clubs
Glasgow listings
Regular weekly clubs plus one-off events are listed by city, then b day, then alphabetically by title. Clu s will be listed. rovided up-to-date details reach our 0 ices at least seven days before publication. Lack of information may result in clubs being omitted. Club listings compiled by Rory Weller (Glasgow) and Simone Baird (Edinburgh)
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
I Annie's Bath House at Beiiiiet's. llpm—3ant. £3 (£2 ). Annie and Grant with cheesy. dancey. poppy. retro and 7()s party tunes on two floors. (iay.
I Arcadia at g2. I Ipm 3am. £3 (£2). lan Hattlon with a new night ot mixed tip heats from liip hop to Northern soul. latitto jazz. classic disco ftiiik and grooved—out house. IS March the irrepressible Dave Clarke hack again in (ilasgow for a night of tire hardest funky techno gtiesting with Knuckleltead's .l'ilkes. £5 (£6). 25 March. .‘ylani frorn tlte Stone Roses continues tlte night of nonsense that hegart earlier at McChtiil's Way ()tit \‘v'est. Play right across the hoard. all tlte old indie stuff. classic ftiiik and cheesy dance tunes. You'll know every tune.
I Bar M at Bar .‘\1. Spin ‘niidnight. Free. Patil ('awley' (ex-Psy-plii) and Day itl Sweeney with a hip liop/drtitii tk hass pie-club.
I Blood at The Sub ('ltih. llpm- 3am. £4 (£3). New night that celebrates the bright new talent in the city with residents DJ Q and Laurence Hughes. D) Q is best known for his outstanding debut album 'Face The Music otit at the hegrnning of last year. and Laurence Hughes works in underground dance shop Boniha. Both played regularly at The Arches Lit-cut night it) a fa/ed disco house style.
I Blowfly X-rated at The .-\pai'tittent. ll.3()pm— 3am. £3. DJ Tcliico with his superior hlcnd of Rtle swing and ftirtk. I B.Noty at Bahaza. opm 3am. £4 (£2.50): free hefoi'e llprti. .‘ylatt .‘ylorton with a little hit of house. .i little hit of disco and heaps of fun at this good—time. reasonahly dressy Thursday night.
I Budda at Btidda. Spin midnight. l-ree. Nick (iemmil with a broad mix of credihle dance. from house to drum tk bass and hip hop. l’i'e-cltih.
I Cheeze at Strathclyde Lill\t‘l‘\ll'\ Students' l‘nioii (Barony Bar. Dark Room and Level Si. Spin 3am. free (open to students and fotii' guests) l).ls .\latk. lain aitd l)lllT_\ with a proudly tacky and cheesy night of good time party tunes.
I Cop at Archaos. llpiii 3am. £4 (£3). lnimense student night (possibly the busiest in Scotland) w itli DJ \ance and (Il up in the main room play trig contemporary cltih tunes to a young. glainmy hunch while Tail) 'The Ftr/l' ('.)y le does his iiidie/pop/kitsch sttifl it) Betty's .\l.iyonn.iise.
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I Dee Jays In Disguise at Variety. Spin-close. Free. Hatch and Jilkes of Knucklehead with a dubby mix of techno and electronica. Check out Hatch's Pusher 13 night at The l3th Note continuing on every week. Pre-club.
I D] Dandy at The CCA Cafe Bar. ()pm—midnight. Free. DJ Dandy with. as he calls it. skanking. soulful. funky shit. Pre—cluh.
I Esperanto at Havana. Spin-midnight. Free. DJs G Boy and Mtichaill with border-breaking. jazz-fuelled dtib funk. Pre-cluh.
I Fatboy's Kitchen at McChtiill's Way Out West. R—I lptii. Free. Big heat and hip hop from local DJs (E Main arid The Wax Monkey. Pre-cluh. 25 March the Fathoy gang have the first leg of rather a special wee night featuring Matti from the Stone Roses and Patrl Smith. official ()asis tour DJ and regular at the Heavenly Social. Then it's all down to g2 for much of the satne. All this and it's still free. you lucky. lucky people.
