THE second weekend in July marks the peak of party season for the average wreckhead.

But for the discerning electronica fan, the high water mark comes in late summer.

That’s when Subculture hosts its annual boat party: a floating feast of high-quality house music that fans have been looking forward to since the beginning of the season.

This year, New Yorker Tim Sweeney captains this chaotic cruise down the Clyde.

His WNYU radio show, Beats in Space, is world-famous for its liberal music policy: Sweeney invites guest DJs – Juan Atkins and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy are just two examples - on air and allows them to share the music that’s exciting them right now.

In the club, it’s the obscure disco and underground house that Sweeney digs out that makes him such a draw: you’re going to dance your socks off to songs that you didn’t even know you loved.

Support comes from residents Harri & Domenic and Sub Club regular Telford.

The madness continues into midweek, when the Subbie’s regular Tuesday night party i AM marks its fifth birthday. English DJ and producer Daniel Avery leads the celebrations: a breathless, tripped-out night of soundscapes is in store.

“[We’ve held] over 420 parties across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hong Kong, but few stand out as much as the ones with Dan,” said the i AM scamps.

“The residents are feeling honoured to have his company as i AM crosses into its fifth year of existence.”

And the following night, Sub Rosa turns an otherwise ordinary Wednesday into a night of new music discovery, as they welcome the residents of new label West End Communications.

Kyle WEC, PDL and The Burrell Connection are the ones bringing their eclectic sounds.

· Subculture Boat Party, Saturday, Glasgow Science Centre, 7pm – 11pm, £28

· Afterparty with Tim Sweeney, Saturday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £

· i AM Five with Daniel Avery, Tuesday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £5

· Sub Rosa with West End Communications, Wednesday, Sub Club, 11pm – 3am, £5

Yellow Movement

Joining a cult is generally a bad idea.

There are some high-profile Hollywood stars who have been caught out, but it’s easy to see why when they’re as fun as the Yellow Movement.

The enigmatic Colonel Mustard and his Dijon 5 are less a band, and more a roving church dedicated to spreading joy, funk and a bit of weirdness.

Their new club night, Yellow Movement, has sets from The Hammerin’ Tongs, True Gents and the Fast Camels, with Roddy Dickson, DJ5 and Stu Chalmers spinning tunes into the wee hours. Prepare to be indoctrinated.

· Yellow Movement, tomorrow, The Record Factory, 8pm – 2am, £7

Kunst

Last summer, everyone was talking about Kunst’s secret all-night party that saw Mirrors, Dom D’Silva and Rubadub’s Ryan Martin playing for nine hours in an undisclosed location.

This year things haven’t been quite so crazy, but this weekend the club’s residents will be joined in La Cheetah’s intimate basement by two exciting new local acts on a night that should be pretty exciting too.

The Nuclear Family – local producers Tom Churchill and Laurence Hughes – bring their hazy house and electronica, while analogue synth tinkerer Shawlands Arcade plays live.

Meanwhile, residents Kris Bell, Joe McGhee and Frankie Gallagher go back to back for an old-school trance set.

· Kunst with The Nuclear Family, tomorrow, La Cheetah, 11pm – 3am, free/£5

Darkside

Angerfist. The name says it all, doesn’t it?

The international symbol of aggression, prefaced by the word “anger”.

This is hostile music: an unrelenting, vicious assault on the ears with no concession to melody, no emotional value besides rage, no rhythm other than the frantic doof-doof-doof of the heavily-compressed kickdrum.

Yet people here go bananas for it.

Whatever your thoughts on the music, nights like this are an anthropologist’s dream.

I don’t recommend going for the tunes, but it should be interesting for other reasons.

· Darkside: 16 Years with Angerfist, tomorrow, SWG3, 8pm – 3am, £26