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who plays alongside residents Electric Eliminators. I Fridays at the C athouse. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Riding high on the nu metal wave. this is one of the busiest nights in town. Rock. grunge. indie and a dash of breakbeat across three floors at Glasgow's top venue for rockers and alternateens. I Fridays at Firewater at Firewater. 9pm—3am. £tbc. Weekly. Rock‘n’roll and indie classics from the Firewater team. I Minimize at Blackfriars. l 1pm—3am. £5 (£4). 16 Jan. Minimal techno from Evil Ean and Gaiden. with a surprise guest I Old School at the Buff. 10.30pm—3am. £6. Weekly. Finest old school jazz. funk and soul from Craig et al. I Hed’n’Black at Drop. l()pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. A new urban night with the L Artistik DJs. I Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 1 lpm—3am. £tbc. 9 Jan. A first-class house/techno party from Slam. guest- starring Hum + Haw‘s Alex Smoke. See preview. page 37. I Spit Fire at Blackfriars. 9pm—2am. £4. 9 Jan. A delectable soundtrack of new and classic indie. punk. pop. rock and electro. I Tapped at the Twisted Wheel. 5 l 1pm—3am. £3. 9 Jan. Expect alternative classics. the best new acts. unknown pleasures and certifiable tunes at this new indie night. I Toxic Pop at Bamboo. 10.30pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Geoff M and Craig Laws play quality house music plus R&B and hip hop from Gavin Sommerville. FREE White Noise with Billy Woods at Mama San. 9pm—3am. Weekly. Music for adults. Glasgow legend Billy Woods plays the tunes in style. I XXL at Crib. 10pm—3am. £6 (£4). Weekly. Hesky and Big Al play hip hop. dancehall and grime while Ray Woods plays old school classics. Club I Absolution at Classic Grand. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Rock. metal. industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. I Afterglow at the Twisted Wheel. 10pm—3am. £3. 10 Jan. Essential mod sounds. funky jazz and northern soul from the Friday Street regulars. I Back to Love at Ambar (below Budda). l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Soul. funk. Motown. classic R&B and hip hop. I Bottle Rocket at Nice'n‘Sleazy. . l 1.30pm—3am. £3. 17 Jan. Danceable ‘ indie disco for both the C86 and Pitchfork sets along with guilty pleasures. Motown and punk. Expect broken hearts. bad dancing. and hugs. l FREE Bunker Saturdays at the Bunker Bar. 9pm—2am. Weekly. Toast drops indie bits. rock picks and student anthems. I Canvas Club at Ana. l()pm—3am. £5 (free). Weekly. See Fri. I Couture Saturdays at O‘Couture. noon—3am. £tbc. Weekly. Indie. dance. pop and cheap drinks at this brand new club. Death Disco at the Arches. llpm—3am. £14. 17 Jan. The queer electro party kicks off 2009 with Mattie Safer (The Rapture) playing a DJ set. Joakim and Chicken Lips (K7! Records) and Runaway (DFA). as well as all the usual DD residents. See preview. page 37. I Electric Sheep at Barfly. ' l lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. lndie and electro with DJ Tom (Salon Boris). Featuring special guest DJs in rotation upstairs. I Glamorama at Boho. 9.30pm—3am. . £8. Weekly. Resident Lil‘ Rich plays a i mix of 90s house. 80s classics. R&B and big chart songs for your pleasure. i I Hanoi Rocks at Firewater. i
9pm—3am. Free before 10.30pm: £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Dls Joe Smith and Craig Wilson play indie from past and present to a discerning music crowd.
I Homegrown at Bamboo. 10.30pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Stevie Sole plays a funky. soulful house set with Miguel playing R&B and Dominic Martin supplying the funk and jazz.
Inner City Acid at Soundhaus.
l 1pm—4am. £6 (£5). 10 Jan. New and innovative acid sounds mixed with club classics. featuring Syntheme (Planet Mu Records) plus Pest Control Records‘ Aural Assault Unit featuring Martin Patton. Fancy 8; Spook. The Wasp and Scott Theory. Plus residents Monsieur DeLarge and Samba.
I Intenzifl at the Glasgow School of Art. llpm—3am. £12. 17 Jan. UK and Dutch hardcore.
I Love Music at ABC. 1 1pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Soul. rock'n'roll. indie and electro with Gerry Lyons (Teenage Fanclub) and David Sinclair (Killer Kitsch).
I Nu Skool at the Buff. 10.3()pm~-3am. £6. Weekly. Nick Peacock. Craig Thompson. John Ross and Alex. provide a fine line in disco. northern soul and all things funky.
One More Time at Blackfriars.
1 lpm—3am. £5. 10 Jan. lilectro and techno. with Ronnie Muirhead & Afli Koman (Sunday Circus). Shaun fae Solar (Subcity) and residents Define Define. I Hed’n’BIack at Drop. l()pm—3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. See Fri.
I Sabado Saturdays at Byblos.
l lpm—3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from lain Thomson (M8 magazine) and Paul Rea. With resident Huger-
I Salsa in the Buff at the Buff. 8.30pm—3am. £5 before 10pm; £6 after. Weekly. Hosted by Academia dc Salsa. who pull in a decidedly salsa dancing crowd. this sexy club night also boasts a dedicated Mojito bar on the mezzanine level to set the mood.
I Saturdays at the Cathouse. 10.30pm—3am. £6 (£5.50). Weekly. Dls Eric and Nicola offers classic and current rock on level one. while 1)] Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two.
