MUSIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH
VENUES WE LOVE, AND THE LIVE ACTS WHO AGREE
Rebecca Monks fi nds out where musicians really like to play in Edinburgh and Glasgow
So, we could sit here and give you a list of venues we like, along with a phone number and a handy website – and we have, just look at the wee side panel to your left. But we thought it would also be interesting to hear from the musicians themselves: which venues do they like to play, and why? Here, we spoke to a few of our favourite Scottish acts to i nd out. Spoiler alert: everyone rates Summerhall.
LEO CONDIE, WHITE Summerhall is our gig of choice in Edinburgh. To call it a multi- - arts venue kind of undersells the sheer weirdness of its haunted- vet-school-meets-faded-arts-cruise-liner chic. Days could pass when you're in its vortex. Glasgow's choice of great gig venues is basically just unfair. Other cities weep. Poetry Club is strange and sexy, Broadcast is the perfect sweatbox, and the amazing Barrowland Ballroom is still where everyone from Glasgow, the UK, the world, probably Mars, talks about playing their dream gig.
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KATHRYN JOSEPH Summerhall is my favourite in The Burgh. I love how it looks and feels, and the humans who work there are greatness. And in Glasgow, my favourites are the Hug and Pint and the Glad Café. Again, great humans run these venues, and the feel and sound in the room is always beautiful.
BOSSY LOVE a We've only played Edinburgh a handful of times but a favourite of ours is Summerhall. It's got a lovely vibe about t J it and the sound of the room is amazing. If you're doing a DJ set, Paradise Palms is a lot of fun. It's a little hidden gem, with what I'd call a tiki / jungle theme, plenty of plants. For Glasgow, we would have to go with the Hug and Pint – it's a wee room, so everyone is packed in tight and can get really raucous. The sound and lighting rig is insane for the size of the venue. But again, the space and surroundings have good energy and it's run by good people.
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THE SPOOK SCHOOL In Edinburgh, Henry's Cellar Bar – it's where we played our i rst ever show so will always be special for us. A delightful wee sweatbox. Also Banshee Labyrinth – it's apparently Edinburgh's most haunted venue. An intimate ghoulish setting for noisy frolics. In Glasgow, 13th Note: a tight basement space underneath an awesome vegan kitchen, and Nice'n'Sleazy. It's got great sound, great people, and great vegan White Russians.
EDINBURGH
Bongo Club
66 Cowgate, 558 8854, thebongoclub.co.uk
Caves
8–10 Niddry Street, 510 1122, unusualvenuesedinburgh.com Henry's Cellar Bar
16a Morrison Street, 629 2992,
henryscellarbar.co.uk The Jazz Bar
1a Chambers Street, 220 4298,
thejazzbar.co.uk Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564,
liquidroom.com Queen's Hall
85–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019,
thequeenshall.net Sneaky Pete's
73 Cowgate, 225, 1757,
sneakypetes.co.uk Summerhall
Summerhall Place, 560 1580,
summerhall.co.uk Stramash
207 Cowgate, 623 4353, stramashedinburgh.com Usher Hall
Lothian Road, 228 1155, usherhall.co.uk
GLASGOW 13th Note
50–60 King Street, 553 1638,
13thnote.co.uk Barrowland Ballroom
224 Gallowgate, 552 4601, glasgow-barrowland.com
Broadcast
427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304,
broadcastglasgow.com City Halls and Old Fruitmarket
Candleriggs, 353 8000, glasgowconcerthalls.com Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Buchanan Galleries,
2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000, glasgowconcerthalls.com
King Tut's
272 St Vincent Street, 221 5279,
kingtuts.co.uk Mono
12 King's Court, 553 2400,
monocafebar.com Nice’n’Sleazy
421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900,
nicensleazy.com O2 ABC
300 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232, academymusicgroup.com
Òran Mór
Byres Road, 357 6200,
oran-mor.co.uk SECC & SSE Hydro
Exhibition Way, 248 3000,
secc.co.uk
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