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 clubs@list.co.uk. Glasgow listings are compiled by Claire Hoyda. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday Glasgow
FREE Analogue Anonymous at Flat 0/1. 20 Mar & 3 Apr, 11pm–3am. Retro and experimental synth and electronic excursions or bring your own equipment for an electronica jam session. FREE Camden Rocks at Firewater. Weekly 9pm–3am. Indie music all night long. FREE Dam Mantle Evening Sessions at CCA. 3 Apr, 9pm– midnight. Wide-reaching genres of records played by Glasgow-based producer Dam Mantle. ■ Danse Macabre at Classic Grand. 3 Apr, 11pm–3am. £4 (£2). DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco along with Italo, sleazy synthpop and the best alternative rock tracks the 80s had to offer. ■ Engines at Stereo. 20 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3–£4. Techno with live VJs and a visual edge. ■ Frogbeats Present: Unleash the Beast at the Sub Club. 27 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4. Drum & bass and jungle from residents Denney and Rize. ■ Hip Hop Thursdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Euan Neilson brings you classic R&B and hip hop. Friday Glasgow
■ Animal Farm at the Sub Club. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £12. A semi-regular house and techno party featuring Rødhåd and Kobosil. ■ Balkanarama at the Art School. 4 Apr, 10.30pm–3am. £8. A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats with live music, bellydancing, VJs and a live jam session. Featuring the Destroyers, the Sea Bass Kid and DJ Zarije. ■ Cosmic at Stereo. 28 Mar, 11pm– 3am. £5. Funky disco jams. ■ Don’t Drop at Saint Judes. 21 Mar, 10pm–3am. £10. Bass music featuring Darius Syrossian.
✽Egyptian Lover at the Art School. 21 Mar, 11.30pm–3am.
£tbc. Innovative producer of old-school/ electro. Downstairs hosted by the Maxi Dance Pool team. See column, page 49. ■ Fans Only at the Flying Duck. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. A night dedicated to the sound of all things Belle & Sebastian. Proceeds go to Sarcoma UK. ■ The Hot Club at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 28 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Rafla and Wako play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ■ Inflexion at Blackfriars Basement. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £3. Techno and house with Simon Yeung. ■ La Cheetah Presents at La Cheetah. 11 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. One of Glasgow’s most bangin’ basements selects a guest for your approval. This time, Danny Wolfers (aka Legowelt) performs a live set with support from La Cheetah Club residents. ■ Menergy at Axm. 4 Apr, 11pm–3am. £15 (meet and greet £30). See LGBT listings. ■ Nightrave at La Cheetah. 4 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Top shelf bass music from ghettotech to grime from Nightwave. One third of Magnetic Man, Arthur Smith (aka Artwork) joins the Nightrave team to celebrate the new record launch. ■ Offbeat at La Cheetah. 21 Mar, 11pm–4am. £8. House, garage, disco and
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■ Wild Combination at Berkeley Suite. 21 Mar, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Drunk disco, fun house and acid rock at this party featuring David Barbarossa. Saturday Glasgow
■ #notsosilent at La Cheetah. 29 Mar, 11pm–4am. £12. Future garage and bubbling dubstep sounds with Mr Beatnick. ■ Black Tent at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 5 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Errors and Rock Action DJs play indie, house and techno and all genres in between. FREE Blue Sunshine DJ Set at CCA. 12 Apr, 9pm–midnight. Chad Palestine (Liquid Sky/Monrail) and Plasmatron (Mogwai) play some of their favourite records. FREE Boogaloo at Flat 0/1. 22 Mar, 11pm–3am. Boogie along with funk, disco, soul and techno. FREE Can’t Resist at Saint Judes. Weekly 7–10pm. Warm up for those epic moves you are going to pull later under the guidance of Alex Caslano. ■ Classic Grand 6th Birthday Party at Classic Grand. 29 Mar, 11pm–4am. £6. Celebrate six years of rocking out. ■ Crimes of the Future at Berkeley Suite. 22 Mar, 10.30pm–3am. £5. Andrew Weatherall associates Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay embark on a new project, playing Krautrock, electronica, dub and everything in between. ■ Divine! at the Admiral. 29 Mar, 11pm–4am. £5–£7. Glasgow’s longest- running club residency brings you a monthly dose of northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks. ■ For the Record at La Cheetah. 12 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. House and techno night with Belfast based DJ Garry McCartney guesting. ■ The Gatsby Club at Glasgow University Union. 29 Mar, 7.30pm–3am. £14 (£5 club only). A 1920s-themed club night of live jazz, swing, music hall, comedy, burlesque, cocktails and retro tunes. Celebrating the Weimar cabaret scene where men dressed as women and women dressed as men, featuring Le Pustra. ■ The Guild of Calamitous Intent at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 29 Mar, 10.30pm–4am. £4. Night presenting some favourite electronic artists, led by resident Aleks Jurczyk. Featuring guest DJ Helena Hauff. ■ Hardcore All Stars at the Tunnel. 5 Apr, 9.30pm–3am. £12.50. Hardcore from Angerfist, Bloodcage and more. ■ HausDimension at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 22 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £4. Alternative club night with underground house, left- field disco and lo-fi techno. ■ Heavy Metal at Ivory Blacks. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2. Metal all night long. ■ Love Music at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons and a different club each week in the ABC2, featuring Edinburgh’s wheel-spinning multi-genre odyssey Magic Nostalgic on the first Saturday and others to be confirmed. FREE Matthew Craig at Flat 0/1. 12 Apr, 11pm–3am. DIY disco, funk junk and house. FREE Nudes on Mars at Stereo. 5 Apr, 11pm–3am. Sexy retro vintage sleaze from Flore de Hoog. ■ Octaves at Saint Judes. 29 Mar, 11pm–4am. £tbc. Bimonthly club playing underground house and techno with Petrichor (live) guesting. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 12 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5–£6. See LGBT listings. FREE The Project Sessions at Bloc+. 22 Mar, 11pm–3am. Eclectic DJ and live rock & roll band mash-up. FREE Rip This Joint at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–4am. DJ Jopez plays indie, rock’n’roll, blues, soul and funk.
