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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 david.pollock@ list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by David Pollock. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Rock, metal and emo with DJ 32 and DJ Muppet. ■ Walk’n’Skank at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. 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). ■ Zipper at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Classic rock’n’roll including Rolling Stones, Hendrix, The Who and more.
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Monthly & One-Offs FREE Laid at Bar Bloc+. 13 Dec, 9pm–3am. A new club night featuring live bands, DJs, visuals, free cookies and more. ■ Rubix at the Sub Club. 13 Dec, 11pm–4am. £6 (£5). New night with returning resident Mandeep. With guests Dauwd and Alex Coulton. ■ Subversion at Classic Grand. 13 Dec & 10 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4. DJs Catnip and Pasta mix up 80s/90s alternative pop hits and classic rock. ■ Freaky Freaky at Chambre 69. 20 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3. Christmas party with guest Paul N’Jie. ■ Animal Farm at the Sub Club. 27 Dec, 11pm–4am. £tbc. A semi-regular house and techno party from the Animal Farm team. Eighth birthday woth special guest ben Klock. See preview, page 84. ■ The Project at Chambre 69. 27 Dec, 10.30pm–3am. £10. A night of ‘dirty techno house music’ fused with modern graffiti art and unique project elements. ■ Danse Macabre at Classic Grand. 3 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4. DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco, along with Italo, sleazy synthpop and rock. ■ Frogbeats Present: Unleash The Beast at the Sub Club. 17 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Drum & bass from residents Denney and Rize. Weekly ■ The Afterparty at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJ Euan Neilson (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. ■ 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. ■ Dolla Thursday at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. R&B, hip hop and funk with Robin B. 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 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A night for indie lovers. ■ Liberty Thursdays at the 212. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students £3). Chart, house, electro and R&B. ■ The One at Re-Play. Weekly 6pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Geddes and Ross McFadyen play dance, chart and R&B. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. ■ Polo Goes POP at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Queenie injects your ears with pop sounds. ■ Poptart at the Polo Lounge. Weekly. £3. Start the weekend very early with DJ Belle de Hell. ■ Taking Back Thursdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£2).
Monthly & One-Offs ■ CC Sound at Blackfriars. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Underground reggae and dub sounds. ■ Cheesy Pop Presents: The Christmas Ball at Queen Margaret Union. 14 Dec, 8pm–8am. £tbc. A 12- hour pre-Christmas blow out, with live acts and guests to be confirmed. FREE La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 14 Dec & 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements. ■ Dress to Impress at the Flying Duck. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Indie, pop and electro ‘guilty pleasures’. ■ Future Days at Berkeley Suite. 14 Dec, 11.45pm–3am. £3. African disco, liquid funk, digi R&B, psych synth and yacht rock. ■ Jay Shepheard at Saint Judes. 14 Dec, 9pm–4am. Free before 10pm; £6 before midnight; £8 after. Varied influences from house, techno and disco to 90s garage from Jay Shepheard. ■ Missing Persons Club at Stereo. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Raw house and techno from Glasgow’s TVO. ■ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 14 Dec, 11pm–4am. 11 Jan, 11pm–3am. £6. Slam’s monthly house residency, with top-line house and techno guests Gary Beck and Hans Bouffmyhre guest. ■ Bad News at Chambre 69. 21 Dec, 11pm–4am. £8. The team behind i AM bring a new night celebrating soundsystem culture to Glasgow, playing hip hop, garage, dubstep, reggae and drum & bass. ■ Basement Jams at La Cheetah. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10. A party from the team behind Monox and the new Dixon Avenue Basement Jams label. ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. 25 Jan, 11.45pm–3am. £5. Andrew Weatherall associates Scott Fraser and Timothy J. Fairplay embark on a new project with Alan Gray from Transmission. ■ Dance! Dance! Dance! at Blackfriars. 21 Dec, 5pm–3am. £tbc. A trip into disco, sleazy funk and boogie with resident DJs Funktifeyeno and Andy Piacentini. ■ The End at the Flying Duck. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3). DJ sets from Michael Stewart and the Super Inuit DJs. ■ Hardwell at the Arches. 21 Dec, 10pm–4am. SOLD OUT. Young Dutch big room house producer Hardwell comes to Scotland with guest Dannic. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 28 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. ■ Inside Out at the Arches. 28 Dec, 10pm–4am. £20. Banging house, techno and trance. Anual White Party with Eddie Halliwell, Arno Cost, Tristan Garner and more. ■ Luftraum Diskothek at SWG3. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Den Haan are joined by guest DJ Jim McKinven from Organs of Love. ■ Rubbed Sessions at Saint Judes. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Electronica and house. With guests Dry But Funky (Kalimari Musique) and FIN (Spinbox/Thrust). ■ Sub Club 25 at the Sub Club. 28 Dec, 11pm–4am. £12. Featuring a guest set from Eats Everything.
