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Events are listed by city, day, type then alphabetically by name. Submit listings at least fourteen days before publication to clubsglasgoWhotmail.com. Glasgow listings are compiled by Sandra Marron.

Glasgow Thursdays

Club

I '.* at the Buff('lub. l().3()pm 3am. £3 (free). Weekly. Stevie and David rummage through their records to bring you all the good stuff. There's the odd live band. so expect a fest of eclectronica. discotechnocarcy and other words they‘ve just made tip.

I Bunker Thursdays at the Bunker Bar. Midnight-3am. Free. Weekly. Bunker Bar is now staying open until 3am at weekends and (ilasgow indie stalwarts Fools (iold are manning the decks each and every Thursday.

I Calling All Disco Kids at Karbon. l(l.3()pm 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. lleskey and Big Al drop hip hop and R&B while Raw B and liuan McLeod play student classics and hand out cash pri/es at this student night. Scott McKay plays house in the lounge.

I Club Olurn at (‘lassic (irand.

l lpm 3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. ('lub ()lum have moved to new venue. the (‘lassic (irand. Resident DJ Dirty Marc (Deathkill4t)()()) is joined by live fun in the form of Kling Klang with DJ support front lilectroclit (Paris) on 3() Nov. Julia Thirteen ( 7 Dec) and The (iems ( l4 DCC).

I Crush at Queen Margaret l'nion. l()pm 2am. £2 (U l. Weekly. New night with XFM’s McSlea/y playing mostly bootlegs and mash up throughout the night.

I F**kmyspace at (iuru. l lpm 3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Indie rock and power pop across three rooms with (irahame. Brian and guests.

I Fools Gold at the Bunker Bar.

0pm 3am. t'i'ce. Weekly. (ilasgow DJ legend ('J plays an array of electro pop and rock while Fools (iold mix up some indie and rock.

I Fortified Sessions at Blackfriars. 8pm lam. Free. l4 Dec. Monthly. The duttiest dancehall. bashtnent. grime and dubstep riddims featuring guest selectas from Forensixs and Jacksparrow.

I Freakmoves at (ilasgow School of .Art. llpm 3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. l‘ltra- line hip hop night for the students. with DJs Dema and Nice. £1 for (iSA students alter midnight. free before.

I Freakscene at Polar Bar.

1 lpm 3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Brand new retro and alternative sounds from John Freakscene.

I HOFF Christmas Special at the ('athouse. llpm 3am. £4 (£2). 14 Dec. (‘elebrating all things ‘lloff' with decorations. props. lifelike lloff cut-outs for pri/es and loads of ama/ing Hoff paraphernalia and miscellany. Totally free entry in red trunks (either on their own or over trousers).

I La Soiree Ohlala at ()ran Mor. 8.30 l|.3()pm. £3. 7 Dec. A night with the emphasis on all things French. lilectro punk hand Pravda are being llown in specially from Paris.

I Loaded at Bamboo. l()pm 3am. £4 (£3 ). Weekly. Mark Robb. Tania and friends plays funk and soul with rock'n'roll at this new student night.

I Plastik Funk at Bamboo.

l lpm 3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Mark Robb. Tania and friends play funk and sotil with rock'n'roll at this great new student night.

I Record Player: at (ilasgow School of Art. l().3()pm 2.30am. £3 (£2). Weekly. in the Vic Bar. iii-ft Sean & lltishpuppy- play to an increasingly frenzied crowd.

I Red Room at Bluu. l()pm 3am. £3 (free). Weekly. Brian d'Sou/a and Jake

play electro. electronica. house. folk. duh. hip hop. jau. indie and experimental.

I Rumble at the (iarage. l lptn 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DJs (ierry Lyons and Baby Brian playing chart. classics. anthems and requests. In the Attic. Paul and Steve play indie and alternative. while in (i2 Andy whips up an R&B storm with 70s. 80s and 90s hits pltis pop and chart in the tingine Rooms with Nicola.

I Skint at the (‘athouse l lpm 3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. limo. funk. punk. crossover. rock. goth and hardcore tunes from DJ Billy Moat.

I Thursday Club at the (iarage.

l lpm 3am. £5 (free). Weekly. A hit of everything here from 7()s. indie and chart to R&B and classic rock anthems.

I Tunnel Classics at the Tunnel.

l lpm 3am. £5. Weekly. Simon Foy and Lisa Littlcwood cook up house and dance frotn past to present.

