clubs
Glasgow clubs
Regular weekly clubs plus one off events are listed by city. then by‘day, then alphabetically by title. Clu will be listed provided u to-date details reach our offices at east eight days before publication. Lack of tnfonnation may result in clubs being omitted. Glasgow dub listings compiled by Leon McDennott.
GLASGOW THURSDAYS
Pro-club
I Bounty at Q. 5pm~l am. Free. Weekly. Billy Milligan is at the helm of this new night, featuring party tunes across the ' genres, from R&B to club classics.
I Deejays In Disguise at The Variety Bar. 8pm-close. Free. Weekly. The Knucklehead crew take a breather from their usual hectic style and concentrate on the dubbier end of the techno spectrum.
I Free Party Power at The Living Room. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Quality underground house action, spiced up with a bit of skewed disco.
I Met: DJ competition at the Halt Bar. 9pm-midnight. 16 Nov only. Paul Mendez (Room At The Top, Beat 106) judges the first heat of the Halt’s second amateur DJ competition.
I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Miguel (Wall to Wall) spins upbeat house selections for a studenty crowd.
I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Resident ‘Donut’ Jay is joined by Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and A.J. spinning the best house sounds. I Pousey Cafe at Air Organic. 8—11pm. Free. Weekly. The Jengaheads get you stoked up for a night out, with a mixed bag of beats, from electro and funk through to house and techno.
I Phatboy's Kitchen at McChuill’s Way Out West. 8pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Hip hop, breaks and beats courtesy of The Wax Monkey.
I Shogo at The Brunswick Cellars. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. An evening of breaks, beats and such like from G- Man and occasional guests, with skateboarding visual entertainments.
I Tilt at Bar 10. 7pm-late. Free. Weekly. An evening of Euro trance from the Tilt crew.
I Virunga at Brel. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. A top selection of tunes with a world bias, including soca, Latin dance, African and reggae.
Club
I 1210 at Babaza. 8pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Top-notch house, garage and trance from Ian Thompson and David Gilmore, renowned for keeping the crowd on their toes and dropping the odd surprise track. In a bid to encourage new talent, the residents step down from 8—llpm, turning over the Technics to up- and-coming DJs. Call the club on 204 0101 for details of how to participate.
I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 11pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Shawn delivers a commercial dance mix in the main room, while Annie supplies 70s and 805 hits at the premier gay venue.
I Bug-A-Boo at The Velvet Rooms. llpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. John Lyons, Martin Hesketh and James Fullerton take it in turns to provide the R&B and soul selections.
I Club Salsa Sabrosa at The Havana Bar. 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Top-notch Latin sounds, with all hip- shaking genres covered thanks to residents Keith. Alexis and Geo D.
I Columbian at The Asylum Back Room. 8pm—1am. Free to CUSU members; £1 otherwise. Weekly. Music with breaks, from hip hop and big beat to soul and funk.
I Cop at Archaos. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Absolutely colossal student night with Vance and C.J. supplying hard partying house anthems in the mainroom and daft classics from Tam Coyle downstairs.
I Fat Sumo at The Glasgow School of
Art. lOpm—2.30am. £3. Weekly. A new venture for the Vic Bar, with LTJ Bosom and her trashy electro pop getting ample support from the Hi Fidelity’s Sean Dickson on the second and fourth week of the month, with Hush Puppy (Divine) stepping into the breach on the third week.
I Go Bang at Reds. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. GK Machine, Glenn C, Jay Hay and Guy spin a varied techno and house selection.
I Hi Karate at The Glasgow School of Art. 10pm—2.30am. £3. Weekly. Andrew Divine and Neil Macmillan kick out their melange of broken beats, post- jungle and suchlike, to a well-oiled crowd. And if their epic 4th birthday bash last week wasn’t enough to contend with, 2 Nov sees Brooklyn rhyme- meister extraordinaire Jeru Tha Damaja drop in for a live set, with back up from the estimable DJ Pogo. £3: not even a pack of fags, or a top night out. It’s your choice, you know. See Hitlist.
I Loose Joints at The 13th Note Club. 11pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Residents (eyebee) and (deecee) have shifted the old Booty Jam up a gear with a new concept night, just like a 70s album - the concept being to play a broad mix of dancefloor classics without overdoing the turntable techniques, instead concentrating on the songs themselves. I Media Student Night at Media. llpm—3am. £1 with matric card; £3 otherwise. Weekly. The new groovy 70$ and 805 Media lays down the red carpet to students.
I MFI at Universe (Coatbridge). 11pm-2.30am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Big telly man Ewan MacLeod and DJ Bob with a disco-tinged selection of house old and new.
I Pimp at Planet Peach. 11pm-3am. £4. Weekly. Steve Gaston pumps out the funkiest disco and lightens the blend with the occasional kitsch classic.
I Polo For Me at The Polo Lounge. lOpm-lam. Free. Weekly. You, the lucky punter, take the helm tonight, as request cards are available over the bar and in the booth.
I Rhythm And Blues at Life. lOpm—3am. £5. Weekly. One of the city’s finest R&B nights with residents Paul Traynor, Naeem and Stuart McCallum.
I Skint at The Cathouse. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Tough chemical breaks and beats, rock and indie for a studenty crowd.
I Skycop at Skybar (Archaos). 11.45pm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. The posh bit of Archaos thrills to the deep house stylings of Ryan Kerr, as the regular student night packs them in downstairs.
I The Jam at Yang. 11pm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Fantastic night featuring live funk action from Elevation Trio in the bar, residents Dema and Nice dissecting the breaks and beats like hip hop neurosurgeons in room two, while in room three Michael Peck and Tom Reeves spin some seriously funky house.
I Thursday Is Enough at Club Budda. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Disco and house from Stevie Smith.
