CLUBS ■ Octaves at Saint Judes. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Bi-monthly club playing underground house and techno. ■ Pistols at Dawn at La Cheetah. 21 Dec, 11pm–4am. £10. Retro house, down tempo and electronica. Christmas party with Luke Unabomber. ■ Pretty Ugly at the Admiral. 14 Dec & 11 Jan, 11pm–3am. £6 (£5 before midnight and students). The Pretty Ugly girls playing sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats and 60s soul. ■ Private Disfunction at La Cheetah. 14 Dec, 11pm–3am. £5. Sonic stimulation from two of Glasgow’s finest DJs: Laurence and Wilba. In aid of Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. ■ Rebelrave at the Arches. 28 Dec, 10pm. £20. House music from the newbies and the veterans. Featuring MK, Damian Lazarus, Sasha, Clive Henry, Fur Coat, and Francesca Lombardo. FREE The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Resident DJ Paddy plays rock, indie and metal. ■ Shout Bamalama at Blackfriars. 18 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). Rock’n’roll, R&B, soul and other vintage sounds. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 21 Dec & 18 Jan, 10pm– 3am. £4. David Barbarossa spins ‘drunk disco’, exotic funk and post-punk. ■ Strangeways at the Admiral. 28 Dec, 8pm–1am. £4. The Smiths and Morrissey tribute night. More daffs/ gladioli than you can shake a stick at. All proceeds raised go to charity.
■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. House institution with residents Harri and Domenic. Upcoming guests Ame (21 Dec), Optimo (4 Jan) and Jackmaster (11 Jan). FREE TYCI at Bloc●. 21 Dec, 11pm– 3am. 18 Jan, 9pm–3am. A club and live event from TYCI, a Glasgow collective run for women by women. FREE Teenage Riot at Bloc●. 28 Dec, 11pm–3am. Monthly alternative DJ club night from United Fruit. ■ Thunder Disco Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 28 Dec, 10pm–3am. £4. Nineties house, techno and ‘sex disco’ from Jube and Rory. ■ Too Darn Hot! at Blackfriars. 4 Jan, 11pm–3am. £5. The monthly retro- modern club from Glasgow songwriting star Lou Hickey, accompanied by Club Noir’s Tony Poprock. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 14 Dec & 11 Jan, 10pm–3am. £4. Electro, techno and all kinds of mash-ups from the Wrong Island DJs. ■ Zoom at the Arches. 21 Dec, 9pm–3am. £20. Big-room trance night. Christmas party featuring Goodgreef and Rong presenting Aly & Fila, Bryan Kearney, Andrew Rayel, Matt Hardwick, Adam Ellis/James Rigby and more.
Sunday Glasgow ✽ ■ Animal Farm at the Sub Club. 29 Dec, 11pm–4am. £15. See
preview, page 68. ■ Artful at Berkeley Suite. 29 Dec,
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11pm–3am. £10. Artful (one half of Artful Dodger, who produced Craig David) plays a set of garage, dubstep and house. Presented by Ezup. ■ The BOMB at FabrIQ. Weekly 11pm–4am. £8. Gay club playing house, electro and nu disco. ■ Colours at the Arches. 22 Dec, 11pm–4am. £25. Scotland’s biggest commercial club. Pre-Christmas party with Nicky Romero and Don Diablo. ■ Jackmaster’s Tweak-A-Holic at the Sub Club. 22 Dec, 11pm–3am. £10. Eighties R&B, funk, soul, Chicago house and disco. Joined by special guests Artwork and Krystal Klear. ■ Psychmare B4 Christmas at Stereo. 22 Dec, 9pm–3am. £5. Indie club night with live guests Trembling Bells, Cosmic Dead, Hidden Masters, Galoshins, Sharptooth and Nig Hogg. FREE Violent Sweat at Nice’n’Sleazy. Weekly 11.30pm–3am. Disco, house and techno night. Monday Glasgow
FREE Cosmic at Stereo. 23 Dec, 11pm–3am. Funky disco jams. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 30 Dec, 11.30pm–3am. £tbc. Rafla (Nice’n’Sleazy) and Nobodaddy (The Phantom Band) play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly. Special guests tbc. FREE The Slow Club at Bloc●. 6 Jan, 9pm–3am. Relax to the strains of Tom Waits, John Barry, Brian Eno and Serge Gainsbourg, while classic films play in the background. Comedy and quiz night. Tuesday Glasgow
