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Glasgow Thursday
Monthly & One-Offs FREE Danse Macabre at Nice’n’Sleazy. 26 Apr & 24 May, 11.30pm–3am. DJs Pasta and Catnip spin old-school goth rock and classic disco (how does that even work?), along with Italo, sleazy synth pop and the best alternative rock tracks the 80s had to offer. ■ Disco Baby at Berkeley Suite. 26 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A 70s and 80s disco and funk party. This month with Dirty Larry (Wrong Island) and Cubique. FREE Boom Boom at Nice’n’Sleazy. 3 May, 11.30pm–3am. Club night. ■ Cryotec at Classic Grand. 3 May, 11pm–3am. £3. DJs Tailz and Effigy bring you a night of industrial and EBM. ■ The Rev Up at Nice’n’Sleazy. 17 May, 11.30pm–3am. £tbc. New rockabilly night, with Aaron (All Tore Up). Includes entry to Mixed Bizness. Weekly ■ Bump at Hummingbird. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. R&B and hip hop from DJs Naeem and Sketch. ■ Common Room at Common. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. DJs Craig Kelman and Craig McHugh play party tunes in a house party style. ■ Dirty Sexy Money at O’Couture. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc (free for students before midnight). That Tall Guy Scott plays cheese, pop and R&B. ■ Eureka at Bamboo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4 (free with a matric card). DJ Toast plays rock, indie, dance and hip hop. FREE Feel My Bicep at Flat 0/1. Weekly 11pm–3am. 80s sleaze, analogue funk, old school house, disco flexx and sweat on the walls. ■ Jellybaby at O2 ABC2. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A night for indie lovers with Andy Wilson in charge. ■ The One at Re-Play. Weekly 6pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Geddes and Ross McFadyen play dance, chart and R&B, with a quiz from 6pm. ■ Onederful at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 (£3) after. Party sounds from DJ Chris Stewart and Tobin. ■ Rumble Thursdays at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before 11.30pm; £5 (£3) after. Chart, pop, indie, R&B and hip hop fight it out for your aural affections. FREE Salsa Tumbao at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 8pm–3am. Salsa and dancing with Farah Portela Alonso and Tumbao Salsa School. ■ Skint and Vengeance at the Cathouse. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3 (students £2). DJs Billy and Colin play rock, emo and pop-punk in the main room, while DJ Q Ball has the sickest black metal, death metal and thrash in the back. ■ Sol’s Club at Sol’s Club. Weekly 10pm–3am. £5. Bollywood, Latin, Afro- Caribbean and reggae club nights. ■ Soul Glo at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. DJ Snafu scratches funk, soul and old rhythm and blues. ■ Thursday at Milan at Milan. Weekly 11pm–3am. £tbc. DJ Naeem and DJ Sketch presents a night of sleek and sexy urban tracks to get you moving. ■ Thursdays 520 at Club 520. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Mungo’s Hi Fi and Bunty Beats playing reggae, dancehall and hip hop every
week. Also featuring rotating monthly guests Mixed Bizness, Sleaze Records, Mix Kings and Djamba in the back room. FREE Up the Racket at Maggie May’s. Weekly 10pm–3am. DJ Paddy plays indie, rock, disco and pop. ■ Zipper at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Classic rock’n’roll including Rolling Stones, Hendrix, The Who and Muddy Waters. With live bands. Glasgow Friday
Monthly & One-Offs ✽✽ Cry Parrot Fifth Birthday Party at Glue Factory. 27 Apr,
9pm. £5. DIY music promoters celebrate their fifth birthday with performances from Auntie Flo (live), Blue Sabbath Black Fiji & Gum Takes Tooth, Sacred Paws, Dam Mantle (live), Silk Cut and The Rosy Crucifixion. See preview, page 50. FREE Empty at Flat 0/1. 27 Apr, 11pm–3am. A monthly showcase of new and old talent. This month it’s Subrosa. ■ Friday Street at Blackfriars. 27 Apr, 10pm–3am. £5. Classic mod sounds, 60s psych and northern soul at Scotland’s premier mod club, with regular DJs Mikey Collins and Paul Molloy. With a guest set from Manchester’s Andy Miller. ■ Glasgow City Social Club at Saint Judes. 27 Apr, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). A new monthly night of bass and dance music from resident Lewis James. With London-by-way-of-Edinburgh production collective Wildkats and Jube from Glasgow’s own Thunder Disco Club. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 27 Apr, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly, with occasional live bands and art interventions. ■ How’s Your Party? at the Sub Club. 27 Apr, 11pm–3am. £10. Funky, dubstep, bassline and more at this well-respected party, with resident Boom Monk Ben. This month HYP? team up with Sinden and his Grizzly crew to present the man himself alongside Mele, Krystal Klear and S-Type. ■ Mungo’s Hi Fi at Chambre 69. 27 Apr, 11pm–3am. £6. Dancehall, grime, ragga and dubstep for your pleasure at this legendary soundsystem party, alongside the Chungo-Bungo team. With Digitaldubs mainman Marcus Scientista, all the way from South America. ■ Music Please! at Berkeley Suite. 27 Apr & 18 May, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). A new night, with Alan Miller (Hushpuppy) and Paul Thompson (Franz Ferdinand). ■ One Love Presents Judge Jules at the Tunnel. 27 Apr, 11pm–3am. £10. The Ibiza resident and Radio 1 DJ will be performing a set at Glasgow’s original superclub. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 27 Apr, 11pm–4am. £14. More techno action from Slam at their monthly residency, featuring some big-name guests. With guests DJ Sneak, Steve Rachmad and Heidi. ■ Candela! at Bread and Butter. 4 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. A sizzling salsa night, brought to you by Academia de Salsa. ■ David Barbarossa’s Thing at Nice’n’Sleazy. 4 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Barbarossa, one of the leading DJs on Glasgow’s scene and a sometime Hung Up! resident, brings his new night to Sleazy’s. ■ Happy Mondays Official Afterparty at Stairway Club. 4 May, 11pm–3am. £8. Hosted by Bosco of Let’s Go Back . . . Way Back, with the Monday’s Bez and their tour DJ, Vince Vega. ■ It’s a Trap! at Classic Grand. 4 May, 11pm–3am. £6; free in costume. Star Wars-themed fancy dress foolishness, with giveaways from Forbidden Planet and A1 Comics.
