CLUBS late 70s and early 80s New York. FREE Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back! at McChuills. 15 Jun, noon– midnight. Old school house, rave and dance music from the genres’ early days, with residents Bosco and Rob Mason. All-day Stone Roses pre-party, playing Madchester and Hacienda classics. ■ Love Music & Magic Nostalgic at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each week in the ABC2. ■ Masters Elite – Hardcore In Concert at O2 Academy. 29 Jun, 8pm– 3am. £18–£21.50. An onslaught of Dutch hardcoremongers including Angerfist, Outblast, Catscan, Rayden, Negative-A, Lowroller and Obsession, brought to you by Back to the Future. FREE Music is the Answer at the Art School. Weekly 10pm–midnight. Folk, Latin, reggae, soul and more at this early party, with residents WTW. ■ Pistols at Dawn at La Cheetah. 15 Jun, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Retro house, downtempo and electronica. With a three-hour Balearic classics set from the Argentinian-born, Ibiza-based Alfredo. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 15 Jun, 11pm. £tbc. Raucous rock’n’roll, groovin’ R&B, thumping soul and other sounds from the past that’ll make your backbone slip. ■ Sin-Sational Saturdays at the Polo Lounge. 15 Jun, 22 Jun & 29 Jun, 9pm–3am. £6 (£5). Be as bad as you can be at Polo’s thoroughly wicked Saturday night, with DJs David Clark, Preston Connor and Gavin Watson. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 22 Jun, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Andrew ‘Divine’ Symington and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) play strictly 45s all night, from punk to hip hop, rock’n’roll to soul. ■ Soundhaus Signs of Life at Stereo. 6 Jul, 11pm–3am. £7 suggested donation. A series of fundraising events geared towards getting the well-liked venue going again in a new premises, with residents from back in the day.
■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic. Forthcoming guests include Mark E and Craig Moog (Jun 1), Silicone Soul (pictured) and Telford (Jun 8), Andrew Weatherall (Jun 15) and John Talabot (Jun 20). FREE Symbiosis at Audio. 15 Jun, 10pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep, with resident DJs including Calaco Jack, Yellow Benzene, Hex and Alcane. FREE TYCI at Bloc+. 15 Jun, 11pm–3am. A new club and live event from TYCI, a Glasgow collective run for women by women. This time round there’s a live set from LAW, Lock up you Daughters/Kaleidoscope are on the decks, plus there’s the launch of the latest issue and a raffle to raise cash for
Glasgow Tuesday ✽ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm– 3am. £4 or free from the website.
Weekly electronica and bass supplied by the excellent Beta & Kappa. Upcoming guests and events include Doubleheart (JD Twitch & Neil Landstrumm) on 18 Jun, Vortex Funk on 2 Jul and Stay Fresh on 9 Jul. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £3; members free). Euan Neilson, Dave Sinclair and newly recruited resident Hushpuppy (RPZ, Death Disco) present the city’s best Tuesday-nighter. ■ Pandamonium at Blackfriars. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. A new weekly night for students and anyone else who likes their music of the deep house and tech variety. FREE Voodoo Voodoo at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Alternative club night.
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■ Not Two | Not One at Blackfriars. 19 Jun, 8pm–midnight. £5. A wonderfully heady mix of jazz and DJ skills from Ray Harris and his sextet with DJs Rebecca Vasmant and Colin Cook. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School.
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■ Fly at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). New night of house, dubstep, garage and UK funky from a selection of Edinburgh DJs. Guests include Night Slugs with L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok (21 Jun) and Russ Chimes (pictured, 26 Jul). ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 28 Jun, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Your local one-stop hop for funk/ soul/jazz/Latin/Afro/reggae dancefloor action and sizzling live percussion.
EDINBURGH HIGHLIGHTS Events are listed by day of the week, then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to clubs@list. co.uk. Edinburgh listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Edinburgh Thursday
Refuge. ■ Tictactoe at La Cheetah. 22 Jun, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. The minimal house and techno night returns, with resident Andrew Doran. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 6 Jul, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The 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. Now on the first Saturday of the month. ■ XY at Saint Judes. 29 Jun, 10pm–3am. £tbc. House, electro, bass and drum & bass night. ■ Zoom at the Arches. 29 Jun, 9pm–3am. £21.50. Big-room trance night, featuring special guests and world exclusives. This first event is hosted by Goodgreef and Rong, with special guests including Marco V, Jordan Suckley, Simon Patterson, Indecent Noise and more. ■ dontdrop at FabrIQ. 15 Jun, 11pm–3am. £6. The Glasgow blog and club presents house, techno and bass. With special guests from Leicester, the boy-girl duo Him_Self_Her (Circle Music, Dialtone, Planet Acetate). FREE Frisky at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Chart, dancefloor anthems and requests across two rooms. ■ i AM at Cabaret Voltaire. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Open minded clubbing as Glasgow’s weekly electronica and bass night makes its Edinburgh debut with beats and pieces supplied by Beta & Kappa plus digital dub from Chungo-Bungo. FREE Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime from Floating Boy and Dan Juice. Glitchy deep beats from special guest skull faced techno producer Drums of Death on 27 Jun (please note £5 entry). See preview, page 52. FREE Keep Calm It’s Nearly the Weekend at GHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. DJ Michelle spins a mix of funk and house. ■ Retro at Lulu. Weekly 10.30pm– 3am. £tbc. DJ Declan spins retro tunes. FREE Ska’d For Life at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Ska, punk, reggae, Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. rocksteady and more. Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never ■ Temple at Silk. Weekly 10pm–3am. quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary £tbc. Three floors of dancing with house fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series and electro ion the mainfloor plus hip of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan hip and R&B in the Funk Room. Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics conference. ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun.
