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Glasgow Thursday
Monthly & One-Offs FREE The Rev Up at Nice’n’Sleazy. 19 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. New rockabilly night, with Aaron (All Tore Up). Includes entry to Mixed Bizness. FREE John Knox Sex Club Afterparty at Nice’n’Sleazy. 19 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. The Glasgow band carry on the party after their gig. ■ Counterfeit at the Cathouse. 26 Jul, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). Iconic nu-metal tracks from the 90s to the 00s with DJ Muppet. FREE Danse Macabre at Nice’n’Sleazy. 26 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco (how does that even work?), along with Italo, sleazy synth-pop and the best alternative rock tracks the 80s had to offer. FREE Vinyl at the Social. 26 Jul, 9pm–1am. Funky house from Gav Sommerville. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Boom Boom at Nice’n’Sleazy. 2 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. Weekly ■ The Afterparty at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJ Euan Neison (Killer Kitsch) plays classic R&B and hip hop. ■ BOOM! at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Gerry Lyons gives you exactly what you want and Andy R throws R&B and 90s hip hop into the mix, while Ewan MacLeod hosts saucy on-stage games to give you the chance to win cash money. And there’s a bouncy castle just off the main hall too. ■ 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. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). DJ Toast plays 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. ■ Jellybaby and Rubbermensch at O2 ABC2. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ The One at Re-Play. Weekly 6pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5/£3 after. Geddes and Ross McFadyen play dance, chart and R&B, with a quiz from 6pm. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro- Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Taking Back Thursdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). Rock, metal and emo with DJ 32 and DJ Muppet.
■ Thursdays 520 at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). 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. ■ 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. FREE Up the Racket at Maggie May’s. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ Paddy plays indie, rock, disco and pop. ■ Walk’n’Skank at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Some of the best bass music Glasgow has to offer, with residents Mungo’s Hi Fi, DJ Kokoro (Neo Tokyo Bass) and Breezak (BASS Alliance), and rotating guests Metropolis Sounds (Sub City), Mixkings, Matthew Craig (One More Tune) and Ali T (Acidraft/Resen). ■ 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
Glasgow Science Centre. 20 Jul, Monthly & One-Offs ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 20 Jul, 11pm–3am. £3. The Argonaut Sounds team return playing roots, reggae and dancehall. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 20 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ✽ Jacques Renault & Justin Miller at Berkeley Suite. 20 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. Two of DFA’s finest invade one of Glasgow’s best new clubs. ✽ The Sensu Boat Party at 7–11pm. £25. Another rave on the waves from the Sub Club’s house masters Sensu. With Shonky, Dyed Soundorom, Sensu and Ronnie Muirhead, departing from the Glasgow Science Centre at 7pm sharp. ✽ The Sensu Boat Party Afterparty at the Sub Club. 20 Jul, 11pm–3am. £12. You won’t be on a boat any more, but you’ll still get to see the guests, or you can buy afterparty tickets separately. With Shonky and Dyed Soundorom. ■ Bonkers vs Archaos at Azure. 27 Jul, 10pm–3am. £10. Ravers reunion party featuring Floorfilla, Princess Paragon, Roberta Childs, Joe Deacon, Noble Whitelaw and more. ✽ Deadly Rhythm at the Sub Club 27 Jul, 11pm–3am. £10. Launched in London, a new dubstep, house and future garage night for Glasgow. A Hyperdub special with Kode 9, Scratcha DVA, LV and Raksha. See preview, page 44. ✽ Deep Shit at the Arches. 27 Jul, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Foals’ Edwin Congreave and Friendly Fires’ Jack Savidge present their brand new club night. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 27 Jul, 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Classic mod sounds, 60s psych and northern soul at Scotland’s premier mod club, with regular DJs Mikey Collins and Paul Molloy. This will be the 12th birthday party, with live guest Big Boss Man. Part of the Merchant City Festival. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 27 Jul, 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. ■ A Love From Outer Space at Berkeley Suite. 27 Jul, 11pm–3am. £8. Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow for a bi-monthly residency. ■ Magnitude at La Cheetah. 20 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after. A brand new dubstep party from resident Festi. With debut night guest Ikonika (Hyperdub, Planet Mu), with locals Mirrors and Offbeat.
FREE Merchant City Parade Afterparty! at Boteco do Brasil. 27 Jul, 9pm–3am. A night in Brazilian music, dancers and cocktails. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Samba Loca at Arta. 27 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. DJ Steve Le Mash plays remixes of club and chart anthems mixed with Latin carnival rhythms, Chris Whitehouse is on the drums and the Eletricat Samba Dancers shake all night long in full carnival costumes. 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. FREE Badseed at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. Heather McCartney plays indie, rock’n’roll and electro. ■ 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. ■ Booty Call at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Craig Guild plays chart, Lil L plays R&B and hip hop and Nicola hosts karaoke, plus shooter girls, cocktails and a ‘booty call’ text service. FREE Budda’s Big Friday at Budda. Weekly 9pm–3am. A big night of music, DJs and drinks promotions. ■ Buff Fridays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Gordie and Jack play old school jazz, funk and soul upstairs, while downstairs it’s John Ross and Alex O with everything from funk to punk. ■ Cathouse Fridays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). DJs Billy, 32 and Chopsie play rock, metal, punk rock and emo. ■ 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. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. 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. ■ Jamming Fridays at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). Resident DJ Jopez plays indie and rock’n’roll from the 60s to the present day. ■ Lip Service at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. £tbc. Long-running lesbian club night with a focus on all things sensual. Includes face painting, 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.
Clubs
■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ 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. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). UK-wide indie Friday nighter, with Afrocentric playing hip hop and R&B in the ABC2 on the last Friday of every month. ■ Shake Appeal at Bar Bloc+. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Hip-shakin’ rock’n’roll, punk, blues, rock and metal. ■ 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. ■ Tardis at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Northern soul, classic indie tracks and more from Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura), featuring live music. ■ TGIF at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. £4–£6 (girls free before midnight). Alfredo Crolla and Stevie Foy play out the latest hits, club classics and dancefloor electro. ■ Tech at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). Ray Woods and Craig McHugh play R&B, house, hip hop and electro. ■ 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
Monthly & One-Offs ✽ Bigfoot’s at 100 Stobcross Road. 21 Jul, 2pm–midnight. £tbc. An eclectic techno and electronic music party. This month Bigfoot’s returns to the banks of the Clyde for a special party featuring Ambivalent (M_nus), Esa and more, with an afterparty at a to-be-confirmed venue in town. See preview, page 44. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 21 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Code at La Cheetah. 21 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5 in advance; £8 on the door. A well-established techno night which started at Paisley’s Club 69, with DJ Nick M and guests. With Pakistani/ Canadian techno duo Subfractal. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 21 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Raucous rock’n’roll, groovin’ R&B, thumping soul and other sounds from the past that’ll make your backbone slip. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, and rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa. Guests this fortnight are Melting Pot (21 Jul) and Prosumer (28 Jul). ■ Supermax at Berkeley Suite. 21 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. A night of disco mayhem from Billy Woods. FREE Symbiosis at Audio. 21 Jul, 10pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep, with resident DJs including Calaco Jack, Alcane, Dom D’Sylva, Whoa!gan and Altronix. With special guests Linden (Horizons Music) and Dissonant. ■ La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 28 Jul, 11pm–3am. £10. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements selects a guest for your approval. With Dutch electronic pioneer I-F (Intergalactic FM) and support from Frank Mitchell (This Is Our House). 19 Jul–2 Aug 2012 THE LIST 45