■ Super Inuit at the Flying Duck. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Psych pop, indie, funk, hip hop and whatever else the residents feel like.
✽ Transmission Presents at the Berkeley Suite. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A rock‘n’roll dance party from the makers of Crimes of the Future with special guest Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas). ■ Big Fun at the Sub Club. 4 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Classic disco, house, sleaze and funk from the i AM team. With Telford, Beta and Slow it Down. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 4 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. The new monthly retro- modern club from Glasgow songwriting star Lou Hickey, accompanied by Club Noir’s Tony Poprock. FREE Yes! New Year Recovery Special at the Flying Duck. 4 Jan, 11pm–3am. A night to help you recover from the mayhem of Christmas and New Year’s Eve, playing a comforting selection of old and new favourites to get you back into the swing of things. ■ Common People at the Flying Duck. 11 Jan, 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). The 90s are fair game for a nostalgia night. With 90s bingo from 9pm. ■ Offbeat at La Cheetah. 22 Dec & 11 Jan, 11pm–3am. £4. House, garage, disco and techno. ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Argonaut Sounds team return playing roots, reggae and dancehall. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 21 Dec, 11pm–4am. 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A typically great house, techno and electro night from the Sub Club.
Weekly ■ Audiofilth at Common. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. 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. ■ 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. ■ Buff Fridays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Gordie and Jack play old school jazz, funk and soul upstairs. ■ 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. Party tracks you know and love. ■ Damnation at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal and punk. ■ 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. ■ Get Loose Fridays at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 ; free before 11.30pm with a queue skip card). R&B, hip hop, house and more. ■ 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.
CLUBS
CLUBBERS’ Decktionary Hobbes guides us through clubbing’s myriad genres
Novelty Records proper noun, myriad styles and tempos Invariably exhibits a tendency to grate excruciatingly on your nerves, while perhaps amusing your (ahem) style- challenged family member (who naturally irritates you further by singing/playing the tune ad nauseam); often also timed to coincide with specific national festivities or big sporting events and occasionally accompanied by (groan) a novelty dance.
ORIGINS With roots in New York’s songwriting and music publishing district, Tin Pan Alley, around the turn of the last century, it wasn’t actually until the mid-50s that novelty songs really took off. New Yorker Dickie Goodman is credited as the godfather, scoring his first major hit, ‘The Flying Saucer’, in 1956. KEY FIGURES Bob Merrill and Ingrid Reuterskiöld’s ‘How Much Is That Doggie In The Window’ managed to infuriate everyone when the song got to No 1 in 1952. The 1962 smash hit ‘Telstar’, by the tragically ill-fated and utterly legendary, pioneering British producer Joe Meek (with band The Tornados), is perhaps the most notable in the UK canon from that time, the first record by a British group to reach No 1 in the US. Goodman’s ‘Flying Saucer’ had a slew of follow-ups (‘The Second Flying Saucer’, ‘Touchables In Brooklyn’ and ‘Batman And His Grandmother’), none of which quite sparked the public’s imagination until 1975’s ‘Mr Jaws’, capitalising on the success of the film and achieving gold record status. But perhaps legendary Scots The KLF deserve the ultimate genius accolade for successfully managing to fuse rave with country music, reigniting the career of Tammy Wynette in the process, on their penultimate swansong, ‘Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs)’, in 1991. (hobbesmusic.co.uk)
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