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Edinburgh Thursdays
FREE Audacious at the Bongo Club. Midnight–5am. Weekly. Breakcore, hardcore and jungle. ■ The Bang Bang Club at Gilded Balloon Teviot. 12.30am–5am. £7.50. Weekly. The subversive underground club night goes large for the fest. Guests include Steven Severin (playing four treatments of German expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr Caligari every Fri) alongside Clinic, Big Ned and more dropping in over Aug. ■ The BIG Freak! at Medina. 10pm–3am. £5 (£3 if ‘dressed creatively’). Weekly. Mongrel arts night of music, art and crafts including house band Ruby & The Emeralds. ■ Diamond Dollar at Faith. 11pm–3am. £2. Weekly. On-Point’s new weekly dose of the best in bassline, house, dubstep and drum & bass across two rooms. Guests DJs will be dropping in on a weekly basis along side residents DJ G-Mac (Bass Syndicate/Volume), Termite (Volume) and Paranoise (Volume). ■ Jagerbomb at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Indie, electro and urban mash-ups. ■ Kitsch! at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £2 after. Weekly. Chart, cheese and student anthems from the Big Cheese DJs. ■ Periferal at the GRV. 8pm. £12--£15. Weekly. Harder edge global sounds as Dr Das (Asian Dub Foundation) and Kerieva bring you the real face of contemporary world music. Arun Ghosh and Blackfist DJs are joined by indo-jazz badboy Arun Ghosh. ■ Rude at Po Na Na. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. New night for Po’s with a mix of funky house, electro, urban licks and dirty mash-ups. FREE Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Indie/electro night from the Cab, with residents from Clash and Spies in the Wires. ■ Silent Disco at Udderbelly’s Pasture. 10.30pm–3am. £10. 13 Aug. This is both genius and hilarious in equal measure. Basically, you are given headphones to hear the music that you usually experience coming out of speakers at clubs. Every major festival this summer has succumbed. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. FREE Sneaky Beats at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Hip hop, funk, soul and a dash of electro. ■ Spank! at Underbelly. Midnight–3am. £8–£14.50 (£9–£13.50). Weekly. Blurring the line between club, comedy and cabaret. Expect live music, stand-up, DJs, surrealism and plenty of other unclassifiable extras. Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ■ Stiletto at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Electro-pop, glam house classics and disco. ■ Vanity at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Cutting edge soul, R&B, electro and funky house. FREE We Can Be Heroes! at Electric Circus. 7pm–1am. Weekly. The Blonde Flash hosts a night of mixed genres, visual treats and kitsch. Edinburgh Fridays
■ The Bang Bang Club at Gilded Balloon Teviot. 12.30am–5am. £10. Weekly. See Thu. ■ Broke at City Nightclub. 10.30pm–3am. £2. Weekly. Huge student night of chart indie, hip hop, dance anthems and drinks promos. ■ Club for Heroes at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). 14 Aug. Underground disco for freaks and lovers featuring special guest Moggieboy. ✽✽ Confusion is Sex at the Bongo Club. Midnight–5am. £7 (£4 in ‘weird and eclectic outfits’). 7 Aug. Aiming for a David Lynch vibe with an eclectic mix of burlesque, art, live acts (‘doom’n’roll’ from Optimo signees Big Ned and sonic guitar antics from The
Leg vs The Pineapple Chunks) and DJ sets of glam, trash, indie, punk and electro. ‘More than just a night . . . it’s a style’. See 5 Questions, page 74. ■ Dirt at the GRV. 11pm–4am. £2 before midnight; £4 after. 14 Aug. Techno, electro, breaks, dubstep and drum & bass from Bruno FK, The Set Up and Deburgh. ■ Funk Shui at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. DJ Fiona mixes up chart, dance classics and dirty house. ■ Fuse at Berlin Bierhaus. 10pm–5am. £6–£10. 7 Aug. Underground dance night that promises the ‘crunchiest, clickiest, fidgety and wonky sounds that nu wave, electronica and house have to offer’ as Fuse celebrates its first birthday. Guests Joe & Will Ask? make their Edinburgh debut with an exclusive live set plus Doorly (Ibiza Rocks) on the decks. FREE Hybrid at the GRV. 11pm–5am. 7 Aug. Underground dance, techno, dubstep, bass, jungle and more featuring a mixed line-up of DJs from Noizteez, Volume!, Big’n’Bashy, JakN, Riddim Tuffa and other Edinburgh institutions. ■ KandiFlip at Po Na Na. 10.30pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. R&B, house and dance classics from Jay and Mark B. ■ Misfits at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock and retro. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Funked up vocal house and dance classics from Jez Hill. FREE Overtime at Electric Circus. 10.30pm–3am. Weekly. Big tunes to start your weekend with a bang. ■ Planet Earth at Citrus Club. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Weekly. 