events // Subcity at the Research Club

Friday 21st November 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Benny Boom // ASCII
Poporopo Especialista // Ruin It

Its been a whole year since Subcity Radio first loaded in the speakers, turned up the amps, and proceeded to give the West End residents something to complain about. For lovers of pounding electro and hyped-up techno, well, they got given a clubnight to sink their teeth into. Substance, with some home-made style.

It's not often you find chiptune, reggaeton, dubstep and jungle in the one night, followed by a decent helping of classic, addictive, bass heavy electro to rile up the heartrates.

Benny Boom, who started out with a show on the station, is part of the next generation of genre-defying party DJs, recently becoming inaugurated into the hotbed of talent that is the Ninja Tune DJ team to rub musical shoulders with Coldcut, DJ Food and DK. He's recently complemented the Hows Your Party? nights at the SubClub with the relaunch of Mixed Bizness at The Art School, which is drawing in capacity crowds. It's run in conjunction with Mixed Bizness Artists, a creative collective and booking agency focused on showcasing the very best talent in modern electronic music, working closely with artists such as Hint (Tru Thoughts) and Jackmaster (Numbers/Wireblock), and displaying the same relentlessly pioneering ethos as Subcity.

The past months have seen the DJ/Producer, real name Ben Coghill, in constant demand, with gigs ranging from the exotic - touching down in Cape Town, Malawi and Zagreb - to the plain impressive, with stints such as a record six sets at this summer's Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

But his ultimate aim? Playing his favourite tunes to pretty girls in exotic, and not so exotic, locations. Coghill, who has always retained a respect for the station's ambitions, said:

'Subcity nights have always been and most likely always will be my favourite nights to play at in Glasgow. It's a fantastic community of music loving hedonists that make you want to drop the next tune a little faster and a little fatter. The new people at the station are full of fresh ideas but refuse to ignore the roots that have made it the success it is.'

Ever aware of the burgeoning talent under their noses, support comes from the station's presenters; Poporopo Especialista will be upping sticks from the Halt Bar Hijack to melt latino hiphop into reggaeton and tropicalia, whilst Game Boy geeks ASCII bring chiptune and 8bit with the intentions of not just challenging the norm, but chopping it up and setting it to top speed. They'll be welcoming DJ Whoa!gan to the decks for punishing layers of breakcore, dubstep, and jungle.

Posted at 23:45, 5th November 2008

events // Haunted Disco

Friday 31st October 2008
Subcity and The Art School presents...
Haunted Disco
11pm - 3am
£6(Limited Adv @ GUSRC / Vic Bar) // £7 // £8

Johnny Whoop // Pro Vinylist Karim // Yellowbenzene // Soosh
Findo Gask // Falconi Brothers // Tintin & Snowy

This All Hallows' Eve, Subcity Radio and the Art School will be bridging the gap between the living and the dead the only way they know how; with bass, bass and more bass.

Upstairs in the graveyard, Subcity have reanimated Death Disco resident Johnny Whoop, who'll be playing homage to the hobgoblins with fidgety-house and tormenting techno. Joining him on the altar is long lost Subcity favourite Pro Vinylist Karim - rumour has it his spectre's been floating around the Captain's Rest in recent months; now he's been kidnapped to help raise the dead with blood-curdling booty and grime.

Meanwhile downstairs in the dungeon, the Art School present a live aural treat in the Vic Bar with local indie-electro starlets Findo Gask getting the bones shaking. Warming up the blood will be the electric Falconi Brothers (Pump Club) and a taste of ambient noise and gloomy classical from Tintin and Snowy.

Prizes for the best costume are sponsored by American Apparel, so get digging out your scariest disguises for a sinfully punishing night.

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Advance tickets available now at GUSRC (map) or Vic Bar(map)

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Posted at 15:23, 21st October 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

Friday 17th October 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Shaun fae Solar // Argonaut Sounds
Codeine Drums // Our Kid

Forget getting settled into the new academic year, get settled back into Subcity's monthly parties. It's time to get in from the cold, shake off the autumn blues and get sweaty.

Last year saw the station's top DJs take over the University's research club every month building up a following of clued up and not so clued up Westenders.

The second party of the new year sees the return of one half of last years resident duo, Shaun fae Solar. He's bent on loosening the refurbished fixtures with baltimore fused hiphop, rave and house. There'll also be fresh faces - Codeine Drums makes her Subcity debut with off-kilter hiphop beats alongside loved-up house from Our Kid.

