WEDNESDAY 1/14 WEDNESDAY 1/14 Rock/Country/Hiphop ASCAP Songwriters Night w/Richard Thorne, Adam ...
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ASCAP Songwriters Night w/Richard Thorne, Adam Rubenstein, the Boy Bathing, Nina, Jake Stingers Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett (Little Feat), Ryan Montbleau Lion's Den, 8:30, $20, $18 adv., 18+.
Bishop Allen, Washington Social Club, the Five O'Clock Heroes, Cardia Mercury Lounge, 7:30, $8.
Sophie Bond, Tim Bluhm, Marykate O'Neil, the Kennedys Living Room, 7.
Case 150 Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free. CD release.
Cassady, Lanterna, Cole Gentles CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $5.
"The Chanteuse Club" feat. Maggie Moore, Kate Pierson (B-52's), Deborah Harry (Blondie) Joe's Pub, 9:30, sold out.
Paul Clements, Fallen From Grace, Sam & Josh, Nikki Barodi, Laura Thomas, Colby Prior Band Bitter End, 7, $5.
Conversation, Southerly Northsix, 9, $6.
"Country, Bluegrass & Blues!" feat. the American String Conspiracy, the Younger Sister, Tommy Sharpe, Dan Menke CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 7:30, $5.
Dante, HapiKrak, Mika, Lorell Saxena, Dorian, Tamara Fishman, Elizabeth Harper, Mike McHugh & the Heatseakers C-Note, 7, $5. East-Village.com launch party.
Eden Row, Voodoo Blue Knitting Factory Old Office, 8, $8.
F.B.B., Annie Keating, Martha Wainwright, Portal Arlene's Grocery, 8.
Fur Cups For Teeth, BoySkout, Triple Creme, P.I.E. Sin-é, 8, $8.
GNYC pres. "XOXO" w/Sleep Station, Fortunato, All Rattle and Dust, Merciana, Swiss Auto Club, Hail Social Continental, 8, $5.
Goapele Joe's Pub, 7:30, $20.
Ari Gold Fez/Time Cafe, 7, $10.
Harriet Tubman Galapagos, 8, $8.
Hi8us, Jeremy Kushnier, Jamie Gustis, Panacea, James Wright, Blipvert Acme Underground.
Last Laugh Cutting Room, 11, $10 min.
Matty Charles & the Valentines Pete's Candy Store, 10.
Miller's Farm Rodeo Bar.
Röck Cändy pres. "Bitch" feat. Brucifer & the Bitch Band, Queen V, Gravity w/DJ Steve Blush Don Hill's, 9.
Solarkane, Sonny Boy, Alec Berlin, Fire Camp Slipper Room, 8, $5.
Squad Five-O, the Tuesday Suits, O>Matics, Tribeca Rock Club, 8, $8, 18+.
The Swedes, the Sense Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
"A Trip Into the Mystic" w/the Zen Tricksters, Soulfarm, George Gilmore & the Giblets, JJ Appleton, John Sparrow & Rockwell, Carlton J. Smith B.B. King Blues Club, 7, $20, $12 adv. Van Morrison trib.
Unicorns, Amber Smith Southpaw, 9, $8.
Wail, 6 Degrees, Hey Tiger, the Brilliant Mistakes CBGB, 8, $7.
The Wau Wau Sisters Knitting Factory, 8, $10, $8 adv.
Jeff Winter Freddy's Backroom, 9:30, free.
Jazz/Experimental
"A Night On Bop Mountain" w/the Leif Artzen Trio Living Room, 11.
Stefano Bollani & Enrico Rava Quintet Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Shelley Burgon & Trevor Dunn Barbes, 7.
Eddie Davis & His New Orleans Jazz Band Cajun, 8.
Joel Frahm & Brad Mehldau Duo Jazz Standard, $20.
Hot Pants Funk Sextet w/B3 Smoke, 9, 11 & 12:30 a.m., free.
Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 9, $15.
Hank Jones Trio Iridium Room.
Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door, 8 & 10:30, $5 & 1 drink min.
Left Ahead C-Note, 11.
Art Lillard Ear Inn, 12 a.m., free.
Nathan & Max Lucas Lenox Lounge.
Night of the Ravished Limbs Barbes, 9.
Ribs & Brisket Revue Cornelia St. Cafe.
Daniela Schaechter Trio Downstairs at Porters.
3 Jazz Tenors Birdland, $40.
Blues/World/Other
Kevin Batchelor & the Juniors, Kaleta World Beats Satalla.
Classical/Opera
Chamber Fest! Aw, shit?so I guess the city will be infested w/bikers for the next few days; Juilliard School, Paul Recital Hall, call for times, free [through 1/17].
Pianist Gilbert Kalish & Violinist Carmit Zori, striking her best rockstar pose (complete w/fan blowing hair back), appear tonight in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 8, $10-$20.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Diff'rent/Strokes Have "crazy/cunty/dirty/retarded/trashy fun" w/Jonny, DJ Nita, cute gay virgins & Arnold's goldfish, Abraham; Happy Ending, 10, $5.
