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17 Jun 2008
The Hydro Connect Festival takes place in the stunning countryside around Loch Fyne within the grounds of Inverarary Castle between Friday 29th and Sunday 31st August 2008.
15 Nov 2007
The main problem with Optimo (Espacio), to give the club’s full title, is that it’s almost impossible to categorise in one handy soundbite. Keith McIvor (aka Twitch, pictured left) and Jonnie Wilkes (pictured right) both came from a techno background…
22 May 2008
Hydro Connect, which takes place in Inveraray between the 29th and 31st of August 2008, has announced the addition of Joan as Policewoman, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Black Lips to the bill. DJ’s from Soma and Optimo have also been confirmed as…
19 Jun 2008
NO-WAVE ELECTRO/ELECTRONIC POP Optimo, Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 22 & Sun 29 Jun If you like going out in Glasgow on a Sunday night and were born with any taste at all, you’ll know all about Optimo. Do we need to tell you yet again why we love it so?
21 Apr 2008
German techno duo Alter Ego are to play Glasgow's Sub Club on Sunday night, 27 April. The last-minute show, held by the Subbie's Optimo night, sees Alter Ego replace Chrome Hoof, who were forced to pull out of their Triptych date at the club last week.
13 Dec 2007
We can’t look back on 2007 without mentioning two of the biggest (but very different) clubs in Scotland reaching their tenth birthday. Optimo (pictured) have continued to plough their own furrow of weird goodness as Twitch and Wilkes forge ahead with…
16 Jul 2007
ROCK MICHAEL DRACULA Optimo, Sub club, Glasgow, Sun 1 Jul After countless line-up changes and an absence for a year or so from playing live, Michael Dracula made a long overdue return to Glasgow with a tight set at the Sub Club’s Optimo.
4 Jan 2008
Tomorrow’s music today. This issue: Tattie Toes Blending avant-garde jazz, world, folk and experimental rock influences to mind-bending effect, Glasgow quartet Tattie Toes (vocalist Nerea Bello, violinist Rafe Fitzpatrick, drummer and accordionist…
10 Sep 2007
Interviewees: Co-directors Mike Grieve and Paul Crawford, Keith McIvor AKA Twitch (resident at Optimo), Jonnie Wilkes (Optimo), Harri (Subculture) and Dave Clarke (Slam Events) What sets the Sub Club apart from other venues? Dave Clarke : It…
1 Aug 2007
If you have been lucky enough to enjoy one of your favourite club nights’ boat parties over the summer, you will already know how good it feels to dance to your favourite tunes in the open air. Optimo may have exhausted their supply of boats but, worry…
3 Jul 2007
Wilco are an important rock band. Not just entertaining, although they are often ass-shakingly so. Not just innovative and intelligent and experimental and heartfelt and unpredictable and honest, although they are all those things. No, Wilco are also a…
14 SATURDAY • Wilco See preview . • Midlake Glorious 70s folk-rock inspired album The Trials of Van Occunapther was one of the albums of 2006. • The Rapture Scratchy punk funk with a slick disco edge from these hipper-than-hip-New…
18 Apr 2008
London krautfunk orchestra Chrome Hoof have had to pull out of their date at the Triptych festival. The band were due to play Optimo at Glasgow's Sub Club on 27 April, making them one of the last acts to appear at the final Triptych. Reasons for…
27 Mar 2007
Optimo and Subculture sprang up in the Sub Club’s hallowed basement space and Slam first made their mark there with their legendary Atlantis night. It can’t be coincidence that three of the most important clubs in the country all evolved in one space.
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16 Jul 2007
