Sandra Marron

Wee Dub Festival hosts Vibronics, Radikal Guru, Brina and Jammin J

Studio 24 event bring many types of dub music together

19 Jan 2011

With Scotland hosting many reggae and dubstep nights in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, the overall dub scene is most definitely healthy and super vibrant. And, thanks to Gregory and Selecta Mania, two pals, DJs and promoters under the umbrella of Lion…

Big’n’Bashy and Electrikal team up to bring Pitch Black’s Reso to Bongo Club

Edinburgh bass-heavy club night collaborate with artist collective

11 Jan 2011

Edinburgh is the hot destination on the clubbing calendar in January as bass-heavy clubnight Big’n’Bashy get together with the masters of parties Electrikal soundsystem. Expect nothing less than a full-on, no-holds-barred night of hedonistic…

Friday Night Takeaway

5 Feb 2009

Miranda Ralston and Angie Koorbanally believe that Friday nights are where it’s at clubbing wise. The duo, both Arches employees and Octopussy and Death Disco workers, are the brains behind Friday Night Takeaway, a one-off night in conjunction with…

Stereotype

22 Jan 2009

HOUSE The Edinburgh clubbing institution that is Stereotype knocks up another successful year, making it six in glorious total. To celebrate this rather stunning feat they’re throwing a birthday bash to knock you sideways. Along with their regular…

Numbers

1 Nov 2007

ELECTRONIC DANCEHALL/GLITCH Glasgow School of Art, Fri 2 Nov Modeselektor are two electronic geniuses from Berlin by the names of Gernot and Szary. The pair has just released Happy Birthday!, the follow up to their debut album Hello Mom, and are…

Funny lady

1 Nov 2007

The Glasgay! comedy wagon rolls back into town this year with a cargo of comedic talent for your pleasure. Wicked Wenches features Lucy Porter, AL Kennedy, Susan Calman and the utterly charming Zoe Lyons, a finalist on Channel 4’s So You Think You’re…

Relentless

1 Nov 2007

TECHNO Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 2 Nov Relentless by name, but, alas, not quite relentless by nature, the techno club that first put Ben Sims on a stage in Glasgow is hanging up its headphones after one final bash at the Sub Club, the club’s home for…

Palmstar Poppy

1 Nov 2007

Composer, pianist and vocalist David Paul Jones returns to his roots as a solo artist with his new piece for piano and voice, Palmstar Poppy as part of Glasgay! The title of the piece is inspired by a fleet of Norwegian oil tankers individually named…

Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical

18 Oct 2007

Random Accomplice’s Julie Brown and Johnny McKnight have resurrected the loveable, if diminutive anti-hero of Little Johnny’s Big Gay Adventure, the deserved hit of Glasgay! in 2005. This time out they bring us an all-singing, all-dancing escapade as…

Amy Lamé’s Mama Cass Family Singers

18 Oct 2007

THEATRE Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 25–Sat 27 Oct ‘I came up with the idea of a misremembered memoir which is what the show is,’ says Amy Lamé of her one-woman show Mama Cass Family Singers. ‘A lot of it is real, some of it’s made up, but it’s all…

Film Round-up

18 Oct 2007

Gay screen Sandra Marron casts an eye over Glasgay!’s film programme Glasgay!’s film programme is a much smaller affair this year. Specialist releases have been replaced by a handful of more mainstream movies. This is due to low audience figures and…

Hitlist - The best LGBT events

18 Oct 2007

• Beyond the Surface An exhibition by Andrew Printer, whose work addresses issues facing the queer community including the nature of intimacy in a community still reeling from the AIDS epidemic. Street Level Photo Works, Glasgow, until 27 Oct.…

Venus as a Boy

18 Oct 2007

THEATRE Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 30 Oct–Sat 10 Nov Tam Dean Burn is no stranger to Glasgay! and certainly no stranger to adapting explosive and controversial tales for the stage. After bringing Louise Welsh’s The Cutting Room as part of the…

Colette: The Secrets of the Flesh

Glasgay!

4 Oct 2007

Glasgay! 2007, Scotland’s annual celebration of queer culture, features four exciting weeks of new contemporary boutique theatre from emerging artists at the new studio space at the Q! Gallery. Opening this mini-season is a new play written and…

Rollerdisco at Sea and Crystal Lounge

4 Oct 2007

Get your skates at the ready folks as Rollerdisco rolls into town. If the shrieks and screams of people passing their colourful street posters is an indication of the overall excitement, then expect to see many grown-ups taking over Glasgow’s skate…

Musique Risquée at Freq

4 Oct 2007

Name Musique Risquée. Occupation Innovative record label run by Akufen and friends. What is so special about the label? That fact that it is run by Akufen is a major part of what makes Musique Risquée so great. The beauty of every Akufen record…

