Glasgow
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least fourteen days before publication to clubsglasgow®hotmail.com. Glasgow listings are compiled by Sandra Marron.
Glasgow Thursdays ;
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I *." at the Buff Club. l().3()pm—3am. £3 (free). Weekly. Stevie and David rummage through their records to bring you all the good stuff. There's the odd live band. so expect a fest of eclectronica. discotechnocarcy and other words they‘ve just made up.
I Annie Mac at the Sub Club.
I [pm—3am. £7 (£5). 22 Feb. Radio 1‘s Saviour of dance mUsic hits Glasgow with support from Mixed Bizness. Anything goes. so expect genre busting tunes. See preview. page 32.
I Bunker Thursdays at the Bunker Bar. midnight—3am. Free. Weekly. Bunker Bar is now staying open until 3am at weekends and Glasgow indie stalwarts Fools Gold are manning the decks each and every Thursday.
I Calling All Disco Kids at Karbon. l().3()pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Heskey and Big Al drop hip hop and R&B while Raw B and Euan McLeod play student classics and hand out cash prizes at this student night. Scott McKay plays house in the lounge.
I Club NME at the Arches. I().3()pm--~3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. The Arches step up as new hosts. This fortnight Jakobinarina and The Whip ( 15 Feb). Last Gang (22 Feb) and Foals ( I Mar) join Jim Gellatly (XFM) and Club NMF. DJs.
I Club Olum at the Buff Club.
I lpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Resident DJ Dirty Marc (Deathkill4()()()) is joined by live ftm.
I Crush at Queen Margaret Union. l()pm—2am. £2 (£I ). Weekly. New night with XFM's McSlea/y playing mostly bootlegs and mash up throughout the night.
I Dig! at Fury Murry’s. I lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. DJ Noir providing your fix of rock. punk. metal and ska.
I F**kmyspace at Guru. 1 Ipm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Indie rock and power pop across three rooms with Grahame. Brian and guests.
I Fools Gold at the Bunker Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Glasgow DJ legend CJ plays an array of electro pop and rock while Fools Gold mix tip some indie and rock.
I Freakmoves at Glasgow School of Art. I Ipm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Ultra- linc hip hop night for the students. with DJs Dema and Nice. £l for GSA students alter midnight. free before.
I Freakscene at Polar Bar.
I lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Brand new retro and alternative sounds from John Freakscene.
I Hi Fi at the Bunker Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Dave Sinclair dishes up five hours of top-notch indie and rock. I Loaded at Bamboo. l()pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Mark Robb. Tania and friends plays funk and soul with rock‘n'roll at this new student night.
I Record Player: at Glasgow School ofArt. I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Hushpuppy. Jackson Stars and Bonjour Boi play digital disco to the messed up party kids. £l for GSA students after midnight. free before.
I Red Room at Bluu. l()pm--3am. £3 (free). Weekly. Brian d‘Souza and Jake play electro. electronica. house. folk. dub. hip hop. jazz. indie and experimental.
I Rumble at the Garage. I lpm-~3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DJs Gerry Lyons and Baby Brian playing chart. classics. anthems and requests. In the Attic. Paul
and Steve play indie and alternative. while in G2 Andy whips up an R&B storm with 70s. 80s and 90s hits plus pop and chart in the Iinginc Rooms with Nicola.
I Skint at the Cathouse. l Ipm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. limo. funk. punk. crossover. rock. goth and hardcore tunes from DJ Billy Moat.
I Tunnel Classics at the Tunnel.
I lpm—3am. £5. Weekly. Simon Foy and Lisa Littlewood cook up house and dance from past to present.
Glasgow Fridays
Club
I Beat Down The Up Set at Guru. 1 Ipm—3am. £5. W ‘ckly. Vital mix of new underground rock’n’roll. glitchy disco. post punk and dirty digital funk. Free passes available at myspace.com/beatdowntheupset.
I Brown Baggin’ It at the Garage.
I Ipm-3am. £5 (free—£3). Weekly. The Attic hosts retro. Britpop and alt. while the [Engine Rooms play chilled out chart from every era. Brian switches the remote and plays everything from pop through to charts in the main gaff while the G2 channel spices it up with R&B and soul.
I Bunker Fridays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Tam Coyle plays the best from new and established bands until midnight while Andy Wilson drops some new and classic indie favourites until chucking out time. now 3am.
I Camouflage at Soundhaus. l()pm—4am. £6 (£5). 23 Feb. Camouflage. beats and breaks at its best.
I Canvas Club at Arta. 9pm—3am. £5 (free). Weekly. Live bands plus DJ Joe Deehan playing funk and party classics. I Electroball at Karbon. l().3()pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. New electro night from Salon Boris DJs. David Sinclair (Killer Kitsch) and Dominic Martin at new venue.
I Festival at ABC. 1 Ipm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. liuan Neilson does the honours with his bag of funky electro sounds and cross genre freeform mixing. plus guests.
I Freq at the Sub Club. I lpm—3am. £10. 16 Feb. Monthly. Broken beat to tech house and everything in between from the Freq crew with special guest Zero db. Iixpect Latin. house and Jazz IIavas.
I Friday Fling at Classic Grand.
I lpm—-3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. A ceilidh band with DJs scratching and mixing alongside them. Something that bit different for the weekend. Monthly guests as part of the package.
I Funhouse at Barfly. I lpm—-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJ Paul Needles and Alpha Mitchell spin psych. punk. soul and maximum rock'n'roll. ()n 23 Feb they go head to head with The Dolly Mixture DJs.
I Kinky Afro at the Sub Club. 9pm—3am. £8. 23 Feb. Monthly. Quality as always as Werk's head honcho Actress pops by with some grime and techno goodies. Monochrome and Benga also guest.
I Mind The Gap at the Arches. l().3()pm—3am. £l(). l6 Feb. Monthly. Cagcdbaby (DJ set). Danton Iieprom (live) and Mind the Gap DJs.
I Mini Biz at the Ivy. ()pm—2am. £5. 23 Feb. Monthly. Treva Whateva (Ninja Tune) joins Boom Monk Ben for Mini Biz with the hottest breaks. hip hop and dancehall around. Part of the Ivy Weekender. See preview. page 32.
33 Mungo’s Hi Fi at the Glasgow School ofArt. l [pin—3am. £7 (£5). 23 Feb. Monthly. The boys present the legend that is Tippa lric. Residents play dancehall. grime and dubstep for your pleasure.
I Old School Funk at the Buff. l()pm—3am. £6. ’eekly. Gordie. Jack. Craig and Dec play old school jazz and funk classics.
I Pressure at the Arches. l().3()pm—3am. £19. 23 Feb. Monthly. Jeff Mills. Slam. Alex Smoke (live). Vakant Records (Onur. Mattias Kaden) and Dblspk. Techno and minimal heaven. I Rocket at Bamboo. l().3()pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. House music from Geoff M and Craig Laws. R&B and hip hop with Gavin Sommerville plus rock and boogie with Stevie Sole in the lounge. I Shuffle at Cube. 1 lpm—3am. £5 (£4). ’eekly. Brand new Friday at Cube where house. pop. electro. hip hop. indie and techno collide. I Something’s Rotten in Denmark at Basura Blanca. I()pm--2am. £5. 23 Feb. Monthly. This time round Andy I’iacentini (Disco not Disco) and John Law (Hijack) host the Italo disco/wonky techno night. I Spit Fire at RAFA. 8.45pm-—lam. £4. 16 Feb. Monthly. Delectable soundtrack of new and classic indie. punk. pop. rock and electro. I Tunnel Fridays at the Tunnel. I Ipm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Lavish house and urban llavas. I Tusk Fridays at Tusk. ()pm—2am. £5 (free). Weekly. Classic house anthems from the early 90s with Chris Biguzzi. I Vice at the Cathouse. l Ipm~ 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DJ Martin Bates (XFM) hosts an indie rock party on level two with tunes old and new. from Arctic Monkeys to Zeppelin. I XXL at Crib. l()pm—-3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. IIesky and Big Al play hip hop. dancehall and grime with Ray Woods playing old skool classics.
