Clubs
Mar. Free party soundsystem Drum Clinic bring their techno sound indoors with guest Aaron Liberator and residents Future Analogue and Sewelly. ■ Fusion at Soundhaus. 11pm–3am. £tbc. 6 Mar. A big night of hard dance and tech-house from Joey V, Wardy, Kristof Di Nacci, Ivan Gerdovic David Rust, Allan Forrest, Kris Day, MC Kirk and more. ■ Half my Heart Beats at the Flying Duck. 11pm–3am. £4. 13 Mar. Playing current and classic indie pop, 60s, girl groups, B-sides and album gems to get people up and dancing. Includes entry to El Rancho Picante. ■ Infexious at the Ferry. 9pm--3am. £15. 13 Mar. Hard dance, techno and hardstyle from guests Mark EG and Alex Kidd. ■ Juice at Ad Lib. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 in advance). 6 Mar. Monthly. A deep house and techno night incorporating fashion and art, with Mista Fleck, J Whyte and Mike Provan. ■ Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back at Stereo. 11pm–3am. £10. 13 Mar. Old- schooler Adamski and resident Bosco transport you back to the days when you danced to acid house in muddy fields. Playing the music that changed a generation from ‘87 to ‘89. ■ Love Music at O2 ABC. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons and David Sinclair (Killer Kitsch). ✽✽ Melting Pot at Admiral Bar All things disco-house, as residents Andrew Pirie and Simon Cordiner celebrate the club’s ninth birthday in the company of Darkstarr, aka the joint alias of DJ Cosmo and Ashley Beedle. This one will be huge. With a pre-club party upstairs in the Admiral Bar from 9pm. FREE Night Dreams at Black Sparrow. 9pm–midnight. 13 Mar. Cosmic rock and progressive sounds from David Barbarossa, Hushpuppy and James Pole. ■ Orderly Disorder at the Flying Duck. 6pm–3am. £6 (£5). 6 Mar. Off- the-wall indie and eclectic, electric, dirty beats. ■ Pandemic at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–4am. £5. 6 Mar. Noj (Critical Mass) and Mark play indie, 60s garage, soul, rock’n’roll and ‘everything else in between’. ■ Picante at the Flying Duck. 10.30pm–3am. £4. 13 Mar. El Patron and Leo Alabama present a night of rusty rock’n’roll, wonky-tonk pop and high- energy indie. Includes entry to Half My Basement. 11pm–3am. £10. 6 Mar.
Heart Beats. ■ Pretty Ugly at Admiral Bar Basement. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4 for students, or if you bring a single friend). 13 Mar. The Pretty Ugly girls will be playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experimenting with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing. March’s guest DJ is Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian). ■ La Roche Rumba at Pollok Ex- Servicemens Club. 8.30pm–1am. £5. 6 Mar. Filthy disco punk at this carnival- themed edition from the Rumba regulars, with live guests The Dirty Cuts and Thriftshop XL. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in the basement. ■ Saturday at Oran Mor at Oran Mor. 10.30pm–3am. £8. Weekly. Bobby Bluebell plays chart, indie, R&B and more. ■ Saturdays at the Cathouse. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5.50). Weekly. DJs Eric and Muppet offer classic and current rock on level one, while DJ Billy and Framie belt out emo and metal on level two. ■ Shake the Disease at Glasgow Social Centre. 11pm–5am. £5. 6 Mar. Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back! and Kitty Kat Klub residents play whatever takes their fancy. ■ Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £5. 6 Mar. Exploring the realms of disco, Italo, house, techno and beyond with Andrew Ingram, Brian d’Souza and the Slabs team. This month’s guest is DJ Xed, part of Croatia’s Crobot Crew. ✽✽ Subcity Radio 15th Birthday Party at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £8–£7 (£6 advance). 6 Mar. Music of all styles to celebrate the underground radio station’s decade and a half, with Dema (LuckyMe/RKGB), R-P-Z, Symbiosis, Argonaut Sounds, Shaun fae Solar, NASA vs The Beat Route, Slave To The Rhythm and many, many more. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £10 after. Weekly. Glasgow’s well-established house institution continues to reign supreme, with residents Harri and Domenic, rolling residents Junior, Telford and Esa, and special guests Deetron and 2000 And One (13 Mar; please note £12; 11pm-4am, for this date only).
■ Tough Titty at Afro Caribbean Network Centre. 11pm–5am. £tbc. 13 Mar. Club sounds from the Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back team. ■ Voodoo at the Cathouse. 4–9pm. £6 (£3). Weekly. Under-18s club, featuring two floors of rock, metal, punk, emo and requests with DJs Framie and Am-y. Chart & Party ■ Base at the Tunnel. 11pm–3am. £10. Weekly. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B over two huge and consistently packed rooms. ■ Boho Saturdays at Boho. 9.30pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £8 after. Weekly. Li’l Rich packs the dancefloor every Saturday with a li’l bit of everything. ■ 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. ■ I Love Garage at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Weekly. Chart, indie, R&B and hip hop, with karaoke in Snapshotz. ■ Kinetic Blue at the Viper Bar & Club. 9pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. Indie and funky house from Ross McMillan. ■ Kinky Disco at Kushion. 4pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £7 (£5) after. Weekly. The self- styled sexiest party in town is hosted by DJs Stevie Foy and Gav Somerville. playing house, electro and urban hits. ■ Nu Skool at the Buff Club. 10.30pm–3am. £6. Weekly. Nick Peacock, Craig Thompson, John Ross and Alex provide a fine line in disco, northern soul and all things funky. ■ O’Couture Saturdays at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Big-room party, dance and R&B sounds. ■ Sabado Saturdays at Byblos. 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Weekly. House music from new resident Jon Mancini, with Stuart McCorrisken in the back room. ■ Saturday at Milan at Milan. 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Weekly. DJs Robbie and Cruz serve up chart, dance, R&B and hip hop. ■ This is . . . at Common. 5pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. James Lithgow and Max Asante playing funky indie. ■ Yoyo at the Shed. 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. Weekly. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits.