Special guests Argonaut Sounds bring dancehall, soca and ragga from Jamaica Govan. Best known for their cult nights in the basement of The Ivy, catch them at the best house party in town - now with added airhorns, bomb drops and slengteng.

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Posted at 23:19, 9th October 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

Friday 26th September 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Simon Bryan // Ooft // David Sinclair // Full Phat

Just as the weather begins to turn, trust Subcity to bring some light to the darker nights with the return of the infamous Subcity parties.

To celebrate, we've got a mix of some of glasgow's darlings from every corner of the city to grace our disturbingly large soundsystem, all having started out with shows on the station - and my, aren't we proud. For any party virgins out there not yet acquainted with the night, the idea is to bring together the best DJ talent from around the city, arm them with a pile of speakers, and let them do their best at dislodging a few fixtures.

David Sinclair is best known for transforming Tuesday nights into a downright electro-fest with his Killer Kitsch nights at The Buff Club, in between bringing the party to Bunker, Abc, and now Nice n Sleazies with his newly launched clubnight Damaged Goods. This Friday sees him joining up with the boys from the other side of the motorway as Ooft, fresh from their irregular nights at the Ivy, as well as curating the L.E.S.S. Productions edits series and producing records for UK label Five20East records, will be playing everything from dubbed-out re-edits to bleepy house with a truly admirable dash of technical geekery. We've also got jacking house from Glasgow's roaming fidgety house pioneer Full Phat, and latest Subcity talent Simon Bryan will be sneaking out of his bedroom to kickstart the night with some minimal bleepery and bulging basslines.

Welcome back to belly-shaking beats and neighbour-bothering bass.

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Check out our photos from the night on flickr.

Review in Glasgow University Guardian 29/09/08

Posted at 19:28, 8th September 2008

events // Subcity Freshers’ Party 08

Tuesday 16th September 2008
Deep 6, Glasgow University Union (map)
free with freshers' pass // 8pm-2am

Benny Boom // Shaun fae Solar // Our Kid
Matthew Craig (One More Tune) // Visual AIDS

To get a taste of what Subcity has to offer, head to the GUU’s Deep 6 on Tuesday for a mix of fresh faces and city-known veterans, all hailing from the station's bursting catalogue of talent.

The audio-visual assault kicks off with one of Subcity’s latest young finds, Our Kid (pictured), determined to make the station proud with a party-geared mix of house and electro, whilst Matthew Craig, recent founder of monthly club night One More Tune, also makes his Subcity debut after a busy year behind his new decks found him playing a mix of electro, techno, and disco alongside the likes of Glasgow darling JG Wilkes (Optimo). Crude visuals will be supplied by Subcity's favourite VJ, VisualAIDS.

Station veterans Shaun fae Solar and Benny Boom, former residents at Subcity's infamous campus parties, will step in to take care of the basslines, baltimore and booty-shaking ghetto-house with a smattering of dubstep, electro and breaks, as well as the fancy tricks others don't dare to try. From having shows on the station, both have gone on to start pioneering nights in the city, with Benny Boom most recently known for the Hows Your Party? explosion at the good old SubClub.

Expect to leave the night more than a little worse for wear.

Posted at 17:31, 6th September 2008

events // Aftermath of Subcity at the West End Festival

Once again, Subcity managed to not only justify the hype, but unite children, dogs and clubbers alike with their stage at last Sunday's West End Festival. Lilybank Gardens was transformed into a sweaty, throbbing mass, thanks to the hundreds of people who turned up to enjoy the station's finest DJ talent, a six-pack and some sunshine. Public appreciation of the day has been pouring in, so a massive thanks to everyone who turned up and shook that ass to help make it into the banging success it was.

See the day in pictures on Facebook here.

Or Listen Again to the hottest stage at the festival, in order of appearance:

Felonious Munk // Bogey Music
Rock Island Line // Vegas! // OOFT
Argonaut Sounds // Matt Lygate
Wee Cheesy // Shaun fae Solar // Full Phat

View playlists.

If you caught any of the Subcity party vibe, then
let us know how it was for you.

Special thanks to Philip Zambonini and to Graham Hendry at Tannoy for the best sounding PA at the festival.

Posted at 00:58, 9th July 2008

events // Subcity at the West End Festival

Sunday 15th June 2008
Lilybank Gardens
grass behind Ashton Lane
Noon - 7pm, Free entry for all ages

Glasgow's premier party starters Subcity Radio have once again blagged a stage at the annual West End Festival this Sunday.
A selection of the station's finest DJs will be adorning the recently re-turfed Lilybank Gardens with a pair of decks, a massive pile of speakers and a crowd of people intent on leaving the latte drinkers behind.