FREE The Absolutely No Special Hogmannay Event Event at Bloc●. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. Celebrate like any other night with nice drinks, nice chat. ■ Ashton Lane Hogmanay Street Party at Ashton Lane. 31 Dec, 7pm. £25. Ring in the New Year with fireworks, a piper, street performers, live music, DJs and food and drink. Portion of ticket price goes to the STV Appeal. ■ Berkeley Suite Presents: Horse Meat Disco at Berkeley Suite. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £15 advance. One of London’s premiere disco parties sees in New Year at the Berkeley Suite. ■ Birdcage Hogmanay at Broadcast. 31 Dec, 11pm–3am. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. An alternative LGBT NYE party of house, electro and disco. ■ Blackfriars Hogmanay Party at Blackfriars. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £6 in advance; £10 on the door. Indie, soul, R&B and rock’n’roll as Instant Whip goes head to head with Shout Bamalama, plus a live set from The 45’s. ■ Club Noir’s New Year’s Eve Burlesque at O2 Academy. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £22. Two tartan-tinged burlesque shows, while DJ Loveless and Sailor Tony play vintage and modern music. Dress up, no jeans or trainers. ■ Common People & Yes! Hogmanay Party at the Flying Duck. 31 Dec, 8pm–4am. £10 in advance; £15 on the door. Indie nights join together to bring in the bells. Guest DJ Mark Morriss from the Bluetones. ■ The Cusp Launch Party at Carlton Studios. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £15 (children £15 for two). Alcohol and drug free club night to bring in New Year. ■ GBXperience NYE at the Arches. 31 Dec, 9pm. £20. Big night of hardcore, trance, rave and hardstyle, with a simultaneous live broadcast on Clyde 1 FM. With George Bowie,
Neophyte, Lenny Dee, Mallorca Lee, Mark Sherry. ■ Grand Hogmanay at Classic Grand. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £8 early bird; £12 in advance; £16 on the door. Cabaret and burlesque night. FREE Great Bells of Fire at Slouch. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. DJ Jopez with rock’n’roll, indie, funk and soul. ■ Hells Bells Hogmanay at Maggie May’s. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £10 (£5 advance). The Basement Boogie Men live and resident DJ Paddy spinning rock and indie classics in the basement. ■ Hogmanay at Alea at Alea Casino. 31 Dec, 8pm–2am. £50. The casino hosts a Vegas style Hogmanay party with DJs, a four-course dinner and a ceilidh band. ■ Hogmanay Black Tie Ball at the Polo Lounge. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £8 (£6). Bring in the bells at Scotland’s biggest gay club. ■ Hogmanay Shimmy at the Shimmy Club. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. A ceilidh and resident DJs to take you through to 2014. ■ Hotmanay at the Poetry Club. 31 Dec, 10pm–3am. £10. Gay club night Hot Mess with disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron. ■ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly (not 31 Dec) 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Electronica and bass by Beta & Kappa. Forthcoming guests include Glimpse (17 Dec) and Night Slugs L-Vis 1990 (21 Jan). ■ Juicy Tuesday at Kushion. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £8 advance; £10 on the door. Two rooms featuring hip hop, indie pop, electro and R&B. Black tie party. ■ Love Music v Propaganda Hogmanay at O2 ABC. 31 Dec, 10.30pm–4am. £15. Two of Glasgow’s best indie nights come together for a huge Hogmanay party featuring a DJ set by The Vaccines. ■ Made In Glasgow NYE 2013 at Saint Judes. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £10. Celebration of Scotland’s best DJs. Deep funky techno from Funk D’Void, retro beats from Bosco (Lets Go Back . . . Way Back) and house from Glasgow’s Rebecca Vasmant (Ministry of Sound). ■ Melting Pot Hogmanay Party at the Admiral. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £10. House, disco, funk and soul from regulars Simon Cordiner and Andrew Pirie. Pistols At Dawn, Divine! and more guest. ■ Milk at Flat 0/1. 31 Dec, 8pm–4am. £8. Indie night with two live bands plus an acoustic act, visuals and DJs. The Milk Hogmanay party, with Hector Bizerk, Pronto Mama and STAR, and SMAC DJs.
