get warm dancing! get ON! 60s discotheque tonight and Ants In Yr Pants with Kid Congo Powers tomorrow!

Baby it’s cold outside! So what better time to toast your feet on the smoky sizzle of our dancefloor, bask in our bright orange glow, and get ants in your pants all night long?

Thursday, Dec 6, On! Sixties Discotheque Party, Beauty Bar (231 E. 14th, Manhattan), 11pm, FREE: New York Night Train’s latest venture is a collaboration between the Soul Proprietor and walking musical encyclopedia and rock machine, the indomitable Ms. Melissa Fanni Tutti. The dynamic duo play you the dance music hits centered smack dab in the center of popular music’s greatest and most diverse decade and, in an attempt to channel the variety inherent in the playlists of the discotheques and radio of the era, are intent on exploring: pop, soul, garage, mod, freakbeat, bluebeat, boogaloo, girl groups, bubblegum, frathouse r&b, surf, psychedelics, discotheque, boogaloos, tropicalia, yé-yé, latin delights, and more. “Let the evening pass by by playing records, the sounds of groovy hi fi. I say “Yeh yeh!” That’s what I say, I say “Yeh, yeh!” - Georgy Fame “Yeh Yeh.” Get it?… ON! C’mON, get ON! Get off at ON!

Friday, December 7, Ants In Yr Pants Dance Party, Savalas (285 Bedford, Williamsburg), 10pm, FREE: Still recovering from Quintron’s Drum Buddy assault last week, New York Night Train is proud to announce the return of one of subcultural music’s most important figures, all the way up from the District of Columbia, the legendary post-punk journeyman Mssr. Kid Congo Powers. While its a long established fact that, via his seminal work with everyone from the Gun Club to The Cramps to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds all the way to his current career fronting the Pink Monkey Birds, Kid Congo is a supreme guitar stylist, performer, and dresser, very few are aware that he’s also one of the East Coast’s finest DJ’s – distinctively tasteful yet broad while still super-fun… And a fine dancer to boot. Kid and New York Night Train Soul Proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin will be juggling plate after plate of garage, glam, soul, funk, punk, and beyond from 10pm to the wee wee hours. Fall by post-King Khan and BBQ Show…

Also, come back every week in December as thee James Chance (toting his sax nonetheless!) and Speedball Baby’s Ron Ward (Dec 14), Vietnam’s Michael Gerner (Dec 21), and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone (Dec 28) offer you their own distinct recipes for Ants In Yr Pants….

Creature from the Vinyl Lagoon Terrorizes City

Despite the exhaustive heroism of last week’s parties, soul proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubiin refuses to let the city rest - bringing yet another blurred frenzy of jams, kung fu, and depravity…

Wednesday, Dec 5, Motor City (127 Ludlow, Manhattan), 10pm, FREE: Tonight the Conductor will be joined by none other than Ryan Sawyer of Tall Firs,Celebration, Stars Like Fleas, Eye Contace, Lone Wolf, etc., formerly of everyone from San Antonio’s El Santo to the ” class=”alinks_links” onclick=”return alinks_click(this);” title=”their official site” rel=”external”>Fiery Furnaces. Since Mssr. Sawyer is the Friday house DJ at Union Pool and a fellow Texan, expect scortchin’ selections and a disproportionate amount from the Lone Star state… and then lots of fightin’ and shootin’ stuff!

Thursday, Dec 6, On! Sixties Discotheque Party, Beauty Bar (231 E. 14th, Manhattan), 11pm, FREE: New York Night Train’s latest venture is a collaboration between the Soul Proprietor and walking musical encyclopedia and rock machine, the indomitable Ms. Melissa Fanni Tutti. The dynamic duo play you the dance music hits centered smack dab in the center of popular music’s greatest and most diverse decade and, in an attempt to channel the variety inherent in the playlists of the discotheques and radio of the era, are intent on exploring: soul, garage, mod, and freakbeat plus a dash of boogaloo, girl groups, bubblegum, frat r&b, psychedelics, discotheque, boogaloos, tropicalia, yé-yé, latin delights, etc. Get it? ON! C’mON, get ON! Get off at ON! “Let the evening pass by by playing records, the sounds of groovy hi fi. I say “Yeh yeh!” That’s what I say, I say “Yeh, yeh!” - Georgy Fame “Yeh Yeh”

Friday, December 7, Ants In Yr Pants Dance Party, Savalas (285 Bedford, Williamsburg), 10pm, FREE: Baby it’s cold outside! So what better time to toast your feet on the smoky sizzle of our dancefloor, bask in our bright orange glow, and get ants in your pants all night long? Still recovering from Quintron’s Drum Buddy assault last week, New York Night Train is proud to announce the return of one of subcultural music’s most important figures, all the way up from the District of Columbia, Mssr. Kid Congo Powers. While its a long established fact that, via his seminal work with everyone from the Gun Club to The Cramps to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds all the way to his current career fronting the Pink Monkey Birds, Kid Congo is a supreme guitar stylist, performer, and dresser, very few are aware that he’s also one of the East Coast’s finest DJ’s – distinctively tasteful yet broad while still super-fun… Kid and New York Night Train Soul Proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin will be juggling plate after plate of garage, glam, soul, funk, punk, and beyond from 10pm to the wee wee hours. Fall by post King Khan and BBQ Show…

Also, come back every week in December as thee James Chance (toting his sax nonetheless!) and Speedball Baby’s Ron Ward (Dec 14), Vietnam’s Michael Gerner (Dec 21), and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone (Dec 28) give you their distinct recipes for Ants In Yr Pants….