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■ Jamming Fridays at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). Resident DJ Jopez plays indie and rock’n’roll from the 60s to now. FREE Life Fridays at Bunker. Weekly 5pm–3am. Dominic Martin and Robin B kick off the weekend with a selection of party sounds. ■ NOW Fridays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Chart, R&B, house and electro from Dave M. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). UK-wide indie Friday nighter, with Afrocentric playing hip hop and R&B in the ABC2 on the last Friday of every month. ■ Sound at Club 520. Weekly 11pm– 3am. £6 (£5). A collection of some of the finest DJs in Glasgow and beyond. ■ Tardis at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Northern soul, classic indie tracks and more from Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura), featuring live music. ■ TGIF at the Viper Bar & Club. Weekly 7pm–2am. £4–£6 (girls free before midnight). Alfredo Crolla and Stevie Foy play out the latest hits, club classics and dancefloor electro. ■ Tech at Re-Play. Weekly 3pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after (£3). Ray Woods and Craig McHugh play R&B, house, hip hop and electro. ■ Tempted at Tusk. Weekly 10pm– 2am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Party sounds from DJ Norman Robinson. ■ Twisted Cherry Fridays at the 212. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Fox MacLeod and Darren Donnelly play chart, house, hip hop and R&B. ■ United Nations of Dance at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Clubland anthems, hip hop and R&B from Scotty Boy, Marc Anderson, Steve Clarke, John Thomson and more. Glasgow Saturday
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Monthly & One-Offs ■ Blitzed at the Old Hairdressers. 15 Dec, 9pm–1am. £5. Retro-themed club night taking you back to WWII. Come dressed accordingly, and reserve tickets in advance by email. ■ Deadly Rhythm at Chambre 69. 15 Dec, 11pm–4am. £7 ; £5 advance. New dubstep, house and future garage night. FREE Fortified and Electric Eliminators Presents: Work For Love at La Cheetah. 15 Dec, 11pm–3am. A large dubstep event from some of Glasgow’s finest. With up and coming production outfit Mermaids. ■ Jimbo Crimbo at SWG3. 15 Dec, 9pm–3am. £8. A Christmas co-promotion from SWG3 and the Art School with Silk Cut, Mother Ganga, Life of Grime and more. ■ Madeon at the Arches. 15 Dec, 11pm–5am. £15. French producer, Annie Mac favourite and Deadmau5 remixer Madeon comes to Scotland. ■ Twilight Sad Official Afterparty at the Flying Duck. 15 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5; £3 with gig ticket. The official afterparty for the Twilight Sad gig. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Forthcoming guests include The Revenge & Ali Ooooft (15 Dec), Mono Le Tough (22 Dec), Derrick Carter (29 Dec), Jackmaster (12 Jan) and Optimo (19 Jan). ■ 0ddi0 at Berkeley Suite. 15 Dec, 11.45pm–3am. 12 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. A new club whose mission is ‘to explore the outer realm of warped sonic advancements’, Alex Smoke guests. ■ Divine at the Admiral. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5 and before midnight). Glasgow’s longest-running club residency brings you a dose of northern soul, heavyweight funk and more
✽ Electric Frog Warehouse Party at SWG3. 22 Dec, 8pm–3am. £18.
Glasgow’s best above-ground warehouse party returns with Jeff Mills, Slam and Hans Bouffmyhre. See preview, page 77. ■ Kill Yr Idols at Berkeley Suite. 22 Dec, 11.45pm–3am. £3. A new back- 80 THE LIST 13 Dec 2012–24 Jan 2013
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There’s so much on offer this New Year’s Eve but you can’t go wrong with Horse Meat Disco (Berkeley Suite) as the London disco outfit return alongside Billy Woods. There’s more disco from Andrew and Simon at Melting Pot (Admiral Bar) with guests 6th Borough Project and Divine! Upstairs, but if you want quality house head to the Subculture Hogma- nay (Sub Club) as Harri, Domenic and friends round off the Subbie’s 25th year in style. If techno is more your thing Detroit’s Terrance Parker headlines La Cheetah Presents NYE. If you want to big up the Scottish talent Deadly Rhythm & I Hate Fun NYE (Chambre 69) are joined by high-quality locals, including S-Type, Mark Maxwell, Mermaids and Codeine Drums; reggae, dancehall and dubstep is on offer from Mungo’s Hi Fi, Chungo-Bungo and Soom T at Hogmanay 2013: The Warehouse Party (SWG3); both sets of residents along- side live guests Den Haan play Wrong Island vs Wild Combination (Nice‘n’Sleazy) while Twitch and Wilkes return (with special guest Auntie Flo) for the Optimo Hogmanay (Glue Factory).