I Firebird at Firehii'd. S---l lpnt. Free. Tony and Murray playing old beats for beer and pizza tip on the Firehird DJ shelf. Pre-club.
I Fourth Dimension at Brel.
S.3()-l lpm. Free. Andy Young plays jazz. Brazilian. soul. ftrsion and ftittk at this West lind har. l’re-cluh.
I Freedom at The Shed. ltipm—Ram. £3 (£2). Mathew and Peter upstairs with 80s and 90s cluh anthems. plus Paul N'Jie in the main hall playing ftiiik. garage and chart house.
' I Free Flow at (ilasgow School Of Art
(downstairs). ()pm—2am. £l (students and guests). DJs Al Rutherford atttl Lindsey with Northern soul. ftiiik flavour. jazzy hreaks and heats. hip hop connection. movie .sotindtrax. drum & hass rhythms arid cold. cheap heer.
I Fudge at Planet Peach. |lpm~3. l5am. £4 (£2). Alan Ronald with just enough house atitl cltth tunes to give you kids a treat.
I Fursby at The Lime. lthm-~3am. £4 (£3/£2 hefore llpiii). Student night with club classics in your house and garage style from David Keenan.
I Hi Karate at the (ilasgow School of Art (upstairs). llipm 2am. £l. Neil .\lc.‘\lillan and Andrew Divine's weekly night. one of the finest funk hreakheat nights iii the country. It may he easiest to describe what they do as big heat. htit really it‘s a staggering combination of hip hop. soul. ftiitk. electro. jump-up. ragga and reggae. Top sttiff.
I Last Exit at Club Btidda. llpm—3ain. £4 (£3). New iiigltt with Inside ()tit/Tlie Ark's Simon Foy playing his unique collection of hig tunes and commercial garage.
I Loveshack at Fury .‘ylurry's.
llpm- 3.l5am. £4 (£2). Fine indie. house and disco sotiiitls from .liiii l)ownie for art tip for it student crowd.
I Movement at The \‘elvet Rooms. llpm--3am. £4 (£2). l).l Neil McTaggart with funky house and disco iii the main
I Music Is the Answer at October Cafe. ‘thn 'ltiitltllgltt. Free. Barry (iemmil with classic house and garage. l’rc-cluh.
I Pusher 13 at The l3th Note (tiow hoth tloors). llpiii 3am. £2. Weekly night from Hatch and Jilkes of My Machine (Art School. Sats) and Twitch (Pure/()ptinio) giving tip vintage house. hanging techno. mellow electro and rohotic hreakheats to a crowd following on front the Variety ptih gig. l’re-cltih.
I Radar at The (‘ross Bar.
Spin midnight l‘ree. Progressive duh and techno wrtlt an eclectic mix of ‘heats. hleeps and stitieaks‘. l’i‘e-cltih.
I Rumble at The (image. I lpni— 3am. £4 (£2). Legendary Thursday night with your favourite charty dance faves. movie tunes. and indie classics pltis drunk students.
I Skint at The (‘atliotise. llpm--3am. £4 (£2 ). ltidie/grunge/chemical heats like what they door) a Saturday night.
I Sly at Trash. l lpm-—3am. £4 (£3) Neil and Frog in the itiaiii room for hig anthems and cheesy nonsense plus Disco Dan in room two. Dress tip in some sort of sexy/glaiimiy gear and you get it) free.
I Soul Sauce at Bar 9|. 9pm—midnight Free. DJ Marc from the Top Rank Collective with classic soul. reggae and R&B. Pre-club. '
I Sushi at Yang. l lpm—3am (bar open front 6pm). £3 (£2); free before I lpm. Residents Bob Peck & Charlie lnman. Michael Peck and Bert Jones mix up hip hop and soul to furtk breaks arid house. Local underground DJs and live acts get busy in the back room every week. 18 March. Ray. Chris and Mark hole tip iii here for ’Alchemy'. an experimentation in house garage arid fluid style techno. 25 March Laburnum Records night with Silverback live arid two other unnamed bands pltis DJs frotn ftiri loving cheeky band Dodgy.
