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Regular weekly clubs plus one-oft events are listed by city, then by day, then alphabetically by title. Clubs will be listed, provided that up-to-date details reach our offices at least seven days before publication. Club listings compiled by Rory Weller and Bethan Cole.
Fridays
I 40 Watt Club at Glasgow School of Art. 7.30pm—l0pm. Free. Lindsey of Tankin' gently warms up the weekend with a laid back dub. funk. jazz and electronic ambient evening.
I The Ali at The Tunnel. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Pumping house and garage grooves. Michael Kilkie and Scott McKay in Bar 1. Darren Mackie in Bar 2. Massively busy night for that commercial house crrcuit crowd bedecked in their Armani and Versace. Look out for Tunnel membership cards. to be introduced in March. I Banus 10.30pm—3am. £6. Commercial dance. I Bar Belng 9pm-midnight. Free. DJ Graeme (The Garage) with a mix of house and funk. I Rennet’s llpm-3am. £4. Gay. Commercial dance and pop.
I The Cathouse lOpm—3am. £3.50 (£3 with ticket). Well-respected rock- orientated night in Studio 2. with Rubber Soul in Studio 1 and Katch in Studio 3.
I Cleopatra’s l0.30pm—2.30am. £6. Disco. chart and mainstream with DJ Davie Johnston. Office partytastic.
I Club Xchange i lpm—3am. £4. Gay. brash, trashy and fun as ever. Happy Hour llpm—l2.30am. all drinks £1.25 and Beck's promotion all night.
I Cool Lemon at Glasgow School of Art. lOpm-2.30am. £7 (£4). 17 March only. Cool Lemon's bittersweet duo Paterson and Price with a night of hard house joined by the Hacienda's resident DJ Graeme Park.
I Cream at Reds. Strathclyde University Student Union. 9pm—2am (doors close lam). £l. Students and guests. Steven Watt of Mo Jazz on a commercial funk and hip hop tip.
I oelrnonicas 9pm—close. Free. DJ Stella with a chart dance mix.
I Doggy Style l0.30pm-late. £2. Little Ed and Mr Smith playing ‘jumpin house‘. Bud and Becks £1 a bottle.
I Energy at The Tuxedo Princess. 9pm—3am. £6 (free before ilprn). No
curfew. Techno hardcore.
I Fluid at R.G.'s. Spur-midnight. Free. The best in garage and house from DJ Kevin.
I Friday at Cotton Club lOpnr-3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). A lush mix of happy sounds packing the place week after week.
I Grow Your Own at Sub Club.
I lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Martin of Goodfoot and Andy from Divine ride their Lambrettas over the legacy of the funk- orientated nights that preceded this one. pitching this as the next best thing to a rumble by the sea. Sixties film themes. soul and traditional 60s jazz as well as
contemporary dance jazz. Soon to become
tnonthly rather than weekly.
I llelter Skelter at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2.50). Long-serving rock/indie/70s/funk/kitsch night. Started in [988. the night still has the original DJ. I Katch at The Cathouse. Studio 3. 10pm—3am. £3. The Katch boys ripping off the Edinburgh club in name and music policy. lndie/studenty/good-time vibes. All drinks £l.50.
I liberty City at The Voodoo Room. 10.30pm—3am. The best deep house and garage club in Glasgow now goes weekly. with Nigel and Colin from Bomba presiding over the nu soul. house and garage. Special Imperial Records night on l7 March with Mr Cover Ups and 2 Deep himself, Joey Musaphia guesting.
I love Bug at The Garage. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Commercial dance with a retro edge. Entry to Lovebug also lets you investigate The Attic where the original Radio City will be plying its trade.
I Mean Streets at The 13th Note. 8pm—midnight. Free. ‘A pre club happening of urban alienation and the Devil‘s own rock and roll.‘
I liicos 9pm—midnight. Free. Nice guys Matt and Tom with a kinda acid jazzy. funky sorta pre-club.
I Parklite at The Arena. 1 lpm-3am. £3.50 (£2.50). Post Mod club playing the best of Brit pop from the 60s onwards plus film footage on video screens. Getting busy. with a hard core of loyal fans. All drinks £1.20 before l2.30am.
I Phar Out at Glasgow School of Art. 9.30pm—late. £2.50. Funky night sponsored by Dr lives and Stussy. Resident DJ Paul Cawley is joined every week by Nick Peacock. Colin Gate from Bomba or More from R.A.D.
I Reds 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£3 for students before 11.30pm). ‘Chunky funk. deeliteful disco and groovy garagel‘. Smart crowd using the club as more of an extension of the trendy bars around it than a heavy dancing den. Promo beers.
I Respect at Under 0's. Spin—midnight. Free. A blend of reggae and dub.
I Rhapsody llpm—3am. £5 (£2). All drinks £1.50. Hip hop. garage. house and funk.
I Rubber Soul at The Cathouse. Studio 1. lOpm—3am. £3. 60s and 70s music.
I Ruff at Blackfriars Underground. 9pm-midnight. £l. Junglist drum and bass from Do Nasty Sons (Deep in the Jungle). I Shag at Fury Murry's. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Maintaining the legacy of the
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i I Slam at The Arches. 10.30pm - 3am. U).
