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I Monday Mayhem at Firewater. lOpm—3am. £tbc. Weekly. lndie tracks. I Passionality at Byblos.
l l.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
I PoptimismlRocktimlsm at the Garage. 1 lpm—3am. £4 (free). Weekly. Does exactly what it says on the tin. A healthy dose of pop and rock for mid- week party people.
Glasgow Tuesdays
I Almost Orovvn at Firewater. lOpm—3am. £2 (free with student card). Weekly. Rock‘n’roll for the soul.
FREE Eureka at Bamboo. 1 lpm—3am. Weekly. Robin B spins dance. R&B. hip hop and house.
I High Voltage at the Cathouse.
l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £3 (£2) after. 30 Jun. A night of electrifying rock'n‘roll to celebrate AC/DC‘s return to Glasgow.
I Juicy Tuesdays at Kushion.
l lpm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A student night to entertain the masses across two rooms. Room one features indie pop and cheese while room two plays R&B and hip hop.
I Killer Kitsch at the Buff.
l lpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Euan and David play electro. house and rock upstairs. while The Frantic Ant has the funk. soul and hip hop covered downstairs.
I On Fire at Crib. 10pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. ln room one Hesky plays up- front R&B. hip hop. dancehall. garage and grime while Big Al plays velvety smooth R&B and soul in room two.
I Revolution at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm—2am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Muppet plays rock. metal and emo.
I The Soul Skattitude at the Twisted Wheel. 1 lpm—3am. £6 (free with flyer). 7 Jul. A fusion of early 60s ska and soul; imagine Jamaica’s Studio One meets Motown.
Glasgow Wednesdays“
I After Hours at the Buff.
l lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Gerry Lyons plays a mix of everything he loves. from The Stones to Hot Chip.
I Fuel at Maggie May’s. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Deviant will be turning out metal. industrial. punk. drum & bass. dance. hip hop and more. ls there more? Of course there is.
I Lollapalooaa Wednesday at O‘Couture. 4pm—3am. £tbc. Weekly. Indie. dance. pop and cheap drinks at this new student night. where uni society and sports team members go free.
I Look Sharp! at Firewater. 10pm—3am. £tbc. Weekly. 90s indie. 60s soul breaks. psych and funk.
I Octopussy at the Arches.
l lpm-3am. £5. Weekly. Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a chapel of love at the Arches' regular student night. FREE Rehab at Box. Midnight-3am. Weekly. An indie. punk rock and psychedelic soundtrack.
I Remote Control at the V Club. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£1 students). Weekly. Noj (Pandemic. Nice‘n‘Sleazy) and John host an alternative indie disco. I Smashed Hits at the Flying Duck. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Debauchery with a live performance (artist tbc) and J Dirty Marc giving aural pleasure in a multi-genre ballroom blitz. With club visuals and tea and toast.
I 1’ongue in Cheek at Bamboo. 10pm—4am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJ Miguel plays R&B in the main room. DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room.
I Watchamacallit at the Buff.
l lpm-3am. £3. Weekly. Punk. funk and pop with DJ Bobby Bluebell. Wednesday night, playing everything from indie to electro and back again.
Edinburgh
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to clubs.llst.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Horthmore.
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Edinburgh Thursdays
I Jagerbomb at Shanghai. 10pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. lndie. electro and urban mash-ups.
I Kinky Indie at Citrus Club.
I lpm-3am. £5 (£2). Weekly. Indie music with a touch of ska. 60s and 805.
I Kitsch! at the Hive. l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £2 after. Weekly. Chart. cheese and student anthems from the Big Cheese DJs.
I Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms. 8pm—lam. £tbc. 25 Jun. The Black Spring DJs man the decks at the final Limbo before summer with Joe Gideon & The Shark. Sara & The Snakes and Paper Planes.
FREE Play at Why Not? 10pm—3am. Weekly. With DJs Chester Guns and Chad Hemmingway.
I Rude at Po Na Na. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. New night for Po‘s with a mix of funky house. electro. urban licks and dirty mash-ups from John Hutchison. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire.
l [pm—3am. Weekly. Indie/electro night from the Cab. with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires with a DJ set from electro-ravers Dolby Anol (9 Jul).
FREE Sneaky Beats at Sneaky Pete‘s. llpm—3am. Weekly. Hip hop. funk. soul and a dash of electro.
I Stiletto at Lulu. lOpm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. EIectro-pop. glam house classics and disco.
I Vanity at Opal Lounge. 10pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Cutting edge soul. R&B. electro and funky house.
FREE We Can Be Heroes! at Electric Circus. 7pm—lam. Weekly. The Blonde Flash hosts a night of mixed genres. visual treats and kitsch.
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I Broke at City Nightclub. 10.30pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Huge student night of chart indie. hip hop. dance anthems and drinks promos.
Club for Heroes at Wee Red Bar.
llpm—3am. £5 (£4). 26 Jun. Underground disco for freaks and lovers featuring special guest House of Traps and Honey Sweetcheeks. I Diva at Berlin Bierhaus. 10pm-3am. £5 (£4). 26 Jun. House. electro. hip hop and R&B at this special ‘lbiza Beach Party'. I Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 1 lpm—3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 3 Jul. Your local one-stop hop for funk/soul/jazszatin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion. I Funk Shui at Shanghai. 10pm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. DJ Fiona mixes up chart. dance classics and dirty house. I Kanlelip at Po Na Na. 10.30pm—3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. R&B. house and dance classics from Jay and Mark B. I Misfits at the Hive. l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. DlY indie. electro. punk. rock and retro with bargain drinks. I Modern Lovers at the GRV. 10pm—3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. 26 Jun. Blues. garage punk. 60s pop. Motown. funk and beyond as Modern Lovers are joined by their good friend Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) for a DJ set. I Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm-3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 1 lpm; £8 after. Weekly. Funked up vocal house and dance classics from Jez Hill. FREE Overtime at Electric Circus. 10.30pm-3am. Weekly. Big tunes past
and present to start your weekend with a bang.