I Tonic at The Asylum (Caledonian University Union). 9pnt—3am. Free. Studenty chart and cheese from Jiiit Da Best.
I Wanna Play? at The Tunnel. l().3()pm—3am. £4 (£2.50 with matric card). Student night featuring Kevin and Scott (Tunnel weekends) and Lisa Littlewood. playing a mix ofcontemporary house anthems plus some right royal classic cheesers over two rooms.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS
I Alaska at Alaska. llpm—3am. £6 (£5). First regular night in this magnificent. two floored venue featuring Nick Peacock. Muchail. Alan and Raymond Woods playing a mix of funk. jazz soul. Ré’cB and house plus live percussion.
I Apartment at The Apartment. llpm—3am. £8. Jim Da Best playing a wildly eclectic mix of big tunes. crossing genres like ttobody's business.
I The Ark at The Tunnel. llpm—3am. £7 (£5). Your trio of professional caners Michael Kilkie. Scott Mackay and '/.ammo (Rhumha) living it large in the main room throwing otit thumping hard house as good as you’ll get anywhere in the country. Then there's Duncan Reid and Simon Foy in the second room itot going quite as mad for it. but still bordering irtsanity in they're own style. Top class stuff all round.
I Bennet’s t l.3()pm--3am. £4 (£3). Grant Duff downstairs with ati upbeat dance night then DJ Sltawn for handhaggy house upstairs. Cray.
I Bar 10 at Bar lt). t)pm—midiiight. Free. Fl'ectronica pre-cltih warmer at the king daddy of Glasgow style bars rotating fortnightly between the two crews of Fused ( l‘) March) and Bios (20 March). I Born at The Born. llpm—3am. £5 (£4 ). The Sly Boys and friends with full-on house.
I Bonafide Love at The Cross Bar. Spin—midnight. Free. Reggae. ragga and soca from DJ Dirtsman. Pi'e-cltrh.
I Bonkers at Bonkers. llpnt--3am. £4 after midnight. £3 before. (‘ltib classics at this after office hang-out with residents David Campbell and Noble Whitelaw.
I Budda at Btrdda. Spin—midnight. Free. Chris Harris (Temple) with a chunky house )t'e-club warmer.
I Bu dasole at Club Budda. llpm—3am. £5. Stevie Middleton. internationally renowned DJ and owner of Sole Music Records continuing upstairs with his own particular brand of American deep house and garage it) this luscious club every week.
I Buena Vista at Glasgow School Of Art (downstairs). l()pm—~2.3()am. £3. A slice of Latin jazz and funk from Mark and Michael of Delaney's Rhythm Section with Nick Peacock (Back To Jazz) playing the last Friday of every month.
I Bulletproof at g2. ttpin- 3am. £5 (£4). 26 March and monthly. The Area 5| ittoh of Jules. Shaft. ().P and Stticce revive their hard electro itigltt every fortnight from here on in. Tonight they've got Mark Broom from lfach/Ptire Plastic guesting.
I Bump 'n‘ Hustle at Bahaza. 5.3()pm—3ani (DJs from llptii). £5 (free before I lpm). Paul Traynor Jamie Fullerton with R&B. soul classics. garage and house for a glammy. dressed-up crowd.
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I Cooler at The (‘ooler Spin =t:t ;: _'.i: Free. DJ Johnny Liyewiie play. hottse and disco. l’i'e citih
I Crash at The Shed. ltipiii 3 ‘. (£3). The return of ( ‘rash .il'tt-z .- years w itli Dave Ross play lllt’ eclectic Illl.\ of kitsch classio .' Sotitltside cluh from the (can: ‘~ til the (image.
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