I Souldiggin’ at Classic Grand.
1 lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. The team behind Decodance brings you live bands and a selection of soul. funk. hip hop, dancehall and rare groove. With DJs Joeboy. David Craig. Gav Sommerville and Yasmin.
I Sound The Alarm at the Twisted Wheel. llpm—4am. £5. 17 Jan. An all- night techno party hits the Wheel.
I Subculture at the Sub Club. 11pm—3am. £12 (£10). Weekly. Harri and Domenic's well-established house institution continues to reign supreme. with regular big-name guests.
I Croctimo (Elsandwicho!) at Nice‘n'Sleazy. llpm—3am. £1.99. 11 Jan. Possibly eccentric new night. with Ben Butler and Mouse Pad (live) and A Live Meeting Between Two Strangers on Stage.
I Discobadger at Bamboo.
l lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Dominic Martin. D] Kash and Mash do the biz every week.
I Distortion at ABC2. l lpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Emo. screamo and metal with DJ Muppet.
I Golden Delicious at Karbon.
l lpm—3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. Balearic beats. electro. house and hip hop with Karbon residents Fox MacLeod. Woody. Status and Iron [11.
I Junk at the Buff Club. 1 lpm—3am. £3. Weekly. Marky Mark presents a fusion ofjazz and funk. The folks at the Buff like to call it ‘junk‘.
I Liquid Cool at Common. 9pm—3am. £tbc. Weekly. A]. Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson playing top-notch vocal
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Expect some seriously squelchy acid techno from Planet Mu signing Syntheme at 2009’s first instalment of
Inner City Acid. At once forward thinking yet lovingly retro Syntheme (aka Louise Woods) will be coaxing some distorted dancefloor grooves form her trademark pink laptop for a live set of misshapen electro. They’re also joined by Pest Control Records’ Aural Assault Unit featuring Martin Patton, Fancy & Spook, The Wasp and Scott Theory to start the
year off with a bang.
\a Inner City Acid at Soundhaus. Glasgow, Sat 70 Jan.
garage and house to a club packed with hyper-hedonistic twentysomething revelers. all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning.
I Not for the Faint Hearted at the Garage. 1 lpm—-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Brian McMaster mixes goodness from his decade-defying playlist including 80s. 90s and 00s.
I Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 1 lpm—3am. £8 (£7). Weekly. Glasgow‘s finest underground clubbing institution keeps on defining the city’s Sunday. with your hosts JD Twitch and JG Wilkes.
I Social Sundays at ()‘Couture. noon—3am. £tbc. Weekly. Keeping the weekend alive with indie. dance. pop and cheap drinks at this brand new club.
I Stay Classy Sundays at Fury Murry's. 1 1pm---3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. 1)] Noir gives your weekend the send off it deserves. A mix of music.
I The Sunday Club at Victoria‘s.
l lpm—3am. £6. Weekly. Classic commercial dance tunes and anthems all night long.
I Sunday Service at ()ran Mor.
1 1pm~3am. £4 (free for students). Weekly. Soul. jazz. 60s' R&B. funk and reggae with the licurie Weegie l).ls.
I Sunday Surgery at Karbon.
l lpm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Another student night from Karbon. Themed nights from beach parties to docs and nurses and maybe the odd school disco are in the offing. With hip hop in one room and indie pop and student classics in the other.
MN?" Sundays at the Cathouse.
l lpm-3am. Weekly. 1)] AM-Y playing killer rock. metal. punk and requests.
I Velvet at Drop. l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. A new club for a new venue. playing soul. garage. R&B. grime and
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I Bit Bang Pow! at Firewater. 9pm-—3am. £tbc. Weekly. Rock‘n‘roll and indie classics from the Firewater team.
I Burn at the Buff Club. 1 lpm~3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. Presented to you by
Normski. Zeus and Mash. Burn provides all the disco songs you've forgotten about and the ones you can't forget.
I Garage Mondays at the Garage.
| lpm-I-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. 1)] Andy R plays student classics in the main hall. while Muppet dishes out rock and punk in the attic.
I Passionality at Byblos.
l 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. D] Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
I Poptimism/Rocktimism at the Garage. 1 lpm—3am. £4 (free). Weekly. Docs exactly what it says on the tin. A healthy dose of hop and rock for mid- week party people.
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L *i.‘ Campus Quiz Night at Campus. 1 lpm—3ant. Weekly. Give winning the £100 rollover prize fund a try from 8pm. and then dance off your sorrows if not after 1 1pm.
I Hangout Mondays at ()‘Couture. 4pm—-3am. £tbc. Weekly. lndie. dance. pop and cheap drinks.
I Heat at the Viper Bar & Club.
9pm. 2am. £5. Weekly. l'rban. house and indie. Free with trade wage slip.
3711175 ‘11 Kamikaze at Kushion. 9pm—3am. Weekly. Chris M plays indie. rock. house and more.
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I All Star Tuesdays at Bamboo. 10pm—3am. £3 (free). Weekly. 1n the main room Kash plays R&B and hip pop while Andy Wilson drops all time classics drizzled with a little rock and indie in the lounge.
I Alternative Nation at Bamboo.
1 lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Barry and Harvey Kartel drum up a mixture of rock. industrial. metal. punk and electro. writ 37. Eureka at Bamboo. l lpm—3am. Weekly. Robin B spins dance. R&B. hip hop and house.
I Juicy Tuesdays at Kushion. llpm-3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A student night to entertain the masses across two rooms. Room one features indie pop and cheese while room two plays R&B and hip hop.
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