Pins & Needles at Sneaky Pete‘s.
10pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. 26 Jun. Feast of itchy-glitchy tech-house with a dash of ltalo disco joined by Optimo favourite Den Haan for a live preview of their new single ‘Heist‘. I Planet Earth at Citrus Club. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words. a healthy dose of punk. new wave. new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). I Poptastic at GHQ. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3). 3 Jul. Queer clubbing night with indie/electro from Phil Bakstad in room one and retro pop/trash from Paul McAvoy in room two. I RSVP at Lulu. l()pm-~3am. £5 before
midnight; £8 after. Weekly. Glamorous
club hits.
FREE Sassy at CC Blooms.
l lpm—3am. 26 Jun. Monthly chart and camp tracks interspersed with filthy
banter from drag queen Sassy Stryker. f I Skunk Funk at the Jazz. Bar.
1 1.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Night of
top funk from DJ Aki and live guests
including live-piece funk band drummer Paul Mill‘s Mind Excursion (26 Jun)
' followed by funk/soul outlit Washington
Street (3 Jul).
I Sugarbeat at Cabaret Voltaire. l().3()pm—3am. £tbc. 26 Jun. Tim and J0]. (Utah Saints) host this anything goes mash-up of breakbeat. drum & bass. electro and hip hop with a double bill of Parisian beat masters with noisy techno and minimal house from Brodinski and Surkin. See preview. Page 36.
I Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire.
l lpm—3am. £10. 3 Jul. The Live House Sessions continue. as the Tokyoblu live band dish out the grooves and keep the
funk flowing.
I Nisted a Brainfire at Studio 24. l().3()pm—3am. £12. 26 Jun. The hardcore dance specialists return to Edinburgh for an all out assault of fast and furious beats. gabba. old school. techno and drum & bass with Scott Brown. Kevin Energy. Bass Generator. 0 hidian and The DJ Producer. * FREE Untitled at Sneaky Pete‘s. l lpm—3am. 3 Jul. Good news chaps. a new ‘llagship’ indie night
7 launches at the rather lovely Srieaky‘s
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Pete‘s with DJs from Dogtooth. Black Tape and Hobo.
I Vibe at GHQ. l()pm—3am. £4. 26 Jun. Vibe celebrates its seventh birthday by going back to school. Canes at the ready! I Xpliclt at the Bongo Club.
I lpm—3am. £8. 26 Jun. Hard drum & bass as Xplicit are joined by Xample (Ram Records).
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Edinburgh Saturdays
I The Bang Bang Club at Cabaret
Voltaire. 10pm—3am. £5 before midnight;
£8 after. 27 Jun. New subversive club night taking over the Cab‘s Speakeasy ‘where Twin Peaks meets the Edinburgh underground.
I Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club.
1 lpm—3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. 4 Jul. Four deck mix of dubstep. reggae. dancehall and jungle with David George. Beast. Deburgh and Decoy Roy.
FREE Booty at GHQ. l lpm—3am. 27 Jun. R&B. hip hop. soul and funk from DJs Dale Lush and lsla Blige.
I Bubblegum at the Hive. l lpm—3am. Free before 1 1.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. A student friendly chewed up. spat out mix of electro. pop. dance. disco. soul and indie.
I EccentriCity! at Electric Circus.
1 lpm—3am. £8. 4 Jul. Buttercup and Pixels present this new night that recreates ‘early morning festival
moments‘. I The Egg at Wee Red Bar.
1 lpm—3am. £2.50 before 1 1.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Indie. 60s garage. electro. northem soul. ska. 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. I Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar.
1 l.3()pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Scottish jazz. funk. soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy. including funk. soul and hip hop from Glasgow‘s Federation of the Disco Pimp (4 Jul).
I 00-00 at Studio 24. l 1pm--3am. £5 (£4). 4 Jul. Swinging 60s garage. soul.
mod. soul. new wave. surf and sleazy
listening as residents Tall Paul and Big Gus return.
I Liquid Soul at P0 Na Na.
l()pm—3am. £4 before 1 1pm; £7 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night. featuring Po‘s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and
. bang up-to-date funky house for those in
Sticking to their ethics Sick Note is still free entry whoever their guest might be, so it’s great to see
the know.
I Love2Funk at City Nightclub.
l 1pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Saturday nighter at City. DJ Dan mixes up the best in funky house. R&B. disco. indie and hip hop on four decks.
I Lulu at Lulu. 9pm—3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 1 1pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville. Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites.
I Luvely at Faith. l().3()pm—3am. £12
’ (£10). 4 Jul. A saucy soirée of full-on. driving house music with residents
Tommy Kay. Dean Newton. Grum Stone and Jon Edwards.
Dolby Anol turning in a DJ set this fortnight. Their jerky, glitchy but instantly accessible brand of electro is certainly making waves as Glasgow duo Graham Peel and John Baillie Jr are being feted by the likes of Annie Mac, Kid 606 and Tigerbeat6.
l Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Thu 9 Jul.
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