I Trash at Trash. 10.30pm-3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Student faves with a funky theme.
I Tune! at g2. 11pm—3am. Free entry before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Simon Morrison and Andy Horn select brand new house and trance, plus Ibiza favourites to jog the memory.
I Tunnel Thursdays at The Tunnel. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Tunnel regulars Kevin McFarlane and Scott Mackay, plus Lisa Littlewood in room two, spin house for a dressed-up crowd of students.
I Zsome at Mas. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3 students). Weekly. The boys behind Shagtag kick off a new student night at Glasgow’s newest club, offering the standard mix of house and student favourites, as well as some tasty two for one (2some. Geddit?) drinks offers.
I Upfront at The Asylum. 10pm-3am. £1 (free to CUSU members). Weekly. Eddie Tonner and Scott Mochar with quality house and trance.
I The Wha? at The 13th Note Club. 9pm-2am. £4. 16 Nov. Monthly. The Muddy Pedals crew with their unique blend of breaks.
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I Loveshack at Fury Murry’s. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Jim and Phil with a blend of commercial classics, vintage indie and a touch of disco.
I Rumble at The Garage. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Absolutely crackers student night, stuffed to the gunnels every time with kids sharking to the sounds of chart hits, indie favourites and low-brow house.
I Wired at Destiny. 10pm-3am. £2 before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. Casual night at the wrought-iron exhibition-cum- club with a dancier music policy. This is the only time when denim and trainers are acceptable apparel here, so you don’t have to iron your Ben Sherman.
GLASGOW FRIDAYS Pro-club
I Brian Murnin at The Living Room. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Brian continues to ‘play the songs that make the whole world sing’.
I Budda at Bar Budda. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Chris Harris spinning groove-led house to the usual party crowd.
I Bughouse at Balsa. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Chunky house grooves to liven up the city centre.
I Chi at McChuill’s. 8pm—midnight. Free. 10 Nov. Monthly. The first in a succession of rather cool nights, the evening starts with mellow shaolin beats and builds to funky house and bouncy techno.
I Critical Mass at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. 8pm—late. Free. Weekly. Jon Fopp, aka Nodj, with a wilfully peculiar selection ranging from punk to funk and all points in between.
I Cul De Sac at Cul De Sac. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. House action from a pool of DJs, including Stevie Donaldson, Domenic Cappello, Graham Wilson and Kieran McCann.
I Edward's at Edward’s. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Upbeat selections from Keith Pyper to get you going for the weekend.
I Illuminations at The Lighthouse. 8.30pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Dandy (Disco X) and Alan B. (Breach) spin ‘tomorrow, yesterday, today’ music. I Kube at the Halt Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. 3 Nov. Monthly. Thumping house and techno, complete with a live PA.
I Nico's at Nico’s. 9pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Barry Burns with a mixed-up selection of Northern, hip hop and house. I Nomad at Nomad. 7.30pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. Kris Keegan, Ian Thompson and A.J. join ‘Donut’ Jay at this pre-club. Free camera hire adds a nice touch.
I Paul Cawley at Air Organic. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. In addition to running Soma’s breakbeat sister label Fenetik and club night Psy Phi, Paul Cawley warms up for the weekend with brand new breaks, hip hop and drum & bass.
I Rowan and Niall at the Halt Bar. 9pm—midnight. Free. 10 Nov. Monthly. The former Balsa residents, now ensconced in a new venue, do their deep house thin .
I Russell s at Russell’s. 6pm-midnight. Free. Weekly. DJ Yaw kicks out the best R&B, hip hop and swingbeat.
I Soaterama at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy (ground floor). 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. An across-the-board blend with an emphasis on the unexpected, from punk to drum & bass.
I Stateside Sounds at The State Bar. 4—7pm. Free. Weekly. Paul Shields selects alt.cour.try favourites, rock classics and blues cuts.
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listings CLUBS
The best clubs in Glasgow this fortnight
Anti-Bar Having taken time out recently from DJing in Glasgow to present interactive Channel 4 show Streams, DJ Mingo-go (above) gets back into the swing of things with Anti-Bar. The tunes are quiet, there’s room to move, and (despite the fact that downstairs at the Note is the size of a small bean) you can even sit down and have a conversation. 13th Note Cafe, Sat 4 Nov.
Funk Room A rare treat is in store at the Funk Room this month, in the form of rapper, author and general all-round political activist and cultural icon Gil Scott-Heron playing a live set. Random Gil Scott-Heron fact you can quote to impress your mates: his dad used to play for Celtic, you know. The Arches, Sat 71 Nov.
Havana Esperito In the rarefied surroundings of Canvas, where the table service and the lack of dedicated dancefloor make for a more relaxed club, DJ Jazz, the man who pioneered Salsa in Glasgow and still the best proponent of it, plays his patented blend of Cuban magic. One for the sophisticates out there. Canvas, Sat 4 Nov.
lli Karate Neil McMillan and Andrew Divine have just celebrated four years of breaks, beats and wiggy-assed funk (not to mention four years of highly amusing newsletters). They kick off their fifth year in fine style, with genius Brooklyn rapper Jeru Tha Damaja and scratchmeister DJ Pogo whipping the crowd into a frenzy. Glasgow School of Art, Thu 2 Nov.
Sunday Social Sundays are the new Saturdays, or so they say, but when was the last time you spent Saturday lounging about'in a converted railway arch sipping beer, eating crépes, sifting through the Sunday papers and listening to abstract jazz funk house beats from the Southern hemisphere? Well exactly. The Arches, Sun 5th Nov.
Test Test roll out the barrel for another night of heavy duty techno, and guests this time round include sometime Super_Collider man Christian Vogel and Tresor's Eva Caza, so watch out for the low-flying beats. Glasgow School of Art, Fri 3 Nov.
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