CLUBS 10pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. Not quite the full Melting Pot experience as the club takes a summer break, with Moonboots (Aficionado, Manchester) and Din Daa Daa (House of Honey). See profile, page 56. ■ Naive at Saint Judes. 13 Jul, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). A new kid on the Glasgow club block, Naïve promises a blend of cultured, cosmopolitan French Touch and Gallic electro. Miami house and chilled out funk from guests Danny Daze and Tanner Ross, with support from Josh Jones. ■ Nightrave at La Cheetah. 3 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Brand new club night kicking off with Eclair Fifi (LuckyMe) and Nightwave doing a banging booty and techno classics back-to-back set with Jackie Your Body and a special secret guest in support. With guests Big Dope P (Paris, Moveltraxx), Eclair Fifi (LuckyMe), Nightwave (Svetlana Industries) and Jackie Your Body.
■ #notsosilent at La Cheetah. 13 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds. With a guest appearance from the mysterious Marquis Hawkes (Dixon Avenue Basement Jams). ■ Pistols at Dawn at La Cheetah. 17 Aug, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Retro house, downtempo and electronica. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 13 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 (students £5) after. The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. ■ The Shimmy at Saint Judes. 3 Aug, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A house night from Miss7 and Vilmos. With special guests Amine Edge and Dance. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 20 Jul, 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. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 3 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Club night. With special guest Young Marco (ESP Institute/Rush Hour). ■ 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 John Talabot (Jul 20). FREE TYCI at Bloc+. 20 Jul, 11pm. 17 Aug, 11pm–3am. A new club and live event from TYCI, a Glasgow collective run for women by women. With a live set from Glasgow’s Aggi Doom and Marianne MWX on the DJ decks. As ever, there will be TYCI zines and a charity raffle with proceeds going to White Ribbon Scotland. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 3 Aug, 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
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is, you’re wearing headphones, in which case there are two DJs to choose from and a host of big tunes. Edinburgh Friday
Buzzcocks and a bit of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in between. Now on the first Saturday of the month. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 13 Jul, 11pm–3am. 10 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A monthly party hosted by Dirty Larry and Teamy, playing a tracklist of everything danceable from 80s disco all the way to modern post-dubstep stompers. Glasgow Sunday
■ Spangled Cabaret at the Flying Duck. 21 Jul, 7–11pm. £5 (£3). Eclectic and alternative variety night with live music and acts until 11.30pm followed by dancin’ until 3am. Glasgow Monday
FREE The Slow Club at Bloc+. 22 Jul, 9pm. Relax to the moody, mellow, and murky strains of Tom Waits, John Barry, Brian Eno and Serge Gainsbourg, while classic films play in the background. Live music from John McLinden.
Clubs ■ Bad Robot at the Liquid Room. 12 Jul, 2 Aug, 9 Aug & 16 Aug, 10.30pm– 3am. £5 (students £4). Intergalactic electro mash-up party with Mastercaird and Chow Main. ■ Best of the Bongo at Underbelly. 2, 9 & 16 Aug, midnight–5am. £7. The best club nights form the Bongo’s roster continue every weekend. Featuring Confusion is Sex (2 Aug), Substance (9 Aug) and still tbc on 16 Aug. ■ La Discoteque at Lulu. Weekly 9pm–3am. £tbc. Funky house from Gareth Sommerville on the decks with Pepe Santamaria on percussion. ■ 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 Russ Chimes (26 Jul). ■ Four Corners at Checkpoint Charlie. 26 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5.50 before midnight; £7.50 after. Edinburgh’s regular club get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats courtesy of resident DJ’s Astroboy, Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback and Wee G. Tonight with special guests The Haggis Horns, great musicians who rock Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. dancefloors with their classic northern Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never funk sound. See preview, page 56. Part quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series FREE Friday Night at the Parlour Bar. of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan Weekly 9pm–1am. Old school R&B, soul classics, rock’n’roll and garage Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics punk. conference. ■ Ghost Groove Presents ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun. 4x4 at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 2 Aug, 11pm–5am. £3 before 1am; £5 after. Hip hop, electronica, breaks and drum & bass. With live hip hop sets from MasterSystem, Ill Papa Giraffe and more before 2am and techno DJs after. FREE Not Moving at Nice’n’Sleazy. 17 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Jul, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. FREE Take It Sleazy! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 7 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. A no-holds-barred mix of 80s pop, electro synths, techno beats and nu-disco. FREE Yebo: Summer Parties at Berkeley Suite. Weekly 11pm–3am. Warm up summer parties nights playing alt.hip hop, trap and footwork.