Whether you want to tap your feet to some rock n roll in the sun, or burn off those beers with a punishing electro-tech mash-up, we've got it all.

11:45 Felonius Monk
12:30 Euan Chambers(Bogey Music)
13:15 Rock Island Line
14:00 Poporopo Especial
14:45 VEGAS!
15:30 OOFT
16:15 Argonaut Sounds
17:00 Matthew Lygate
17:45 Shaun fae Solar vs Wee Cheesy
18:30 Full Phat

Head down to hear everything from dancehall to drum n bass, techno to pop, as we continue to rile up the Ashton Lane crowd and shake the grade A surroundings.

Posted at 23:42, 7th July 2008

events // Aftermath of Subcity at the Research Club

A big thanks to everyone who came down for our final blow-out party last Friday and helped make the night into a floor-shaking, brain-cell-bothering success.

Residents Shaun fae Solar and Boom Monk Ben were joined by Glasgow's favourite fidgety pioneer Full Phat and rising star Simon Bryan. To celebrate we brought in two more decks and a load more speakers.

If you're itching for more, Subcity will be returning to their usual spot on Lilybank Gardens as part of the West End Festival on Sunday 15 June with a truly eclectic handful of Subcity talent. Keep checking subcity.org for the full line up.

Posted at 10:32, 7th June 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

23rd May 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Boom Monk Ben // Shaun fae Solar // Simon Bryan // Hudson Mo // Full Phat

Summer's here; it's time to turn off the radiators and stuff the jaikets back in the wardrobe, and Subcity's having a final blowout party to celebrate. Friday 23rd May sees the last in the series of the Subcity house parties at the Hetherington Research Club. True to the station's music policy on air, the nights have been about re-defining the clubscene: a hand picked selection of the station's talent playing every record like it's someone's living room and the police are on their way.

True to the station's reputation as a springboard for aspiring young DJs these parties have also showcased the best in new talent the station has to offer alongside the stalwarts of the city's clubs.

Since the start of the academic year, for one Friday each month, the drinking spot of postgraduates and professors has been transformed into a sweaty dancing box with a couple of hundred idiots out on the randan dancing to everything from digital disco fiends Record Playerz to Govan's finest selectors Argonaut Sounds.This last night is going to be a special one:

Starting things off is Simon Bryan, the newest find from the late night depths of the Subcity schedule: an unassuming bedroom DJ with a passion for minimal bleepery and German tech-house. Next up residents Boom Monk Ben and Shaun fae Solar will have four decks between them, but they'll be contending with Glasgow's fidget pioneer Full Phat trying to hustle his way on the decks whenever one of them turns their back. Expect a slightly worrying mix of house, baltimore, basslines and 80s pop classics all played through the excessively large soundsystem.

Following up this nonsense and finishing off the night is a man on everyone's lips right now, Hudson Mo (Warp / Luckyme). A Subcity veteran presenting various shows since his days as the youngest UK DMC finalist, he has recently seen success as a producer, having already being snapped up as the latest signing for Warp Records. His critically acclaimed Ooops EP sees Hudson re-jigging R&B tracks, slowing them down, deconstructing and rebuilding them with a deep, bass-heavy edge and a loose, almost frayed percussive swing - the result being a series of unbelievably heavy, funked up and utterly filthy reinterpretations that will no doubt wreak havoc in clubs long after this release has disappeared into the eBay ether.

It's going to be a messy one. The racks are being loaded with extra amps, the carpet's being rolled up, the paintings are off the walls and safely locked away. Arrive early to be part of the rammy.

Posted at 13:49, 7th May 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

21st March 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Record Playerz Dee-Jays // Boom Monk Ben
Shaun fae Solar // Ruin it

A couple of hundred sweaty young bodies stuffing their jackets behind the radiators, trying not to knock the picture frames off the walls, dancing to bass heavy re-edits, inside an old Victorian town-house in the Westend.

By day you'll find professors and post-graduates having a quiet coffee, but come the end of the month Subcity Radio have other plans: loading in a pair of decks and a pile of speakers to have themselves a house party.

Resident DJ Boom Monk Ben is enjoying getting sweaty in a small room:
"I remember the massive nights at The Arches very well but I feel these more intimate events are exactly what the station and the West End of Glasgow needs. It's free of any pretence and macho posturing that often comes with the promotion of fresh sounds. The energy from the crowd is unrivalled and the venue is perfectly suited for an under the radar rave up. I have played all over UK and Europe in recent months but these nights are still the most fun to be had."

