Clubs
FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. R&B, hip hop, pop and floor fillers. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcase of underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & bass, electro and MCs. ■ Subzero at Opal Lounge. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Cool and classy get-together. ■ Trade Union at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 (£1) after. Weekly. DJ Beefy and Wolfjazz mix up house, electro, hip hop, techno, breaks and more besides. With guest Steven Play on 12 Jul.
Edinburgh Tuesdays
Club FREE Antics at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh’s alt.scene. ■ Couture at Opal Lounge. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. A space for ‘Edinburgh’s it-crowd to network’ with a cool soundtrack of hip hop, funk, R&B and party jams from Cunnie and Gino. ■ Dirty Sex at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Raunchy dance beats. ■ Enigma at Shanghai. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Glamorous student night. FREE Love Traffic at GHQ. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush. FREE Soul Night at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Old school, real deal soul, garage and R&B. FREE Split at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, electro, techno and breakbeat with Shadowskill, the Dropout DJs, Dogma and a smattering of very talented local guests. Chart & Party ■ ShagTag at Stereo. 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system. If someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own, the idea being that they then rush up to you and get a bit jiggy.
Edinburgh Wednesdays Club FREE Axis at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Electro, techno, dubstep and bassline. ■ Bangers & Mash at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. Weekly. Student night of chart R&B and dance from the Big Cheese DJs. ■ Chambles at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Night of sexy music, fantastic cocktails and fabulous people. Dress to impress. ■ Judgement Wednesdays at Shanghai. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. A night of Ibiza house, lazers, smoke machines and dancers with DJ Scott Granger and Steven Tobin. FREE JungleDub at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Showcasing the Scottish dub, dubstep and jungle scene. ■ Promiscuous at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Each night starts with a ‘ladies only hour’ with cocktails, pitchers, chocolate strawberries and male butlers, followed by a chart/electro mix. ■ We is Electric at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. Weekly. Default and Picassio take over the Speakeasy with a mix of beats, bleeps and breaks.
Chart & Party ■ Utopia at Lava Ignite. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Student night of mainstream chart and dance, R&B and hip hop across two rooms with regular theme nights (UV, foam parties, etc).
Devil Disco Club The Trouble duo of Hobbes and Erik d’Viking welcome us back for yet more seedy backstreet disco thrills and edgy glamour, courtesy of brand new Edinburgh
electro-pop band HRH and regular DJs Simonotron (Club For Heroes) and Kris Wasabi (Wasabi Disco, pictured), the latter just returned from six months living it up like a superstar DJ around South America. ■ Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 16 Jul.
■ Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms. 8pm. £tbc. 17 Jul. The Black Spring DJs man the decks and bring you a packed line-up of live acts, all tbc. ■ Liquid Soul at Po Na Na. 10pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £7 after. Weekly. Get down early for this consistently capacity retro-disco and funky house night, featuring Po’s own Mark B on the decks fusing classic and bang up-to-date funky house for those in the know. ■ Lulu at Lulu. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Gareth Somerville, Danny T and Jon Hutchison playing club hits and chart favourites. ■ Messenger Sound System at the Bongo Club. 11pm–3am. £6 before midnight; £7 after. 17 Jul. The mighty Messenger Sound System blasts out the best in righteous reggae, dub and roots with MC Ras Echo. ■ Much More at Medina. 10pm–3am. £5 (two-for-one entry before 11pm). Weekly. Hip hop from Nasty P and Cunnie. ■ Musika Liquid Room Grand Relaunch at the Liquid Room. 9pm–3am. £15–£20. 17 Jul. It’s the night Edinburgh’s been waiting for, as the Liquid Room relaunches with a huge house party featuring special guest Sasha. See preview, page 39. ■ Opal Lounge at Opal Lounge. 9pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £4 before 11pm; £8 after. Weekly. Late night soiree featuring DJ Dave Shedan and a fusion of glamorous vocal house and accessible electro with a hint of R&B. FREE Popscure at Roxy Art House. 5pm–1am. Weekly. Eclectic night taking in everything from Jefferson Airplane to Black Dice. FREE Pulse at the GRV. 8.30pm–3am. 17 Jul. The techno night hosts a residents night with Andy Borthwick, Darrell Harding, Andy Problems, Darkside, Muzza B, Oxygen Junkies, Kyle Check out the GreatOffers on page 6
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Ronaldson and Alan Currie, with live bands Okker, Lords of Bastard and Darklight playing beforehand. ■ Sick Note Saturday at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. £5. 10 Jul. The indie/electro night hosts another of its new monthly Saturday night specials. ■ StepBack at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. £2 (members free). 10 Jul. Heavy bass from WolfJazz and Keyte as they present their last date at Sneaky Pete’s. ■ Tease Age at Citrus Club. 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £6 after. Weekly. This indie stalwart dishes up everything from swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester faves as well as a host of current NME chart botherers with DJ Monkee Mickee. Edinburgh’s longest continually running indie night. ■ Torture Garden Summer Ball at the Caves. 9pm. £18. 17 Jul. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club makes a trip up north. ■ Velvet at Cabaret Voltaire. 10.30pm–3am. £3 before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. 10 Jul. After a lengthy absence the much-missed women’s club night with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes is back on track in its new home – The Speakeasy. And if you’re feeling the recession-induced pinch, they’ve even cut the door prices, so that the thrills come cheaper. ■ Wire at Electric Circus. 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £6 after. 17 Jul. Discotronic pop, art punk and electronica party from Craig Jamieson (Modern Lovers). Chart & Party ■ Embrace at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£2 before 11pm). Weekly. Chart dance hits from Stuart Lewis plus R&B, 60s, 70s and 80s anthems across the other dancefloors. ■ I Love . . . at City Nightclub. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). Weekly. A glam selection of chart, cheese, indie and R&B. ■ Lets Party at Mood. 10.30pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. Big party night of club, chart and pop hits. ■ Love Groove at Stereo. 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£2) before midnight; £6 (£3) after. Weekly. Mix of chart anthems, disco and classic dance tunes.
■ Musicology at Shanghai. 10pm–3am. £10 (£8). Weekly. Funk, dance, chart hits and classics accompanied by their appropriate videos from VJ Scott Granger.
Edinburgh Sundays Club FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week, and guests Believe (Bass Syndicate) and Al Majik (Az-Tech) on 11 Jul. FREE Killer Kitsch at Cabaret Voltaire. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Killer Kitsch returns to Edinburgh as Euan Neilson and David Sinclair import their mix of dance, electro, 80s synth pop, new wave and punk to the Cab. FREE Mile High Club at GHQ. 11pm–3am. Weekly. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics in the cockpit. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. Johnny Frenetic mashes up a unique and energetic three deck mix of funky house, sexy urban and indie infused electro, club classics and remixes. FREE The Sunday Rock Show at the Hive. 10pm–3am. Weekly. Modern and classic rock anthems. ■ Tipsy at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £5. Weekly. R&B, urban and hip hop from residents Nick G and DJ Prospect at what they promise will be ‘the hottest Sunday night party in town’.
Chart & Party ■ DNA at Lava Ignite. 10pm–3am. £7 (£4 before 11pm; £5 after). Weekly. Student night of cheesy classics, R&B and chart hits (plus two hot tubs!).
Edinburgh Mondays Club ■ Decadence at Lulu. 10pm–3am. £tbc. Weekly. OK so fair enough, it’s Mon, but that’s no excuse. ■ Latin Quarter at Medina. 9pm–1am. £2. Weekly. DJs James Combe and Freddy Ramirez with real deal mix of salsa, merengue and world music (also salsa classes from 7pm–9pm, £5).