www.list.co.uk/clubs Glasgow
Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to clubsglasgow@hotmail.com. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow Thursdays Club ■ Best in Show at Nice’n’Sleazy. 9pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm: £3 after. 17 Jun. Like Crufts, but with men (and Findo Gask DJs) instead of dogs. ■ Cheap & Nasty at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 17 Jun. Everything from disco to indie and electro to funk, with Matthew Craig of One More Tune and Define Define. ■ Classic Grand Thursdays at Classic Grand. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. DJs Barry, Dec and Young Blood provide a mix of rock, electro, emo and industrial. ■ Cloak & Dagger at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4 students). 10 Jun. A one off fundraising night of electro, techno and fidgit house. ■ Counterfeit at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). 10 Jun. Iconic nu- metal tracks from the 90s to the 00s with DJ Muppet. ■ Cryotec at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). 24 Jun. Playing the best in EBM and industrial. FREE Dub’n’Grub at the 78. 5pm–midnight. Weekly. Back at the old Stereo (now The 78), the Mungos Hi-Fi boys play reggae, dub and dancehall while you tuck into a bit of decent grub. Remember, be there before 6pm to get a table. ■ I Heart . . . at O2 ABC. 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. A new Thursday night student special with resident Gentleman Johnny. ■ Mixed Bizness at Glasgow School of Art. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Benny Boom. Includes entry to R-P-Z. ■ The Pump Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 24 Jun. Throbb, The Falconi Bros, Von Trapp and guests present an electronic workout. ■ R-P-Z at Glasgow School of Art. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Residents Hushpuppy and Bonjour Boi promise a blend of electro, Italo disco, punk-funk and ‘wrong sounds a-plenty’. Includes entry to Mixed Bizness. ■ Rubbermensch at O2 ABC2. 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly. A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ Shake it Up at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Indie, rock, disco and pop from DJ Paddy. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). Weekly. DJs Billy and Colin play rock, emo and pop-punk in the main room, while DJ Q Ball has the sickest black metal, death metal and thrash in the back. ■ Slo-Mo at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £2. 17 Jun. Deep soul, disco edits, blissful beat-down, slow-burning house and melodic techno from Chef De Party, Stuart Holbeck, Charles Gardiner and Rob Firth. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3. Weekly. Wee Cheesy scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Teenage Lust at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 10 Jun. A mutant disco of wedding standards, 80s and 90s indie and American punk from the Aberdonian night, now relocated to Glasgow. ■ Thursday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Mark Robb plays old school disco. FREE Thursdays at Maggie Mays at Maggie May’s. 10pm–3am. Weekly.
Soul, blues and funk from DJ Junior Otaman. ■ Whabang!!! at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £4. 24 Jun. Electro, fidget and dubstep. Chart & Party ■ Common Room at Common. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Weekly. DJs Craig Kelman and Craig McHugh play party tunes in a house party style. ■ DSM: Dirty Sexy Money at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Glasgow’s most blingin’ Thursday night party. ■ Erotic Pop at Kushion. 8pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. James Lithgow and Ross McMillan chop up instrumentals and vocals to create live mash-ups for the crowd. FREE Eureka at Bamboo. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Robin B spins dance, R&B, hip hop and house. ■ iDJ at the Shed. 11pm–3am. £2. Weekly. DJ Li’l Rich plays party sounds to start the weekend early. Monthly special events include bouncy castles, karaoke nights and the famous Shed roller disco. ■ Rumble Thursdays at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Chart, pop, indie, R&B and hip hop fight it out for your aural affections. ■ Satisfaction at Byblos. 10.30pm–3am. £3. Weekly. Stuart McCorrisken mixes up R&B, dirty chart music and anything fun. ■ Skint at the Viper Bar & Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Stephen Foy plays indie dancefloor anthems, pop hits and classic house. ■ Thursday at Milan at Milan. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. DJ Naeem and DJ Sketch presents a night of sleek and sexy urban tracks to get you moving. ■ Vibe at Boho. 10.30pm–2am. £5 (£4, students free before midnight). Weekly. DJ Bobby B, DJ Gully and Mr Vin mash up hip hop, R&B, house and club classics.