Along with fellow resident and Mixed Bizness veteran Shaun fae Solar, each night sees the station's hottest DJs get the party going and the windows steamed up. So far this year guests have included re-edit scenesters Ooft (Five20East), Glasgow's fidgety pioneer Full Phat (Obese), drum n bass heads Armed Response (Symbiosis) and Govan's finest selectors Argonaut Sounds. The musical policy is much like it is on-air: everything from Sinden to the Pet Shop Boys with a Baltimore remix of Deee-Lite thrown in for good measure.

Joining Shaun and Ben behind the decks on the dancefloor are digital disco party fiends Record Playerz - newcomers to the airwaves but stalwarts of Glasgow clubbing with their institutional Thursday night Art School residency. With such an intimate space the dancefloor fills up quickly, so all the more reason to get down early for the station's top Dubstep show Ruin It who are getting the place loosened up with some heavy heavy basslines.

/////////// Hi res press images available to download: subcity.org/press/#images

Posted at 13:47, 7th May 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

22nd February 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£4 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Lord of the Dancehall // Argonaut Sounds
Shaun fae Solar // Full Phat

This February 22nd sees Subcity continue to pack the dance floor in the next in a series of seriously hot parties.

Subcity have been distorting and ignoring the boundaries of student radio for 13 years, as well as dotting the city with their notorious club nights, live showcases, DJs and genres before the rest of the city have caught up. Friday 22nd sees the station moving in off the streets and steaming up the windows of the University's Research Club as we defy the Glasgow winter Jamaican-style with the finest DJ talent the station, and the city, has to offer.

This February 22nd sees Subcity continue to pack the dance floor in the next in a series of seriously hot parties.

Subcity have been distorting and ignoring the boundaries of student radio for 13 years, as well as dotting the city with their notorious club nights, live showcases, DJs and genres before the rest of the city have caught up. Friday 22nd sees the station moving in off the streets and steaming up the windows of the University's Research Club as we defy the Glasgow winter Jamaican-style with the finest DJ talent the station, and the city, has to offer.

This month we're cooking up a treat for those hungry for some belly-shaking baselines. Get your elbows at the ready as we kick off with a bowel-quaking blend of reggae, ragga and dirty dancehall beats - Lord of the Dancehall arrives fresh from London to get your hips moving and your arse grinding. Representing Glasgow, resident Shaun fae Solar (Rab's Boutique) is joined by Full Phat (Audio Ice Cream, Symbiosis) serving up a truly indulgent mix of baltimore, ghetto-tech, electro and house before its back to the bassline with the Argonaut Sounds boys getting a discovery ticket each and bringing Govan's finest reggae riddims and dancehall delights, infused with the slengteng flavour of Jamaica.

So get down, get low, and keep it high.

Posted at 10:09, 9th February 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

25th January 2008
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£3 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Boom Monk Ben // Armed Response
Pete MacLeod // Shaun fae Solar

Just as everyone else is hiding indoors from the cold, Subcity have been working their way through the winter to provide you with an excuse to get loud and loaded. This January 25th, start the new year Subcity-style with a mixed bag of the finest DJ talent the station has to offer, from baltimore to drum'n'bass.

Subcity have been distorting and ignoring the boundaries of student radio for 13 years, as well as spotting the city with their notorious clubnights, live showcases, djs and even genres before the rest of the city have caught up. The second in this new monthly series of parties sees the station moving in off the streets and steaming up the windows of the University's Research Club in the most intimate offering of hot dj talent the station, and the city, has to offer in one night.

The night kicks off early with funk, soul and hiphop courtesy of Pete McLeod, a prominent face in Glasgow's hiphop dives, before residents and Mixed Bizness veterans Boom Monk Ben (Sub Club HYP) and Shaun fae Solar (Rab's Boutique) take over making sure the dancefloor stays packed with all things baltimore, ghetto-tech, electro and house.

Heading down after their Friday night radio show to bring the night to a sweaty close are Subcity's flagship drum'n'bass DJs Armed Response. One half of the act Yellow Benzene has been making a name for himself in the Scottish dnb scene as resident at hotly tipped night Symbiosis.

Posted at 17:57, 14th January 2008

events // Subcity at the Research Club

23rd November 2007
Hetherington Research Club
13 University Gardens (map)
£3 // non members welcome // 9pm-2am

Boom Monk Ben // Get OOFT // Camouflage // Shaun fae Solar

Alright listen up. Subcity's having a party, and you're invited. Swing by the research club for around nine on Friday 23rd November. We'll supply the decks, the tunes, and the dark corners. Just bring a few quid, some dancing shoes, and a couple of mates who can last 'til the end. Party ends when we get thrown out.

Some of Subcity's finest slackers and party people are gonna be there to give you a taste of a real house party. Subcity stalwart BoomMonkBen's been busy around town, rocking the legendary Mixed Bizness nights at The Arches and the Glasgow School of Art, as well as the How's Your Party nights at the Sub Club. With a record collection bigger and brighter than you'll find at any student bedsit, the Boom Monk knows how to keep you on your feet. If that's not enough for you, he's bringing a few mates to mix things up. We've got breaks, twisted disco, and everything electrofied in between with rising Glasgow scenesters OOFT!, fresh from sharing the decks with the liked of Sinden and Switch. We've got dark and dirty dubstep and techno from Soundhaus residents Camouflage if you like your beats twitchy and raw. And, if you're still standing, we'll get fellow Mixed Bizness veteran Shaun fae Solar to throw down the breaks, beats and party-electro to keep your hands in the air and get you shaking that a-a-a-ass.

Expect a night of trouser-flapping basslines and belly-shaking beats. All after-parties will be compulsory. You up for it?

Posted at 21:48, 9th January 2008

events // Freshers' Week Hyper Rave

Friday 21st September
9pm-2am, free with freshers' pass
Debates Chamber, GUU

Subcity is Glasgow's student radio station, famed for putting on some of the hottest parties on the Glasgow club scene; from huge block parties on University property, to niche nights in the city's most respected clubs.

True to form as one of the only student-run radio stations that refuses to pander to expectations, this Friday sees one of the oldest buildings on campus transformed into a multicoloured sweaty dancing box as the city's finest slackers, dropouts and party people plant a deliciously dangerous mix of crazy visuals and cranked up DJs in the historical GUU Debates Chamber.

The audio-visual assault kicks off with the finest Subcity has to offer, teasing you with a taste of the talent dominating the airwaves from 14th - 23rd September (106.6FM) and all year round on www.subcity.org. From house with Full Phat to party electro with Frantic Ant there's something to tempt even the most reluctant of dancing feet; meanwhile, they've sent down their most dedicated tech-heads to let you live the night in technicolour with light effects and oversized visuals. Neon never looked so good.

Past legendary Subcity nights have included names as hot as Dizzee Rascal and ShitDisco, and this year there's no relenting as they're stepping the pressure up with a double onslaught. This Friday sees French progressive house come to Glasgow as DJ Atom (C2C) makes the kids shake face to face. A must for anyone who knows what's hot and what's not for those excited by the imminently erupting French electro-house scene, Atom's sound emerged at Lyon's underground raves before exploding on to the Ibizan club scene, neatly scooping first place at the DMC World Team DJ champions along the way in 2005 as one half of C2C. Moving onwards and upwards, Subcity have blagged him for one night only to show Glasgow why he deserves the title. Check him out here (bbc.co.uk), here (youtube.com) or check out his MySpace profile here

If you like your music and you like to move, the beats begin at 10.30. The night should undoubtedly finish with your own hazy warden-enraging after-party; get your sunglasses ready for the next morning's walk of shame. A night of big beats, heavy basslines, dirty guitars and sweaty boys and girls.

Check it out on www.subcity.org and during freshers' week on 106.6FM.

Posted at 02:50, 22nd September 2007

events // Subcity Radio Stage @ West End Festival 07

Sunday 10th June 2007
Lilybank Gardens
grass behind Ashton Lane
Noon - 7pm, Free entry for all ages

Glasgow's premier block rockers Subcity Radio will once again be donning their shorts and shades as they stick a massive pile of speakers and a gazebo on university property. They've promised The Secretary of Court they will be on their best behaviour but that hasn't stopped them in the past.

Plugging in to a Lilybank Gardens lamp-post will be a selection of the finest young (and not so young) DJs in the city, including: Vegas, Argonaut Sounds, Nuff Stylee, Build and Destroy, Yellow Benzene, Rab's Boutique, Screaming Blue Soul and Solar Island's Tim (royale rumble champ). If their radio shows are anything to go by, expect to hear anything from rock n roll to sesame street hiphop with a touch of dancehall and drum n bass to shake the grade A surroundings.

The closest thing to a block party the west end will see, as long as the university big-wigs are distracted by the parade.

Lilybank Gardens is the large grassy area just up from Ashton Lane and Byres Road
Byres Road will be closed to traffic all day.
Stalls, Live Music, Food, Drink and a Mardi Gras Parade.
For more info on the rest of the festival, check the west end festival programme.

