Clubs
FREE Teenage Lust at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. A mutant disco of wedding standards, 80s and 90s indie and American punk from the Aberdonian night, now relocated to Glasgow. Weekly ■ Discobadger at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm with a matric card; £6 (£4) after. Hip hop, house, funk and electro. ■ Liquid Cool at Common. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Vocal garage and house. ■ Noite Tribal at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10.30–3am. Latin house music and live percussion, presided over by DJs Euan and David. ■ Quids In at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £1. DJs Marky Mark and Mash playing a mix of electro, funk and disco. It’s £1 in, and at the end of the night all these pounds go in a pot and someone wins the lot. ■ Shed Sundays at the Shed. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2. Sisters Lisa Mafia and Li’l Gem present a house and R&B playlist. ■ Sunday Service at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Chart, R&B, house and electro. ■ Sunday Sesh at Boho. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). Resident DJs play party anthems to wind you down or pick you up.
WIN TICKETS!
■ A bumper haul of tickets for techno night UNSEEN have fallen into our lap as we have 20 (yes 20!) pairs to give away for their next date at Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 2 Nov, featuring a guest set of ‘cold, harsh, abrasive’ techno from special guest Inigo Kennedy. He should fit in perfectly with Unseen’s ‘pitch black’ electronic ethos, he’s also previously collaborated with Unseen resident Patrick Walker, as Walker & Kennedy, for their July release ‘3 Stacked Layers, From Macro to Meta’ on Inner Surface. For your chance to win log onto list.co.uk/offers by 30 Oct.
■ They had so much fun last time NO STRINGS ATTACHED have once again invited Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s mixed up down-tempo club night A Love From Outer Space to Edinburgh (the Caves, Fri 9 Nov) where once again they’ll be playing back-to-back all night long. And we have a pair of tickets to give away. For your chance to win log onto list. co.uk/offers by 6 Nov. Usual List rules apply. 58 THE LIST 18 Oct–15 Nov 2012
Glasgow Monday EDINBURGH
Weekly FREE Boteco Intimo at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Bossa nova, tropicalia, exotica and breezy lounge pop. ■ Burn at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. Presented by Normski, Zeus and Mash. ■ Misanthropy at Ivory Blacks. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £3 before 12.30; £5 after. Specialising in UK underground bass music, with choice cuts of drum & bass, dubstep, grime, electro-house and breaks. ■ Space Invader & Mayhem at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 after (student £3 ; trade staff free all night). Requests from all genres plus lasers, retro consoles and rock, metal and pop punk from DJ Muppet upstairs.
Glasgow Tuesday Monthly & One-Offs ■ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Weekly electronica and bass supplied by Beta & Kappa. Upcoming guests and events include a special Hallow’s Eve party (30 Oct), High Sheen’s Ben Martin (6 Nov) and Swamp81’s Dusky (13 Nov). ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Euan Neilson, Dave Sinclair and newly recruited resident Hushpuppy (RPZ, Death Disco) present the city’s best Tuesday-nighter. With guests and events including Wildkats (23 Oct).
Weekly ■ The Drop Off at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). The weekly club throw down is back. ■ Dubbed at FHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. House, R&B, hip hop and indie. ■ Pandamonium at Blackfriars. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Deep house and tech sounds. ■ Popcorn at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (students free before 11.30pm). Student party night with Robin B and Ross McMillan. ■ Wild Combination at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Drunk disco, fun house and acid rock at this new midweek party.
Glasgow Wednesday
Monthly & One-Offs FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Oct, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. ■ QMU Hallowe’en at Queen Margaret Union. 31 Oct, 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). Student-friendly Hallowe’en fun. FREE Sleazy’s Hallowe’en Party at Nice’n’Sleazy. 31 Oct, 11.30pm–3am. A frightfully good indie party. FREE Take It Sleazy! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 7 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. A no-holds-barred mix of 80s pop, electro synths, techno beats and nu-disco. FREE Weirdo Wednesday at Nice’n’Sleazy. 14 Nov, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. Weekly ■ Different Strokes at the Buff Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). Pop music from through the ages and across the globe, including R&B, rock’n’roll, jive, swing, reggae and Afrobeat. ■ I Heart Viper Wednesdays at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. £3–£5 (students free). Chart, dance, R&B, cheese and student anthems. ■ Vice City at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). An indie and alternative night for the midweek market. FREE Wednesdays at Flat 0/1 at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. Soul, funk, Motown and Northern Soul from Duncan Harvey. ■ WNB at Bamboo. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£4). Bamboo’s big Wednesday night party, with Gavin Sommerville, Andy Wilson and DJ Toast.
