Fixed: The xx + Respect Is Burning: Dimitri from Paris + Spank Loft Party
FRIDAY 23
Fixed: The xx
Uk band The xx do R&B tinged songs about sex, they’ve covered songs by Womack & Womack and Aaliyah, and wallow in melancholic pop….sounds strangely implausible…but somehow they got it right. Tonight, they’re in NYC for a string of CMJ gigs, promoting new album xx.
Tribeca Grand Hotel, 2 Avenue of the Americas bet Walker and White Sts, NYC, 212-519-6600, 10pm, www.myspace.com/thexx
Respect Is Burning: Dimitri from Paris
Legendary producer/DJ Dimitri from Paris is spinning his brand of French house music tonight in the Penthouse! Recently, the 90s Dj known for working with fashion houses like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel and YSl, released compilation Night Dubbin– an ode to 80s dance sounds mixed by The Idjut Boys, and a remix of The Jackson Five classic I Want You Back.
Hotel on Rivington, 107 Rivington St bet Essex and Ludlow Sts, NYC, 212-475-2600, 10pm, free, www.myspace.com/dimitrifromparis
Spank Loft Party
The kids behind NYC fay art zine Spank Zine are releasing issue #15 tonight. We think it’s called Beautiful Pschedelic Implosion, but that could be just the name of the party. Anyway, resident DJs Will and Sean B will be there, with guests DJ Gant Johnson and the amazing Ana Matronic of The Scissor Sisters. Hosted by performance and multimedia arist Muffinhead.
RSVP: spankparty@gmail.com for top secret party spot!