NOW that the MTV EMAs have packed up and the award winners have gone home (well, the five who could actually make the ceremony), Glasgow isn't the centre of the pop music world anymore.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that - just maybe - we could now have a quiet weekend in: Netflix, some snacks and a date with the couch.

Well, it's not happening I'm afraid. It's the kind of weekend when the irrepressible Boys Noize is in town - a weekend that can only end in a full-day hangover, that horrible feeling of doom and an equal feeling that it was all totally worth it. The Berlin-based DJ absolutely smashed it last time he was in Glasgow, headlining Electric Frog's Riverside Festival last year.

He laid waste to The Arches at Pressure's birthday parties in 2008 and 2009, and similar scenes are likely to unfold this Saturday as he unleashes his fearsome German electro on an extremely up-for-it crowd.

On warm up duty is one of Boys Noize Records' charges - SCNTST, a 21-year-old kid from Munich with an aversion to clubbing.

Despite the challenges associated with that, he's in possession of a super-fresh techno sound that should go down beautifully at his Arches debut. And Glasgow's own POL Style, manager of London's Night Slugs label, kicks things off.

A dull weekend? Round here? Never.

l Boys Noize, Saturday, The Arches, 10pm-3am, £16

City is party central

WE all know that too many cooks spoil the broth, but do too many birthday parties spoil a weekend? No!

They improve it by at least 100%, as evidenced by the storming selection of anniversary celebrations happening on Friday and Saturday.

First up is Glasgow's indie headquarters Mono, which is turning 12 and has live sets from Casual Sex, General Ludd and Holy Motors, before the Good Press DJs spin classics on vinyl until late.

At the very same time, the third and final instalment of La Cheetah's fifth birthday has enigmatic electro boss Matthew Herbert lining up next to locals Wardy and Dom D'Sylva.

And on Saturday, Bloc hosts TYCI's second birthday - they have the LA "shrieky indie" duo Girlpool playing live and Synergy Concerts' Grianne Braithwaite on the decks.

l Mono's 12th Birthday, tomorrow, Mono, 8pm-late, free

l La Cheetah's 5th Birthday, tomorrow, La Cheetah, 11pm-4am, £10

l TYCI's 2nd Birthday, Saturday, Bloc, 11pm-3am, £2

Enter a new Dimension

SPACE Dimension Controller's hard-hitting galactic funk show comes to the Art School tomorrow for an orgy of futuristic disco, house and techno.

His debut album, Welcome To Mikrosector-50, is a blazing sci-fi-themed odyssey, played out through deep grooves and weird 80s pop - you can expect to hear some cuts from that alongside spacey, underground edits and all-out bangers.

Also, prepare to witness the Irish DJ's cosmic laser ballet show, which is enough to blow even the hardiest of minds.

l Space Dimension Controller, tomorrow, The Art School, 11pm-3am, £6/8/10

Matter of Trust

FROM the name alone, German DJ Nick Curly's Trust parties sound like the kind of feelgood gathering where everyone falls backwards into each other's arms and celebrates with a lovely bowl of quinoa.

In fact, it's quite different - these are deep tech-house affairs that have taken hold of warehouses from Berlin to London and the US East Coast EDM capital Miami.

Tomorrow it comes to SWG3, with Curly himself, Cocoon legend Tobi Neumann, Leftroom label boss Matt Tolfrey and local boy Vilmos supplying the sounds.

l The Shimmy presents Nick Curly's Trust, tomorrow, SWG3, 10pm-3am, £15