LISTINGS CLUBS
plus regular guest appearances by DJ Al (Mo Wax) using four turntables. Becks £1. Look out for special events in the side alcove.
I Chopper at Club Xchange. 10.30pm—3.30am. £3.50 (£2). Garage. house. 90s disco and pop in the new look Club X. Fresh Clubland credible music and cheap drink. Double vodka £1.25.
I Excursion at The Halt Bar. 7pm—l lpm. Free. DJs Scott and Kev (Upsettin‘. Goodfoot) playing classic soul. funk and dub along with more modern tunes and beats.
I Fab at Reds. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Club classics. funk. soul and disco. Miller £1. vodka-mix £1.
I Go West at Cleopatra's. 10.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). A mainly ‘student-on'entated‘ bill of fare.
I love Train at Cafe Cini. 9pm—midnight. Free. Selected beers for £1. Joe Deacon playing the best in classic soul. funk and piano house.
I Planet Earth at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £1. An 80s revival night for all you Wham and Duran Duran fans. Doing unbelievably well.
I Preiab Tab at Nice 'n‘ Sleazy (downstairs). 9pm—close. Free. Deep dub with a taste of garage. Vodka £1.
I Sticky Fingers at The Attic. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). Gerry with indie and retro sounds. Drinks promos.
I Wednesday Night Fever at Cotton Club. 10.30pin—3am. £3 (£2 with matric card). Positively a towering inferno of rekindled kitsch. Busy? You betcha. Drinks promos. I Wheelie Onedertul Wednesdays at R.G‘s. 8pm—close. Free. New pre- Chopper event with dancey choons. £1 vodka shots and cheap vodka cocktails.
Thursdays
I Bar 10 8pm—close. Free. Paul Cawley from Phar Out with a weird. eclectic. underground pie-club experience.
I Bar 91 8pm—close. Free. Michael Kilkie of Tunnel and M‘Boza fame for pre- Tunnel sounds.
I Bloomers at Cleopatra's. lO.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2 with ticket). Mainstream pop and dance.
I Club Xchange 1 lpm—3am. £2 (£1 ). Gay. DJ Morgan and £1 lager. £1 vodka. I The Corner 9pm—close. Free. Reggae beats pre-club with Stevie Donaldson.
I Dee Jays in Disguise at Variety. 8pin—close. Free. Ha‘t'ch and Joniiie of the Knucklehead with a dubby mix of new dance and techno.
I Disco Interno at Reds. 1 lpm—3am. £2. Seventies disco. pop and glam with DJ Michelle plus Bud and vodka for £1.30 all night. A night ofclassic disco peppered with the best of contemporary house and garage.
I Donkey at The Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1). Studenty mix of grunge rock. indie dance and pop.
I loveshaclt at Fury Murry's. 10.30pm—3am. £2. ‘Super cool sounds of the 70s-dance stompers and student classics abound. Lager and vodka mix an unbelievable 50p.‘
I Rage at Strathclyde University Student Union. 9pm—2am. Free. The Level 8 barn once more fills up with the bright young things letting their cardigans slip off their shoulders as they gaze at the floor.
I Rumble at The Garage. 10.30piii—3aiii. £3 (£2). Cardow and Ross with a very busy night ofcharty dance faves. cheap drinks and drunk students. Snogtastic!
I Shindig at Cotton Club. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2). lain Fitzpatrick with an indie/disco club. All drinks 99p.
I Soul Kitchen at Maxaluna. 8pm—close. Free. A soulful vibe provided by DJ Kevin McPharland plus real soul food from the Maxaluna kitchens.
I Spangles at Reds Bar. Strathclyde University Student Union. 9pm—2am. Free. Gordon Tennant of Helter Skelter with soul. dance and pop. Open throughout the summer.
I The Tunnel 10pm—3am. £4 (£2 with matric card). If you‘ve ever been to this student night in the last five years. then it's still exactly the same as you remember it. Cheesy music. mobbed dancefloor and regrets in the morning.
I UK Gold at Sub Club. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Martin and Mark‘s underground club night with a strong following amongst the Sub Club regulars.
