Summer Warehouse Party

THE news of The Arches’ decision to call in administrators, after the closure of its club licence made the business untenable, came after last week’s column had been written and filed.

Needless to say, I am dismayed by the position of the licencing board and Police Scotland, and I am sorry that it is the decent and hard-working staff of The Arches that have to suffer for the failure of successive generations of lawmakers and politicians to change our country’s attitude towards the use of recreational drugs.

The city’s cultural landscape is a lot bleaker without this beloved venue, and it will be missed greatly.

We’re now on the cusp of the first weekend since we’ve had time to digest the news properly and look at what we’re left with.

A pair of Aussie guys with a sub-Keith Lemon pun for their name make up the biggest party of the next few days, as Mashd N Kutcher take over SWG3 for a night of their mindless bro-house.

The Brisbane duo are perhaps best known for their viral video (it’s 2015 and YouTube plays, Facebook interactions and Twitter impressions are more important than songs – get used to it) in which they collaborate with a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver.

Their site is filled with depressing blurb about their “online content” and becoming “the fastest growing online brand in the Australian music industry.”

Proof, if any more was needed, that becoming a popular musician no longer has anything to do with making music.

Support comes from the Glaswegian electro house specialist FXWLL and a handful of other local DJs.

• Mashd N Kutcher, tomorrow, SWG3, 9pm - 3am, £12

Benji B

IT’S easy to be super-cynical about everything and everyone in dark times like these, but life goes on and so do other club nights.

Tomorrow, in an event that was scheduled to take place at The Arches, UK DJ Benji B brings his acclaimed party Deviation north for a special one-off session.

It’s now at La Cheetah, the basement club below Max’s on Queen Street.

The intimacy afforded by that venue change means that this is not one you’ll want to miss – Benji is one of the most popular stars on Radio 1, and his Deviation parties have been tearing up London for six years now.

He’s bringing Brooklyn’s Kenny Dope in tow, the four-time Grammy nominee who has been fusing house, hip-hop, jazz, funk and soul for two decades now.

A founding member of the first wave house duo Masters at Work, Dope has remixed R. Kelly, The Jackson 5 and Kanye, and remains an influential musician of note to this day.

• Benji B presents Deviation, tomorrow, La Cheetah, 11pm - 3am, £10

John Talabot

BARCELONA house producer John Talabot has achieved global fame with his shimmering and beautiful Balearic disco.

It’s perfect for Subculture, which has really been excelling of late: Talabot is just the latest in a string of fine guest DJ slots at the evergreen Saturday nighter.

Before that though, Vienna’s Tin Man – a master of the neo acid scene – brings his house, techno and ambient vibes to the Subbie, with Bigfoot’s Tea Party in support.

• Tin Man, tomorrow, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £5/£8

• John Talabot, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £8

TYCI

BOSSY Love, the new project featuring ex-Dananananaykroyd drummer John Baillie Jnr and singer/mechanical scientist Amandah, made their live debut supporting Errors at the Art School in April. They’re now thrust into the limelight again as the headliners at June’s TYCI at Stereo on Saturday night. They’re joined by lo-fi outfit Chump, and afterwards the Lock Up Your Daughters DJs spin records until the wee hours.

Alternatively, Gimme Shelter at The Flying Duck on the same night promises garage, rock n roll, psych and R&B, with David Stone - of Sleazy’s night The Basement - on the decks.

• TYCI, Saturday, Stereo, 11pm - 3am, £5

• Intergalactic, Saturday, The Flying Duck, 9pm - 1am, free