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not so secret bunker next to the 13th Note, with guest Dirty Larry (Wrong Island). ✽✽ Slabs of the Tabernacle at La Cheetah. 11pm–3am. £10. 3 Apr. Exploring the realms of disco, Italo, house, techno and beyond with Andrew Ingram, Brian d’Souza and the Slabs team. This month is the second birthday party, with the Chicago sound of Tevo Howard (Beautiful Granville, Hour House Is Your Rush). ■ 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 guest Derrick Carter (3 Apr, please note £12 entry for this date only). ■ 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. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; 3 after. 10 Apr. Electro, techno and all kinds of mashups from the Wrong Island DJs Dirty Larry and Teamy. 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. ■ City All-Stars Lounge at 96 Maxwell Street. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Weekly. R&B, hip hop and soul from DJ Kash and DJ Yaw. ■ 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 (£4 students before midnight). Weekly. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits.
Glasgow Sundays Club ■ Colours Presents Carl Cox at the Arches. 10pm–3am. £20. 4 Apr. Big house and techno, with support from Jon Rundell, Nitrous Oxide, Oliver Smith and Mark Evans. ■ Cosmic Microwave at the Universal. 11pm–3am. £7. 4 Apr. Deep tech-house and disco in a new venue,
with guest Jay Shepheard (Buzzin’ Fly, Retrofit, Compost) and local support Brian D’Souza (Slabs of the Tabernacle). ■ Exposure at Hummingbird. 10pm–3am. £5. 11 Apr. An audio/visual journey across four floors in one of Glasgow’s newest venues, with a mix of photography, digital art and images against a background of underground music from locally established photographers, artists and DJs. More info at www.myspace.com/exposureglasgow. ■ 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. ■ Melting Pot Easter Bank Holiday Weekend at the Admiral. 11pm–3am. £12. 4 Apr. On the third day the disco sound rises again, as versatile NYC DJ Danny Krivit (Body & Soul, Paradise Garage, The Loft) plays sounds from the 70s right through to the present day. See preview, page 38. ✽✽ 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. But not for much longer, though. This fortnight sees the fourth and third last Optimos ever, respectively. Enjoy it while you can . . . ■ A Riot in the Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. 11pm–3am. £5. 4 Apr. Riot Radio’s Dan South versus the Rock Shop’s Lee Craig for this Easter bank holiday special. 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. ■ Sunset at Byblos. 8pm–2am. £5. Weekly. New Polish night with Fox McLeod playing house, funk and Polish hits. 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. ■ We Started Everything at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. A night of ‘unadulterated musical magnificence’ (we’re quoting) with Brian McMaster.
Glasgow Mondays Club ■ Burn at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. Presented by Normski, Zeus and Mash.
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Carl Cox It’s hard not to get excited about a DJ set from Carl Cox every time he returns to Scotland. Picking up the nickname of the ‘Three Deck Wizard’ in the 80s, he’s been at the forefront of dance music since the beginning, and is a true ambassador for techno. Now a firm friend of Colours, he guests here once again for a special Easter Sunday sermon of house and techno goodness. ■ Colours at The Arches, Glasgow, Glasgow, Sun 4 Apr.
■ Passionality at Byblos. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd. ■ Raid at La Cheetah. 9pm–3am. £3–£2 (£1 with a trade payslip). Weekly. A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests each week, all tbc at the moment.
Glasgow Tuesdays Club ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Euan and David play electro, house and rock upstairs, while Duncan has the bootlegs and classics covered downstairs.
Chart & Party ■ Juicy Tuesday at Kushion. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. A night to entertain the masses across two rooms. ■ Tetris Tuesdays at Bamboo. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. Gavin Sommerville and Miguel mash up hip hop, R&B, pop and electro. ■ Tuesdays at Byblos at Byblos. 10.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. Stuart McCorrisken will keep you on the dancefloor all night long with chart, dance and R&B. ■ Y’Uptae Tuesday at the Garage. 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. DJ Andy Wilson plays club anthems, party hits and requests, plus karaoke in the Snapshotz bar.
Glasgow Wednesdays Club ■ Home at the Tunnel. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. The Tunnel’s massive
midweek gay party night continues. Breeders, so they tell us, are also welcome. ■ The Mumble Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11.30pm–3am. £2. 7 Apr. Alternative hip hop. ■ Muso at the Buff Club. 8.30pm–3am. £4. 14 Apr. Fortnightly. A night of up and coming bands, with DJs David Duffy and Amy Rew until 3am. With The Mickey 9s, The Emmas and Pol. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 student). Weekly. Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. Chart & Party ■ Clubhouse at the Viper Bar & Club. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. DJ Nelson plays ‘Rhianna to Bananarama’. ■ Gaga Wednesdays at the Garage. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Chart, classic and current hits, and drink promos too. Free entry for UWS and Glasgow University students. ■ Haribo Wednesdays at Common. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Weekly. A sweet selection of party sounds. ■ Lollapalooza Wednesday at O’Couture. 4pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks at this new student night, where Uni society and sports team members go free. ■ Spank at Milan. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Disco, house and classic anthems. ■ Tongue in Cheek at Bamboo. 10pm–4am. £5 (£4). Weekly. DJ Miguel plays R&B in the main room, DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room. ■ Watchamacallit at the Buff Club. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Punk, funk and pop with DJ Bobby Bluebell.
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