Kylie – The Exhibition

20 Sep 2007

EXHIBITION Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Fri 21 Sep–Sun 23 Jan 2008 ‘The interesting thing about Kylie is that she represents that world of glitter and glamour and sparkle that so many gay people wrap around themselves as a form of…

Tom Findlay at SoCo Social

20 Sep 2007

HOUSE/FUNK/SOUL The Buff, Glasgow, Fri 28 Sep There is a now an alternative to the customary quick drink after work and it comes in the form of the SoCo Social, a series of free gigs in Glasgow that run from 6pm until 10pm. The first event took…

Profile: Scream Club

6 Sep 2007

Occupation Hip hop, glam rock, queer girl band. What’s the skinny? Scream Club are two very sexy lady rappers by the names of Cindy Wonderful and Sarah Adorable from Olympia, Washington who are making their Scottish debut at Utter Gutter this…

Screwloose

23 Aug 2007

New kid on the electro block Screwloose makes its debut at the Arches this fortnight with a solid roster of interesting musical guests to get your teeth into. Even if it seems that every club in both Scottish cities has the ‘electro’ genre in its revue…

The Beat Club

23 Aug 2007

Residents So far Pinup Nights are confirmed to launch this new venue. Guests We are promised top quality bands and DJs from the get go. Music policy Varied and eclectic. What they say ‘In these days of large, homogeneous, soulless operations…

Tim Deluxe

O lucky man

16 Aug 2007

‘Diversion is all about good music at good prices, and getting down to some seriously good tuneage in a proper party atmosphere. We state our music policy as “dirty house and twisted electro”, but we’re not afraid to try something new or a bit…

Ivan Smagghe

9 Aug 2007

Ivan Smagghe has a pretty impressive CV. Along with Mark Colin he formed Volga Select who released records on über fashionable French imprint Kitsune, 20:20 Vision and Output as well as being responsible for the Tigersushi compilation So Young But So…

Urban Cowboys

The Optimo Barn Dance

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…

Flying Duck

16 Jul 2007

Kitchen clubbing Sandra Marron checks out yet another quality independent club venue, as the Flying Duck opens for business in Glasgow The Flying Duck is the type of club you will be hard pushed to find anywhere else in our fair city.

Deathkill4000

16 Jul 2007

ELECTRO POP DEATHKILL4000 The Loft, Glasgow, Sat 28 Jul After settling in nicely to their new home at The Loft, Deathkill4000 are gearing up for the third visit of their beloved kindred spirit Smatka - a lady who could easily be the…

Omar S

Profile

2 Jul 2007

Name Alex ‘Omar S’ Smith aka Omar S aka DJ Snotburger Occupation DJ/Producer What’s the lowdown? Omar S is one of Detroit’s hottest exports. He is the Henry Ford of underground, slightly avant garde techno and house. He is either producing or…

The Basement

2 Jul 2007

TECHNO/HOUSE Organic clubbing is alive and well in the form of the Basement, a night dedicated to house, electro and techno at the Soundhaus. The event literally started in a basement in the Southside of Glasgow and has grown into a club night to be…

Slam Album Launch

18 Jun 2007

Electronica Slam launch their fourth studio album, Human Response at the Arches this month. A melodic twist on their favoured techno style, it takes the listener on a hypnotic journey starting with the haunting electronica stirrings of Subject…

Shhh

21 May 2007

Ladies and gentlefolk, there are mysterious musical goings on afoot. In a place known only as Marvello HQ, Sonny Marvello and his band are creating an outlet for Glasgow talent at a semi-secret clubnight called Shhh. We say semi-secret as we now know it…

MNX Recordings

7 May 2007

Profile

Sister Carol and Sister Nancy

Mungo’s Hi-Fi at Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, F

23 Apr 2007

REGGAE/DANCEHALL (Sister Carol, top; Sister Nancy, bottom) Sister Carol and Sister Nancy, two of reggae’s most revered and prolific artists make their Scottish debut at Triptych courtesy of Mungo’s Hi Fi and Messenger Soundsystem. Jamaican-born…

Profile - Edbanger Records

Profile

9 Apr 2007

Name Edbanger Records Occupation Probably the coolest electronic record label in the world. Can you back this up? If it’s credentials you’re looking for then, it’s run by Pedro Winter aka Busy P and he counts acts like Justice, Uffie & Feadz…

El Rancho Relaxo

Yeeee ha!