Events are listed by day of the week, divided into weekly and monthly/one-off nights, then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to clubs@list.co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Edinburgh Thursday Monthly & One-Offs FREE Dapper Dan’s at Sneaky Pete’s. 18 Oct & 1 Nov, 11pm–3am. Default and Picassio promise ‘a wonky cocktail of beats’ on decks and FX. ■ Shake Yer Shoulders at the Bongo Club. 18 Oct & 2 Nov, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Mixed genre night of minimal, electro, techno and drum & bass. ■ No Globe at the Bongo Club. 25 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5–£7. ‘Party music without borders’ at this world music and global beats night. Hosting A Tribe Called Red for Native American ‘Pow-Wow’ bass from Ottawa, Canada. FREE Ride at Sneaky Pete’s. 25 Oct, 11pm–3am. Electro, indie and hip hop from Lauren and Chekkie. ■ Born To Be Wide at Electric Circus. 1 Nov, 7pm. £5 (musician’s union £3.50). Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. Followed by DJ sets from the seminar guests. This month’s seminar is ‘All You Need to Know About Record Sleeves’ featuring Tommy Perman (FOUND) and Sandy MacLean (Love Music). FREE Spare at Sneaky Pete’s. 8 Nov, 11pm–3am. Danco and Kamico play hench beats. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. ■ Gimmie Indie Rock at Wee Red Bar. 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. £3. The clue is in the title, indie rock from the Fresh Air DJs.
Weekly ■ Dirty Pop at the HMV Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Student night of pop and indie. FREE Frisky at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Chart and dancefloor anthems in the main room with indie and 90s hits out back.
✽ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3) after. Open-
minded clubbing as Glasgow’s weekly electronica and bass night with beats and pieces supplied by Beta & Kappa plus digital dub from Chungo-Bungo. Hallowe’en party transforming Cab Vol into a haunted Victorian cinema (1 Nov) with a horror screening at 8pm, popcorn and drink included in the £5 price. ■ Indigo at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £1 (students free). Indie and alternative night from DJ Katy Murphy (now filling a regular Thu night slot). ■ Lafayette at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). Hip hop and R&B at this new night inspired by the music, culture and nightlife of Lower East Side New York, presented by State of Mind Clothing. FREE Nation at Espionage. Weekly 10pm–3am. A mix of global dancefloor sounds from South America to Europe.
Edinburgh Friday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Burn at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 19 Oct, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Techno night featuring The Humble Bronze back-to-back with Ed Mannilo and vocal accompaniment from Toni Fiasco. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 19 Oct, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Your local one-stop shop for funk/ soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion.
■ Land of a Thousand Dances at Studio 24. 19 Oct, 11pm–3am. £2 before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Garage punk, northern soul, Stax records, Detroit soul, rock boogaloo and Chicago blues. ■ Size Matters at Royal Highland Centre. 19 Oct, 6pm–3am. £25 (early bird). One third of Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello, is hosting his own Size Records showcase with support from Third Party, Qulinez, Wayne & Woods and Cedric Gervais. ■ Sounds of Soul at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 19 Oct, 10.30pm–3am. £10–£12. The Ladies on Rotation provide the soul, house, real disco, funk and boogie selections. Joined by special guest Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson. ■ Submotion Orchestra at Studio 24. 19 Oct, 10pm–3am. £8–£12. Leeds seven-piece specialising in deep bassy progressive dub. Support comes from Voyeur, Heard it Through the Bassline and the Zzzap! DJs.
✽ UKF & Electrikal at Potterrow. 19 Oct, 9pm–3am. £12.50–£15.
UKF head north of the border blasting out basslines on the mighty Electrikal Soundsystem headed by Feed Me present- ing his full ‘With Teeth’ live production alongside Loadstar, Subscape, Gemini, Inspector Dubplate, dBridge, Dub Phizix, Synkro, SP:MC and more. ■ Unpop! at Wee Red Bar. 19 Oct, 10.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie. With very special guest DJ Pat Nevin (aye, the Scotland/Chelsea/Motherwell footie star!). ■ Animal Hospital at Studio 24. 26 Oct, 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £4 after. Techno and minimal night with a sense of humour, decor and live visuals. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 26 Oct, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. Hallowe’en is the CiS crews favourite time of year. ■ DJ Yoda at the Liquid Room. 26 Oct, 10.30pm–3am. £6–£8. Cut up hip hop, beats, 80s and movies from cut-and-paste mixmaster Yoda on his Chop Suey Tour. ■ DV8 at Spider’s Web Cellar Bar. 26 Oct, 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John. The dress code asks for a minimum of smart black dresswear and a general fetish-wear door policy. They prefer that first-time visitors contact the organisers beforehand. ■ Jackhammer at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 26 Oct, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10. Techno night. Joined by techno legends The Advent as they launch their Sonic Invention album.
✽ LuckyMe at Sneaky Pete’s. 26 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5. LuckyMe head over to Edinburgh for more hip hop, dubstep, nu wave, house and abstract beats. It’s Eclair Fifi’s birthday party with cake, 80s DJ sets, live music from special guest Obey City plus The Blessings and S-Type back-to-back with Fifi. ■ Robigan’s Reggae at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 26 Oct, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Reggae, dancehall and rocksteady. Red2Red (live) guest. ■ Tensnake at Castle Clvb. 26 Oct, 11pm–3am. £10–£12. Edinburgh’s newest club venue present the nu disco sounds of Tensnake, architect of the infectious ‘Coma Cat’. ■ Tim Westwood at Sportsters Bar. 26 Oct, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10. Radio 1’s big dog of hip hop and urban. ■ Mambo at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 2 Nov, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Hip hop, ska, R&B, reggae, Afro-funk and dancehall. ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 2 Nov, 10.30pm–3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. Techno night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’. Fast tempos and cerebral electronica from special guest Inigo Kennedy (Asymmetric). See competition, page 58. ■ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 9 Nov, 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£4) after. Mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST and Big Gus.