For something a bit different check out the highly popular burlesque shenanigans at Club Noir’s Hogmanay (Classic Grand) or 90s indie at the Common People Hogmanay Party (Flying Duck) with live guests Bis. However the prize for best value Hogmanay goes to Pi-Eyed New Year’s Eve Meltdown (Audio) as Demon Cabbage, Taz Buckfaster, Dave Shades, NoFace and more rave it up at this free party. ■ Various venues, Glasgow, Mon 31 Dec, see listings for details.
to-basics grassroots dance party playing DIY disco with punk attitude, with residents GK Machine and G Blythe. With Kris Wasabi from Edinburgh’s incredible Wasabi Disco party. ■ Menergy at the Forbidden Gentlemen’s Club. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. £6. Monthly Italo disco and Hi-NRG gay dance party, hosted by Lady Munter, with guest DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin. This will be Menergeddon, your last chance to experience Menergy at this venue, and also the Alter-Nativity Christmas party. ■ Pyramatrix at Chambre 69. 22 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5. A new guest-led house and techno night from resident Ewan Storie. ■ Singles Night at the Flying Duck. 22 Dec & 19 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Andrew ‘Divine’ Symington and Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) play strictly 45s all night. ■ Houndin’ the Streets at the Flying Duck. 29 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Jer Punk, post-punk, hip hop and anything else from late 70s and early 80s New York. FREE Oddisco at Flat 0/1. 29 Dec, 11pm–3am. Odd disco, house and bass from resident DJ Monty Funk. ■ Orderly Disorder at Audio. 29 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5 advance; £6.50 on the door. Off-the-wall eclectic, electric, dirty beats from Dance Junkie and NIC303. ■ Pressure at the Arches. 29 Dec, 11pm–4am. £14. More techno action from Slam at their monthly residency, joined by Ben Sims, Joris Voorn, DVS1 and Harvey McKay. ■ Deathkill4000 at Bar Bloc+. 5 Jan, 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after. An industrial rock noise party. ■ Flash Mob at Chambre 69. 5 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. A house, techno and disco club from residents Thrust Club. With special guest Duke Dumont. ■ The Freak-Beats Club at the Flying Duck. 5 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. A happening sixties dance party. ■ Highlife at La Cheetah. 5 Jan, 11pm– 3am. £5. Afrobeat, jackin’ house, Italo, 80s electro, UK funky, and Latin beats from resident Auntie Flo, guest-starring Romare (Black Acre). ■ Code at La Cheetah. 19 Jan, 11pm–3am. £10 ; £6 early booking. A well-established techno night which started at Paisley’s Club 69, with DJ Nick M and guests. With live guest Brian Sanhaji (CLR). ■ Hot Mess at the Poetry Club. 19 Jan, 10pm–2am. £5. Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’.
■ Million Dollar Disco at Berkeley Suite. 19 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. Disco, edits, rarities and remixes from Al Kent and Rahaan. Weekly ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk. ■ Base at the Tunnel. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. DJ Sketch, Harri Miller and John Thomson put together a blend of funky house and R&B. ■ Bob’s Full House at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Chart, R&B and electro with DJ Bobby Bluebell. ■ Buff Saturdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6. Nick Peacock plays northern soul, jazz and funk upstairs, and downstairs it’s Alex and John with classic disco and 80s hits. ■ Cathouse Saturdays at the Cathouse. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£5). 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. ■ I Love Garage Saturdays & Supersonic at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Brian McMaster plays a big array of chart toppers. ■ Life on Mars at Stairway Club. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 10pm; £5 after. Indie rock’n’roll, Motown, electro and soul with DJ Craig McGee. Featuring live music. ■ Love Music & Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each week in the ABC2. ■ Misanthropy at Blackfriars. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Bass music, with choice cuts of drum & bass, dubstep, grime, electro-house and breaks. ■ PLAY Saturdays at Play. Weekly 5pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £8 (£6) after. Big room tunes from Will Ruane, Iain Pollock and Ross McFadyen. ■ Reverb at Blackfriars. Weekly 10pm–3am. £3 before 11pm, £5 after.. House, techno and acid sounds from Wee C, Monsieur De Large (Inner City Acid), Terry (Pussypower) and Snook. FREE Rip This Joint at Slouch. Weekly 11pm–3am. DJ Jopez plays indie, rock’n’roll, blues, soul and funk. ■ The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 (£3) after. Resident Lee Craig plays a selection of rock, indie and metal classics in Maggie’s basement. ■ Saturdays in Stereo at Stereo. Weekly 11pm–3am. £1. Weekend club night whose ethos is one DJ and one band for one pound, including a DJ set until late. ■ Yoyo at the Shed. Weekly 10pm–3am. Free before midnight; £6 after. DJs Euan and Derek play pop and hip hop hits. ■ oVo Saturdays at oVo. Weekly 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (£3 students). Chart and club sounds, with DJs Stevie Lennon, Naeem, AJ and Asim.
Glasgow Sunday Monthly & One-Offs ■ Frogbeats Present: Scantily Clad at Chambre 69. 16 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. An electro-swing night. ■ Highlife at the Sub Club. 16 Dec, 11pm–4am. 20 Jan, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. Expect Afrobeat, jackin’ house, Italo, 80s electro, UK funky, and Latin beats from resident Auntie Flo, aka Brian d’Souza. ■ Let Your Elf Go! at the Sub Club. 23 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5. Get in the mood for Christmas with Sensu, Pro Vinylist and more. ■ Levelone at the Buff Club. 23 Dec, 11pm–4am. £5 (students £3). House party. With guests Harri (Subculture) and Mash. ■ Graeme Park’s Christmas Cracker at the Sub Club. 30 Dec, 11pm–4am. £8. The sometime Hacienda resident arrives in Glasgow for a pre-New Year blow-out.