✽ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly electronica and bass supplied by Beta & Kappa. Upcoming guests and events include HEADLINE GOES HERE Daniel Avery (16 Jul) and Glimpse on 30 Jul. Glasgow Wednesday
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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
FREEJuice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime from Floating Boy and Dan Juice. Rinse FM’s Oneman returns to Juice for this Sneaky’s fifth birthday special on 11 Jul (please note £5 (members free) for this date only). ■ Original Silent Disco at Assembly Checkpoint. 1, 8, 15 & 22 Aug, 11.59pm–2.59am. £10. Experience the decidedly weird sensation of being in a room full of people dancing wildly, apparently to nothing at all – unless, that
■ Jackhammer at the Liquid Room. 26 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £10 advance (£20 inc return bus from McPhabbs, 23 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NG). Techno night. More Detroit sounds from Kevin Saunderson and Scan 7. ■ #notsosilent at Sneaky Pete’s. 12 & 26 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds. Marquis Hawkes guests for an all vinyl techno set as part of Sneaky’s fifth birthday celebrations, with support from Ben Martin on 12 Jul followed by an Eastern Electrics festival warm-up with special guest Gerd AKA NY Stomp on 26 Jul. ■ Original Silent Disco at Assembly Checkpoint. 2, 9 & 16 Aug, 11.59pm– 2.59am. £10. See Thu. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Music from 1976 through to 1989. In other words, a healthy dose of punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop (now with added 90s). ■ Pop Tarts at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Special pop party with DJs from Cream Soda, Pop Rocks, Beep Beep, Yeah! and Magic Nostalgic. ■ A Quarter of Hits at the Liquid Room. 19 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £6. A celebration of all kinds of music from the last twenty-five years. ■ Revolution at the Annexe at the Liquid Room. 12 Jul, 10pm–3am. £10.
Hard beats and hardcore as Shock:Force and Project Schranz guest. ✽ StepBack at Wee Red Bar. 19 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm, £5 after. Heavy bass from WolfJazz and Keyte. The fifth birthday party, with guests Zuni (Tribal Waves) and Max ‘40’ Maxxa (Camel Beats). ■ This is Music at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly (not 26 Jul) 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Indie-electro night hosted by the Sick Note DJs. ■ Unpop! at Wee Red Bar. 16 Aug, 10pm–3am. £5. ‘Indie pop dance party’ of C86, twee and janglesome indie from the likes of Camera Obscura, Pavement, Felt, Belle & Sebastian and many more. ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 26 Jul, 2 Aug, 10.30pm--5am. £7 before 11pm; £10 after. Techno night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’ from the minds that gave you Dogma. Joined by Jerome Hill plus five-piece live post punk/techno live act Sicknote. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 12 Jul, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats. Residents summer special. Edinburgh Saturday
FREE AmbiDECKstrous at Elbow. Weekly 8pm–1am. Bill Spice and Dunc Stark with a blend of funk, soul, hip hop, house, techno, ska, dub and more. ■ Bass Syndicate at Sneaky Pete’s. 13 Jul & 10 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). Bass Syndicate returns with a mix of bass heavy breaks, dubstep, electro and nu rave from G-Mac, Believe and guests. FREE Bears in the East at New Town Bar. 13 Jul, 9pm–2am. 10 Aug, 10pm–4am. 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. Edinburgh Fringe special. ■ Best of the Bongo at Underbelly. 3, 10 & 17 Aug, midnight–5am. £7. See Fri. Featuring Soulsville (3 Aug), Messenger (10 Aug) and Mumbo Jumbo (17 Aug). ■ bETAMAX at Studio 24. 27 Jul, 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). Mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Big Gus (the Go-Go). ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 13 Jul & 10 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. The fourth birthday party. ■ 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. ■ Club Houch at the Liquid Room. 10 Aug, 10.30pm–3am. £10. Hard house and trance. ■ Club Noir: Schlock Horror at the Picture House. 10 Aug, 9pm. £21. Two burlesque shows based on old horror movies starring some of the world’s top performers, with accompaniment from vintage, retro and modern sounds. Dress up and cast off your inhibitions ■ Dr No’s at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 13 Jul, 27 Jul & 10 Aug, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. Dr No’s is back with a steady stream of the best in ska, rocksteady and 70s reggae. ■ 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 Edinburgh institution. FREE Function at the Junction at Sneaky Pete’s. 27 Jul, 3–9pm. Daytime clubbing with a house/funk/soul mix from Yogi Haughton and guests. FREE Guilty Pleasures at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock requests and metal stompers. ✽ Karnival presents Jesse Rose at the Liquid Room. 27 Jul, 10.30pm–3am. £8–£10. Jesse Rose plays a mix of Chicago house and early Detroit techno.