Digital Days feat. 80's & early 90's golden era of dancehall, w/Scratch Famous & Teflon slinging the "classics, the rarities & the everlasting boomshots"; Angel, 7.
DJs, Dags & Fykes DJ Troy host a boy-friendly ladies' night, hell?there's two fireplaces...who cares what sex you warm up to; Metropolitan, 10, free.
Eclectic Wednesdays Two floors feat. Funkmaster Flex, Cipha Sounds, Max Glazier & Frank Jugga spinning r&b, hiphop & reggae all over the place; NV, 10, $20, women free.
Eye Wash Wednesdays Get the red out while staring at live-mixed video art w/Feedbuck Galore, Chris Jordan, Miixxy & VJ Rei?music by Analogon & Colorform; Remote Lounge, 9, free.
Putumayo World Music pres. new world music CD Sahara Lounge feat. DJ Nightshade's (Ay Papi) melange of Arabic, afro-funk, afro-pop, punjabi & mo'?plus, belly dancers; Mannahatta, 9, free.
Satisfaction DJ Lo-Fi Lee continues to rock n' roll your world; Open Air, 9, free.
Sweet Spot is now powered by Industrial Strength Queen, thanks to Adam Goldstone & Steve Travolta Duplantier joining forces; Sapphire Lounge, 10, $5.
UNCUT Latin Wednesdays Late evening skin with a chance of heavy drinking & a sprinkling of go-go boys; Stonewall, 9, $5, free before 10.
Worship Wednesdays All hail DJ Lola X's punk & rock sex grooves & resident belly dancer Isis; Three of Cups, 10, free.
THURSDAY 1/15
Rock/Country/Hiphop
"African Underground" w/Shiffai, the Dug Out, Dola, Nemiss, Chosan, Legacy Star Five Spot, 9, $10.
Joseph Arthur, Teddy Thompson, Like Yesterday Acoustic, Doug Levitt Living Room, 7, $7.
Maya Azucena, Robin Andre, Robby Pardlo w/DJ Spinna B.B. King Blues Club, 8, $14.50.
Bamm Bamm, XKS, Yearbook Siberia, 9.
BeavHer's 80s Dance Party Don Hill's, 11.
Matt Caplan, Waken, Granian, Parsons & Bailey, Drew Young, Todd Spire Acme Underground.
Katrina Chester Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Diane Cluck, Cockroach, Eric Lippe Pete's Candy Store, 9, free.
The David Kolker Band, Richard Thorne & the Teasels, Dodd Ferrelle, Dan Shuman Baggot Inn, 7, $5.
GNYC pres. James & the Sensitives, Debby, Lauren Echo, Music By Dawn, Goodbye Girl Friday, Josh Steadman Band, Neil Shah CB's 313 Gallery, 7:15, $7.
The Great Shakes, the Trophy Wives, the Brooklyn Jugs Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Green Inside, Drashan, Highway 9, Josie Miller, Daniel Powers Bitter End, 8, $5.
The Inevitable Breakups, Low Flying jets, This Blue Holiday the Hook, 9, $7.
The Jessica Lurie Ensemble, Ejectrode, Concentric Tribeca Rock Club, 8:15, $8, 18+.
Jim, Confusion's Prince, the Bam Sequence, Seismic Lion's Den, 7, $8, 18+.
Leroy Justice, Freeloader, the Navigators, Greta Gaines Mercury Lounge, 7:30, $8.
Made Out of Babies, the New Professionals Northsix, 9, $6.
Mahogany, Prosaics, the Int'l Shades, the Winter Pageant Sin-é, 8, $8.
Meanflower Rodeo Bar.
The Monkeyshine 9 Knitting Factory Old Office, 10, free.
Neverman, Damian Anderson, Jen Piper, Eyestone, Frank, Joe Whyte Arlene's Grocery, 7.
Nimble One Minded Animal, Wyoming, Drug Store CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 10, $6.
Olive Drab Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Dave O'Neal, Randi Russo, Elgin Movement, Rick Shapiro Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Patrick Pfeiffer Cutting Room, 9:30, $10 min. Book signing.
Revel, Scarlet Fields, Walk In, the Smash Up, Radiate, Eve to Adam CBGB, 7, $7.
Eric Roberson, Alkebulan S.O.B.'s, 8, $15, 18+.
Rivercat, the Mynks, Great Jones, Imposter Syndrome, Early Grace, Nobot Continental, 8, free.
Second Left, Katfood, Jimmy Carroll Maxwell's, 9, $6.
Soulstream, After Yellow Red, Eyelash Don Hill's, 7:45.
Spectrum Music pres. L Maestro Presents, Apollo Heights, Natural Selection, Caural, Bronx Monx Knitting Factory, 8:30, $8.
Spottiswoode & His Enemies, Paul Cantelon Joe's Pub, 6:30, $13.
Threat?, Jared Gutstadt (the Izzys), Shrine, B.J. Snowden, Lara Herscovitch C-Note, 7.
Jazz/Experimental
Full House Smoke, 9, 11 & 12:30 a.m., free.
Stefano Bollani & Enrico Rava Quintet Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Joel Frahm & