Buzz Magazine August 2013 | Page 63

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headline slot. Nick Saunders, Dave Eaves and Calvin Reid are his DJ foils tonight.
The Globe 125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www. globecardiffmusic. com Fri 23 The Heat Is On! 7.30pm, £ 5 /£ 3 adv. Vintage disco special, purportedly taking you back to the time of flares, epic films and pogo sticks. Gwdihw 6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www. gwdihw. co. uk Thursdays Juxtaposed 11pm, £ 3. Pop and indie hits every week. Fri 2 Sure Shot 9pm, £ 3. Funk, soul and boogie night headlined by DJ Cheeba of the Solid Steel stable. Fri 9 Gwdihw Happy Hour Launch Party 9pm, £ 3. With a live funk band and drinks deals, including on their new cocktail range. Fri 16 Devils Gun 10pm, £ 3. Funk, disco and soul from DJ Veto. Fri 30 Cafe A Go Go 9pm, £ 4. Eddie Piller of Acid Jazz Records is the man on board for northern soul, funk, R & B, ska, mod kinda sounds. Sat 3 Juju Nations 9pm, £ 4. Funk, reggae, Afrobeat and the like. Sat 10 Fat City 9pm, £ 3. Soul, Latin, jazz, house, electro, funk and hip-hop, with a live set from Papa Le Gál. Sat 17 Bustin’ Loose 9pm, £ 3. With a live set from 11-piece funk band FunQ. Sat 24 Hully Gully 9pm, £ 3. With special guest DJ Metabeats, which should be a recipe for a great selection of tunes. Sat 31 Lovetempo 8pm-2.30am, £ 3. Funk, soul, boogie, disco and house from Earl Jeffers( aka Chesus from CRST etc), Andrew Hill( Luxe) and Owain K. * Sun 11 Catapult Presents 3pm-1am, £ 11 adv. Drum’ n’ bass in the back yard, Commix headlining with a set of classics. Kooley, Ransom, Screwy, Sundance and Recon One b2b Swifty are also present. Switch DJs play house in the bar, additionally. Sun 18 Dragon Era Vol 4 Launch Party Featuring live / DJ sets from Leone, Stereoripe and Tribal Hooligan, to acquaint you with this new underground dance compilation. * Sun 25 Delete 1pm, £ 10- £ 15. Delete’ s last carpark rave of the summer has Mountain People headlining with a four-hour set of lush house. Clare James, James Christopher, Scott Mantel and Delete residents keep it tidy also. Hobo’ s 6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend. www. hobosmusicvenue. com Thursdays Smashdown 9pm- 3am, free. A night“ dedicated to pure metal,” examples of which, say Hobos, include Pantera, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Slipknot. Offers on shots and Jagerbombs. Fridays + Saturdays Distorted 10pm-3am, free. Rock, punk and metal night in the bar area where punters are encouraged to make requests. Kirkhouse Dynevor St, Georgetown, Merthyr Tydfil. 01685 388872. Fri 23 Bionic On Tour 9pm-3am. Featuring Radio 1’ s Kutski, Cally & Juice, Brian M vs McBunn, Swankie DJ & Kashie, Vishaun, Snatch & Trampy plus Kirkhouse residents in room 2. Koko Gorilaz Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029 2034 1767 / www. kokogorilaz. co. uk Fri 2 Epic Bars: Road To
Boom Bap 8pm-2am, £ 5. Semiregular rap battle night presents Gambit Mugraw vs Eyes, Pro Motive vs Harlin, Vocab vs Jigster, Effect vs Swagger, Dierekta vs San Der Son and MTBA. Sun 25 Dancehall Explosion 9pm, £ 10 adv. Chris Goldfinger plays big reggae and dancehall tunes, you probably know the score with that. Tenza Di Boss Lady also features. Ever known a dancehall woman to not be cool? Me neither. Ladybird 10 / 11 Mill Lane, Cardiff. 07851 387683 / info @ ladybirdcardiff. com Tuesdays Alt. Tuesdays 10pm-3am, £ 4 /£ 3.50 guestlist. Indie and rock every week. Fridays Spoiled Rotten 9pm-3am, £ 5 /£ 3 b4 12. Urban Fusions, Mista Bibs, Alex B and John Banji play club classics plus r’ n’ b and dance hits. Live video mixing also features. Saturdays Voodoo 8pm- 3am. House from Chris Evans again, plus guest sax from Mr Saxobeat. Sundays Sunday Project / Surf Shak 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Floor fillers and house classics from DJ Sarah Louise. Lava Lounge The Old Brewery Quarter, Caroline Street, Cardiff. 029 2038 2313. Fridays Fever Fridays 9pm- 3am. Cardiff’ s only official 90s and 00s night. Dance to tunes from the last two decades with drinks prices to match. Saturdays 9pm-3am. Our DJ spins your favourite party tunes from 70s disco to the most recent chart toppers. Sundays Industry Sundays 9pm-4am. Folks in the bar, club and hotel industry can come here after work and party to the selections of DJs Rhys Lewis and DJ George. Metros Baker’ s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff. com Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £ 5. Hywel plays‘ alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Subversion 9.30pm-3.30am, £ 3 with flyer before 10.30pm. Drinks promos, no dress code. Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Slacker 9.30pm-3.30am. Wherein Hywel plays alternative and new music. Meze Lounge Market Street, Newport. 01633 213161. Wednesdays Meze Rocks! 9pm-4am, £ 3 /£ 1 before 10. Main room: rock, indie, electro and punk. Studio: Visuals / games and chills. Attic: ska, punk and reggae. Thursdays Torn 8pm-2am. Rock and metal live bands from 8-11pm; a clubnight of much the same from 11pm-2am. Fridays Dressed To Kill 10pm-5am. This two-room club night has bubblegum punk pop( their, accurate, words) in the main room and nu-metal type stuff in room 2. Saturdays Crash! 10pm-5am, £ 3- £ 5. Two rooms ofindie / dance / alt( main room); and d’ n’ b / dubstep / hip-hop / bass( Attic). Minskys Show Bar Cathedral Walk, St David’ s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128. Fridays & Saturdays 8pm- 1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Pixie Perez, Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover. Mocka Lounge Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 /
www. mockalounge. com Fridays Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’ n’ b, funk, disco and old skool. Just old skool. Saturdays Decorum Soulful and upfront house, plus funk, disco etc, from Sinky and Styles. Sundays VIP Chris Evans( My Playhouse) plays club classics, funky house and r’ n’ b. Monkey Bar 13 Castle Street, Swansea. 01792 480822 / www. monkeycafe. co. uk Fri 2, 16 + 23 Don’ t Give A Funk Fridays 10pm-4am, £ 3. Funk, hip-hop, electro and party tunes. Fri 23 is headlined by The Fake Brothers. Fri 9 Beat Down 10pm-4am, £ 3. Bass music, house and drum’ n’ bass from Vypa & Rukus, Trex, Red * Star, Star K, Dirty Trixta and Shagg Waan. Sat 3, 17 + 31 Marvel 10pm-4am. Fortnightly urban music night with DJ Jared, DJ Noah, DJ Active and DJ Marchant. Sat 10 + 24 Wonka Vision 10pm- 4am, £ 5. Sat 10 is a residents special; Sat 24 is TBC. Sun Breeze Launch of a new night and a bank holiday special at that, although I can’ t tell you much else. Oceana Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3833 / cardiff @ oceanaclubs. com Mondays OMG! 9.30pm-3am, £ 3.50. Mayhem, games, cheap drinks, r’ n’ b, dance, indie, inner turmoil. Fridays Escape 9pm-3am, £ 5.50. Tunes, drinks offers, party. Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 9pm-3am, £ 8. Oceana’ s premier weekend night out, just edging out Friday in those particular stakes. Oceana 72 The Kingsway, Swansea. 0845 293 2872 / swansea @ oceanaclubs. com Mondays I Love Mondays 10pm-3am, £ 5. Student night. Tuesdays Love Social 10pm- 3am, £ 7.50. Under-18s night. Wednesdays Fuzzy Logic 10pm-3am, £ 3. Another student night with tunes supplied by Dave D( Ministry Of Sound resident). Fridays 3-4-1 Fridays £ 5. Featuring‘ three drinks for the price of one’ offers. Jesus. Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday £ 6.50. Odyssey Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 476476. Fridays I Love Fridays 10pm-3am, £ 2 adv. Main room: r’ n’ b, chart and dance anthems from D-Tone. Solitaire Lounge: r’ n’ b, bashment, garage, funky house and more. Saturdays Rehab vs Kiss 10pm-3am, £ 3.50 adv. Main room: r’ n’ b, chart and dance anthems from DJ Richie. Solitaire Lounge: vocal funky house from Chris Brown. The Old Library Trinity Street, Cardiff. 029 2066 6566. Saturdays Bang 9pm-4am, free. Indie, Alternative, mashups and party rockers with Hywel and DJ Loveless. The Parrot 32 King Street, Carmarthen. 01267 236012. Sat 16 Spitting Feathers 8pm-2am, £ 4 /£ 3 before 11. Hip-hop, funk, rhymes, dub and reggae are promised. DJ Click, Jack Gleeson, Za Sonic, Duble Dutch & Boofy, Zubat, Docta P, Shrubz & Foggieman, Culture Vultures and Billy Phono & Cen all feature. Popworld Wind Street, Swansea. Mon- Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676. Tuesdays Popworld Idol
DUKE DUMONT Glam, Cardiff, Sun 25 Aug. Tickets: £ 5 /£ 10 VIP. Info: 029 2022 9311 / www. glamnightclub. co. uk August Bank Holiday Sunday, generally a banner date for peabrained party mania, sees Glam Nightclub present Duke Dumont. Having earned his spurs remixing pop and indie acts( anyone from Lily Allen to Mystery Jets) in an upfront house fashion, as well as his own productions on Tiga’ s label Turbo, in 2013 he went for gold and teamed up with teenage vocalist A * M * E. Need U, the result, netted the pair a number one single, and put the Duke at the forefront of nu-skool chart-friendly house alongside Disclosure and Rudimental. The north London DJ and producer has a packed summer ahead, including peaktime slots at Bestival and Creamfields; his hectic schedule also takes him to Glam for the second time this year.