26 Mar 2007

Country music lyrics are probably the saddest, most heartfelt, beautiful and humorous ever written. If you don’t believe me, then go listen to ‘Jolene’ by Dolly Parton (or The White Stripes’ version if you prefer). Where else in music would you find a…

All Tore Up

Blackfriars, Glasgow, Sat 7 Apr

26 Mar 2007

ROCK’N’ROLL/ROCKABILLY Rock’n’roll is alive and well, and, thanks to All Tore Up, the Glasgow side of things is finally holding its own. All Tore Up is the only night dedicated solely to all things rock’n’roll and rockabilly on the West coast and…

CJ Bolland

Wild horses

12 Mar 2007

CJ Bolland is a very busy man. DJing, collaborating, remixing and even recently turning his hand to screenwriting. The Yorkshire-born, Belgium-based lad is a one man creative machine who shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Bolland started his…

Introducing . . .

The best new nights in town, this month: Club Anti

12 Mar 2007

Residents John Goucher, Craig Harper and Sean Clinton.

Venue Closure: The Riverside Club

THE RIVERSIDE CLUB

27 Feb 2007

VENUE CLOSURE The Riverside Club may be a big old ceilidh hall on the south of the Clyde that has doubled as a club venue for the past decade. But it has become one of the best leftfield venues in Glasgow, home for many years to nights like Goodfoot…

Rage!/Rave! - Mika

To believe or not to believe the hype

14 Feb 2007

Doug Johnstone: Mika is not the next big thing. He is merely the latest creation of the music industry’s marketing machine.

Ivy Weekender, The

The Ivy Weekender

12 Feb 2007

HOUSE/DANCEHALL/BREAKS A new intimate clubbing space is set to open its doors at the end of February in Glasgow. The Ivy has been born out of the ashes of the Old Repertoire bar on North Street next to the famous Michell Library and with the help of…

Annie Mac

Mixed Bizness at The Sub Club, Thu 22 Feb

12 Feb 2007

ELECTRONICA According to promoter/DJ Ben Coghill (Mixed Bizness), ‘Annie Mac is the first person in a long time that I have heard on national radio that has made me ‘shoosh’ those in the room. She strikes a perfect balance between pushing exciting…

How MySpace took over my space

30 Jan 2007

I was 19 when I got my first real job and my first mobile phone. The job introduced me to the World Wide Web and my beloved email, where there is always post on a Sunday and the postman comes with hourly treats. The internet opened up so many…

David Diamante at Club Noir

Diamond geezer

29 Jan 2007

David Diamante is to modern British burlesque what Charlie Chaplin was to comedy - its Godfather, its energy and its salesman, but definitely not in a pushy double-glazing type way. The ‘product’ speaks for itself: ‘glamour’ is priceless and affordable…

Kaput!

This month: Kaput!

29 Jan 2007

INTRODUCING... Residents Colin (AKA Kid Twist) Duncan from Dananananaykroyd and Tom of 50pbadges.com. Guests Regular live guests from the Scottish music scene and beyond will be a feature. Music policy 50s rockabilly, rock’n’roll, 60s French…

Marcia Blaine School for Girls

Kinky Afro at the Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 26 Jan

12 Jan 2007

ELECTRONICA Glasgow’s electronic trio Marcia Blaine School for Girls (yes, the name is based on the fictional educational establishment of the 1960s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) are gearing up to launch their new album Halfway into the Woods…

Club Olum

Meeting of minds

19 Dec 2006

Club Olum is the brainchild of live music promoter and label owner Peter Rooney and one of Glasgow’s most diverse and cutting edge DJs and Deathkill4000’s Marc Lawson AKA Dirty Marc. It’s a partnership made in heaven when you consider the format of…

Burn

The Buff Club, Glasgow, weekly, Mondays

19 Dec 2006

DISCO/FUNK/ELECTRO/HOUSE If you were to walk into Burn at the Buff Club, the first thing you may notice is that it doesn’t seem like you are at a Monday night club and the second thing is the freshness of the night after 12 years of partying. Burn…

Patrick Pulsinger

Profile

6 Dec 2006

Name Patrick Pulsinger Occupation DJ/Producer What’s the skinny? Well, Mr Pulsinger is basically one of those people that can produce, compose, play and remix virtually any genre of music and make it sound like the best thing you’ve heard since…

Mungo's Hi Fi

The Woodside Social, Glasgow, Fri 8 Dec

21 Nov 2006

REGGAE/DUB Last year The List ran an article on how the Woodside Club’s existence was being threatened by a small group of local residents complaining about noise pollution. It is with both joy and a little sadness that we bring you an update on the…

Bamboo's Fourth Birthday

Bamboo, Glasgow, Sat 25 Nov

11 Nov 2006

HOUSE/SOUL/ELECTRO/INDIE In November 2002 Bamboo opened its doors for the first time. Four years on it celebrates its birthday with a night hosted by the people that made it what it is, residents, the Bamboo All Stars. When Bamboo first opened its…