Clubs
5 BEST
GUEST DJS OF 2011 We all know Scotland has some of the best resident DJs and club nights in the world (and we celebrate them in our Hot 100) but here we pay respects to some of the visitors who’ve rocked our dancefloors Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe Karnival’s fifth birthday featured vinyl vs computer hardware in a delicious back-to- back set that meshed in all the right places for a dynamic and unpredictable set that kept both DJs and clubbers guessing. Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 29 Jan.
Pearson Sound Dropping a blistering set of bass-centric rhythms, the artist formerly known as Ramadanman kept the dance- floor of the cosy, 100-capacity La Cheetah packed for two hours, showing exactly why he deserved his recent slot on Radio 1’s Essential Mix. No Sleep at La Cheetah, Glasgow, Sat 26 Feb.
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 A full on assault of beats, electro, thrash and screaming from the masked duo (and full band) with perhaps the most exhilarating live set coming from this year’s Slam Tent at T. T in the Park, Balado, Sun 10 July.
Julio Bashmore Jackin’ future house sounds that proved a fitting send off for Ultragroove at the Cab (and also proved why Bashmore is one to watch in 2012). Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 20 Aug.
Plastikman A late addition but one of the most impressive audio- visual interfaces we’ve ever witnessed as Canadian techno legend Richie Hawtin played selections from his eighteen-year back catalogue made truly awe- inspiring courtesy of the eye- popping visuals and strobes, delivered in-sync across the pulsing LED cage surrounding him. Barrowland, Glasgow, Sat 3 Dec. ■ You can catch Julio Bashmore at We Love . . . Hogmanay, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 31 Dec.
72 THE LIST 15 Dec 2011–5 Jan 2012
GLASGOW Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to david.pollock@list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow Thursday
Monthly One-Offs FREE End of Term Christmas Party at the Grosvenor Café. 15 Dec, 10pm–1am. A pre-Christmas bash with guest DJ Cutter’s Choice from Mount Heart Attack. ■ Danse Macabre at Nice’n’Sleazy. 22 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. £3. DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco, along with Italo, sleazy synthpop and the best alternative rock tracks the 80s had to offer. FREE Let Your Elf Go! at the Sub Club. 22 Dec, 11pm–4am. Get in the mood for Christmas with some of the Subbie’s finest DJ talents at this annual party. With Sensu, Pro Vinylist Karim, Boom Monk Ben, Delusions of Grandeur, The Groundskeeper and Pumpio, and a visit from Mr Claus himself. ✽✽ A Love From Outer Space at £7. Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow for a bi-monthly residency. Berkeley Suite. 29 Dec, 10pm–4am.
Weekly ■ BeastMoves at Chambre 69. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. A soundtrack of house, techno and funky, bassy tunes that won’t be hard on your wallet. ■ Bitter Glitter at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Madame S (Utter Gutter) and Fraser Bone (Lock Up Your Daughters) with a weekly party, playing a mix of homo-disco, electronic treats, jackin’ house and tech beats. ■ 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. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). Rock, indie, dance and hip hop. 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. FREE Ready Ready at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. Hip hop and R&B from DJ Cool Master. ■ Rubbermensch and Jellybaby at O2 ABC2. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Sub Thursday at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £tbc after. Some of the city’s best DJs and producers as residents, including Bunty (Mixkings, 90s Hip Hop), Noface (Mixkings, Mixed Bizness, Electrikal), Homebass DJs (Jakebeats, Mixkings, Homebass), Floyd (Bangers & Mashup, Sub Friction), Foley (Voltaic) and more.
■ Thursdays 520 at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). The brand new Thursdays at 520 with residents Mungo’s Hi Fi and Bunty Beats playing reggae, dancehall and hip hop every week. Also featuring rotating monthly guests Mixed Bizness, Sleaze Records, Mix Kings and Djamba in the back room. ■ Zipper at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Classic rock’n’roll including Rolling Stones, Hendrix, The Who and Muddy Waters. With live bands. Glasgow Friday
Monthly One-Offs ■ AV at Chambre 69. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £8 (students £5). A night of film and music featuring the AV residents Andrew Winton & Eddie Wagner, plus guests. With special guest Joel Mull (Drumcode). ■ Clyde 1’s Jingle Blast! at Classic Grand. 16 Dec, 6–9pm. £10. An under- 18s Christmas party in the company of the Clyde 1 Breakfast crew and special guest Rizzle Kicks. ■ Common People at the Flying Duck. 16 Dec, 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 before midnight; £5(£4) after. 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. ■ Go Go Bad at Blackfriars. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. A rock‘n’roll burlesque frenzy hosted by Babette Corvette. ■ Mixed Bizness x Slam Events at O2 Academy. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £15. A huge and varied guest line-up, featuring a DJ set from Fake Blood, Clouds, Boom Monk Ben b2b with HaHaHa and Visual Aids on the moving images. In the back room it’s Deadly Rhythm and Hush Hush, with Raksha, Aleksi, Djamba and Point To C. ■ Primitive Painters at the Flying Duck. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 (£4) after. Indie-popping on the second Saturday of the month in the Kitchen Bar. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 16 Dec, 11pm–4am. £12. A typically great house, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. This Christmas party features two great guests in Guy Gerber and Matt Tolfrey. ■ Shuffle at Soundhaus. 16 Dec, 10pm–3am. £7. Techno and electro at this charity night for the Indian Street Kids project. With DJ Kerin and DJ TPR (Ctrl+Alt+Del), Craig Murphy (Squelch), the Sleazy Social DJs and Ali McD. ■ Tribute at La Cheetah. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £8. Representatives of Glasgow nights Stay Plastic, Pest Control, All Caps, Scrabble and Jelly Roll Soul team up for a club which will focus on the unique sound which Carl Craig once perfectly described as ‘electronic funk’. With Chicago house new boy Specter (Andres Ordonez) and London-based acid aficionado Paul Mitchell, aka Jackee. ■ Flying Duck Christmas Party at the Flying Duck. 23 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. The Singles Night Christmas party, with Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes and Andrew Divine plucking the finest festive records from their giant bag of vinyl goodies. FREE Kes Klub at Black Sparrow. 23 Dec, 8pm–1am. The Saturday night indie club Tam Coyle ran at Night Moves/Rooftop between 1986 and 1999 makes a one-off return, specialising in Factory/4AD/Creation records as well as cult classics from the likes of World Domination Enterprises, The Chills, The Go Betweens, Sonic Youth and many more. FREE Stephanie Valentine presents at Bennets Glasgow. 23 Dec, 10pm–3am. Monthly theme parties with drag icon Stephanie Valentine. ■ Afrocentric at O2 ABC. 30 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Club night of African music.
■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 30 Dec, 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. ■ Pressure at the Sub Club. 30 Dec, 11pm–4am. £15 on the door; £13 advance. More techno action from Slam relocating to the Subbie for one month only, with Dave Clarke. Weekly ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ Boho Fridays at Boho. Weekly 9.30pm–3am. £6. Fridays at Boho are funky, with DJ Robin B. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students Free). Rock, metal, punk and emo. ■ 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. ■ Fashion Fridays at oVo. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (£3 students). Chart and club sounds from DJs Paul Rea, Kash and Asim. ■ Friday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. House and electro at this mainstream party night. ■ 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. ■ 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. 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. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ Sound at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). A collection of some of the finest DJs in Glasgow and beyond, with Derizen playing bass influenced party sets in T1 and the house sound of Biba Nights in T4. Meanwhile, Disco Disco kicks back in the cocktail lounge, playing soul, funk and disco.