New York Night Train’s biggest and best party ever!

Now for something new! New York Night Train, Panache Booking, and Todd P have banded together for the first time to present the NYC’s latest and greatest multi-media spectacle, NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN HAPPENING #1! More fun, exciting, and interactive than a rock show! More artful, organic, live, and interesting than a dance-party! Picture the union of the underground rock, art, dance party, and performance scenes under one roof! Now you no longer have to regret living in the wrong time! Don’t just read about it! Don’t just dream it! Live it – the legendary nightlife experiences that you always imagined! A contemporary underground DIY rock and roll take on historical NYC subcultural landmarks such as Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable! Ladies and gentlemen – we have finally arrived!

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HEALTH, who are being flown in from Los Angeles for this event, are of course the danceable progressive noise-rock outfit that have been relentlessly burning trails around the world with its innovative sounds and sweaty showmanship the last couple of years to an infinitely expanding global cult!








Detroit’s AWESOME COLOR, another prolific road-horse of a band, who record Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! imprint, remain one of the world’s most unpretentiously experimental and intense rock bands – they’re stopping off here in Brooklyn between tours with Black Dice and Sonic Youth so you can lose your hearts on their burning sand!





Washington, DC’s KID CONGO POWERS , whose new In The Red LP “Dracula Boots” was just dropped to rave reviews worldwide (9/10 NME, 4 stars MOJO, etc), is the much-imitated musician whose masterful no wave blues slide guitar work on over 100 releases with such seminal musical entities as The Gun Club, The Cramps, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds has made him a rare rock and roll legend whose prolific output never ceases to be new, relevant, unpredictable, and exciting!


New York Night Train Conductor and Soul Proprietor MR JONATHAN TOUBIN has shattered the face of nightlife in the wormy apple, and lately, around the world, w­ith his revolutionary parties and wild and wooly approach to his trademark 45rpm “maximum rock and soul” sets!









Smashed! Blocked! DJ/conceptualist JOSH STYLES, who also moonlights as the drummer for Stalkers, is internationally celebrated as one of the world’s most prominent freakbeat DJs – throwing down the most choice 45s chock full o’ heavy duty beats, flipped-out guitar sounds, shimmering Hammonds, catchy riffs and choruses – plus loads of bounce and energy!



Berlin’s FITZ, AKA John Fitzgerald, who also globe-trots with Animal Collective and produces all kinds of events around Europe and used to run Brooklyn’s Mighty Robot back in the day, is an internationally renowned psych DJ – throwing down all kinds of tripped-out rhythm-heavy 45s from Turkey and beyond!


LONE WOLF AND CUB, a collaboration between trapeze artist Suzanne Rogaleski and Tall Firs/Stars Like Fleas drummer/percussionist Ryan Sawyer, are, while, in the words of the New York Times, “an irresistible combination of trapeze, drums, and vocals,” are also a darn unique and exciting spectacle to behold!









ANNA COPA CABANNA, the sexy Australian showgirl icon who performs her choreography, plays her xylophone, and rollerskates in venues around the world, is equally well-known as the official go go dancer of the New York rock and roll underground.!









HULA-HOOP HARLOT MELISSA-ANNE, who of course specializes in the artistry of the Hula-Hoop, performs meticulously choreographed routines that, while dazzling in their acrobatic nature, are also super-playful and wildly entertaining!









SPENCER BEWLEY, the English projectionist who has wowed crowds everywhere the last few years on the road with the likes of Death In Vegas, Warlocks, and A Place to Bury Strangers, manipulates found, purchased, and assembled loops on dueling 16mm projectors to blow peoples minds!





MIGHTY ROBOT AV SQUAD, operating the multi-media visuals for years not only at their Mighty Robot and Secret Project Robot art spaces, discos, rock venues, museums, and other elsewhere on both sides of the Atlantic, employ an infinite overlapping juxtaposition of motion collages to form a kinetic visual feast! ambient, the symbolic, and the thematic!





Expect a participatory spectacle in which all of the performers to play all sorts of roles on and off stage in all sorts of unpredictable configurations while you dance all night long!