FREE Boteco Intimo at Boteco HEADLINE GOES HERE do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Explore the intimate sounds of bossa nova, tropicalia, exotica and breezy lounge pop every Monday with your hostess DJ Mingo-go. ■ 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. ■ Crunk @ Club X at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 6pm–3am. £3 (£2). RR from 6pm and Club X from 11pm with DJ BelledeHell. ■ ShamPain at SWG3. Weekly 10pm– 2am. £tbc. Monday night warehouse bash with drinks offers and plenty of DJs playing party tracks.
Glasgow Monday
Edinburgh Friday FREE Bears in the East at New Town Bar. 14 Jun, 10pm–2am. Two floors of fun, including an exclusively male downstairs bar. Not only that, but the lovely chaps from BearScots have sweets galore to hand out. A Pride Scotia special. ■ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. 5 Jul, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 (£4 in costume) after. Twisted and freaky mix of burlesque, glam techno, electro, indie punk and rock’n’roll where ‘the weird is normal’. Let’s Get Physical theme this month. ■ Cream Soda at Electric Circus. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Bubbly new pop night with classic hits old and new from DJ team The Parma Violets. ■ Dance Crasher at the Voodoo Rooms. 21 Jun, 8pm–1am. £5 (£3). Authentic Jamaican reggae, ska, rocksteady and roots from DJs Robigan and Casper.
■ Late’n’Live at the Jazz Bar. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Das Contras (14 Jun), The Number Nine (21 Jun), The Hooks & Slingers (28 Jun) and Ka-Tet (5 Jul). ■ Substance at the Bongo Club. 14 Jun, 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 after. Edinburgh’s long-running underground techno party features resident Gavin Richardson and a very fine selection of some top-notch local guests. ■ Supersonic Vague at the Picture House. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. Mash-up mayhem from DJ Gentleman Johnny who is hellbent on throwing together electro, indie, R&B and house on the decks.
✽ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. 14 Jun, 11pm–3am. £5 (members free). Superb indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs. Meanwhile, some ‘crack house’ comes from your very special guest, Sinden. ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 5 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. This one is a techno night which specialises in ‘pitch black techno’ all the way from the sharp minds that gave you Dogma. Not only that but local producer/DJ Ingen. ■ Vitamins at Sneaky Pete’s. 28 Jun, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A night for fans of twisting bass beats and electronica as Glasgow’s Vitamins set up shop in Edinburgh. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 21 Jun, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats for your pleasure. This one is a residents special.
Edinburgh Saturday ■ Artful at 511. 29 Jun, 10pm–3am. £9–£10. Artful (one half of Artful Dodger, who produced Craig David) plays a strong set of garage, dubstep and house with support coming from top grime star Rude Kid, plus stuff from Jaylaxx and Subnote. ■ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 29 Jun, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Big Gus (the Go-Go). ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 29 Jun, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Four deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle playing out over the fabulous Messenger Sound System. ■ Bubblegum at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 after. A student friendly chewed up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, R&B and indie. ■ Definition at Electric Circus. 22 Jun, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Dancefloor friendly underground house, with electro, minimal and techno cuts on four dex, plus FX and laptops from residents Mark Balneaves and Martin Lightbody. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2 before midnight; £4 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this iconic Edinburgh institution for those very much in the know who are after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. FREE Function at the Junction at Sneaky Pete’s. 22 Jun, 3pm. Daytime clubbing with a house/funk/soul mix from Yogi Haughton and guests. ■ Grown Ups at Summerhall. 15 Jun, 8pm–1am. £6. Vintage vinyl night with tunes from the last six decades provided by DJs Kinghorror and The Spotlight Kid and ranging from rockabilly and soul to garage, new wave and electro. FREE Guilty Pleasures at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock requests and metal stompers. ■ Ibiza Sessions at the Liquid Room. 15 Jun, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10. Ibiza style house and electro party featuring special guest Jack Eye Jones.