CLUBS GLASGOW
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
Glasgow Thursday
Monthly & One-Offs ■ GUM Launch Party at SWG3. 24 Jan, 8.30pm–2am. £6. A launch party for Glasgow University Magazine, featuring DJs and other artistic happenings. This date will feature a fashion show, an art performance and DJs Ray Vose (Sub Rosa), Squish Kibosh, Masha (Deadly Rhythm, Shore), Jinty Inkke and Jack Fawcett. ■ Cryotec at Classic Grand. 7 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4. DJs Tailz and Effigy bring you a night of industrial and EBM. ■ Danse Macabre at Classic Grand. 7 Feb, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). 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. ■ Whisky Blitz & The Gallus Crew at Stereo. 7 Feb, 8–11pm. £6.50. A live band and burlesque show featuring local musicians and artists. ■ Philanthrobeats at the Sub Club. 14 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Charity club night from the crew behind Kollektiv. 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, 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. ■ 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 with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ Late Night Judes at Saint Judes. Weekly 9pm–2am. £tbc. Late night DJ sessions with high-profile guests from around the city. ■ Liberty Thursdays at the 212. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5; free guestlist entry before midnight (students £3). Ross McMillan playing 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, 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 Open Mic at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. If you like to play music for others or just like listening
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to live artists then Boteco’s new open mic night is for you. Hosted by Carl Bridgeman. ■ Polo Goes POP at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Queenie injects your ears with pop sounds. ■ RUIN Thursdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). DJ Muppet plays rock and emo. FREE Shore at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Club night. ■ 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. ■ 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 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), 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
Monthly & One-Offs ■ Celtic Connections: Beat Bothy at the Arches. 25 Jan, 9.30pm–3am. £10. A mix of dance beats and Celtic sounds as part of Celtic Connections. With live guests Halcyon, Tigerstyle, Batida and Laki Mera, and DJs. ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 25 Jan, 11.45pm–3am. 22 Feb, 11pm–3am. £12. Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay embark on a new project with Alan Gray from Transmission, playing Krautrock, electronica, dub and everything in between. With a very special guest set from Plaid. ■ Deadly Rhythm at the Sub Club. 25 Jan, 11pm–3am. £7 advance; £10 on the door. Launched in London, a new dubstep, house and future garage night for Glasgow. With very special guest from Paris Pépé Bradock (Atavisme, Kif Recordings) and New York’s Anthony Naples (Mister Saturday Night) at this new bi-monthly Subbie residency. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 25 Jan, 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.
✽ Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club at Saint Judes. 25 Jan,
11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Despite their recent relocation to London, resident Andrew Thomson’s diverse electronic music night has kept one irregular foot in Glasgow. With special guest Esa (Auntie Flo). ■ Infexious at Audio. 25 Jan, 9pm–3am. £8. Hard dance, hardstyle and tech-trance at this regular rave. With guest Coarsection and a full list of Impact residents. ■ Super Inuit at the Flying Duck. 25 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). It’s a simple premise – big, loud music to dance to, including psych pop, indie, funk, hip hop and whatever else the residents feel like. ■ Beats, Rhymes and Life at O2 ABC. 1 Feb, 11pm–3am. Free for Grandmaster Flash ticket holders; £5 to others. Hip hop with Bunty Beats and guests. This will be the afterparty for the same venue’s Grandmaster Flash set earlier. ■ Liquid Sky at Nice’n’Sleazy. 1 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Club night. With a live set from Golden Teacher.
■ A Love From Outer Space at Berkeley Suite. 1 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £8. Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnstone bring their out-there club night to Glasgow for a bi-monthly residency. ■ Optimo Presents at the Sub Club. 1 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Optimo’s back . . . kind of. After the closure of their weekly Hung Up! night, Twitch and Wilkes return with a monthly party featuring bona fide big name guests. With special guest Aggi Doom. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 1 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. More techno action from Slam at their monthly residency, featuring some big-name guests. With guests Maceo Plex, Speedy J, Sandwell District and Davide Squillace. See preview, page 46. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 1 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. The new monthly retro- modern club from Glasgow songwriting star Lou Hickey, accompanied by Club Noir’s Tony Poprock, playing Buddy Holly to The Buzzcocks and a bit of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in between. ■ Void at La Cheetah. 1 Feb, 11pm– 3am. £tbc. Void Militia take over with their brand of house, techno and electro. ■ Yes! at the Flying Duck. 1 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Across the board classic indie for dancin’ an’ that. ■ La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 8 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements selects a guest for your approval. The House Sound of Chicago special, with very special guest Farley Jackmaster Funk. See preview, page 49. ■ Common People at the Flying Duck. 8 Feb, 9pm–2am. £5. 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. ■ Dress to Impress at the Flying Duck. 8 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5. Indie, pop and electro ‘guilty pleasures’.
✽ In Flagranti at the Poetry Club. 8 Feb, 10pm–2am. £10. Disco sleaze in the style of Giorgio Moroder, Patric Cowley, Liquid Liquid and A Certain Ratio from the long-running outfit behind New York’s Codek label. ■ Kino Fist at Nice’n’Sleazy. 8 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Night of cross-genre delights, new wave, Krautrock, spiky pop and freak beat from Charlotte and Rafla. ■ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 8 Feb, 10.30pm–4am. £18. Slam’s monthly house residency, with top-line house and techno guests and a set from the residents themselves. Featuring a very first Sub Club appearance from Laurent Garnier. ■ Argonaut Sounds at Blackfriars. 15 Feb, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. The Argonaut Sounds team return playing roots, reggae and dancehall. With special guest tbc. ■ Bottle Rocket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 15 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A night for dancing to indie-pop, post-punk, Motown, twee and anything else that gets feet tapping. ■ Offbeat at La Cheetah. 15 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. House, garage, disco and techno from the Offbeat crew. With special guest John Heckle. ■ Popcorn II: Electric Boogaloo at the Flying Duck. 15 Feb, 9pm–2am. £5 (£3). Local musicians and bands play covers of film themes, scores and songs from the big screen, plus late night dancing to movie music. Part of the Glasgow Music and Film Festival. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 15 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. House, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. With a four-hour guest set from Michael Mayer. ■ Sync in Squares at Stereo. 15 Feb, 11pm–3am. £12. Club night. Producer, DJ and label boss Mala presents his special ‘In Cuba’ set.
Weekly ■ Audiofilth at Common. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrate 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. FREE Fortune Fridays at Gala Merchant City Casino. Weekly 10pm– 4am. DJ Tomczyk spins chart dance, electro, funk and house. ■ 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, courtesy of Gavin Sommerville, Gerry Lyons and Brian McGill. ■ Hashtag Fridays at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 6pm–3am. £5 (£4). With DJs BelledeHell, David Clark and Gavin Watson. ■ 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. FREE Life Fridays at Bunker. Weekly 5pm–3am. Dominic Martin and Robin B kick off the weekend with a selection of party sounds. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). The UK’s biggest indie club night comes to Glasgow. The Enemy are live guests on 1 Feb. ■ 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.