloc. l()pm 5.tlll.
Free £2. Weekly. House and electro vv itli (lerry Blythe and KT Red.
I Vice at ('athouse. llpm ‘am £i £5 Weekly. ()(t level two “J Martin Hales (XFM) hosts an indie rock party vvrtli tunes old atid new from Arctic Monkeys to Zeppelin.
I Xpress at Q ('lub. llpiti 3am £5 l7 Mar only. Rogue Audio arid Dave Begg (MS Mugu:riie/:\5l DJ lvlanagemerit Team) play tech house and breaks tlial pack a punch.
Glasgow Saturdays
Club
I Beat Down the Up Set at |5lh Note. 9pm 3am. Free. Weekly. Kid 'l'wtst (AKA the Sluriiberjaek on (' Side 'lrav records) plays rock'ri'ioll arid synthetic robotic soul.
I Caledoniasoul at Woodside Social ('lub. 9.30pm 2am. £5. 25 Mar. Bi monthly Northern sotil plus a ltealtliy dollop of classic cuts from the vaults. (iet down to the original dartce music on dusty vinyl grooves with guest DJ Big leniiy Harkins.
I Club NME at (ilasgow School ol Art l()prii 3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Poptrlat additioti to the arty roster with live bands and DJs playing electr‘o arid unite with Howling Bells live ( IS Mar).
I Death Disco at the Arches.
llpiit .iaiii. £l(). IS Mai. Monthly. lite (ilimmers are back. More edgy. sharp underground beats than you could shake a nun at. DJ Mingo (it) and 2467 support I Deathkill40000 at Barlly.
l lpni 3am. £5 (£4). 25 Mar. Monthly The gothpopcockrockhopiiidtistrial danceparty rumbles on. showing its conimitrrierit to innovative music of any genre by welcoming Sabrepulse tor a live set of sheer Nintendo orchestral bliss and break-beat butchery.
I Dirty Record: at (ilasgow l'tiiversity l‘irioii. l()pm 2am £5 (lr'ee £2) Weekly Patil N‘Jte (XFM) gets behind the decks to deliver a selection of R&H. hip hop. soul and disco. ()pen Dev is for upcoming DJs and runs weekly downstairs in Deep 6 after a free DJ workshop (trom Spin).
I Divine at (ilasgovv School of An. l()pm 3am. £3.50 £6, Weekly. Deep funk. 60s and 70s grooves and a loyal crowd go into the mix at this very long running Glasgow residents‘ night
The latest club news
I With only Slam and Felix da Housecat officially announced for the Slam tent at T in the Park (more big names that will blow your socks off are on the way. we assure you) it‘s time to look at Scotland's only 100% dance festival. Coloursiest has continued the acts for this year‘s event (Braehead Arena. Glasgow, 3 June). There‘ll be five arenas and an outdoor stage with names like Paul van Dyk. Armin Van Burin, Judge Jules, Fergie. Timo Maas, Hed Kandi, Tidy Boys, QFX, Ultrasonic and more. For more info, tickets and full line-up check colours.co.uk. I Further afield in festival news. the (irst names (or the Big Chill (Eastnor Castle. llereloidshiie, A 6 August) have been announctxl. lhey include Nightmares on Wax. Mr Scrufl. AlM. EST. Jamie Ltddell. Jose Con/ales. Nizlopi. Norman Jay. Blue Man Group, X—Press 2 and shed loads more. Again check the web
(blgChlll net) for tickets and lull details.
l Ad Lib in Glasgow is holding a DJ night to raise funds in aid of the Malawi Tomorrow Charity. Malawian DJ Ken Mbisa and John Russo will be laying down the best in Northern Soul, hip hop and African funk all for a good cause on 18 March.
I Finally DJ Kid's (Manga) record label Restless Natives is rolling out its srxth release wnth the DC Breaks (AKA DJ Samurai and DJ Kiipttk. pictured) ‘Do You Believe/Now: Dub' double header (2m. lhts wrll be DC Breaks' imnullirnate release in the Edinburgh label as they've been snapped tip by Andy C's sister labels Frequency and Highlights
I DIV Disco at Bastita Blanca
l()ptri 3am £5 (£4) IS Mar Monthly 'l’hrs rtiotitli lattari and David of Killer Kitsch play. tti their own words. art 'elcctr‘o pop tntriiinal genre switching (llyel'stly sel'.
I Freelall at the Arches lllptri iarri £l5 25 Mar Monthly Past. present and future classics with Matt Hardwit k. -\l.tii Belshaw and inner l atta.
I Funkology at lavela. 9pm 2arr: £5 (£4) IX Mar Monthly New ltiiik night with resident lurik band I etletattori ot the Disco Pirrip arid DJs spitting otii all rrtartrier of rap. soul and tunk classics.
I Garage Saturdays at the (iatage. l().3l)prrt 3am £7 (£5) Weekly Brian McMaster plays all your lavourite classics iii the main hall while Kenny soars through alternative indie and retro classics in the Allie.
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