SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009, NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN SOUL CLAP and DANCE-OFF, GLASSLANDS GALLERY (289 KENT, WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN) 11PM – 4AM (11PM – MIDNIGHT: FREE BEER / 1AM: DANCE CONTEST w/$100 Prize), $3. Immediately followed by 4AM Todd P presents dancing speakeasy w/Mr Toubin and secret surprise guest at Market Hotel: The Soul Clap and Dance-Off, New York Night Train’s biggest and most famous party, returns to NYC for a rare engagement between the conclusion of the July/August Soul Clap/Mr Jonathan Toubin tour up and down the west coast and upcoming August Soul Claps everywhere from Mexico City to Tel Aviv in August/September. The party will be immediately followed by a Todd P afterhours also featuring Soul Clap DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Smashed! Blocked!’s Josh Styles, and a very special surprise guest DJ at Market Hotel… Saturday’s contest will be hosted by MC Laura Leigh and judged by Lady Starlight, Silver Jews guitarist William Tyler, Bust Magazine’s Sara Graham, Wild Yaks drummer Martin Cartagena, and Stalkers’ bassist/birthday boy Danny Goldstein.

The New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off concept is simple – all night dancing to wild 45s of New York Night Train soul proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin with a dance contest in the middle. The contest is hosted by MC Laura Leigh and is presided over by a panel judges from everywhere – recent judges have included everyone from Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys to Jennifer Herrima of Royal Trucks to the Monotonix to Scout Niblett to members of Germs, MGMT, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, etc. This party, which now draws nearly 500 patrons paid in Brooklyn, has been finding popularity and critical acclaim everywhere of late not only for its contest but for Mr. Toubin’s faster, louder, grittier, and weirder aesthetic that finds itself on a more immediate end of the cultural spectrum than typical soul or other retro nights.

Check out this Soul Clap/Dance-Off press from the July/August west coast tour that just ended Sunday and one from NYC today:

“Local Spotlight NYC: Jonathan Toubin” by Jezebel Music’s Erin Sheehy

Dance Club Pick of the Week in LA Weekly by Lina Lecaro

“Tonight: Members of No Age, Germs, RTX Judge Dancers at New York Night Train’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off” by LA Weekly’s Randall Roberts

All Shook Down: Hey DJ! Q&A: Jonathan Toubin: – Interview w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin by SF Weekly’s Jennifer Maerz

Something Like a Phenomenon – a recommendation for Monday’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off by SF Weekly’s Hiya Swanhuyser

Soul Clap and Dance-Off – a feature on NYNT’s party by Monica Topping in today’s Times-Standard

“Dust on Vinyl: DJ Jonathan Toubin brings his record crate to the ATL” by Mark Shikuma of North Coast Journal

Q+A with DJ Jonathan Toubin – and interview in today’s North Coast Journal by Mark Shikuma

A recommendation for the party in the Portland Mercury

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