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■ Mungo’s Hi Fi Soundsystem: NYE 2013 at Stereo. 31 Dec, 10pm– 4am. £10 early bird; £15 advance; £20 on the door. Deep dubby basslines across two rooms both fitted with a full soundsytem with dub, reggae and dubstep from Mungos, Chungo Bungo, Stalawa Sound, Breezak, CC Sound and MC Campeazi. ■ Nice ‘n’ Sleazy Hogmanay Party at Nice’n’Sleazy. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £8. Joint affair from Harsh Tug, Voodoo Voodoo featuring Total Jerks (live) and DJ Duncan Harvey. ■ Offbeat and #notsosilent Present NYE 2013 at La Cheetah. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £15.75. Two of Glasgow’s biggest club nights join forces for a house-filled Hogmanay with appearances from Space Dimension Controller and Tiger & Woods (live). ■ On The House presents Bontan at FabrIQ. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £15. New Year’s Eve party with house from Bontan, Markus Lauc, Andy Raeside, Neil Hood, Kris Greig, Gary Livingstone and live sax accompaniment.
✽■ Optimo Hogmanay at Glue Factory. 31 Dec, 10pm. £22. JD
Twitch and JG Wilkes host their annual extravaganza in an Optimo-approved warehouse venue. FREE Pi-Eyed New Year’s Eve Meltdown at Audio. 31 Dec, 10pm– 4am. ‘Rave your faces off’ at this free Hogmanay party with DJ Skull Vomit, USA Kings, The Parliamentalist, Bassbin Terrorizer, Gash Perished Gussets and more. ■ RePlay Hogmanay Bonanza at Replay. 31 Dec, 9pm–4am. £8–£10. Chart, R&B and house for Hogmanay. ■ STREETrave New Years Eve at SWG3. 31 Dec, 9pm–3am. £20. The ultimate warehouse party with old school house group K-Klass and the internet sensation, keyboard wizard Davo. Plus a stellar line-up of DJ’s including Jon Mancini, Boney and Michael Kilkie. ■ Subculture Hogmanay at the Sub Club. 31 Dec, 10pm–4am. £20. See in the New Year with the Subbie’s long-running flagship techno night and its residents Harri and Domenic. With Andrew Weatherall and Telford. ■ The Viper Hogmanay Ceilidh at the Viper Bar & Club. 31 Dec, 9pm– 4am. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. Big party tunes and ceilidh dancing. Wednesday Glasgow
FREE Death By Unga Bunga at Nice’n’Sleazy. 15 Jan, 10pm–3am. Intriguingly-named club night as DJ Tigermask spins vintage rock’n’roll, soul, garage rock and surf. FREE Not Moving at Nice’n’Sleazy. 18 Dec & 22 Jan, 10pm–3am. Live sets and DJs form Glasgow’s underground music scene. ■ Sub Rosa at the Sub Club. 11 & 18 Dec. 11pm–3am. £5. House-led student night from residents Spittal, Junior G and Ray Vose. FREE Take It Sleazy! at Nice’n’Sleazy. 8 Jan, 10pm–3am. A no-holds-barred mix of 80s pop, electro synths, techno beats and nu-disco. EDINBURGH HIGHLIGHTS
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Thursday Edinburgh ■ Comedy Dave at Lulu. 12 & 19 Dec, 10pm–3am. £5 before midnight; more after. Big chart tunes, indie and retro favourites from Chris Moyles former Radio 1 sidekick.