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). ■ Poptastic at GHQ. 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). 7 Aug. Queer clubbing night with indie/electro from Phil Bakstad in room one and retro pop/trash from Paul McAvoy in room two. ■ RSVP at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £8 after. Weekly. Glamorous club hits. ■ Silent Disco at Udderbelly’s Pasture. 10.30pm–3am. £10. 14 Aug. See Thu. ■ Skunk Funk at the Jazz Bar. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). 7 Aug. Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests, including Acid Jazz and funk from Gecko 3. ■ Spank! at Underbelly. Midnight–3am. £8–£14.50 (£9–£13.50). Weekly. See Thu. ■ Tokyoblu at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5–£7. 7 Aug. The Live House Sessions continue, as the Tokyoblu live band dish out the grooves and keep the funk flowing at their ‘Festival Opening Party’, joined by special guest and mash-up king Future B with percussion from David McGeorge. ■ Touch Bass at Wee Red Bar. 10.30pm–3am. £4. 7 Aug. New drum & bass night headed by Linden (Nerve Recordings) alongside Dave Lowe, D- Fade, Foul, Troubla and MC AC. ✽✽ Untitled at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–5am. £5 before 1am; free after. 7 Aug. Sneaky’s ‘flagship’ indie club celebrates the opening night of the Fringe with a live set of Talking Heads influenced Afro-pop from My Tiger My Timing. Part of the Edge Festival. Edinburgh Saturdays
■ The Bang Bang Club at Gilded Balloon Teviot. 12.30am–5am. £10. Weekly. See Thu. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–5am. £3. 8 Aug. New Sunday-nighter in the Speakeasy with a staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s rock, 60s grooves and 70s psychedelia. ■ Bubblegum at the Hive. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £4 after. Weekly. A student-friendly chewed up, spat out mix
Festival Clubs
11pm–5am. £5 before midnight; £8 of electro, pop, dance, disco, soul and indie. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 11pm–3am. £2.50 before 11.30pm; £5 after. Weekly. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave at this Edinburgh institution for those in the know after a quick fix of decent music and attitude free clubbing. FREE Fake at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. 8 Aug. Fake celebrates it third birthday with a guest set of bass- heavy electro from Italy’s Solo (DirtyBird Records). ■ Fish Fry at the Jazz Bar. 12.30am–5am. £5 (£3). 8 Aug. Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJs Erik D’Viking and Astroboy. Featuring funky five-piece Paul Mills Band (8 Aug). ✽✽ Headspin at the Bongo Club. after. 8 Aug. Mixing funk, hip hop, disco, house and beats, Headspin continues to push the boundaries and raise clubbing to an art form. With multiple turntables, live percussion and visual projections mixed, looped and mutilated live to complement and enhance the aural experience, it’s much more than just a feast for the ears. Festival special with live painting by graffiti artist Elph. ✽✽ Karnival at Cabaret Voltaire. £10 (£8) after. 8 Aug. House night that promises to indulge ‘every pleasure, every sin’, as Audiojack (20:20 Vision) join the festival party for a dose of underground dance cuts. ■ Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night, featuring Po’s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and bang up-to-date funky house. ■ Lulu at Lulu. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville, Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soiree featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B. ■ Silent Disco at Udderbelly’s Pasture. 10.30pm–3am. £10. 15 Aug. See Thu. ■ Spank! at Underbelly. midnight–3am. £8–£14.50 (£9–£13.50). Weekly. See Thu. ■ Stereofunk at City Nightclub. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. A new Saturday-nighter for City as Stereofunk launches its own brand of glamorous 21st century house and electro funk from DJs Stevie Lennon and Craig Kelman. Please note dress code: ‘no effort, no entry’. ✽✽ Substance at the GRV. Festival special of techno and hard electro headed by a live set of jackin’ Chicago house and tech-funk from Legowelt (Bunker/Cocoon) and a DJ set of punked up electro/techno from Housemeister (Boys Noize/Bpitch Control). ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. 11pm–3am. £2 before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. ■ Ultragroove at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–5am. £5 before midnight; £7 (£5) after. 15 Aug. Gareth Sommerville is joined by Nick Watson and Gino for some disco, house and techno. ✽✽ VEGAS! at the HMV Picture House. 10.30pm–3am. £10–£12. 8 Aug. Hep daddy swing, country classics and sleazy listening at the multiple award-winning, multi-genre club night for movers, groovers, hipsters, flipsters, guys and dolls as Vegas! goes upscale for
11pm–5am. £8 before midnight; 11pm–3am. £10. 8 Aug. Big
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