Glasgow Sundays
Club ■ Guilty at Classic Grand. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJ Dec cracks out wild rock tunes in an attempt to make you late for work on Monday. ■ Optimo (Espacio) at the Sub Club. 11pm–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. FREE Sabotage at the Cathouse. 11pm–3am. Weekly. DJs Am-y and Mythic finish off your weekend with anything rock. Requests accepted throughout the whole night. ■ Sin City at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £3 (free for students). Weekly. Marky Mark and Mash brings you disco, funk, soul and house. ■ Urban Beat Live at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £10 (VIP £20). 7 Mar. A new, monthly R&B and hip hop night from Paul N’Jie, with a live set from the Grammy-nominated Jagged Edge kicking things off. Chart & Party ■ Big in Japan at O’Couture. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Dance if you want to, or take advantage of the cheap drinks instead. ■ Discobadger at Bamboo. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Dominic Martin, DJ Kash and Mash do the business every week. ■ Liquid Cool at Common. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. AJ, Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson playing top-notch vocal garage and house to a club packed with hyper- hedonistic twentysomething revellers, all of whom seem to have forgotten that they have work in the morning. ■ Rock’n’Rolla at Kushion. 9pm–3am. Free with Social Animal keyring before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ Chris McManus provides a smooth groove to top off the weekend. Selected drinks £1. ■ Shedkandi at the Shed. 11pm–3am. £2. Weekly. Sisters Lisa Mafia and Li’l Gem present a house and R&B playlist. ■ Snakebite Sundays at the Viper Bar & Club. 10pm–3am. Free before 10.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ James D takes you on a trip from disco to pop to dance. ■ Sunday Sesh at Boho. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students before midnight). Weekly. Resident DJs play party anthems to wind you down or pick you up.
EDINBURGH Club venues ■ Bacaro 7–11 Hope Street Lane, 247 7004. Stylish bijou clubbbing and cocktails. ■ Berlin 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215. Selection of cool house nights. See listings for details. ■ The Bongo Club Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. One of the coolest and most eclectic clubs in town. See listings for details. ■ Cabaret Voltaire 36-38 Blair Street, 220 6176. Mixed bag from house and techno to drum & bass and indie. See listings for details. ■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989. Great subterranean venue (as the name suggests) getting more and more popular due to its unique atmosphere. See listings for details.
■ CC Blooms 23-24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. One of the city’s most enduring gay clubs, with hi-NRG tracks every night of the week. ■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086. Mainly studenty venue that goes for an indie vibe as well as a dash of punk, new wave and 80s classics. See listings for selected highlights. ■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. From student nights and pop to big guest DJs. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Electric Circus 36-39 Market Street, 226 4224. Eclectic dance beats and indie plus private rooms for a unique clubbling experience. ■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. Five floors of varied chart and dancey action. ■ Faith Wilkie House, Cowgate, 225 9764. Commercial dance sounds, pop hits and R&B. ■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. Swish gay club. See listings for details. ■ The GRV 7 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. Intimate club venue mixing art, techno, dub, live acts and beats. See listings for details. ■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8-16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. Eclectic and experimental nights from surf rock to electro. See listings for details. ■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. Rock, indie, student nights and electronica. See listings for details. ■ HMV Picture House 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. Home to indie clubbing and big name one-off special events. See listings for details.
■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 467 2539. Cool beats from global sounds to straight ahead jazz. See listings for details. ■ Karma Nights 23 Lothian Road, 229 9197. Club classics, chart nuggets and party tunes. ■ Lava Ignite 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252. Chart favourites, pop hits and R&B. ■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. Currently closed due to fire damage. More news when we get it. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245. Cool funk, house and other grooves from the people who brought you the Opal Lounge. ■ Medina 45-47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. Laid back vibes with cool hip hop and other sounds. See listings for details. ■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640. Chart, dance and party tunes. ■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275. House and funky beats for a dressed up crowd. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. Rock, punk and metal, no messing. ■ Po Na Na 43b Frederick Street, 226 2224. Student nights, funky beats, house and more. See listings for selected highlights. ■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. Student heaven and home to soem big one off parties. ■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. Underground clubbing at its best, from techno and dubstep to indie. See listings for details. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George
Street, 270 3900. Slick and stylish venue in the heart of Edinburgh. ■ Siglo 184 Cowgate, 240 2850. Charty, party, indie nights until 3am. ■ Stereo King Stables Road, 229 7986. More big party tunes and drunken dancing. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758. Down and dirty club nights, specialising in techno and rock. See listings for details. ■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Sophisticated clubbing and entertainment. See listings for details. ■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. Student nights for the arty set. See listings for details. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311. Hits from the 80s to last week.
40 THE LIST 4–18 Mar 2010