New York City DJ-producer Dances With White Girls spins popular pop, top 40, and hip-hop tunes, remixed with a few extra BPM. If you thought Rick Ross hustled hard, you should hear the tune set to a house beat. Dances headlines the Mercury Lounge‘s newest monthly party, Shake & Pop. Promoter Misterbradleyp — one of the minds behind the long-running club night Nitty Gritty — says, “The theme of this party is ‘Something different on a Friday.’ We’re trying to get hipsters and discerning clubbers back to West Sixth.”

This article appears in Feb 14-20, 2007.