CALVIN JOHNSON, IAN SVENONIUS, JONATHAN TOUBIN, & AS IF August 30, 2008

Saturday, August 30: 3-Day Weekend 3-Headed Monster Dance Party with CALVIN JOHNSON, IAN SVENONIUS, & MR. JONATHAN TOUBIN plus opener AS IF. GLASSLANDS GALLERY (289 Kent, Williamsburg), 11pm – 4am, $5:

New York Night Train presents CALVIN JOHNSON and IAN SVENONIUS together with MR. JONATHAN TOUBIN for the first time in NYC since August 20006. Calvin (who spins under the moniker of Dub Narcotic Selector) is of course the leader of Olympia indie rock legends Beat Happening as well as the founder/head honcho K-Records. Washington, DC’s Svenonius, who is currently the host of VICE TV’s Soft Focus, also the author of the critically acclaimed essay collection The Psychic Soviet, is best known as the voice of such important underground rock bands as Weird War, Make-Up, and Nation of Ulysses. Both of these figures, who will be joined by the New York subterrain’s most prolific DJ (200+ gigs already this year) Mr. Toubin, have also spent the last couple of decades establishing themselves internationally as eclectic dance party selectors of the highest order. Anything goes as three wise men trade off and tagteam, industrious as an ant colony, until early in the morning for your dancing pleasure – expect soul, garage, punk, new underground eclectica, girl groups, gospel, British Invasion, Jamaican jumpers, Big Easy bouncers, French ye-ye, Italian beat, international psych, doo wop, and anything else that will surprise, elate, and set in motion the city’s heroic overworked and underpaid workforce. This is not only the three amigos’ gift to the hard-working citizens who will be stuck in our apple this weekend, but also a fond farewell to white shoes until next year. Plus a set by dance DJ sensation AS IF at 11pm sharp!

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