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Chesus, Soul, Rebel, The Organ Grinder and JV are drawn from the local pool, while German dance mag De: Bug host room 2 somehow. This has moved from Aura to this new venue, only got word as we were finishing this issue so a bit in the dark overall, sorry. Sat 22 Reverb 11pm-4am, £ 10 /£ 5 early bird. House don Tim Green was supposed to be at Aura in late May but it got postponed for slightly mysterious reasons. Anyway he’ s now headlining this night over Waff( Hot Creations), Matt Owen, oul Rebel and Aled Wynne. Bassment( formerly Six Feet Under) Stow Hill, Newport. 01633 252252 / www. sixfeetunderclub. com Saturdays Fresh City 10pm- 6am. Dancehall, r’ n’ b, hip-hop, funky and afrobeats every week. Bogiez Kingsway, Cardiff. 029 2039 6590 / www. bogiez. com Thursdays Hammer’ d 9pm-2am.“ From metal to metalcore, emo to screamo, rock to math-rock, pop-punk to power metal, dance to the undanceable, dark to light and virtually all genres in between,” is what is promised here. Fridays The Furnace 10pm-3am, free. Rock, metal punk and alternative both old and new. Saturdays Mayhem 9pm-3am, £ 4. Rock, metal and alternative. Old. And new. Drinks deals too. Buffalo 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 /
www. buffalocardiff. com Wednesdays Blender 8pm- 3am. Pop culture, fashion, music, bands, vintage stalls and DJ Emil in the bar until 3am. Wed 5 + 26 Cardiff Tea Club 8pm, free. DJs play reggae, dub, hip-hop, funk and more, while celebrating the drinking of tea. Thursdays Signature 10pm-4am. Thurs 13 is headlined by Gorgon City and tickets are £ 5. All others are TBC at present. Fridays Smash Disco 9pm-4am, £ 4 /£ 3 / free b4 11. Stacey French plays“ all killer no filler”. Saturdays The Beatbox Ballroom 8pm-4am, £ 4 / free b4 11. Bootybusting breaks, pimped-out soul and clock-stopping rhythms. Sat 8 Sound Garden 2pm- 12am. Presented by local house sorts Circles. Confirmed so far: Akra( Teng Records), Owain K( Dessous, 200), Bambi Woods( Peski) plus Circles, Obey! and City Bass residents. Sundays The Hop 8pm-3am, free. Rock’ n’ roll, swing, psych and alt-classic anthems, plus cult 50s and 60s films. The Bunk House 93-94 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8587 / www. bunkhousecardiff. co. uk Fridays 10pm, free. Ska and bluebeat every week with DJs Potter and Ben Potter. Saturdays 10pm, free. Jive, swing and rock’ n’ roll every week with DJ Ben Potter. Cardiff University Students Union Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / studentsunion @ cardiff. ac. uk * Fri 7 CYNT 9pm-4am, £ 17
adv. See Clubs for more on this big night of house and bass tackle. MK( Hot Creations), George Fitzgerald, Flashmob, Cyril Hahn, Zed Bias, Eton Messy, Blonde, Woz and Origins Sound feature across three rooms. Cathays Liberal Club Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2022 0906. Sat 15 Saturday Social 7.30pm-12am, £ 4. Acid house special with DJ Guy at the controls. Charlie Brown’ s / Baa Bar 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07772 216358. Wednesdays 9pm-3.30am, £ 4. Indie, pop and rock courtesy of resident DJs. Fri 5 July The Juice Joint 9pm-3am, £ 2.50. DJ Racz plays funk, rare groove, acid jazz, northern soul, Latin dance, hip-hop and Afrocentric type stuff. Fifty pence of your entry fee is donated to MIND. Now on the first Friday of each month. Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3.30am, £ 4. Indie, rock and metal courtesy of resident DJs. Fri 7 The Ravin Rom Charity Rave Event 7pm- 3am, £ 10. See clubs for more on this night, in aid of Cancer Research. Lineup: Cally & Juice feat. MC Shocker, The Chuck-E & Shocker Show, Swankie DJ & Kashi vs Ed ET & DTR, Shock: Force, Dave J, The Monitorz vs D-Grove, Stu Grady, DJ Burn( gabba set), Chojin vs EHD, The Mixed Up Kidd vs Valley Houser and hosts Shocker & Jay P. Club Oxygen 1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 /
ED SOLO Pembs Bass Lovers @ The Queens Hall, Narberth, Sat 22. Admission: £ 10. Info: www. thequeenshall. org. uk Ed Solo’ s early productions slotted cheerfully into the late-90s drum’ n’ bass scene, but over time he drifted towards nu-skool breaks, the genre which he’ s most closely associated with today. Of course,‘ nu-skool’ implies a built-in obsolescence – not much new about the fundamentals of the sound these days, which is why the likes of Ed( and pals in the scene, like Deekline and JFB) have been working hard to keep it fresh. To this end, expect Ed’ s set here in Narberth to deviate into jump-up jungle, booty bass and monster dubstep – something along the lines of his and Deekline’ s heroically peabrained Bounce & Shake mix album from earlier this year. He was dead popular at the Queens Hall in 2011, one understands, and is supported by Rigdiculous DJs tonight.