1 Still keeping the momentum going. Slant j is one of the few clubs in (ilasgow that is
working on a truly national level. Underground. upfront. technologically— rninded dance music from Stuart and ()rde.
I Sonic at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). llprn—3am. £3 (£2 students/flyert. ‘.>\lternative. indie and goodtirne music”. now in its third year.
I Sweet AS at The Volcano. l0.30pm—230am. £5 (£3). DJ Alan ‘big tunes~ Ronalds. the long time resident Volcano DJ with mainstream dance. rap. ftrnk and pop.
Saturdays
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I Absolutely Sexy at The \"oodoo Room. llpm--3am. £8. Kevin McKay licking the decks into a vocalisttc garagetastic frenzy fora staggerrngly large number of absolutely sexy Lounge and l.i\ mg Room type bods. Check out the new decor. lovely!
I Adrenalin at The Tuxedo Princess. ()pm—3am. £5 before ltlprn with flyer. £o after 10pm with Hyer. £7 after Itipm no tlyer. Techno and Italian piano house featuring regular live acts.
I Bar 10 ()prn—midnight. Free. Socralise to the mellow sounds of DJ Nick Peacock e! (1/. Where else is there to rendezvous. darling?
I Bar Belgos 9pm -midnight. l-‘ree. D} Martin (Grow Your ()wn) going from jazz dance to house and garage.
I Banus 10.30—3am. £7. (,ieorge Bell with his upfront dance and regular guest l)Js.
I Bennet’s llpm-3am. £5. Gay. Commercial dance.
I The Cathouse. l()pm--3am. £~l (£3.50/£3 before llpm;. Sweaty rock— orientated club on two floors. Trad rock upstairs and contemporary rock downstairs.
I Cleopatra’s l lpm--3am. £6. Mainstream commercial tunes.
In association with STELLA DRY
3 I Club Xchange llpm-3am. £5. Gay club l with upfront dance tunes. Happy Hour llpm—l2.30am.
I Cool lemon at The Arches. llpm—3am. £7. ll March ortly. The lemons. chuffed after their recent link up with l‘rnal Frontier stay at the Arches for their own night of hard house featuring Paterson and Price plus extra spet‘iai guest, Joey Beltram (Synewaye't.
I Delmonicas ()pm close. l-r'ee. DJ Michael with a garage mix.
I Divine at Glasgow School of ,-\rt.
10pm —late. £31.50 (includes Knucklehead upstairs). It just keeps rolling along as ever in its funky/remi/tronterrrpttrons contemporary \v ay.
I Dream Sequence at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). HIP-(Jpn: *.r'r:. £2.50. Long- established irrdr.‘ night with a friendl). vibe. Rooftops now sports a lab new
sound system and is bigger too
I Classic FM at litrr‘y Murry '-
ill .iilptil 3(tttt £5 (all, littite gimp/indic- dance shenanigans from Jun Dow nie et al for all yotr shoe ga/ers out there
I Fresh Cream at 'i he Volcano
1030er 2am. £(r till ‘.\ rtir :rratrrc card). Mellow house. garage grooves and street soul with Scott ‘ttrnnzttrt rii‘carrn' ‘tlels'ay. IThe Garage. '0 thrir iarr- t" 1.22! lf)prn-—-l lprn. £4 If it llpnr llpnt. liave Ross getting a wee brt more daneey than usual. lx’etro/indie in The .\ttit:. upstairs. Insanely busy v. ith queues hzdf wry dow n Sauchiehall Street. up Rose Street. and along the MS as far as :\r;drie, honest.
I Knucklehead at Glasgow Scltool of Art. litpm -late. 13 50(irrclndes l)i\iitc downstairs). inks and lla't‘clt filling the barn upstairs emery week with their uncorrrpromising rrux of new lions - and deep techno plus classic and contemporary Detroit trad s
I Loop Guru at The .‘.r‘t3lt«.‘.\ llrnr: 'rarrr. £0. 13 March only. To:- eihnrc dub band take top billing in this‘ club gig. supported by the Sonora ll.l.. .‘lr‘i l)l‘.;l!' ( )trt's‘ J‘ an Cawley ‘keeping it eclectrt‘
I Mo’ Jazz With Attitude .u the t silt Note. Rpm unwittigb'. ‘l lr'orrrring' stirstrct: like never before tir: i \‘7.r‘.t brothers rrnx wicked ja. and funky soul in an atmosphere not tfs'lllltt‘ otts Sotxo.‘ Still going despite .131.- re.’eitt rr't‘etabirrrg changes.
I Mickey House Club at The Hut Note. 8.30pnr-midnight. Free Pant. Raymond. Hugo and Crust rn:\ llj‘ house and lap hop for pre club lover's.
I NiCOS {trim—midnight. l‘ree. DJ Paui with hip hop. ftrnk and rare groove
I Pussypower at The Arena l lprn 3am. r £0 (£4). ll March and fortnightly. 'l'crry and Jason of Pussypower every other
week plus guests. Drinks promos.
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