Under the weather, my heels Clique together

‘Your very own’ hip young gunslinger went along to Clique on Friday night, and very good it was too. For those of you who don’t know, Clique is a monthly club night in Manchester that plays ‘digital dance-pop to dressed up kids’, and is generally very amazing.

Last Friday saw the club’s second birthday party, with a mixture of faithful regulars and students who couldn’t be bothered going home for the summer turning out in force to celebrate.

It was hyg’s first Clique and to say it blew us away would be a bit like saying those thunderstorms last week ‘made Gloucester a bit wet’. It proved conclusively that there are people in Manchester committed to modernising the city’s stagnant clubbing scene, and that awful ‘indie discos’ and FOOKIN’ELL-NICE-SHIRT-MATE funky house nights really ought to be a thing of the past.

We are going to write a proper article about Clique in time for the next one. Until then, here are some notes from last Friday.

:: The free birthday punch was that tastiest thing ever.
:: The massive mirror near the DJ booth is good for checking your outfit.
:: But bad for making you think the room carries on and you can in fact walk through the mirror, even though this is physically impossible and will only result in terrible injury.
:: The Clique kids sure know how to dress: even the people who turned up in t-shirt and trainers (and jeans and underwear, obv.) looked bloody amazing.
:: It might not be the best place in the world if you’re claustrophobic.
:: Or intimidated by large, sweaty, pop-obsessed crowds going mental.
:: Seriously, the punch was brilliant.
:: The music they played was very good indeed, with our particular highlights being:

1) Girls Aloud - ‘Sexy! No, No, No…’
2) Kate Nash - Foundations (Metronomy remix)
3) The Cribs - Men’s Needs (CSS remix)
4) M.I.A - Pull Up The People
5) The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres

(That is just a small sample of the brilliant music they play at Clique).

More information about the club can be found here.

And here.

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