9pm-3am. Wednesdays Combo Light 8pm-3am, £ 3 /£ 2. Most drinks are £ 1.50. Thursdays Poptails 8pm- 3am. With 2-4-1 drinks all night. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £ 2- £ 4( Fri)/£ 3- £ 5( Sat). Sundays Jukepops 9pm-3am. DJ-led with a“ you say, we play” policy. Pulse 3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff. com. Gay venue. Wednesdays Pow 10pm, £ 1. Student night with theme nights and giveaways. Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm-5am, £ 3. With live PAs once a month. Saturdays Pop Til You Drop 10pm-5am, £ 5 /£ 4 b4 11. With DJ Warren and Matt Lissack( Capital FM). The Queens Hall High Street, Narberth. 01834 861212 / www. thequeenshall. org. uk Sat 3 Pembs Bass Lovers 9pm, £ 10 adv. Breaks, dubstep and all good ravey things that bring cheer to dance-loving youth out in the sticks( no offence to the sticks). Lineup still TBC mind you. Sat 17 Krossbow 9pm, £ 10 adv. Jagged basslines, ripping synths and dirty beats are promised from the headline duo, I think in the nu-skool breaks mould. Their Soundcloud has remixes of Toots & The Maytals and Nirvana. Revolution Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www. revolution-bars. co. uk Tuesdays Sync 9pm-3am. Student night featuring hazers, lasers and drink deals. Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 9pm-3am. Exclusive midweek student party. You don’ t need
NUS to get in though. Fridays Friday Club / I Love Vodka From 5pm. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire and the Revolution Angels who give away free vodka-related stuff. All food and lots of drink is also 2-4-1. Saturdays Party in style with table bookings. Sin City Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / bookings @ alternativeswansea. com Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £ 3. Student night. Fridays Face / Off 10pm- 3.30am, £ 4 /£ 3 b4 11. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’ n’ bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South. Sat 3 + Sat 7 Sept Dead Of Night 10pm- 3am, £ 3. Goth / alternative club night. Soda Lounge St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www. sodalounge. co. uk Tuesdays Cartel £ 4 /£ 3.50. UK-wide student night. Mr. Mozafari will be playing vocal house and electro upstairs; DJ Wallace will supply r’ n’ b and chart in the Soda Lounge. Wednesdays Boutique £ 4 /£ 3.50. The one-two killer combo of“ glamorous people” and“ cheapest Wednesday night drinks”. Fridays Smack. 10pm-3am, £ 3.50 adv. Cardiff’ s most notorious night, apparently, and maybe it is if you’ re a student. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Sat 10 Hed Kandi Summer Chic 9pm-4am, £ 5 adv /£ 10 VIP. Main room: vocal house, uplifting house, big room house and( and!) funky house from Carl Hanaghan Chris Budd( percussion) and Giggsy. Attic: Sam Cannon and Jay Vivet.
Tiger Tiger Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www. tigertiger-cardiff. co. uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £ 2.50 per session. The UK’ s leading private karaoke experience each day of the week. Fri 2 Legacy 8pm, £ 10 adv. First of a planned series of nights seeking to honour the pioneering greats of dance music. Naturally, they’ ve booked Dave Pearce for their opening night. Kris Hill, Danny Slade, Ollie Jaye and Richie Burrell also roll back the years. Fridays Office Party Chart toppers in the Tiger bar; dance, house and electro anthems in the club area; 70s and 80s party tunes in Groovy Wonderland. Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc. The Underground 37 St Helens Road, Swansea. 07980 448660 / www. theundergroundswansea. com Wednesdays Static 9pm- 2.30am, £ 2 / free before 11. Anthems, a Mario Kart gaming area, drinks deals, free sweets. Fri 9 Reset 8pm-3am, £ 5 /£ 3 NUS.“ Pushing the limits of electro house / complextro / big room / dubstep / moombahton,” say the promoters. Leon Robinson, Ceefax, Shaun Foley, Rhod Morgan and David Morgan Smith are the pushers in question. See Clubs. Sat 3 Dirtbox 8pm-2.30am, £ 5. Hard dance from Energy Syndicate, Onex & Trax, Re: Tox’ d, Rob Davies, D: Grove, Defiant & Distortion, Fanatic v Racy, Jammo and host Minto. Sat 31 Bass Raiderz 8pm, £ 4. Drum’ n’ bass in every style going( it is claimed), with DJs Rugga D, Azi, Fabz,
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