Chart 8. Party
I Back to Basics at Glasgow L'niversity Ifnion. l()pm—‘2am. £3 (free—£2). Weekly. DJ Troutlish takes you way back. mashing up the best old skool anthems with new classics. cheese. dance. hip hop. pop. indie and R&B.
I Cube at Cube. 1 lpm--3am. £5 (£3-—frec). Weekly. Urban. pop and classic dance from George Bowie and Mike McDonald.
I Taste Fridays at Fury Mtirry’s.
I |pm--3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJ Marky I) playing chart hits and cheesy tunes with R&B thrown in for good measure.
Glasgow Saturdays
Club
I Back to the Future at Carling Academy Glasgow. 8pm--3am. £l2. l7 Feb. Back to the Future St Valentine‘s Ball featuring Sash. Art of Fighters. Ilyperbass and Bass X.
I Bad Robot at the Glasgow School of Art. I Ipm---3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Residents Loosejoints and Stevie Iilements host a night of quality music that cuts across the genre divides.
I Bunker Saturdays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm—3am. Free. W‘ekly. XFM’s Mash is on hand with a new weekly residency playing a bit of everything with a good bassline and an electronic house tip.
I Choice at the Arches. I lpm—3am. £5. 24 Feb. Soulful house music from the peeps behind the Southport Weekender with Steve Butler alongside resident DJ Nick Ferrara.
I Club Antics at Barfly. l lpm-—-3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. New Saturday night residency. serving tip a delectany unpredictable mix of indie. punk. electro and cult classics designed to get you dancing. ()n l7 Feb. the club hosts the Bloc Party After Show party. going tip against Rebels Rule fora club battle on 24 Feb.
I Cubeclass at Cube. 1 lpm-3am. £8. Weekly. Funky and vocal house from DJs Kris Keegan. Scoot and Scally and hip hop and R&B from DJ Andy R.
I Dance Club at the Admiral.
l lpm-—3am. £5. 24 Feb. Monthly. DJs Billy Woods. I’ro Vinylist Karim. 7 inch will please a lady and Bobby Balmain entertain with live bands and cult movies each month at this new residency.
The latest club news
Red Vodka Bar in Edinburgh’s Cowgate is to be taken over by Sarah David (Cabaret Voltaire) and Michael McGuigan. Not only are the pair promising a new DJ line-up seven days a week, they are to become an official partner with (RED), the organisation set up by Bono to fight AIDS in Africa. 10% of all gross takings will now go to the fund in this permanent move, the first commercial bar in Scotland, if not the world, to enter into such an arrangement.
Urban Nightclub in Dunfermline is starting a new roster of quality names for Fife revellers. Slam and Silicone Soul guest Friday 16 February; Progression goes head to head with We Are . . . Electric. Friday 23 February; Sister Bliss (tbc). Friday 2 March; Ultragroove's Gareth Sommervile, Friday 9 March, Timo Maas, Friday 16 March. Jon Mancini and Smokey & the Bandit , Friday 23 March. They also host a Hed Kandi party on Friday 30 March.
The Knockengorroch World Ceilidh 2007, Fri 18-Tue 20 May, has announced some of their line-up. So what’s this got to do with clubs? Well, alongside the likes of Lunasa and The Tannahill Weavers, Knockengorroch has signed up Mr Scruff (pictured), Transglobal Underground and Zion Train, upping their commitment to global beats. For full details log onto www.knockengorroch. org.uk.
In further festival news The Orb. Eat Static and Jah Wobble are on the bill for the Wickerman Festival. Friday 20—Saturday 21 July, East Kirkcarswell Farm. For full details go to www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk. Rockness is also back on the banks of Loch Ness. expanding to two days. Saturday 9—Sunday 10 June. Fatboy Slim rocked the gig last year but there's no news on headliners as yet.
Finally the John Digweed date scheduled for Cabaret Voltaire, Thursday 22 February, has been cancelled. A new date in April is hopefully on the cards.
I Death Disco at the Arches.
l()pmv -3am. .£ 1 2 (£5 half price web passes). l7 Feb. Monthly. Rory Phillips (()ur Disco/Trash) Ilcadman. Tommie Sunshine and Lo Fi Fnk (live) alongside resident DJ Mingo-Go at the monthly electro fuelled assault.
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