Clubs
FREE White Noise with Billy Woods at Mama San. 9pm–3am. Weekly. Music for adults. Glasgow legend Billy Woods plays the tunes in style. Glasgow Saturdays
■ Absolution at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Andrew Rainey, Kill the Kid and Palpetine at Bar Bloc. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. 17 Oct. Club night. ■ Be@titude! at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). 17 Oct. A basement party with DJs Craig Foc, Lewis Park and Scott Ried providing minimal, house, and techno.
✽✽ Boogie Pickers at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 17 Oct. The Men & Machines team play techno and tech- house all night long at this new venue on the site of the Twisted Wheel. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 17 Oct. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Brutus Gold’s Lovetrain at O2 Academy. 10.30pm–3am. £10 (£8 in disco fancy dress). 10 Oct. It’s time to boogie, it’s time to bump, it’s time to board the Love Train as Brutus Gold takes you back to the D-I-S-C-O days of the 1970s. FREE Bunker Saturdays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm–2am. Weekly. Toast drops indie bits, rock picks and student anthems. ■ Canvas Club at Arta. 10pm–3am. £5 (free). Weekly. See Fri. ■ Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. noon–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this brand new club. ■ Death Disco Glasgay! Special at the Arches. 10pm–4am. £14 (£7). 17 Oct. Expect glitzy and deliciously dirty disco as this monthly orgy of anarchic electronic rock’n’roll comes to Glasgay! with Kissy Sell Out, Busy P, Feadz, Andy George & Jaymo, So Me, Breakbot, Crystal Fighters (live) and James Yuill (live) joining the line-up, and installations and crowd interactions from David Hoyle. Part of Glasgay!. ■ El Rancho Picante at the Flying Duck. 10.30pm–3am. £4. 10 Oct. El Patron and Leo Alabama present a night of rusty rock’n’roll, wonky-tonk pop and high-energy indie, with live band Inspector Tapehead. Includes entry to Half My Heart Beats. ■ Homegrown at Bamboo. 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Stevie Sole plays a funky, soulful house set with Miguel playing R&B and Dominic Martin supplying the funk and jazz. ■ Karbon Saturdays at Karbon. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Kevin McFarlane, Stephen Lee and Woody mix up the dance sounds, while Illyus and Status supply full-on urban anthems. ■ Kitchen Sessions at Soundhaus. 11pm–4am. £7 (£5). 10 Oct. The Kitchen Sessions return to the Soundhaus with guest Altered Mode joining residents Clouston and Pete Goddfrey, who play a selection of techno and tech-house. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff. 10.30pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Nick Peacock, Craig Thompson, John Ross and Alex provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky.
✽✽ Numbers at the Stereo. 11pm–3am. £10. 17 Oct. One of
Glasgow’s most eclectic clubbing successes presents an unmissable official launch party for local success story Hudson Mohawke’s new album Butter, which is out on Warp. HudMo himself appears alongside Mamiko Motto (Kindred Spirits), the Numbers DJs and VJ Retina Glitch. See feature, page 30.
