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■ 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 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.
Glasgow Saturday Clubs ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students free). Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ All Tore Up at Blackfriars. 5 Mar, 10pm–3am. £7. Maximum rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll and rockabilly at this 1950s record hop. With live rockabilly from Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave with support from Charles Randolph Rivers’ Slim Rhythm Revue. ■ Bad Mouthin' at SWG3. 26 Mar, 10pm–3am. £tbc. A monthly residency with disco kings Al Kent and Rahaan. ■ Balkanarama at the Art School. 12 Mar, 10pm–3am. £7–£8. A night of gypsy/Balkan/klezmer madness, film, visuals and live music featuring gypsy belly dancing, live visuals, free plum brandy and more. Headlined by 12-piece Traktorkestra and Miso Petrovic (of Mostar Sevdah Reunion) alongside VJ Sestrsa, DJ Lemon Slice and DJ Wastepicker. ■ Bootlegged at the Saint. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £tbc after. A weekly night run by Pasty (Level 32) with local DJ guest spinning an eclectic mix in boutique surroundings. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 19 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Classic Rock Club at Ivory Blacks. Weekly 11pm–2am. £5 (£3 students); free with a club flyer or a ticket stub from a gig anywhere in Glasgow that evening. The Mish Mosh DJs play classic rock, including Iron Maiden, Guns n’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Metallica and many more. ■ Deadly Rhythm at La Cheetah. 12 Mar, 11pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. Launched in London, a new dubstep, house and future garage night for Glasgow. With 2562/A Made Up Sound, Koreless and residents. See 5 Reasons, page 54. ■ Death Disco at the Arches. 19 Mar, 11pm–3am. £14; £7 if on DD email mailing list. Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks at the Arches’ most lurid monthly party, with residents Hush Puppy, Josh Jones and Wavy Graves. With guests Hercules & Love Affair and Villa, and residents Hush Puppy, Josh Jones, Mingo-go and HaHaHa. See preview, page 50. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bloc+. 5 Mar, 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. With a live set from Pariso. ■ Divine at the Art School. 5 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4–£5. Glasgow’s longest- running club residency brings you a monthly dose of northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks. ■ Dum Dum at Bacchus. 26 Mar, 10pm–3am. £8 before 11pm and students all night; £10 after. Expect anything from experimental and electro to techno and IDM. Playing live is Galaxian of Drexciyan. ■ GBXperience Live at the Arches. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £15. A mighty night of hardcore and hardstyle. With Angerfist, George Bowie, Mallorca Lee, DJ Smurf, Obsession and Lost Origin.
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Innuendo is a new night for the Arches, embracing the rising popularity of dubstep across the UK they launch with a headline set from London bad boy Caspa. At the forefront of the jump-up dubstep scene alongside frequent collaborator Rusko, they have pioneered a heavy relentless take on the sound that still rumbles with potent hard hitting basslines. ■ Innuendo at the Arches, Glasgow, Fri 18 Mar.
■ Hardcore Heaven Weekender 2011 Launch Party at Soundhaus. 5 Mar, 9pm–3am. £15. In advance of the massive hardcore-lovers’ party in Southport, Glasgow’s Twisted & Brainfire and Darkside vs Impact nights get some practice in. Featuring Re-Con, The Genesis Projection, MC Storm and Joey Riot. ✽✽ Highlife at La Cheetah. 5 Mar, 11pm–3am. £7. A bi-monthly night with excellent pedigree, from the people who bring you Slabs of the Tabernacle and Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club. Expect Afro beat, jacking’ house, Italo, 80s electro, UK funky, and Latin beats. Presenting the Huntleys & Palmers Records launch party with T Williams and Auntie Flo. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 26 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ■ I Love Dirty House at Ad Lib. 5 Mar, 10pm–3am. Free. Deep, acid and tech house from Jace Syntax, Kenny Campbell and Campbell Witlaw. Opening party. ■ Inside Out presents Hardlife at the Arches. 12 Mar, 10pm–3am. £20. A harder than usual mix of hard trance and house with Showtek, Luna, Organ Donors and Mark McVey. ■ Jilted at Soundhaus. 26 Mar, 9.30pm–4am. £6. A new tech-house night for the Soundhaus, with DJs Frostfire, Captiv8, DJ Tusk, Daniel Donnelly and Harvey Anderson. ■ Kollektiv at the Art School. 19 Mar, 11pm–3am. £6–£8. The techno collective welcomes a range of special guest. This month it’s Italy’s Fabrizio Maurizi (M_nus). ■ La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements selects a guest for your approval. This time it’s Finnish disco duo Pusch 79 (Clone, Klakson). ■ Loop at La Cheetah. 