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■ Homegrown at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. £7 (£5 with a matric card). Weekly. Big Al, Dominic Martin and Robin B play R&B, indie, rock and soul. ■ I Love Garage at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Kinetic Blue at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Indie and funky house from Ross McMillan. ■ Kinky Disco at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. The self- styled sexiest party in town is hosted by DJs Stevie Foy and Gav Somerville. playing house, electro and urban hits. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. 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. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £8 (£5 students). Weekly. Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds from Rob Etherson and That Tall Guy Scott. ■ Sabado Saturdays at Byblos. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from new resident Jon Mancini, with Stuart McCorrisken in the back room. ■ Saturday at Milan at Milan. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. DJs Robbie and Cruz serve up chart, dance, R&B and hip hop. ■ This is . . . at Common. 5pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. James D plays funky indie. ■ Worship at Tusk. 5pm–2am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJ John Heally. ■ Yoyo at the Shed. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits.
Glasgow Sundays
Club FREE Button Up at Flat 0/1. 9pm–2am. Weekly. Duncan Harvey and Jack Isosceles play a mix of sleazy R&B, 50s and 60s pop, jump jive, Jamaican vibes and exotica from a bygone age. ■ Optimo Presents Hung Up! at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Sundays aren’t dead yet! A new weekly event curated by Optimo DJs JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, taking up where their old night left off but with added input from some of Glasgow’s finest DJs. ■ Sin City at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3 (free for students). Weekly. Marky Mark and Mash brings you disco, funk, soul and house. FREE Sundays at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. Weekly. DJ AM-Y playing killer rock, metal, punk and requests. ■ Sunset at Byblos. 8pm–2am. £5. Weekly. New Polish night with Fox McLeod playing house, funk and Polish hits. Chart & Party ■ Big in Japan at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Dance if you want to, or take advantage of the cheap drinks instead. ■ Discobadger at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm with a matric card; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. DJ Kash, Domsko and Gerry Lyons play hip hop, house, funk and electro. ■ Encore at Kushion. 9pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Party sounds. Girls – note it’s free entry all night if you’re wearing heels. Pervy? Never! ■ Liquid Cool at Common. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Iain Thomson, Woody and Harri playing top-notch vocal garage and house to a club packed with hyper-hedonistic twentysomething revellers, all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning. ■ Mayhem Sundays at Bennets. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Party tunes for an up for it gay crowd with Marc.
Claude VonStroke Cotton Cake have secured yet another quality guest as Claude VonStroke mans the
decks this month. A filmmaker who turned to techno/minimal/electronica with the release of his underground hit ‘Deep Throat’ in 2005 before launching his own DirtyBird label, then later a deeper techno imprint Mothership (with most of the profits going to a music school for children in his native Detroit). ■ Cotton Cake at the Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 17 Sep.
■ Shedkandi at the Shed. 11pm–3am. £2. Weekly. Sisters Lisa Mafia and Li’l Gem present a house and R&B playlist. ■ Snakebite Sundays at the Viper Bar & Club. 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. A trip from disco to pop to dance. ■ Sunday ‘Sentials at Play. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £tbc after. Weekly. Party sounds from DJs Chris Stewart and Ross McFadyen. ■ We Started Everything at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. A night of ‘unadulterated musical magnificence’ (we’re quoting) with Brian McMaster.
Glasgow Mondays
Club ■ Burn at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. Presented by Normski, Zeus and Mash. ■ Passionality at FHQ. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC. ■ Raid at La Cheetah. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). Weekly. A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests each week, all tbc at the moment.
Glasgow Tuesdays Club ■ Danse Macabre at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 14 Sep. Goth and disco club. ■ I AM at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (students free before midnight). Weekly. A brand new night from residents Beta and Kappa, whose modest aim is to recreate the Optimo vibe of old. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Euan Neilson and David Sinclair play electro, house and rock upstairs, while Duncan Harvey and David Brown have the bootlegs and classics covered downstairs.
■ Revolution at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. DJ Muppet plays rock, metal and emo. Glasgow Wednesdays
Club ■ 186 Bath Street at Hummingbird. 9pm–3am. £3. 22 Sep. A new weekly night which aims to showcase Glasgow’s best. This week it’s a three-hour set from Den Haan (Optimo Music). ■ Dirty Noise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. £4. 22 Sep. Techno, electro and filth from Dirty Kid and Joe Crogan. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 student). Weekly. Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. ■ Pins & Needles at Queen Margaret Union. 10pm–2am. £3 (£2 members). Weekly. Night of indie-dance classics. ■ Stay Fresh at SWG3. 10pm–3am. £7 (£5 advance, free with freshers pass). 15 Sep. A mighty freshers party courtesy of Subcity, featuring sets from Shaun fae Solar, All Caps Radio, Diggin’ The Twelve Inch, Indra and Pasty 32, and visuals by Joe Crogan and Visual AIDS. ■ Wednesdays at Flat 0/1 at Flat 0/1. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Darrell plays 80s and urban funk jams and Dom plays a mix of 80s funk rap grooves. ■ Tongue in Cheek at Bamboo. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Weekly. Gavin Sommerville plays R&B in the main room, DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room. ■ Watchamacallit at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Punk, funk and pop with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ West-End Wednesdays at Boho. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). Weekly. A student night for the West Endg. ■ WWW (World Wide Wednesday) at Kushion. 8pm–3am. Free before midnight with Social Animal keyring; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Everything from 80s to pop to hip hop.
Clubs
Edinburgh Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to clubs@list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Edinburgh Thursdays Club FREE Animal Hospital at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 9 Sep. Techno and minimal night with decor and live visuals. ■ Boys Will Be Girls at the Voodoo Rooms. 8pm–1am. £5. 23 Sep. A burlesque/cabaret event from Captains’ Follies. ■ Dub Kaoss at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. Drum & bass and dubstep. FREE Dubstep Special at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 16 Sep. Does just what it says in the tin. ■ Edinburgh Uni Indie Society Gig/Club at Wee Red Bar. 7pm. £4 (£3). 16 Sep. The Edinburgh Uni Indie Society present live music and DJ thrills (acts tbc). ■ Famous at Po Na Na. 9pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. New exciting indie adventure with a dash of funk and electro beats. FREE Frisky at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Chart and dancefloor anthems in the main room with indie and 90s hits out back. ■ Octopussy at the HMV Picture House. 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly. Student night of chart, R&B, electro and indie classics. FREE Pop du Jour at CC Blooms. 8pm–3am. Weekly. New weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton, who accepts requests up to 11pm. ■ Roller Boogie at City Nightclub. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). Weekly (from 16 Sep). Old skool roller disco (skate hire £1.50) with a retro soundtrack, launching with a live ABBA tribute act (16 Sep) followed by top Michael Jackson impersonator Navi (23 Sep). ✽✽ Scream! at the Liquid Room. 10.30pm–3am. Weekly (from 16 Sep). Huge new Thursday nighter for Edinburgh with a heavy emphasis on dubstep, breaks, electro and techno
WIN Paul van Dyk tickets
Paul van Dyk is one of the biggest DJs in the world, famed for his energetic trance sets. Here he’s appearing at City in Edinburgh on Sat 18 Sep courtesy of Colours and we have two pairs of tickets to give away. For a chance to win, head to www.list.co.uk/offers by Wed 15 Sep. See interview, page 43. 9–23 Sep 2010 THE LIST 47