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■ Saturdays at the Cathouse. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5.50). Weekly. DJs Eric and Muppet offer classic and current rock on level one, while DJ Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. ■ Scrub-a-Dub at Glasgow School of Art. 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 advance). 17 Oct. A new monthly night of dubstep on the Mungo’s Hi Fi Sound System, featuring Dub-4 and Von-D. Dub-4 is the resident DJ at legendary Paris club Cool and Deadly, and Von-D is renowned for his solo dubstep productions. ■ Send_N_Return at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £6. 10 Oct. A night of techno and house, featuring special guest Neuroxyde. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. 17 Oct. Raucous rock’n’roll, groovin’ R&B, thumping soul and other sounds from the past that’ll make your backbone slip. ■ Solardisco at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 9pm–2am. £5. 10 Oct. Music across the electronic disco spectrum with residents Maelstrom (Eskimo Recordings/Mindless Boogie), Kev Stevens and Craig Moogroove. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic back together every week after Domenic’s recent sojourn in Barcelona and regular guests Junior, Telford and Esa. Innervisions’ Ame is the special guest on 17 Oct. ■ Superfly at Hetherington Research Club. 10pm–2am. £5. 10 Oct. Duncan Superfly and Gregor Emond ‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ in a new venue, providing a sweltering mix of sweet soul, sexy assed funk, 60s psyche rock, hip hop, post punk and new releases. They call it The 101 Club now, because only 101 lucky customers will be admitted. ■ The Skinny & Ten Tracks Twisted Kids Birthday Party at the Arches. 10pm. £7. 10 Oct. A long- winded title for a celebration of some of the best bands and DJs in Scotland. Meursault, The Blessings, Over the Wall and RBRBR play live and there are DJ sets from David Barbarossa, Huntly & Palmers Audio Club, Slabs of the Tabernacle, Radio Magnetic and Astroboy. ■ Voodoo at the Cathouse. 4–9pm. £6 (£3). Weekly. Under-18s club, featuring two floors of rock, metal, punk, emo and requests with DJs Framie and Am- y. ■ Windrush at Blackfriars. 9pm–3am. £6. 10 Oct. Reggae, ska and rock steady on a big soundsystem. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 10 Oct. Electro, techno and all kinds of mashups from the Wrong Island DJs Dirty Larry and Teamy. With special guest DJ King of Town, known for remixing Franz Ferdinand, The Phenomenal Handclap Band and fellow South Africans Desmond and the Tutus. Glasgow Sundays
■ Bloc + Jam at Bar Bloc. 5pm–2am. £tbc. Weekly. Open mic night hosted by Louis Abbot (Brother Louis Collective), Craig Grant (Union of Knives) and Kenny ‘Jelly Minogue’ Reid. ■ Colours Presents Deadmau5 at the Arches. 8pm–late. £16. 11 Oct. The increasingly popular techno producer comes to town, backed by special guests. ■ Discobadger at Bamboo. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Dominic Martin, DJ Kash and Mash do the business every week. ■ Distortion at ABC2. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Emo, screamo and metal with DJ Muppet. ■ Hype at Karbon. 11pm–3am. £2.50/4 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. A
Death Disco Glasgow’s favourite electro party joins forces with Glasgay! for an all-out spectacular. There are too
many names involved but even the highlights should have you salivating at the electronic disco excess on offer. French tastemakers Ed Banger host their own room (featuring Feadz, Busy P, Breakbot and So Me); there’s live electronic indie from Delphic; performance artist, actor and comedian David Hoyle will be interacting with the crowd; giant sculptures will be provided by Robbie Thompson and ACD Ferguson. And that’s before we even mention the DJs: Kissy Sell Out (pictured), Andy George & Jaymo and Jack Beats. ■ The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 17 Oct.
■ One More Tune at Glasgow School of Art. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4 students). 10 Oct. Electro and techno, with A’La Fu and residents Define Define. ■ The Orb at the Arches. 10pm–2am. £12. 10 Oct. Ambient pioneers putting on a live show of chilled out techno beats in support of their ninth studio album, Baghdad Batteries. See preview, page 40. ■ Pretty Ugly at Admiral Bar Basement. 11pm–3am. £4 (£2 if dressed as a late celebrity). 10 Oct. The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. Dead Famous is the theme at this pre-Hallowe’en special, so come dressed as your best- loved late celebrity. ■ Re:Locate and Teknika at Soundhaus. 11pm–4am. £10 (£8). 10 Oct. A house and techno party for the Soundhaus, with Woody Van Eyden, David Forbes, Kuffdam, William Daniel, Steven Coyle and more. ■ Rectify at Soundhaus. 10.30pm–4am. £tbc. 17 Oct. A night of techno and hard dance excitement with Mark Doc, Colin Bell and the Rectify collective. ■ Resistance at the Flying Duck. 9pm–3am. £10. 10 Oct. Welsh electro- punk band Sicknote headline, with DJ support from Paulie Walnuts, Droidsy, Sasha Von Thulen, the La Roche Rumba DJs and the Friday Night Special crew. Live percussion from Celtic drummers, visuals by Altronix and much more. All profits go to MOJO Scotland. ■ Rob Firth at Bar Bloc. 11pm–3am. Free entry before midnight; £2 after. 10 Oct. Club night. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in the basement. ■ Sabado Saturdays at Byblos. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from new resident Jon Mancini, with Stuart McCorrisken in the back room.