For high resolution images or more info contact shaun@subcity.org

Posted at 19:29, 16th May 2007

events // Tight Meat / Richard Youngs / Heather Leigh

Glasgow University Union
Wednesday 21st March, 9pm
£6 on the door

TIGHT MEAT will be finishing off their UK tour with a potentially head-spinning home-coming performance in the Glasgow University Union on 21st March 2007. After a slew of high-profile gigs with the likes of ALEXANDER TUCKER, JOSEPHINE FOSTER, JAZZFINGER and MV+EE, this heavily intoxicated aural spine-melt is sure to be a proper knees up! Expect skittery, densely polyphonic free rhythms (courtesy of SCATTER / BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY's drummer), wailing post-AYLER sax and the most physical double-bass playing you've ever seen from a man in his 60s.

RICHARD YOUNGS had to cancel his last appearance with Subcity due to illness, but this time it's a sure thing. Performing a vocal and electric guitar set, this one's going to be pure molten psych. As a lynchpin in the 90s British underground folk/improv scene, Richard Youngs has quietly built himself a massive reputation for twisting archaic, rustic folk forms into fresh, liberated mediums without sacrificing any of the magic that characterised the best 60s/70s shamanism. Glasgow performances from this man are beyond rare - miss this at your peril.

HEATHER LEIGH's spine-tingling vocals are still haunting the recesses of everyone's brain matter after her last Subcity appearance with MATTHEW BOWER and CHRIS CORSANO. Switching from a gentle, innocent melancholia to a full-on paint-stripping banshee wail at the drop of a hat, this former CHARALAMBIDES member is an true undergroung jewel. And you will never have heard a pedal-steel guitar played like this in your life!

So come on down to the GUU on 21st March at 9pm for an evening of beautiful, unique and exhilarating live music. BLACK STATIC TRANSMISSION will provide some suitably chilling audio entertainment between bands as an extra bonus. £6? Bargain.

more info on the forum

Posted at 17:49, 15th March 2007

events // Subcity Battle Royale - Friday 2nd March 07

Subcity Battle Royal
Friday 2nd March 2007
Glasgow School of Art
£5 adv (src & vic bar) / £7 door

Only a month after packing out the Vic Bar with the house party vibe of Subcity's HiFi, Glasgow's finest return to the Art School to bring you two floors of sports-entertainment inspired mayhem. Subcity's Battle Royale will see over 20 DJs slog it out over 2 rooms, 8 decks and 10 rounds. Who's arm will be raised as the undisputed champion?

Subcity's management have punched above their weight to bring you an electrifying card, featuring a mix of Subcity superstars and enthusiastic rookies. The stipulations are set and the titles are on the line. You will see DJ's battling for supremacy, letting their fingers do the talking while the crowd are asked to vote with their feet. Dancing in the red or blue corners will allow you, the audience, to select your champions. Belts will change hands, depending on who rocks the crowd on the night.

full details and card on the forum

Posted at 12:29, 28th February 2007

events // Subcity and Volcanic Tongue present...

Glasgow University Union
Saturday 24th February, 8pm
£8 on the door

Join Subcity and Volcanic Tongue for an evening of pure psychedelic indulgence at the GUU on Sat 24th February. Multi-limbed fire-drumming legend Chris Corsano joins Matthew Bower (bliss-out hallucinogenic mind-melt) and Heather Leigh Murray (haunting vocal innocence and deconstructed pedal steel blues). This is the first (and possibly only) time these 3 legends of outsider music have played together - be there or gouge your own face out.

Richard Youngs also makes a rare appearance with a solo electric guitar set, hooked straight into the vein of 70's psych wailing and melancholy avant-garde folk. After a storming set at All Tomorrow's Parties last year, this promises to be pure electricity straight from the source.

Support comes from Nackt Insecten (zoned-out drone syrup) and GODOT (sub-bass trauma and skin-grafting laptop abuse).

Head to the Reading Room inside the GUU at 8pm with £8 in your back pocket - it couldn't be spent on anything else.

