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 david.pollock@list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow Thursdays
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. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ The Pump Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Throbb, The Falconi Bros, Von Trapp and guests present an electronic workout. 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. ■ Thursday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJ Naeem and DJ Sketch present a night of sleek and sexy urban tracks to get you moving. ■ Vibe at Boho. Weekly 10.30pm–2am. £5 (£4, students free before midnight). DJ Bobby B, DJ Gully and Mr Vin mash up 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.
Glasgow Fridays
Clubs ■ 2ManyDJs at the Arches. 18 Feb, 10pm–3am. £19. The Belgian bootleggers mash-up their usual eclectic mix of musical influences and funky beats. ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3. The Argonaut soundsystem returns playing reggae, dancehall and dub. With guest DJ Caroline (Radio Kilimanjaro). ■ 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. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 25 Feb, 10pm–3am. £5. Classic mod sounds, 60s psych and northern soul at Scotland’s premier mod club, with regular DJs Mikey Collins and Paul Molloy. With guest DJ Dishie (Grow Your Own). ■ Friday at Maggie May’s Basement at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Indie rock’n’roll from the 60s to the 00s. ✽✽ Glasgow Short Film Festival Launch Party at CCA. 18 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £4. LuckyMe host a night of visuals, math rock, hip hop, house and Italo disco from American Men (a special double drummer show featuring Robbie Cooper of Laeto), The Blessings, Eclair Fifi, Konx Om Pax and Bamboo Palace. ✽✽ How’s Your Party? at the Sub advance; £8 on the door. Funky, dubstep, bassline and more at this well-respected party, with resident Boom Monk Ben. February’s guests will be Ms Dynamite, Redlight, Tayo and Dread MC. ■ Itch! and Fortified at the Art School. 25 Feb, 11pm–3am. Free. Two parties for the price of one over the whole building, playing garage, dubstep, house, hip hop, grime and more. With Club. 25 Feb, 11pm–3am. £6
11pm–3am. £10. One of Glasgow’s guests Horsepower Productions, Joe Nice and Julio Bashmore (Dirtybird). ■ Lock Up Your Daughters at the Flying Duck. 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4–£5. Ass-shaking session from the LUYD fanzine pitched as ‘a response to the boredom and brain dead stagnation that plagues modern gay culture’, with residents DJ Suezz, Lock Up Your DJs and Skeleton Boy. This month it’s queer in a quiff at LUYD’s rockabilly night. ■ MJ Cole at the Art School. 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after (GSA students free before midnight; £3 after). The Mercury-nominated garage producer and recent Wiley collaborator returns with a set influenced by house, funky and dubstep. With support from Hint (Tru Thoughts) and Benny Boom (Mixed Bizness). See preview, page 37. ■ Modern Lovers at the Flying Duck. 25 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 (£5) after. Blues, garage punk, 60s pop, Motown, funk and beyond, with resident DJ Craig Jamieson. With special guest Jazzman Gerald (Jazzman Records). ✽✽ Numbers at Stereo. 18 Feb, most eclectic clubbing successes with rotating residents and a diverse array of dubstep and techno-playing special guests from around the globe. With Joy Orbison & Jackmaster playing a special back to back set, and support from Deadboy (Numbers). 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. ■ Pinup Nights at the Flying Duck. 25 Feb, 9pm–3am. £5 for girls; £6 for boys. Glasgow’s biggest indie night, with regular local, national and international guest DJs and live bands representing the best of Glasgow’s scene. It’s the fourth annual Pinups’ Ladies Night, with live guests Hannah Peel, Any Color Black and Boycotts, and DJs Adele (Sons & Daughters) and Tracyanne and Carey (Camera Obscura). Other attractions include stalls at the Vintage Village and goody bags for the first 100 ladies in the door. ■ Precision at Soundhaus. 18 Feb, 10pm–3am. £7; £5 members. The newest drum & bass movement to hit the Glasgow scene, giving local unsigned DJs and producers their chance to shine. With Renegade, Dark-D, Wapt3k, EmJay and TOTCC. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 25 Feb, 10.30pm–3am. £14. More techno action from Slam at their monthly Arches residency, featuring some big-name guests. Featuring Marco Carola and Slam. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 9pm–3am. £4. Indie Friday nighter. ■ R&B Me Up at the Art School. 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after (GSA students free before midnight; £3 after). With Lo Mama and Candy Claws. Includes entry to MJ Cole upstairs. ■ 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. ■ Scrabble at La Cheetah. 25 Feb, 11pm–3am. £1. Residents Dom D’Sylva, Decknition and Disgo present another night of techno, grime and bass. This will be a recession-busting £1 party. ■ Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah. 18 Feb, 11pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. Exploring the realms of disco, Italo, house, techno and beyond with Andrew Ingram, Brian d’Souza and the Slabs team. With the Berlin-based Tevo Howard (Beautiful Granville Records, Chicago). ■ Trench at the Halt Bar. 25 Feb, 8pm–midnight. Free. A house and techno pre-club with 27B and Neill Murphy (Loop). ■ Upside Down at Nice’n’Sleazy. 18 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Where bad people meet good music.
Clubs
FREE Vintage at the Saint. Weekly 8pm–midnight. 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 9pm–3am. 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 9pm–2am. £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 play house anthems in the back room. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more.
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