This night is just the tip of the iceberg – not only will New York Night Train, Todd P, and Panache Booking continue their revolution in Empire City shows with Happenings featuring Chain and the Gang, Shonen Knife, and other renowned acts, New York Night Train Happenings are also in the process of changing the way people go out in venues around the world this year – creating new nightlife alliances and reinforcing underground aesthetics… town by town. All aboard!

upcoming night-training:

Sun, June 21: Band of Skulls and DJs Ana Caldron and Jonathan Toubin at Glasslands
Sun, June 21: Claudia’s record fair with Josh Styles (Smashed! BLocked!), William (Radio Heartbeat), and more at Motor City
- Tue, June 23: Sled Island Festival (Calgary, Canada)
- Weds, June 24: Sled Island Festival in (Calgary, Canada)
- Thu, June 25: Boogaloo Shampoo at Beauty Bar Brooklyn (Bushwick, Brooklyn)
- Thu, June 25: Thursday Thump with DJ Dave from Sourceress (sans mr jt), Enid’s, 10pm, FREE
- Fri, June 26: Baltimore New York Night Train Happening w/live music by Hollywood and Kid Congo Powers, dance and performance by Anna Copa Cabanna and Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa-Anne, projections by Spencer Bewley, and dancing w/DJs Mr. Jonathan Toubin and Amanda Otto. Wind-UP Space (12 W North Ave Baltimore MD), 8pm, 21+, $8/$10
- Fri, June 26: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/DJs Josh Styles of Smashed! Blocked! and Billy and Miriam of Norton Records (sans mr jt), Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie, Lower East Side, Manhattan), 10:30pm, FREE
- Sat, June 27:DC New York Night Train Happening w/live music by EXACTLY, Kid Congo Powers, and Edie Sedgewick, performance by Anna Copa Cabanna and Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa, projections by Spencer Bewley, and dancing w/DJs Mr. Jonathan Toubin & Dj Nitekrawler. Civilian Art Projects (406 7th St. NW Washington DC), 11pm, all ages, $10
- Sun, June 28: Manhattan New York Night Train Happening w/Gibby Haynes, Psychic Ills, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Larry 7, and more. Awesome undisclosed location and surprise guests!

and, a few special events in July include…

- Thu, July 2: NY Night Train presents The Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, The Beets, German Measles – Glasslands Gallery (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) $8
- Sat, July 4: New York Night Train and Panache all day and all of the night rock and roll 4th of July Party indoors/outdoors w/Stalkers, Electric Shadows, Netherlands, Ex-Humans, Fresh Kills, The Hunt, The Weight, K-Holes, Stupid Party, Georgiana Starlington, Sorceress, Headless Hookers, X-Ray Eyeballs, Outta Controllers, Jadewalkers, Foster Care, Lovestruck, Miracles of Modern Science, Dinowools, Screens, and many more plus late night DJ action with Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Josh Styles, and more! Union Pool (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), 2pm – 4am, $5
- Fri, July 10: Detroit New York Night Train Happening with Awesome Color, The Infinity People, performance and dance by Anna Copa Cabanna and Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa-Anne, projections by Spencer Bewley, and DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Old Miami (3930 Cass Ave Detroit, MI 48201), 9pm, $8
- Sat, July 11: Chicago New York Night Train Happening w/live music by Awesome Color, performance by Anna Copa Cabanna and Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa, projections by Spencer Bewley & Mighty Robot, and DJs Mr. Jonathan Toubin & Plastic Crimewave Sound at Empty Bottle (1035 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60622) $8, 10pm
- Sun, July 12: Jelly NYC Pool Party with Mission of Burma, F*cked Up, and Ponytail
- Sat, July 18: James Chance funky dance party at Secret Project Robot/Live With Animals (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
- Fri, July 24: Soul Clap and Dance-Off (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sat, July 25: Soul Clap and Dance-Off – Lobot Gallery (Oakland, CA)
- Sun, July 26: Mr. Quintron and Ms. Pussycat, Mika Miko, Mr. Jonathan Toubin y mas (San Francisco, CA)


August and Beyond: Soul Claps up and down the west coast, Mexican tour, Pop Montreal, CMJ, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Shonen Knife, Chain and the Gang, New York Night Train Happenings everywhere, and much much more…

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