DEEP HOUSE TEN WALLS Sub Club, Glasgow, Sat 29 Mar
Last year’s big electronic music mystery hasn’t actually been much of a mystery at all for some time now. It all started last May with the release, on hugely respected Berlin house label Innervisions, of Gotham – a glorious slice of deep house from a mysterious producer known only as Ten Walls. Timed to be the label’s big Ibiza hit, it duly obliged, its intoxicating horn motif becoming familiar to just about anyone who spent any time dancing to quality house music in summer 2013. As the season wore on, speculation as to Ten Walls’ identity
gradually zeroed in on one name: that of Lithuanian deep house maestro Mario Basanov. By the November release of Requiem, his equally lauded second EP, the cat was firmly out of the bag. The Vilnius-born producer had already built a stellar reputation for himself under his own name, producing a slew of standout EPs on various labels and an album, Journey, on the Needwant imprint, but the quality of his Ten Walls material combined with that canny, get-them-talking early anonymity, has swiftly propelled him to another level.
Despite having announced a series of European live shows under the Ten Walls name, at time of writing Basanov still hasn’t formally announced his dual identity. However, with recent DJ sets often closing with two Ten Walls tracks played back-to-back, it’s fair to assume that this tour is intended to be his official coming-out ceremony.
Online snippets of forthcoming track Walking With Elephants reveal him continuing to mine the same rich seam of horn-led deep house that characterised the first two Ten Walls EPs; expect a parping, propulsive treat at what is proving to be one of the most keenly awaited Subculture nights of the year so far. (Kit Macdonald)
techno from the Offbeat crew. Featuring Crème Organization founder TLR and Brooklyn’s Willie Burns.
✽Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 4 Apr, 11pm–3am. £tbc. The
return of one of Glasgow’s most revered clubbing institutions to a new bi-monthly Friday night slot. After too long away, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes team up once more to reprise the sound which defined Glasgow’s last decade. Featuring 2 Bad Mice as guests. See preview, page 47.
✽PMR Tour at the Art School. 11 Apr, 7pm. £7–£10. PMR Records showcase their finest talent in R&B- tinged house with Cyril Hahn, Lone, T Williams and Javeon. See preview, page 50.
✽Pressure at the Arches. 28 Mar, 10pm–3am. £20. End of season party featuring Jeff Mills, Nina Kraviz, Slam, Surgeon and Karenn (live). Over 21s only.
✽Rinse at the Sub Club. 28 Mar, 11pm–3am. £8–£13. London’s
dubstep and dance music radio station
comes to Scotland with rising UK producer Richy Ahmed in tow. FREE Shake Appeal at Bloc+. 28 Mar, 11pm–3am. Hip-shakin’ rock’n’roll, punk, blues, rock and metal. ■ Squelch at Audio. 4 Apr, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Techno from residents Andy McSkimming, Craig Murphy and Amanda Green. Fifth birthday celebrations with Boom Merchant and Tribal Pulse. ■ Strangeways at the Admiral. 21 Mar, 8pm–1am. £4. A regular tribute night for The Smiths and Morrissey, with a proud fan club atmosphere and aesthetic, uninhibited dancing and more daffs/gladioli than you can shake a stick at. All proceeds raised go to charity. ■ TooMuchHype at Stereo. 21 Mar, 11pm–3am. £4–£7. Bass, funky, garage, grime with Champion, Syndakit, Nativ and Bruin. First birthday celebrations. ■ Void at La Cheetah. 28 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Void Militia take over with their brand of house, techno and electro.