Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series Edinburgh Thursday of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics conference. ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun.
CLUBS ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 7 Sep, 11pm–3am. £12; £10 advance. All things disco-house from residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner. With a special guest appearance from house legend Joey Negro. ■ Menergy at Axm. 24 Aug & 14 Sep, 11pm–3am. £15. Monthly Italo disco and Hi-NRG gay dance party, hosted by Lady Munter and her ‘Muntourage’ of drag queens. With special guest Jinkx Monsoon. FREE Music is the Answer at the Art School. 31 Aug, 8pm–midnight. Folk, Latin, reggae, soul and more at this early party, with residents WTW. ■ Naive at Berkeley Suite. 14 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. A new kid on the Glasgow club block, Naïve promises a blend of cultured, cosmopolitan French Touch and Gallic electro. With enduring house icon Maurice Fulton alongside local guest Barrientos. ■ Platform 18 Street Party at Secret Location: Glasgow. 14 Sep, 3–10.30pm. £10. A street party in a secret city centre location, playing house and techno. With guests Rossko, Chris Maran (both Fuse), Ivan Kutz and Niz (both Platform 18), with a share of money going to the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 14 Sep, 11pm–3am. £6; £5 before midnight and students. 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. FREE Private Misfunction at La Cheetah. 31 Aug, 11pm–3am. A rare chance to hear Rubadub head honcho Wilba and Glasgow veteran Laurence Hughes in action. ■ Racket Racket at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Celebrating new online alternative pop culture magazine Racket Racket with some guest DJs. ■ Riverside Festival Official Afterparty at SWG3. 24 Aug, 11pm–3am. £10 with Riverside Festival hand stamp. Three floors of music using the whole SWG3 complex, with rooms hosted by Slam and Optimo. There may be a few surprise guests popping in over the course of the evening, with a signposted walking route or a free bus service from the day’s Riverside Festival. See feature, page 45.
■ STREETrave at the Arches. 14 Sep, 10pm–3am. £20. A Streetrave party featuring the classic sound of the old-school house superclub. This month it’s STREETrave’s birthday, and this hugely exciting special edition will see the godfather of house Frankie Knuckles (above) return to Glasgow. ■ Scottish Singles for Scottish Singles at Broomhill Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. 24 Aug, 7.30pm–midnight. £5. A singles night for ‘unattached and amazing’ lovers of classic Scottish indie-pop.
HEADLINE GOES HERE ■ Seek and Hide at the Universal. 7 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4. Eclectic club night with residents Korrect. The first birthday party, with guest Ivan Kutz (Platform 18, Seasons). ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 24 Aug, 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. FREE Songs Ya Bass III at the Buff Club. 24 Aug, 7–11pm. Night aimed at old clubbers who might need to consider babysitters etc (hence the early start) with a democratic playlist. Send your requests, a maximum of three, to songsyabass@gmail.com. ■ Southside Soul at Pollok Ex- Servicemens Club. 31 Aug, 8pm–1am. £tbc. Fraser Dunn, Felonious Munk and Guests play 60s and 70s soul, Motown and R&B from the original 45s on a top quality sound system in a friendly social club. ■ State at La Cheetah. 24 Aug, 11pm– 3am. £8. A new bi-monthly night with a broad musical remit. With Ukranian deep house star Vakula. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 7 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Club night. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–2am. £10. Glasgow’s well- established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic. Forthcoming guests include Telford (24 Aug, with a 4am licence) and Gerd Janson (31 Aug). ■ Sync in Squares at Saint Judes and Make Do. 31 Aug & 14 Sep, 7.30–11pm. 31 Aug & 14 Sep, 11pm–3am. £8. Glasgow-based club night with an array of big-name special guests. With DJ Haus (Saint Judes, 31 Aug, 11pm-3am, £tbc), Andres (Make Do, 31 Aug, 11pm- 3am, £tbc) and Pearson Sound and Benji B (Saint Judes, 14 Sep, 11pm-3am, £tbc). ■ Tommy Trash at the Arches. 24 Aug, 11pm–3am. £20 (£16). Australian electro house superstar Tommy Trash (Axtone, Fool’s Gold, and Mau5trap), one of the biggest names in EDM at the moment, comes to Scotland. With special guest support to be confirmed. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars Basement. 7 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. 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. ■ Tribal Pulse at Make Do. 7 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4–£7. Club night from the psychedelic techno label. Tonight, Acidulant plays a tb-303 live hardware set full of funk, rhythm and bass. With support from Boom Merchant. ■ Wax Works at Stereo. 7 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Wax Works take over Sunday nights and invite some of the best club night residents in Glasgow to join them. Wax Works and Cryptiq bring UK techno artist Ø (Phase) to Glasgow for the first time. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 14 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Electro, techno and all kinds of mash-ups from the Wrong Island DJs. ■ XY at Saint Judes. 24 Aug, 11pm– 3am. £8 (£5 with festival wristband; students £6). House, electro, bass and drum & bass night. A Riverside Festival afterparty.