Glasgow Fridays
Basement. 11pm–3am. £10. 18 Jun. Club ✽✽ Animal Farm at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £10. 18 Jun. Dubbed- out bass-scapes influenced by jazz, Afrobeat and techno from guest Brendon Moeller (Steadfast, DeepSpace Media), with residents Quail and Lamb. ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 11pm–2am. Free before 11.30pm; £3 after. 18 Jun. The Argonaut sound system returns playing reggae, dancehall, dub and soca. ■ Ballbreaker and Vice at the Cathouse. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJs Billy and Martin Bate play a selection of rock, metal, emo and even hip hop over two floors. ✽✽ Be Deep at Admiral Bar Disco to Detroit to Dutch electro from Panorama Bar resident and Klakson label boss Steffi. ■ Bespoke Fridays at O’Couture. 8pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this brand new club from residents Rob Etherson and Mash. ■ Big Wooden Box at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £5. 18 Jun. Cranked up minimal and techno from guest Hans Bouffmhyre (Sleaze Records) and residents Kill The Kid and Niche. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 9pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £3 after. 18 Jun. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Breakdown Bands and Homebass at Soundhaus. 9pm–3am. £tbc. 18 Jun. Indie, rock and electro live acts from the local scene including Vinyl, The Hollowtin Sorrows, Sons of Liberty, Desolation Yes, ForeverBroken and Fool On, with DJs during and after the acts. Katchi and Badfinger play fidget, dubstep, house and more in the wee
room from 10pm. ■ The Cave at the Flying Duck. 8pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 before midnight; £5(4) after. 11 Jun. The Cave’s Death Surf night returns after last year’s explosive party. Expect Dick Dale, Link Wray, Dead Kennedys and Pixies via a wee bit of Beach Boys. There’ll be face painting and Hawaiian shirts aplenty, and live surf guitar bands (names tbc). ■ Common People at the Flying Duck. 9pm–3am. £5 (£4). 11 Jun. The 90s are fair game for a nostalgia night now that a decade has passed, says this new monthly night, and who are we to argue? With 90s bingo from 9pm. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ Exposure at Soundhaus. 10pm–3am. £tbc. 11 Jun. Trance and techno with residents Scott Benson, Chris Spence and Marcus Campbell, guest Colin Hamilton and many more. ■ Festival at O2 ABC2. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Euan Nielson and Duncan Harvey play electro, indie and pop. ■ Friday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Friday night party tunes from the Oran Mor residents. FREE GSA Degree Show Street Party at Glasgow School of Art. 6pm–midnight. 11 Jun. School’s out at the Art School, and GSA regulars Boom Monk Ben, Hushpuppy, Bicep, Thunder Disco Club and Mr Divine will be partying in the street. Quite literally, on Renfrew Street. FREE Hotbox: Four to the Floor (Part 1) at Black Sparrow. 9pm–1am. 11 Jun. Four hours of house and techno action from the Animal Farm residents Darren Quail, Chris Lamb and Charles Turtle. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes face painting, dress-up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh er. Guest passes available from Speakeasy. ■ Lock Up Your Daughters at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 18 Jun. More Queerbash tunes from ‘zine makers Lock Up Your Daughters at this nautical themed Ahoy Sailor! summer dance party. Pirate or deckhand, feel free to dress up. ■ Phonic at Ad Lib. 11pm–3am. £4. 18 Jun. A new monthly electronic night. Expect live sets, vinyl and machine music from residents Headspeath, Eddie Cointreau, Paul Bendoris and guest Scott Theory. FREE Pi-Eyed at Cosmopol. 11pm–3am. 11 Jun. A night of pure mayhem at this free party, with Demon Cabbage (Wrong Music), Taz Buckfaster, Babyshaker, Dom D’Sylva, Alcane and DJ Bitskit. ■ Religion at 96 Maxwell Street. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. House, electronica and techno from Harry Bennett. ✽✽ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £12. 11 Jun. A first- class house/techno party from Slam, joined this time by Curtis Jones aka Cajmere and Green Velvet. ■ Riot Radio at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £5. Weekly. DJ Dan South presents indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Spit Fire at Blackfriars. 9pm–2am. £4. 11 Jun. A delectable soundtrack of new and classic indie, punk, pop, rock and electro. This month’s guest DJ is John Hunt of the late National Pop League. FREE Thunder Disco Club at Glasgow School of Art. 10pm–3am. 11 Jun. The TDC team celebrate their first birthday and GSA’s end of term party with the help of visual collaborator Joe Crogan and fast-rising Glasgow band Milk. See preview, page 43. ■ Upside Down at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 11 Jun. Indie, punk and rock’n’roll.
Clubs
■ Velvet Presents Laid Back at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £5 (girls go free). 11 Jun. An intimate night of house music from guest Konx-Om-Pax (displaycopy.net) and residents Le Mac and Brian Hendrie. Afterwards there will be a secret afterparty in an undisclosed location. Tickets are limited and must be booked in advance - for more information email velvetmusic@live.co.uk. Chart & Party ■ Audio Filth at Common. 5pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Friday nights are getting dirty with Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrating some of the filthiest house, electro, hip hop and indie. ■ Audiokandi at Byblos. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6–£8 after. Weekly. Ian McNab, Stu Laurie, Gary O’Connor and Andy Robson play vocal house anthems. ■ Boho Fridays at Boho. 9.30pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Fridays at Boho are funky, with DJ Robin B. ■ Cheesy Pop at Queen Margaret Union. 9pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. After many years, rampant hordes of mucky-minded, vodka fuelled urchins still flock to hear DJ Toast’s edam selection. ■ Crash at the Shed. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. Euan and Andy play all the party tracks you know and love. ■ Famous at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. DJ Fozzie Maden kicks off the music with relaxed house, funk and soul. Joe Smith then takes over, and finally James Lithgow and DJ Status take it through to 3am with indie, electro, house and hip hop. ■ Friday at Milan at Milan. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ Garage Mobile Disco at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Music for Pleasure at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Indie, pop and electro from Sose, with R&B and hip hop from Gareth Sommerville in room two. ■ My Mum Told Me I Could DJ at the Viper Bar & Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. The West End comes alive with Friday night chart and party sounds. ■ O’Couture Fridays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds. ■ Old Skool at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Funk, soul and disco from DJs Craig Thompson, Jack and Gordie. ■ Tipsy at Karibu. 11pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Super-stylish R&B and urban sounds from Iron Ill, Prospect, Nick G and Kash. Note the venue points out that ID is a must. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. 11pm–3am. £8. Weekly. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
Glasgow Saturdays Club ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Bedlam at Queen Margaret Union. 11pm–3am. £4. 26 Jun. Monthly. A monthly goth, EMB and hardcore night for the black-clad hordes. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £3. 19 Jun. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Broadcast Beach at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 19 Jun. A new night for music lovers, playing indie, folk, punk-rock, reggae, psych, new-wave and more.
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