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Best clubs and parties in New York: Critics’ picks

Naked Girls Reading: Ladies of Letters

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

This popular "nude literary salon"—tonight featuring burlesque ladies Nasty Canasta, Galatea, Iris Explosion and Marlo Marquise—is back, with the gals saluting the broad category (sorry) of female

  1. UNDER St. Marks 94 St. Marks Pl, between First Ave and Ave A
  2. Wed Jun 19
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Roots

  • Price band: 1/4
  • Critics choice

Two of the city’s veteran house heroes, Masters at Work’s Louie Vega and Blaze’s Kevin Hedge, keep the four-to-the-floor goods coming at their long-running midweek dance party.

  1. Cielo 18 Little W 12th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St
  2. Wed Jun 19
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Nuit Blanche: Coquettes

  • Critics choice
  • Free

Dances of Vice brings a glamorous collection of glittering showgirls and exotic performers to the Meatpacking District; the burlesque affair features three sets in an all-new production each week.

  1. Beaumarchais 409 W 13th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St, 10014
  2. Wed Jun 19
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Props

  • Price band: 1/4
  • Critics choice

Rich Medina and DJ Akalepse, from APT's long-running Little Ricky’s Rib Shack soiree, lug their funk-heavy record crates to Le Poisson Rouge's Gallery Bar for a weekly all-night dance session, with

  1. Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St, at Thompson St
  2. Wed Jun 19
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Warm Up at MoMA PS1 returns to the Queens museum’s courtyard

  • Price band: 2/4

The party returns for another summer of great music.

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Interview: Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak and Mark Farina

Three house heroes team up for a back-to-back-to-back set.

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DJ mixes and live sets

DJ mix: Cassy

The beloved Cassy kicks off a residency at Williamsburg's Output.

DJ mix: Carlo Lio

The Canadian DJ-producer drops a set of deep techno beats.

DJ mix: Glenn Thornton

The long-time spinner hits the decks at DJ Jus-Ed's Underground Quality bash.

Emika: Dva minimix

Hear a teaser for the Ninja Tune artist's new album Dva, then catch her in the flesh at Select Summer Fridays.

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Recent reviews

A/jus/ted: “A Brighter Light” (Under the Shade)

  • Rated as: 4/5

Justin Strauss and Teddy "Eddie Mars" Stuart team up on a hot new house track.

Pantha Du Prince and the Bell Laboratory: Elements of Light (Rough Trade)

Hendrik Weber joins forces with a brigade of bells, chimes and ringers.

Free Magic & JKriv: Catalano EP (Discovery)

  • Rated as: 4/5

The young Discovery label comes up with a boogie-wonderland treat.

Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts, Twice Around the Sun (Circus Company)

  • Rated as: 4/5

An ode to spiritual hedonism? Perhaps. A collection of beautifully-produced tunes? Definitely!



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