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FREE Boteco Intimo at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Explore the intimate sounds of bossa nova, tropicalia, exotica and breezy lounge pop every Monday with your hostess DJ Mingo-go. ■ Burn at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Burn provides all the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. Presented by Normski, Zeus and Mash. Chart & Party ■ Alibi Mondays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Andy R plays requests from all genres. ■ Hangout Mondays at O’Couture. Weekly 4pm–3am. £tbc. Indie, dance, pop and cheap drinks. ■ Heat at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. Urban, house and indie. ■ Lock In at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5 (£3). New Monday nighter for Bamboo playing music ‘of the party variety’. FREE Passionality at FHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC and DJ Shawn Roberts.
Tuesday
Clubs ■ IAM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £2–£4. A new house and techno night from hosts Beta and Kappa, whose aim is to try and recapture the Optimo vibe of old on a Tuesday night. ■ Killer Kitsch at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Euan Neilson and David Sinclair play electro, house and rock upstairs, while Duncan Harvey and David Brown have the bootlegs and classics covered downstairs. Chart & Party ■ Dubbed at FHQ. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJs Rob Technic and Colin Reid play house, R&B, hip hop and indie. ■ Glam at Common. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3 for students). DJs Chris Stewart and Steven Tobin play R&B. ■ Juicy Tuesday at Kushion. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. A night to entertain the masses across two rooms. Room one sees Stevie Foy rocking out indie pop and electro, while there are hip hop beats and R&B grooves in room two. ■ Lust at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students). Indie anthems and urban beats. FREE Nectar & Nails at Hummingbird. Weekly 5pm–1am. Off the wall party sounds with DJ Ed Nygma. ■ Quids at Queen Margaret Union. Weekly 9pm–2am. £1 before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. Gerry Lyons provides the soundtrack for this new student indie night. ■ Sub Zero Disco at the Garage. 21 Dec, 11pm–3am. £3–£5. Seasonal chart and party sounds, with real snow and CO2 cannons. ■ Switch Tuesdays at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free for students). Dan South and Robin B mash up hip hop, R&B, pop and electro. ■ Tuesday at Viper at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–3am. £tbc (free for students). Free entry to all students, as DJ Callum Lawson plays all the anthems you’ll hear down the union. ■ Y’Uptae Tuesday at the Garage. Weekly (not 21 Dec) 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. DJ Andy Wilson plays club anthems, party hits and requests, plus karaoke in the Snapshotz bar.
Wednesday Clubs ■ Dirty Noise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. £4. Dirty, filthy, poundin’ techno from residents Go-Dirty, Digital Stitch and Martin What?, with visuals by Mediaheroic.
■ Homeboy: A Creation Records Showcase at Black Sparrow. 29 Dec, 8pm–midnight. Free. A musical journey through the history of one of Scotland’s finest ever alternative labels with DJ Tam Coyle. ■ Let Your Elf Go! at the Sub Club. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. Free. Get in the mood for Christmas with some of the Subbie’s finest DJ talents at this annual party. This year’s guests include Sensu, Jackmaster, Pro Vinylist Karim, The Groundskeeper and Pumpio. ■ Muso at the Buff Club. Weekly 9pm–3am. £4 (£3). A night of up and coming bands, with DJs David Duffy and Amy Rew until 3am. ■ Nuke the Moon at the Flying Duck. Weekly 8pm–midnight. £4 (£2). DJs Quahaze and Math look back to the golden age of clubs and the birth of dance music culture with a set of funk, disco, jackin’ house and breaks. FREE Open Mic at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. If you like to play music for others or just like listening to live artists then Boteco’s new open mic night is for you. ■ R-P-Z at Stereo. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. £8 (£6). Residents Hushpuppy and Bonjour Boi promise a blend of electro, Italo disco, punk-funk and ‘wrong sounds a-plenty’ at this Gus da Hoodrat
new monthly residency, with visuals from Joe Crogan. With guest Gus Da Hoodrat aka Prince Fingers (Bang Gang Deejays, Turbo), who R-P-Z affectionately describe as ‘a sort of DJ from Australia.’ ■ Wednesdays at Flat 0/1 at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. Darrell plays 80s and urban funk jams and Dom plays a mix of early 80s slap synth funk rap grooves. Chart & Party ■ Clubhouse at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 9pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3 students) after. DJ Nelson plays ‘Rihanna to Bananarama.’ ■ Foreplay at FHQ. Weekly 6pm–3am. Free. DJ Shazza presents a party for girls. ■ Gaga Wednesdays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Chart, classic and current hits, and drink promos too. Free entry for UWS and Glasgow University students. ■ Gay as F**k at Play. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Cheap drinks and gayness with DJs Darren and Michael. ■ Haribo Wednesdays at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJ Harri(bo) and Gordon
Clubs Miller present a sweet selection of party sounds. ■ Lollapalooza Wednesday at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3 students). Derek Ho, Rob Etherson and Stevie ‘Lost’ Foy play indie, pop, cheese and R&B. ■ Octopussy at the Arches. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 student). Jacuzzis, bouncy castles and a Chapel of Love at this weekly student night of indie, pop and electro. ■ Spank at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJs Kris Keegan and Ian Stirling spin disco, house and classic anthems. FREE Taste at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. A tasty midweek club party with DJ Steven. ■ Tongue in Cheek at Bamboo. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£4) after. Gavin Sommerville plays R&B in the main room, DJ Toast plays chart in the lounge and Andy Wilson plays rock in the red room. ■ Twisted Fairytale at Kushion. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £3 (£2 students) after. DJ Big Al takes charge, with cheap drinks and teapot shooters. ■ Vicious Circle at Hummingbird. Weekly 10pm–1am. £tbc. Party sounds from DJ Iain Thompson.
RPZ invite their good friend Gus da Hoodrat over from Australia for a pre-Christmas warm-up party. One of the founders of the Bang Gang DJ team and record label (alongside Jamie Doom) they've helped launched the careers of Bag Raiders, Light Year and Cassian on the world, so prepare yourself for a melange of crooked disco, Aussie house and technoid beats. ■ RPZ at Stereo, Glasgow, Wed 22 Dec. 16 Dec 2010 – 6 Jan 2011 THE LIST 57