Parties

The gigantic tone of Kid Congo Powers’ open-tuned guitar is one of the more readily identifiable sounds in the history of underground rock. Best known for his contribution to the development of the contemporary ambient, noise, and rock guitar with The Gun Club, The Cramps, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in the 1980s, Kid’s spent the last fifteen years as a sideman (Make-Up, Mark Eitzel, Angels of Light, etc.), as a partner in Congo Norvell and Kid and Khan, a member of garage rock supergroup Knoxville Girls, and, most recently, the leader of Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds. More »

We are proud to bring back our very first NYNT Motor City guest DJ,Bob Bert. Since the Conductor is away on business, he has entrusted this subterranean music legend with the reins of his entire night. Bert is of course best known for his inimitable drumming during his years as a member of seminal New York Noise bands likeSonic Youth (the star of “Death Valley 69,” etc) and Pussy Galore (Right Now!, etc.), and, later, Action Swingers, Chrome Cranks, and Knoxville Girls. He also fronted Bewitched in 1980s and early 1990s (check out their new compilation!) and spent More »

Tonight, the secret society for the soul party revival, new york chapter local 23 (join it!)continues its mission with a second experiment, this time at MOTOR CITY, entitled simply SOUL PARTY #2. The usual NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN WEDNESDAY will continue to remain in the rawer realm of 50s R&B, 60s SOUL, and PROTO-FUNK, with an occasional SOUL JAZZ, LATIN SOUL, FAST BLUES, FUNK, or r&b oriented MOD or GARAGE cut. Also, due to our surprise successes with the material last time, we’ll also be pumping in an extra dose of tunes from the soulful side of DOO WOP, BUBBLEGUM, and GIRL GROUP universes… and, may I be as bold as to suggest, the occasional SLOW JAMS. JACK MARTINs dance-off competition will be in effect at midnight. Tonight’s festivities will also include a late-night SURPRISE GUEST DJ ALL THE WAY FROM LOUISIANA. More »

Tonight we celebrate the release of Grinderman’s brilliant self-titled debut album with a listening party, giveaways, and guest DJ sets by the band’s drummer Jim Sclavunos. Grinderman is a playfully heavy and intense new supergroup featuring Sclavunos, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, and Martyn Casey. Jim is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds‘ percussionist and The Vanity Set’s leader. You may also know him from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8-Eyed Spy, Sonic Youth, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, More »

The Conductor and special guest DJ Viva l’American Death Ray Music’s Nick Ray spin platters to celebrate the New York return of Australian swamp rock legends Beasts of Bourbon. Expect extra special surprise DJ’s, a truckload of drunk Aussies, dancing, broken stuff, and general hell-raising…
MOTOR CITY BAR
127 Ludlow St. (Cross Street: Between Rivington Street and Delancey Street)
New York, New York

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As the New York Night Train is off to South by Southwest, we’re celebrating with a crash-course in Texas music for everyone invading Austin. The Conductor, Wake ‘n’ Bake, Bucci, and quite a few others’ll not only remind you why Joe Tex, Archie Bell, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, DJ Skrew, Ghetto Boys, The Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, the 13th Floor Elevators and Re More »

Nick Zinner, who is of course the guitar stylist best known for his trademark hair-raising sonic sophistication in Yeah Yeah Yeahs as well as Head Wound City, Bright Eyes, Challenge of the Future, Unitard, etc., and also for his soulful and often conceptual photography, has found time to also excel at rocking the people from behind dusty and rusty turntables throughout the greater downtown area. More »

Some call it Ash Wednesday, but those of us who live our life at least a day behind call it “Tardy Gras.” If you either missed it or don’t wanna Fat Tuesday to end, we’ve recruited Big Chief Jim Sclavunos to help lay the Iko Iko across your forehead. While Jim is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ percussionist, Grinderman’s drummer, and The Vanity Set’s leader, you may also know him from Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, 8-Eyed Spy, Sonic Youth, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, Alex Chilton, More »

On this, the lamest of Hallmark holidays, New York Night Train DJs spin from the canon of songs about why romantic love is a low-down dirty dawg from hell - all the choice cuts that involve break-ups, abandonment, abuse, betrayal, good lovin’ gone bad, bad lovin’ gone worse, heartbreak, heartburn, and all the other sonic illustrations of why love hurts, love bites, and love stinks. A dirty mixed bouquet. But not to fret - More »