■ May the Fourth Cantina Party at the Flying Duck. 4 May, 7.30pm–3am. £6; £5 advance. A Star Wars-themed party to celebrate a very special day. ■ One Love Presents the GBXperience at the Tunnel. 4 May, 11pm–3am. £8 (students £6). The Clyde 1 DJ will be playing with support from the usual One Love DJs and resident Geddes. ■ Sensu at the Sub Club. 4 May, 11pm–3am. A typically great house, techno and electro night from the Sub Club. With former first lady of M-nus Magda, now of her own Items & Things imprint, and Mike Servito.
✽✽ Tribute at La Cheetah. 4 May, 10pm–3am. £12. Representatives of
Glasgow nights Stay Plastic, Pest Control, All Caps, Scrabble and Jelly Roll Soul team up for a club that will focus on the unique sound that Carl Craig once perfectly described as ‘electronic funk’. With a huge special guest in classic house, DJ and producer Theo Parrish. ■ Elevate at Chambre 69. 11 May, 9pm–3am. £10. Techno and more techno, with local and international guests alongside resident Tiger Yang. This time welcoming Nicole Moudaber (Intec, Drumcode, Kling Klong), with support from Johnny Allen (Hector’s Discoteque), Terry Whyte and Peter Farley. ■ Kino Fist at Nice’n’Sleazy. 11 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Night of cross-genre delights, new wave, Krautrock, spiky pop and freak beat from Charlotte and Rafla. ■ Mixed Bizness at La Cheetah. 11 May, 11pm–3am. £8. Cutting edge underground beats and classic dancefloor gems from resident Boom Monk Ben and rotating residents. With guests Dubbel Dutch (Mixpak, Palms Out) and Brenmar (Grizzly). ■ ReFrame at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 11 May, 10pm–2am. £5. The brainchild of resident DJs Martin Lindinger and 27B, bringing you some fine quality house and techno. With guests John Steel and Tico. ■ Return to Mono at the Sub Club. 11 May, 11pm–3am. £12 (£10). Slam’s monthly house residency, with top-line house and techno guests and a set from the residents themselves. With guest Len Faki, head of the Podium and Figure labels and a regular at Berlin’s Berghain. ■ Utopia at O’Couture. 11 May, 10pm–3am. £8 (students £5). A new monthly party playing upbeat house. With guests David Forbes and William Daniel alongside many more local DJs. ■ Animal Farm at the Sub Club. 18 May, 11pm–3am. £tbc. A semi-regular house and techno party from the Animal Farm team. A Mote Evolver label night with the imprint’s boss Luke Slater and Shifted. ■ Black Tent at Nice’n’Sleazy. 18 May, 11.30pm–3am. £3. Errors and Rock Action DJs playing indie, house and techno and all genres in between. ■ Loop at Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel. 18 May, 10pm–2am. Free before 11pm; £4 after. A house and techno club from residents Neill Murphy and Jamie Knox. With a live set from Eddie Cointreau. ■ No Sleep at Chambre 69. 18 May, 11pm–4am. £12 ; £10 advance. A forward-thinking house night from residents Adam Watt and Jonathan Carroll (Why Eleven). With guest Nina Kravitz. ■ Vibes at Stereo. 18 May, 11pm–3am. £8. A new night presenting up-and- coming house music names from around the world, with residents Ctrl+C, Late Nate, Eyeshake and Russ T Vibes. With special guest Simon Garcia.
Weekly ■ Audiofilth at Common. Weekly 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £7 (£5 students) after. Ross McMillan and Big Al orchestrating some of the filthiest house, electro, hip hop and indie.
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Seapunk proper noun: varied tempos, mixing 90s rave, techno, house and jungle styles, R&B vocals, even speedier beats from Chicago juke/footwork, often cheap, 8bit-style synth melodies and, you guessed it, aquatic sounds.
The aquatic theme is more explicit in this micro-genre’s visual style than its sound, with the Seapunk look characterised by turquoise and coral hair/lipstick/clothes etc, sea creatures such as dolphins and mermaids, yin yang insignia and other retro 90s fashion ephemera. ORIGINS Seapunk started with a tiny clutch of musos discussing niche styles on social networking sites, while mixing and matching them with increasing ferocity and making up joke names to complete the package. Fast forward nine months and the scene’s originators claim it’s already been adopted by the pop cultural mainstream.
KEY FIGURES The pioneers are Albert Redwine (aka Fire For Effect, aka Ultrademon) and Shan Beaste (aka Zombelle), a couple from Los Angeles, via Kansas, now based in Chicago. Their Coral label is six releases in. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne and Azealia Banks are alleged to have been biting Seapunk’s style, although Banks is the only figure who has credited the scene on record. Kevin Heckart’s sumptuous, airbrushed graphics give Seapunk its most unifying motifs. Chino Amobi (aka Diamond Black Hearted Boy) has already moved on to Slimepunk, although apparently this term was also a Redwine invention/joke. (hobbesmusic.co.uk) ■ Leith’s own Unicorn Kid is an early convert/champion as is Aberdonian DJ Giles Walker (Origin). Many thanks to Giles for his help with this article.
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