Glasgow Fridays

Club

I Animal Farm at Bar Bloc.

l()pm 3am. £2 (free). I Dec. DJs play a healthy mix of house. techno and electro. Turtle and Quaill reside.

I Beat Down The Up Set at (inn).

1 lptn 3am. £5. Weekly. Vital mix of new underground rock'n'roll. glitchy disco. post punk and dirty digital funk. Free passes available at myspace.com/beatdow ntheupset.

I The Blitzkrieg Bop at the Arches.

I lptn 3am. £6 (£4). 8 Dec. Monthly. All things weird. electro. rock. indie and fun. This month Shit Robot (DFA). lit't'ors. The Matchsticks with Art of Parties. See preview. page 34.

I Brown Baggin’ It at the (iarage.

l 1pm 3am. £5 (free £3). Weekly. The Attic hosts retro. Britpop and alt. while the lingine Rooms play chilled out chart from every era. Brian switches the remote and plays everything from pop through to charts in the main gaff while the (i2 channel spices it tip with R&B and soul.

I Bunker Fridays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm 3am. free. Weekly. Tam (‘oyle plays the best from new and established bands until midnight while Andy Wilson drops sortie new and classic indie favourites until chucking out time. which is now 3am.

I Burly Anthems at the Arches. 10.30pm 3am. £8 £10. 1 Dec. Friendly. masculine club for gay and bi men 25+. December is an Anthems special. playing 8()s and ‘)()s club smashes and gay classics. with a slave auction in aid of 'l'errence Higgins Trust Scotland. Leather. industrial and jockstraps encouraged.

I Canvas Club at Arta. 9pm 3am. £5 (free). Weekly. Live bands plus DJ Joe l)eehan playing funk and party classics. Cathouse 16th Birthday at the ('athouse. 10.30pm 4am. £5 (£4). l Dec. The (‘athouse celebrates its loth year of running in (iiasgow and to celebrate they are giving away £ l()(lt) hard cash in miles. Resident DJs pitch in to make it a memorable one.

I Coded at Vault. l lpm 3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Steven Mc(‘reery is the tnain man. while the likes ()1 Billy Woods. Billy Kilkie and Amanda Price join in from time to time.

I Cotton Cake at the Arches.

l().3()pnt 3am. £l(). J Dec. Monthly. Another great line tip this month with the fabulous KiKi of Filer) Allien’s Bpitch (‘ontrol alongside Brendan Long (Bugged ()l'Tl. Voodoo). Soma’s ()ctogen aka Marco Bernardi (live) plus DJs Mehdi & Anima and Jamie Young. I Das Boot at Bar Bloc. l()pm 3am. £2 (free). 8 Dec. Fortnightly. A bit of everything here and a crowd-pleasing night. Superstar DJs also in the near luture. we‘re promised.

I Electroball at Karbon.

l().3()pm 73am. £6 (£4). Weekly. New electro night from Salon Boris DJs.

David Sinclair (killer Kitsch) and Dominic Martin at new venue.

I Festival at ABC. l lpm» 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. liuan Neilson does the honours with his bag of funky electro sounds and cross genre freeform mixing. plus guests.

I The Friday Factory at (‘lassic (irand. l().3()pm 3am. £5. Weekly. llomage is paid to Tony Wilson's Factory Records. the Andy Warhol era and everything in between. lixpect to hear everything from The Velvet tTndergrouml to Joy Division and Kasabian.

I Funhouse at Barfly. l lpm 2am. £o. Weekly. DJ Paul Needles and Alpha Mitchell spin psych. punk. soul and maximum rock‘n'roll.

I Loose Change at the Arches.

l()pm 3am. tbc. [5 Dec. ()llie Teeba (The llerbaliser). Mr Thing and Rob Red Alert (Fabric) do their cut'n'paste mash up thang.

I Monkey Puzzle at Bluu.

l()pm 3am. £5 (free). Weekly. (‘hris and Donald team up with Andy Pirie. Billy Woods. Andrew Back and Derek fora weekly trip through electro. electronica. liouse. folk. duh. hip hop. jan. indie. disco and rare groove.

Mungo’s Hi Fi at Woodside Social (’lub. 0pm 2am. £5 (£3). 8 Dec. Sob. it's their last ever gig at the Woodside Social. Playing the best in dancehall. grime and dubstep. See preview. page 34.

I Old School Funk at the Buff.

l()pm 3am. £6. Weekly. (iordic. Jack. ('raig and Dec play old school ja// and funk classics.