Check out the forum for more details

Posted at 16:17, 22nd February 2007

events // Subcity's HiFi - Friday 2nd Feb 2007

Subcity's HiFi
Friday 2nd February 2007
The Vic Bar (School of Art)
£FREE ENTRY

On the Decks

• Soulful Allsorts (Northern Soul)
• SuburbanFM (Felonious Munk brings the Funk)
• Black Static Transmission & Frantic Ant (live)
• Rock Island Line (Rock n Roll)
• Argonaut Sounds(Dancehall set)
• Nuff Stylee (hiphop)

Swing by the Vic Bar on Friday for a wee sample of this year's Subcity broadcast in the flesh. Featuring faces for radio old and new, should be a nice warm up for bigger things to come this year. This Friday night, usual Art School Bar prices, free entry, sweet soundsystem, good tunes... see you there.

more on the forum

Posted at 23:35, 1st February 2007

events // Subcity Block Party 2006

Subcity Radio Block Party IV
Friday 20th October 2006
The Art School
£5adv / £7 door

On the Decks

• Leisure Allstars (Native, Bristol)
• Numbers
• Boom Monk Ben
• The Frantic Ant
• Green Sofa
• Freaky Bitches
• Psychadelic Soup

Live on stage

• Gay Against You
• Black History Month
• Bigg Taj

Tickets from SRC Reception (John Mac building) and Fopp (Byres Rd & Union St). full press info

Posted at 13:15, 20th October 2006

events // Subcity Freshers' Week 06

Freshers' Week 2006 (16th - 22nd Sept) sees the return of Subcity to the decks of the QMU. A team of crack DJs will be on a mission to expose the wide-eyed youngsters to as many new genres and as many bowel moving frequencies as possible.

Subcity's Freshers' Week HiFi Saturday 16th September - Qudos, QMU

• The beat Elitist
• Rock Island Line
• Psychadelic Soup
• Andy Piacentini

Sunday 17th - Jim's bar, QMU

• The Frantic Ant
• Electroclit

Monday 18th - Jim's bar, QMU

• Paul Needles
• Rock n Roll Meltdown

Wednesday 20th - Jim's bar, QMU

• Full Phat
• NASA

Friday 22nd - Jim's bar, QMU

• The Full Homeopathic Orchestra
• Rab's boutique
• The Ill Technique

Posted at 00:34, 14th September 2006

events // Radio Clash, Thursday 15th June

Oxfam and Control Arms Campaign
In association with Subcity and Radio Clash present

• DJ Each
• DJ Magal
• Bebado
• Troutfish

Sub Club, Jamaica Street
Thursday, 15th June 2006

11pm-3am, £2 < midnight < £4

Each and Magal are back supporting the Control Arms campaign with their unique genre busting party hard sound. They're touring Brazil and Europe to get clubbers, through Sou da Paz volunteers, to sign up for the Million Faces petition ahead of the UN Review Conference on gun control in June. It continues the DJs' long-term relationship with the campaign.

Subcity plays host for this charity bash with old favourites Bebado supplying their trademark Brazillian Breaks sound, Troutfish gets to warm things up and although he's not playing his usual happy hardcore beats he will no doubt get it started with a bang.

Posted at 09:02, 8th June 2006

events // Radio Clash - The Bassline Experiment

Subcity at Radio Clash
Sub Club, Jamaica Street
Thursday, 18th May 2006

11pm-3am, £2 before midnight £4 after

• Imogen Velouria (Freaky Bitches)
• Get Effect (NASA)
• Thomas The Search Engine (Live/Virusb23)
• Dangamouse (Tongue n Groove)
• Big Matt

Here at Subcity Radio we have decided its time to give the brand spanking new Subby sound system a proper low fequency work out. A line up of bass heavy contenders from the schedule has been selected & assembled, ready to attack your very being with a full sub-sonic assault. Expect a bone crunching mash up of Tearout Breaks, Dubstep, Electro & Tekno.

Posted at 14:51, 8th May 2006

events // Radio Clash at the Sub Club

Subcity at Radio Clash
Sub Club, Jamaica Street
This Thursday, 20th April 2006

11pm-3am, £2 before midnight £4 after

• JayDoubleU
• D_Harvey
• Stupid Idiots (live) myspace
• Plan B

Come down to the Subby this Thursday for Subcity's first proper shot on the best soundsystem in the UK. We've got some of the best upcoming talent from the broadcast behind the decks and Solar Island's resident MC duo the Stupid Idiots playing live. Get down early and its only £2.

Full details in the forum here

Posted at 11:18, 18th April 2006

events // Subcity Radio End of 106.6FM Party

Subcity Radio End of 106.6FM Party
Thursday 16th March
Sub Club £3 adv / £4 door

• Boom Monk Ben
• Vancouver Deluxe (Live)
• All Time High (Live)
• The Institute for Electronic Artists

After another month hijacking the local FM airwaves, Subcity celebrates its return to its online roots with a night of funk, punk-electronica, hip hop, a human beatbox and a showcase of the best new local electronic music.