Glasgow Sunday ■ Rinse at the Sub Club. 25 Aug, 11pm–4am. £10. London’s dubstep and dance music radio station comes to Scotland. With very special guest Claude
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Von Stroke and the i AM team of Beta and Kappa. See preview, page 46. Glasgow Tuesday
■ 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. Upcoming guests include Heartbeats’ Grum (27 Aug) and Bristol bass duo My Nu Leng (10 Sep). See Crate Digging, page 47. Glasgow Wednesday
FREE Death By Unga Bunga at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. Intriguingly-named new club night. FREE Not Moving at Nice’n’Sleazy. 18 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice’n’Sleazy. 28 Aug, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. ■ Sub Rosa at the Sub Club. 28 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. House-led student night from residents Spittal, Junior G and Ray Vose. With special guests Animal Farm. ■ Subdued at Flat 0/1. 28 Aug, 11pm–3am. £3. House night from resident Andy Lyon (Maneuver). With guests Simon Stokes (Soma Records) and Rebecca Vasmant (Know The Way, Ministry of Sound). FREE Take It Sleazy! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 Sep, 11.30pm–3am. A no-holds-barred mix of 80s pop, electro synths, techno beats and nu-disco.
■ Bar Soba Festival Thursdays at Bar Soba. 22 Aug & 29 Aug, 9pm–3am. £tbc. The cocktail bar and pan-Asian restaurant presents some big-name DJ guests throughout August. With Artful of Artful Dodger (22 Aug) and Jerry Dammers of The Specials (29 Aug). ■ Born To Be Wide at Electric Circus. 5 Sep, 7pm. £tbc. 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. FREE Graeme Park at 99 Hanover Street. 29 Aug, 9pm–3am. The veteran Hacienda legend moves into the third decade of his very own dance music odyssey. ■ The Gramophone Jass Band’s Late Night Speakeasy at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 22 Aug, 11.50pm–3am. £8 (£6). Edinburgh’s upcoming trad-jazz ensemble invites you to sip classic cocktails from teacups and enjoy live music and the best 78s from the prohibition era. FREE Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime from Floating Boy and Dan Juice. Upcoming guests include Henry Krinkle (29 Aug, £3) and Addison Groove (12 Sep, £3). FREE Miguel Campbell at 99 Hanover Street. 22 Aug, 9pm–3am. Disco, house, electro and funk. With Matt Hughes. ■ Thursday = Fringeday at 99 Hanover Street. 22 Aug & 29 Aug, 9pm–3am. £tbc. Some of Edinburgh’s finest promoters present big-name guests throughout August. Stay Gold presents Medlar on 22 Aug (£tbc). Scottish Soulful Weekender presents Graeme Park on 29 Aug (£tbc).
Edinburgh Friday ■ Etiket at Sneaky Pete’s. 13 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3; members free. A new house residents’ showdown with Jack Stanley, Laurence Nolan and Philip Kearney. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 23 Aug, 11.55pm–5am. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 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.
✽ Jackhammer at the Liquid Room. 23 & 30 Aug, 10.30pm–5am. Techno night. 23 Aug is a killer Festival double bill featuring Ben Sims and Jeff Mills (£15 or £25 including return bus from McPhabbs, 23 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NG). 30 Aug is an end of Festival barbecue in association with Items & Things, with Magda, Marc Houle, Danny Benedettini, Wolfjazz & Keyte, Zuni, Brainstorm, Neil Templar, Louis TP (live), Milanometric (live) and Cai Williams, plus a free barbecue and silent disco on the terrace (9pm–5am, £18 or £28 including return bus from McPhabbs, 23 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NG).
■ Musika at the Picture House. 6 Sep, 10pm–5am. £19.50. Edgy house, techno and electro night specialising in some of Edinburgh’s biggest name guests. Celebrating the Picture House’s fifth birthday party in the company of 2manyDJs (above) and Optimo. ■ Return to Space at Wee Red Bar. 23 Aug, 10pm–3am. £3 before 11.30pm; £5 after. Italo disco, acid, cosmic and out-there electro, bringing the sounds of Rimini, Antwerp, Detroit, The Hague, Space and beyond to the dance floor of the Wee Red Bar. ■ Tiger & Woods at Sneaky Pete’s. 23 Aug, 9pm–midnight. £11 ; £10 advance. Shrouded in mystery, the much hyped disco house duo ‘Larry Tiger’ and ‘David Woods’ make another live appearance. ■ Unseen at Studio 24. 6 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Techno night specialising in ‘pitch black techno’ from the minds that gave you Dogma. With special guest Dan Monox (Monox, Rubadub, Dixon Avenue Basement Jams). ■ Vitamins at Sneaky Pete’s. 30 Aug, 11pm–3am. £5. Twisting bass beats and electronica as Glasgow’s Vitamins set up shop in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Saturday ✽ FREE Acid Indigestion at the Banshee Labyrinth. 31 Aug.
11pm–3am. A celebration of acid house. Gastric squelch regurgitated by Edinburgh’s Paul Maslin and King Rib. ■ Bass Syndicate at Sneaky Pete’s. 14 Sep, 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. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 14 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. The fourth birthday party, part two. ■ Definition at Sneaky Pete’s. 24 Aug, 11pm–5am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Dancefloor friendly underground house, electro, minimal and techno cuts on four decks, with FX and laptops from residents Mark Balneaves and Martin Lightbody. ■ Dr No’s at Henry’s Cellar Bar. 31 Aug & 14 Sep, 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.