19 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4. A bi-monthly house and techno club from residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox. With guests Scott Byrne and Martin Abram. ■ Love Music and Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons. ✽✽ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 5 Mar, 11pm–3am. £12. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. Melting Pot celebrate their tenth birthday party with what promises to be one of the parties of the year. Joining them is disco legend Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell (Body & Soul, Sacred Rhythm, NYC) and Glasgow’s own Billy Woods and Thunder Disco Club. ■ Menergy at the Art School. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £6. Monthly Italo disco and Hi-NRG gay dance party, hosted by Lady Munter and Vanity Von Glow, with Kid Zipper and The Niallist on decks, live performances and more. It’s a March Manchester Invasion, with alternative drag queen Zsa Zsa Noir and the Scottish debut from hi-NRG DJs Pumping Iron. ■ Modern Lovers at the Flying Duck. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 (£5) after. Blues, garage punk, 60s pop, Motown, funk and beyond, with resident DJ Craig Jamieson. With guest DJ Andy Lewis (Acid Jazz, Paul Weller’s band). ■ Naive at the Art School. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £7. A new kid on the Glasgow club block, Naïve promises a blend of cultured, cosmopolitan French Touch and Gallic electro. With special guest Kavinsky. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. Weekly 9pm–3am. £6; £3 entry through the Butterfly & Pig. Nick Peacock, John Ross and Alex O provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky. ■ One More Tune at the Art School. 12 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4 before 11.30pm;
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£5 after. Electro, techno and more, with residents Define Define, Saavedra and Peace. With Bad Autopsy (Ramp) and Jinty (Gutter Diddim). ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 5 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Noj, Mark, Johnny Shrapnel and Gil Scott Heroin play indie, 60s garage, soul, rock’n’roll and ‘The Fall at least once.’ ■ Pass the Peas at Stereo. 5 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. Andy Taylor (Resense, Wack Records) and weeG (Four Corners, Electrikal) play four solid hours of the international funk and soul scene’s very best tracks with live guests Federation of the Disco Pimp. FREE Phonic at the Halt Bar. 5 Mar, 3pm–midnight. A monthly electronic night with a broad remit. Expect Detroit techno, electro and synth-pop influenced sounds from residents Paul Bendoris and Headspeath. FREE Power Tools at Flat 0/1. Weekly 3pm–midnight. Korben Dallas and Nushta Droganova play Italo, disco and house. ■ Rectify at Soundhaus. 19 Mar, 10pm–3am. £12 (members £10). A night of hard dance and techno from resident Michael Hutcheson, from a club which originated as an illicit warehouse rave and went legit back in ‘04. Featuring Inside Out resident Sam Jones. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in Maggie’s basement. ■ Saturdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5.50). 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. ■ Sector Events Present Neophyte Records Tour at Soundhaus. 12 Mar, 10.30pm–3am. £15. Featuring top Dutch hardcore artists Neophyte, Evil Activities, Tha Playah and Panic, and Scottish favourites Obsession and DJ Q. ■ Subcity Party at the Arches. 5 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10 on the door; £8 advance; £6 limited advance. The University of Glasgow’s own radio station hosts another of its legendary parties, with a range of highest quality local DJs on the decks. This time out it’s their Sweet Sixteen party, with (deep breath) Beat Beneath, Chungo-Bungo, Datarape, Dim Sum, HaHaHa vs Raksha, Jackie Your Body, Kaleidoscope, One More Tune and Synth. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, and rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. ■ Tronicsole at the Admiral. 26 Mar, 11pm–3am. £10 (members £9). Deep and sophisticated house grooves every month from residents HiRO and Steven Coyle. This will be the second birthday party, with guest Shur-i-Khan (DarkEnergy, Freerange). ■ Voodoo at the Cathouse. Weekly 4–9pm. £6 (£3). Under-18s club, featuring two floors of rock, metal, punk, emo and requests with DJs Framie and Am-y. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 12 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Electro, techno and all kinds of mash-ups from the Wrong Island DJs Dirty Larry and Teamy. Chart & Party ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Chart, R&B, house, indie and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Li’l Rich every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything.
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