I Pinup Nights at Woodside Social (‘lub. 9pm 2am. £5. 1 l)ec. Monthly. December's Pinups stars The Needles with support from Juno and Red Strike. Alter the bands there will be the Pinups disco with John I) and (iraeme playing a mix of indie. punk. soul and electropop. I Return to Mono at the Subclub.

l lpm 4am. £l() (£8). 8 Dec. Slain are joined by Marc lioule (live).

I Rocket at Bamboo. 10.30pm 3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. House music from (icolT M and ('raig Laws. R&B and hip hop with (iavin Sommerville plus rock and boogie with Stevie Sole in the lounge.

I Shuffle at (‘ube. l lpm 3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Brand new Friday at ('ube where ltouse. pop. electro. hip hop. indie and techno collidc.

I Syntax at Q ('lub. l()pm 3am. £7 (£5). l Dec. Monthly. DJ Derrick Thompson (aka Driv-etrain/l)etroit) alongside residents Jace Syntax. Adam Marshall and Mr Man.

I Tunnel Fridays at the Tunnel.

1 lpm 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Lavish house and urban liavas.

I Turbo-Fun at the (ilasgow School of Art. I lpm 3am. £5 (£4 £3 ((iSA Sttidentsll. Weekly. Summer fun hosted by Konx-()m-Pax every week with a rotation of resident DJs including Shitl)isco DJs. l’at‘k Attack DJs. (ioodhand. lit'rors DJs and Nok La Rok plus ultra special secret guests.

I Tusk Fridays at Task. 9pm 2am. £5 (free). Weekly. (‘lassic house anthems from the early 90s with (‘hris Bigu/li.

I Vice at the (‘athouse l lpm 3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. DJ Martin Bates (XFM) hosts an indie rock party on level two with tunes old and new. from Arctic Monkeys to Zeppelin.

Glasgow Saturdays

Club

I Bad Robot at the (ilasgow School of Art. I lpm 3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Residents Loosejoints and Stevie lilements host a night of quality music that cuts across the genre divides.

I Base at the Tunnel. l lpm 3am. £8 (£5). Weekly. (‘hris and Martin llcskcth. along with ('hris Harris and AI Kent. weave a line fabric of funky house and R&B at Mitchell Lane’s finest dance emporium.

I Beautiful Soup at Bar Bloc.

l()pm 3am. £2 (free). 2 Dec. Fortnightly. Bloc's longest running residents Audio

Word Up

The latest club news

More New Year news as Subculture have announced that Darshan Jesrani, one half of Metro Area will be joining them to see in the bells. And there’s also a chance for you to decide the playlist as ‘Harri and Dom have asked that you send in your top ten records of 2006 and they will attempt to play as many as they can. Send requests to hogmanaytop10@subclub.co.uk’ Over in Edinburgh, Headspin have also confirmed they will be at the Bongo once again. playing a four deck mix of hip hop. funk, house. beats and more with a residents special.

Late congratulations are in order for the Edinburgh Clubbing Community Forum (www.eccf.co.uk). Their recent date at the Caves raised £5,000 which was matched by the National Lottery fund bringing the total to £10,000, all of which goes to The Edinburgh Sick Kids Friends Foundation.

And finally, an event that will take some forward planning as Cape Town. South Africa. hosts its first two-week clubbing celebration. Global Breakthrough, from Sat 17 Feb—Sat 3 Mar. The plan is to create an event that becomes as much a fixture of the clubbing calendar as the Miami Winter Music Conference or Ibiza. Week one concentrates on house electro and progressive grooves and features names like Lee Burridge. Norman Jay and James Zabiela, while week two is on a more minimal and deep tech- house vibe including sets from Mark Knight and Steve Bug (pictured). For full details. bookings and flight info log onto wvvw.GBclubland.com or wwwlovecapetowncom.

have changed the name and concept of their night. They describe this new venture as ‘twit-hop a be bop. electro- flop le tnock rock’.

I Bunker Saturdays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm 3am. Free. Weekly. XFM's Mash is on hand with a new weekly residency playing a bit of everything with a good hassline and an electronic house tip.

I Club Noir at (‘arling Academy (ilasgow. 9pm 3am. £12 (£9). 2 l)ec. Scotland's only burlesque club is back with great shows and dressing-up. featuring a live performance by the Low Mills. The theme for this pre-(‘hristmas hash is '(it‘ccd is (iood' so no Scrooges. Micawbers. jeans or trainers. (ilattlot'ous. self-indulgent. diamond- draped millionaires welcome.

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