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www. globaloxygen. co. uk Fridays Traffic Light Future Fridays 10pm, £ 1 b4 12 / free NUS. House and commercial music all night with a traffic light party dresscode. Saturdays Saturday Savers 10pm, £ 5. House and commercial tunes all night. Sat 8 Andy Whitby Big man of hard house is guest of honour. Argy, Rob Davies, Chop’ n’ Change, The Monitorz and Chesh are in room 1; Big Al, Martin Dibble and Double Cream in room 2. Clwb Ifor Bach Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www. clwb. net Mon 10 Itchy Feet 11pm- 4am, £ 6. Swing, soul, funk, R & B, rock’ n’ roll and ska. Wednesdays Listen Up! 10pm-4am, £ 3. Middle floor: rockabilly, soul, R & B and Motown. Bottom floor: indie, electro, rock, disco and classic pop and hip-hop. Fridays( bottom) Xerox 10.30pm-3am, £ 4.50 /£ 3.50 NUS. A“ party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 7 + 21 Aperture 10pm-4am, £ 10 /£ 8. Drum’ n’ bass and hiphop, plus a Droneboy Lounge room. Fri 7 is headlined by Nu: Logic and Fri 21 is still TBC, so can I just use this space to say that artist names with colons in the middle are the worst development in the last 15 years of drum’ n’ bass. Crystal 41 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2034 5477. Fri 7 Entourage Female Takeover 10pm-4am. Weekly urban night is visited by the following DJs and MCs: Melody Kane, Shystie, Shezar, Lady Lykez and Shejay1E. Delilahs 54-55 High Street, Newport. 01633 259144. Wednesdays Pounded Student night with drinks deals galore. Fridays Wicked 9pm- 4am, £ 3- £ 5. Dance, chart and urban classics with drinks deals and theme nights. Saturdays Medication 9pm-4am, £ 3- £ 5. Dr Kirke and Dr Ifsta offer chart anthems, r’ n’ b, urban and dancehall hits. Dempseys Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253. Thursdays + Fridays( downstairs) Twisted By Design 9.30pm-2am, free. Weekly night along the lines of the Saturday lineups. Saturdays 9pm-3am, free. Rock’ n’ roll, funk, soul, prty tunes yadda yadda, selected by DaveJohn Norton, Nat Tea MisChief, James Cooper, Josh Morris, DJ Chizol and more. Sat 1 Barsha 7pm, £ 5 /£ 3 NUS. Breaks, electroswing and Balkan beats, live and DJed. Bands: We Are The Afterglow, Rum Puppets and Meirion. DJs: Dr Nitrogen, Subliminal, Johnny Depprivation and Supersigil. Sat 8 Twisted By Design 9pm-2am, £ 3.50 /£ 3 NUS. Monthly event with Gary playing the best in indie choons – Belle & Sebastian, Bowie, Cure, Dead Kennedys, summat like that. It’ s 13 years old this month! Sat 29 Fabulous 8pm-2am, £ 4. Long-running night playing Northern soul, R & B, funk, ska, reggae, indie and Britpop. Escape Northampton Lane, Swansea. escapenightclub @ live. co. uk / www. escdj. com Sat 15 Escape Gets Filthy 11pm-5am, £ 5. Main room: Project-Tek, VST v NSR( Vishaun, Snatch and Trampy v Narcotic Smugglers featuring |
MC Racy), Zac F v McShane, Bangerzz & D, M & M Project, Pesky and a competition winner. Lounge( electro, progressive house and Psytrance) Ben Joesph, Kye Davies, Dale Shocker and Fanatic DJ. The Factory Jenkin Street, Porth. 01443 687080 / www. factoryporth. com Fri 14 Judge Jules 8pm-2am, £ 10 adv. The Judge comes down to help celebrate one year of Factory Club Nights. Fantasy Lounge 93 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2038 2201. Mondays-Saturdays Erotic Dancing Mon-Sat 8pm-2am, Fridays 2pm-2am. Lap dancing, pole dancing, theme nights, waitress service and suites for hire. Fine wines and champagne available. Smart dress. Floyd’ s Bar 93 St Mary Street, Cardiff. barfloyd @ hotmail. co. uk Fridays Sessions 10pm, £ 5. Hi. El. Why and C. Tizzle play old skool, r’ n’ b, hip-hop and dancehall. Saturdays Touch 10pm, £ 5. Much like Fridays, with extra urban and bashment and DJ Special. Fuel 5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 0845 6430032 / www. givemefuel. co. uk Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town. The Full Moon / The Moon Club Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / info @ thefullmooncardiff. com Thursdays Boom! Until 2.30am, free. Electroswing, ghetto funk, dub, reggae and party mashups. Fridays Womp / Reggae-Hop 11pm-3am, £ 3 / free b4 12. Kaptin and F-Block play electroswing, ghetto funk, mashups etc in the main room; Toclifrench and MC Little Tree deliver reggae, dancehall, afrobeat and hip-hop in the Loft. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between. Sat 1 Back To Basskicks 10pm, £ 4. Breaks and swing night headlined by Dub Boy from Bristol plus MC Tenja. I don’ t think he plays either breaks or swing so if you demand these musics check before you go I guess. Sat 22 Ultimate Power 11pm-3am, £ 5 /£ 4 adv. Night of power ballads which people goof around to with the help of inflatable guitars and mics. Has proved popular in London. Glam Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / info @ glamnightclub. co. uk Mondays Jagerfest 10pm- 3am, £ 3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems( room one) and r’ n’ b, hip-hop, urban and funky( room two). Wednesdays Gossip 10pm-3am, £ 3.50.“ Cardiff’ s sexiest weekly Wednesday night, allowing you to get spotted with Cardiff’ s social elite, enjoy cheap drinks and dance all night.” Thursdays Propaganda 9pm-3am, £ 3 adv. UK-wide indie night comes to Cardiff with special guests on some weeks. Residents: DJ Dan, The Postman, Andy Tokyo, Matt Nelmes and Joshcat. Fridays Therapy 9pm-3am. Level 1: r’ n’ b, hip-hop and mash-ups from DJ Sole and DJ Pro. Level 2: house, electro, dubstep and drum’ n’ bass from Ian Davies and DJ Rewire. Saturdays |
Vanity 9pm-3am, £ 5. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. The Globe 125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www. globecardiffmusic. com Sun 2 Afrika Bambaataa 7.30pm, £ 9 adv. Hip-hop pioneer in Cardiff for a first time in a while. Gwdihw 6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www. gwdihw. co. uk Tue 25 The Who Afterparty 8pm, free. Featuring a live set by Third Party and DJs playing mod / 60s classics. Those attending The Who’ s gig in the Motorpoint Arena are invited to nip over afterwards, so this will probably be busy. Thursdays Juxtaposed 11pm, £ 3. Pop and indie hits every week. Fri 7 Sure Shot 9pm, £ 3. Featuring Bristolian DJ collective Bedmo Disco, who I have seen and enjoyed before, plus Don Leisure. Fri 14 + Sat 29 Signor Funk 9pm, £ 3. Funk, reasonably enough, plus northern soul etc. Fri 21 Devils Gun 10pm, £ 3. Funk, disco and soul from DJ Veto and live band Iron Eye. Fri 28 Afrocluster EP Launch Party 9pm, £ 3. The band themselves will play a set of their afro-funk styles, while DJs will keep it going until 3am. Sat 1 Juju Nations 9pm, £ 3. Funk, reggae, Afrobeat and the like, featuring a live set from Nuru Kane. Sat 11 Fat City 9pm, £ 4. Soul, Latin, jazz, house, electro, funk and hiphop, with a live set from The Occasional Brass Ensemble. Sat 15 A Celebration Of Detroit’ s Finest 9pm, £ 3. James Parker and Chris Conroy present a night of Motown classics. Sat 22 Hully Gully 9pm, £ 3. Funk, hip-hop, beats and bass from DJ Vero and Double Cee. * Sun 2 Catapult Presents 3pm-1am, £ 11 adv. Great lineup of jungle and old skool rave by the dance record shop folks. Rinse FM’ s Uncle Dugs, who played Cardiff just before Christmas, is joined in the back yard by Billy Bunter, Jamie G, Kooley and Speedo. Switch play house and bass music in the bar. Hobo’ s 6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend. www. hobosmusicvenue. com Fridays + Saturdays Distorted 10pm-3am, free. Rock, punk and metal night in the bar area where punters are encouraged to make requests. Koko Gorilaz Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029 2034 1767 / www. kokogorilaz. co. uk Fri 28 Cardiff Originals 9.30pm-3am. Celebration of Cardiff’ s jungle / drum’ n’ bass history featuring T-Bone, Dubmatt, Ransom, Smokey Bluntz, Kallista, Rayzor, Oisin, Orange Elvis, Zippy & Cod, G Sharp, Sheppa D, Bason, MP, Slaughter, G Fync, Tribe & Coop, Jobione and more TBC are the DJs. MCs: Mr Traumatik, XL, Picton, Caveman, Drillz, Jaydee, Skamma, Rdott, Dman and Killah K. I think this was originally booked for Fri 31 May( and listed accordingly last month); there’ s a special guest DJ TBC still. Sat 8 Epic Bars 5pm, £ 10 adv /£ 7 earlybird. Return of this hit rap battle night, which has an early evening battle to start then a live PA from Chester P, of Task Force and‘ refusing to believe that Adam Anonymous and Adam Alphabet are different people’ fame. Ransom, Badbones, MAB, |
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