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Glasgow Thursday Clubs ■ Best in Show at Nice’n’Sleazy. 17 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £2. Like Crufts, but with men (and Findo Gask DJs) instead of dogs. ■ Cheap & Nasty at Nice’n’Sleazy. 3 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £2. 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. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. DJs Barry, Dec and Young Blood provide a mix of rock, electro, emo and industrial. ✽✽ Cloak & Dagger at the Flying Duck. 10 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. A night of electro, house and hip hop. With a whole bunch of special guests, including Brixton’s Marcus Marr, Glasgow’s Megamegaman and DJ Suezz, and Scottish hip hop duo Bar & Snow. ■ Co-Op at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Four great Glasgow clubs (Orderly Disorder, Dirty Noise, Mount Heart Attack and Scrabble) team up for a new monthly night, with one picking the genre for the evening and the rest putting their own spin on it. Mediaheroic will be providing visuals. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. ■ I Heart . . . at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). A new Thursday night student special with resident Gentleman Johnny. ■ Jurassic at the Art School. 3 Feb, 10pm–3am. Free for GSA students before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Drum & bass with Djamba (Jungle Nation). Includes entry to Mixed Bizness. ■ Mixed Bizness at the Art School. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free for GSA students before midnight; £4 (£3) after. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Benny Boom and rotating residents NoFace, Point to C, MGCK and Djamba. Includes entry to on-rotation Thursday night clubs in the Vic Bar at the Art School. ■ Rubbermensch and Jellybaby at O2 ABC2. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Shake It Up at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Indie, rock, disco and pop from DJ Paddy. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). 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. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro- Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Teenage Lust at Nice’n’Sleazy. 10 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £2. A mutant disco of wedding standards, 80s and 90s indie and American punk from the Aberdonian night, now relocated to Glasgow. ■ Well Again at Stereo. 10 Feb, 10pm–3am. £3–£5. A delicious club night from some of Scotland’s freshest innovators, playing underground techno,
tribal, drum & bass and stripped back house. With Oxygen Junkies, Slazenger Oats, Ryan McKenna and DR. Chart & Party FREE Access All Areas Presents Zzap64 at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. Disco Dave plays indie, pop, rock and electro. ■ Beat Boutique at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Super-stylish R&B and urban sounds from the Beat Boutique crew. ■ Bump at Hummingbird. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. R&B and hip hop from DJs Naeem and Sketch. ■ Common Room at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJs Craig Kelman and Craig McHugh play party tunes in a house party style. ■ Dirty Sexy Money at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc (free for students before midnight). That Tall Guy Scott plays cheese, pop and R&B. ■ Erotic Pop at Kushion. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Greg McWhinnie chops up instrumentals and vocals to create live mash-ups for the crowd. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). DJ Toast plays rock, indie, dance and hip hop. FREE Laid Back at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. DJ Suave Gav presents a party that’s anything but laid- back. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. FREE Pour Homme, Pour Femme, Pour Queens at FHQ. Weekly 9pm–3am. New weekly night from TLC Glasgow with DJ Shawn Roberts, free entry and a whole lotta tunes. ■ Rumble Thursdays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Chart, pop, indie, R&B and hip hop fight it out for your aural affections. ■ Skint at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Stephen Foy plays indie dancefloor anthems, pop hits and classic house. ■ Vibe at Boho. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £5 (£4, students free before midnight). DJ Bobby B, DJ Gully and Mr Vin play hip hop, R&B, house and club classics. ■ iDJ at the Shed. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2. 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.