Advance tickets from SRC Reception (John Mac Building, University Avenue)

Posted at 14:58, 5th March 2006

events // Subcity Radio 106.6FM Launch Party

Subcity Radio 106.6FM Launch Party
Saturday 11th February
The Arches £7adv / £9 door

Subcity marks its return to the Glasgow airwaves with a night featuring some of the best talent from the broadcast, a full samba band, MCs, VJs and a third arch of experimental electronic noise and projections.

The station is on air on 106.6FM from Saturday 11th February to Friday 10th March. There will be a live broadcast from the launch party all night.

Arch 1:

• Bebado
• Samba Ya Bamba
• Soulsa
• Celmac 3006
• Matt MacD
• Duncan Harvey

Arch 2:

• Tongue n Groove ft MC RST
• Armed Response
• Happy Hardcore
• NASA
• Unco

Tickets from SRC Reception (John Mac building), Fopp and the Arches box office.

Posted at 21:07, 25th January 2006

events // Subcity Sessions Presents

Subcity Sessions Presents
Tuesday 6th December
The Arches £5 adv (SRC, Fopp)

Featuring:

• The Needles
• Titus Gein
• The Flying Matchstick Men
• How To Swim
• Subcity DJs

New music courses through Subcity's veins and the station has long been hosting sessions with the great and good long before the rest of the world know anything about them. Other than the omnipresent Franz Ferdinand, previous City Sessions guests have included, Biffy Clyro, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Belle and Sebastian and countless others.

Hot on the heels of the box office bustin' Block Party 3, Subcity Radio cement their reputation as a champion of new music with a showcase of Scotland's best live talent. The gig is hosted by the station's award winning show 'Subcity Sessions'.

Subcity Sessions can be heard 8-9pm every Tuesday evening on Subcity Radio

Posted at 13:32, 24th November 2005

events // Subcity Block Party 3

Subcity Radio Block Party 3
Thursday 20th October
The Arches £5 adv £7/8 Door

Featuring:

• Souljam
• Frankie Sumatra and Dino Martini
• Boom Monk Ben
• Full Phat
• Jimmy Wax
• Nu Inbred Generation
• Electric Safety Pin
• Loki
• Bigg Taj
• Lord Of The Dancehall
• Live Graff and Breakdancers

Tickets £5 from Fopp, The Arches box office and the SRC reception (John McIntyre Building)

£7/8 on the door.

Subcity Radio returns to The Arches for their third annual Block Party to launch their internet broadcast. The event is rapidly becoming a firm fixture in Glasgow's clubbing calendar, selling out yearly.

This year the events team at the award-winning station asked themselves if a block party were to be held in Glasgow in the present day, what exactly it would sound like.

Click Here For More Info

Posted at 12:30, 4th October 2005

events // Subcity at Freshers' Week 05

Freshers' Week 2005 sees the return of Subcity Radio to the decks of Glasgow's clubs. On a mission to expose the freshers' to as many new genres as musically possible, we will be hosting Subcity's HiFi in Jim's Bar, QMU, from Tuesday to Thursday. On Friday night we up-sticks and move down to Deep 6 in the GUU for the Freshers' Party 05.

Tuesday | Jim's Bar, QMU | 9pm - 2am Tuesday is all about house, in the broadest sense. Ranging from US garage (as in the kind of stuff underground disco legend Larry Levan played at his infamous NYC club the Paradise Garage), to the tougher house sound of Chicago and deep, moody techno from Detroit, right through to contemporary grooves and twists from Europe and America.

Wednesday | Jim's Bar, QMU | 9pm - 2am If Tuesday was brought to you by the reassuring 4/4 beat, Wednesday is brought to you by the people who reacted to such self-assurance by twisting it into unrecognisable and often unsettling forms. From warped soundscapes and downtempo beats, to 2-step dub, glitch and breaks mixed by DJs who know how to make a dance floor rock.

Thursday | Jim's Bar, QMU | 9pm - 2am Thursday is roots day with bowel-shaking b-lines, Jamaican dancehall riddims, funk, hip-hop and bashment - delivered with attitude and irresistible energy.

Friday | Deep 6, GUU | 9pm - 2am All hints of musical snobbishness go out of the window on Friday as Subcity go into party mode, featuring some of Glasgow's most loved party DJs playing classic disco, hip-hop, funk and soul anthems and a few surprises guaranteed to get the party started - Subcity style.

Posted at 23:02, 14th September 2005