Fridays I The Cavendish 9pm-4am. £5. Over 25s only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. 60s and 70s music. Ground floor only. I Cathouse at The Rocking Horse. 1 1pm-3am. £3 (£2.50 with flyer). Price includes entry to Katch. Crowded night running the gamut of rock. from heavy metal through grunge to thrash. I Century 2000 1 lpm—3am. £5. Commercial dance music under the most expensive lights in Scotland. No ripped jeans or steel toe-caps. I Club Sappho at Buster Browns. 9pm—4ain. £3. Women only. Resident DJ Christine spins disco. chart. oldies and progressive dance with the occasional assistance of top guest names. I Evol at The Music Box. 1 1.30pm—4am. £3 (£2 before midnight). Happy Hour from 10.30—11.30pm. All new visuals and shiny. happy. indie sounds with a bit ofa raw. grungey edge. Resident DJ Kieren jamming together those Evol favourites old and new. Look out for occasional live guests creamed from the cutting edge of the indie scene. I Fetish at La Belle Angele. llpm—3am. £5 (£4): (£3 members before midnight). 9 Sept. Fortnightly. Cybertonics smart drinks stall. Practically the only place to dance to house and garage of a Friday night these days. DJs are George (Tribal Funktion). Nicci (Havoc Hussies) and George Mac (Squid). Well worth checking. I Katch at The Rocking Horse. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (£2 with flyer). Price includes entry to Cathouse. Lively club with a playlist consisting mainly of 80s and 90s indie dance. I loungin’ at Negociants. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Firstrate and Finbar with all the latest licks in jungle. swingbeat. reggae and hip hop. I Marley’s Reggae Klub at Cavendish. 10pm—4ain. £4. The city's longest-running reggae night returns after its Festival break. I Minus One at The Carlton Highland Hotel. lOpm—3am. £2.50 (free for members). A relaxed. very plush venue for the more mature seekers of night life. I Planet Earth at The Citrus. 1 lpm—4am. £3. Curfew 2am. The 80s retro club: playing everything from new wave to synth pop to acid house and Madchester. Watch out for drinks promos. I Pure at The Venue. 10.30pm—4am. £5 (£3 members). Guest nights £7 (£5). Twitch and Brainstorm orchestrate a gorgeous sweep through Detroit and Chicago at this. one of Scotland's top techno institutions. Excellent guests (now not being announced until the posters go up) from the electronic cutting edge. gifted residents and a sweaty. devoted crowd keep this club kicking. Chicago innovator Derrick Carter guests on 8 Sept.
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I Pure A truly inspirational DJ and deeply soulful producer — surf the disco—techno-house matrix with Chicago legend Derrick Carter.The Venue, 8 Sept.
I Tribal Funktion Canadian house heads The Stickmen return to their favourite nightclub (see Generator) The Venue. 16 Sept.
I Joy Maggie and Alan continue to mash up the best nu energy. handbag and house anthems at Scotland‘s top weekly gay night . The New Calimi, Saturdays.
I Reaction at The Subway. l lplll—giillll. £2 (free for students with matric card). Weekly mix ofchart. dance and classic disco.
I Red Hot Pepper Club l()piii—3am. £4 (£3). Mainstream and chart sounds. Students free with matric card.
I Sole Fusion at The Vaults. l lpm—3am. £5 (£4). 9 Sept. Fortnightly. Deep US house and garage with Craig Smith and Mikey Stirton. 70s and 80s soul. electro and salsoul spun by Sugar Ray and Styler in the back room (aka The Cricket Club). I Sublime at The Vaults. 10pm—late. £7 (£6). 15 Sept. Fortnightly. House and garage from residents Phil and Roger and occasional celeb guests.
Saturdays
I The Cavendish 9pm—4am. £5. ()ver 25s only. Smart dress. Live bands every week. I Century 2000 l lpm—3am. £5. See Fridays.
I Colours at The Vaults. l()pm—-3aiii. Tickets £12 from Xile and The City Cafe. 9 Sept. Fortnightly. This week‘s guest at Streetrave's celeb-central club night is Sasha cohort (and ex-warm up jock for junglists Fabio and Grooverider would you believe) John Digweed. Danny Rampling drops in on 23 Sept.
I Disco lntemo at The Venue. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 9 Sept. Fortnightly. With disco cut ups all the rage in house and techno right now. why not check out the real thing - two floors of it in fact.
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