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Clubs ■ A Deeper Groove at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 4 Feb, 9pm–2am. £3. Scotland’s old-school acid house head Jon Mancini (Streetrave) plays a guest set alongside residents Joc and Steph. An evening of deep house, nu-jazz, soul, funk and disco. ■ Ballbreaker and Vice at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). DJs Billy and Martin Bate play a selection of rock, metal, emo and even hip hop over two floors. ■ Bear Glasgow at Revolver. 4 Feb, 8pm–1am. £tbc. Monthly club night for the furrier gentleman. ✽✽ Bigfoot’s at the Art School. 4 Feb, techno and electronic music party. Following on from their second birthday bash and New Year party in Aberdeen, Bigfoot’s welcome Berlin house and techno producer Daniel Steinberg (FrontRoom Recordings). ■ Common People at the Flying Duck. 11 Feb, 9pm–3am. £4–£5. The 90s are fair game for a nostalgia night now that a decade has passed, says this monthly night, and who are we to argue? With 90s bingo from 9pm. February’s date is a first birthday special. 11pm–3am. £6–£10. An eclectic
■ Damaged Goods at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Two floors of punk rock, reggae, classic soul and New York disco. ■ Eyes Wide Open at Blackfriars. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Garage, psych and freakbeat brought to you by EWO DJs Holly and Sarah, plus live and DJ guests. With live band El Toro playing 60s surf garage, plus guest DJ Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) joining the EWO Girls on the decks. ■ Friday at Maggie May’s Basement at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the 00s. ■ Jungle Nation at the Art School. 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. Scotland’s longest-running drum & bass night returns with another massive Glasgow party. Guests on this scene don’t come much bigger than The Scratch Perverts, who will be here this month supported by Djamba and DJ Tez. ■ Kino Fist at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Night of cross-genre delights, new wave, Krautrock, spiky pop and freak beat from Charlotte and Rafla. ■ Muck and Dirty Noise at Stereo. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. House, techno and electro sounds with resident sounds and visuals from PMcQ, Go-Dirty, Digital Stitch, Martin What?, Joe Crogan and Mediaheroic. Featuring a debut Scottish performance from Australia’s Light Year (Bang Gang). ■ Numbers at the Sub Club. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. One of Glasgow’s most eclectic clubbing successes goes from strength to strength each month, with rotating residents and a diverse array of dubstep and techno-playing special guests from around the globe. This month the Numbers team showcase New York’s Underground Quality label, with Levon Vincent playing NMBRS favourite tracks like ‘Double Jointed Sex Phreak’, ‘Late Night Jam’ and ‘Invisible Bitch Slap’, alongside label boss Jus-Ed. FREE Only Fools and House at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. Tom, Anton and Ewan play a fine selection of New York and Chicago house, cosmic italo disco and classic 80s electro. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4. Indie Friday nighter. ✽✽ R-P-Z & Thunder Disco Club at Stereo. 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. With a dual history of running events based on high-end electro, Italo and all manner of neon-satured 1980s video images, R-P-Z and TDC come together to play with the imagery of the vintage aerobics video in ‘Workout!’. ■ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £8–£10. A first-class house and techno party from residents Slam. With Fabric’s Craig Richards and Ronnie & Tricky (Sunday Circus). ■ Riot Radio at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. DJ Dan South presents indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Stay Plastic at La Cheetah. 11 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. Regulars Wardy, Sidrad and Danceaff play house, techno, Latin and whatever else they feel like, with special guests. This will be the first part of their first birthday special, with special guest and Sistrum label boss Patrice Scott, all the way from Detroit. See preview, page 40. ■ Superfly at the Flying Duck. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. 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. ■ Supernova at the Arches. 4 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £12. A regular electro- house, tech-house and minimal techno night from the Hell DJs. Featuring guest DJ Misjah from Rotterdam, boss of X- Trax. ■ Tictactoe at the Arches. 4 Feb, 11pm–3am. £12. The minimal house and techno night returns, with resident
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Andrew Doran. This first of a new monthly residency will feature Tictactoe favourite Dinky (Cocoon). FREE Vintage at the Saint. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. A weekly night run by Elliot Castro (Diversion), with local DJ guests spinning an eclectic mix in boutique surroundings. Chart & Party ■ Audiofilth at Common. Weekly 3pm–midnight. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Friday nights are getting dirty with Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrating some of the filthiest house, electro, hip hop and indie. ■ Bespoke Fridays at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£3 students). Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this club from residents Rob Etherson, Jenny and Mash. ■ Boho Fridays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. £6. Fridays at Boho are funky, with DJ Robin B. ■ Canvas at Arta. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Live bands plus DJs Martin Black (Fri) and Norman Robinson (Sat) playing funk and party classics. ■ Cheesy Pop at Queen Margaret Union. Weekly 8pm–1am. £3–£4 (£2 members). After many years, rampant hordes of mucky-minded, vodka fuelled urchins still flock to hear DJ Toast’s edam selection. ■ Crash at the Shed. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Euan and Andy play all the party tracks you know and love. ■ Famous at Kushion. Weekly 4pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. James Lithgow and DJ Status take it through to 3am with indie, electro, house and hip hop. ■ Friday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ Garage Mobile Disco at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Hummingbird Friday at Hummingbird. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Carlo Carozzi and Andrew Melrose take charge of two rooms of house and party tracks. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. £tbc. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes facepainting, dressing- up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh-er. ■ Music For Pleasure at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight with a matric card; £5 after. Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Andy Wilson play R&B, hip hop, house and pop. ■ My Mum Told Me I Could DJ at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£4 students) after. The West End comes alive with Friday night chart and party sounds from DJs Nelson and Richie McColm. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ Old Skool at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6; £3 entry through the Butterfly & Pig. Funk, soul and disco from DJs Craig Thompson, Jack and Gordie. ■ POP Junkie at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJs Steven and Suave Gav inject your ears with pop sounds. ■ REplay Fridays at Play. Weekly 4pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Will Ruane plays R&B and chart in room one, while Craig McHugh and Dave Wilson have the house anthems covered in the back room. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party charty sounds from DJ Norman Robinson.
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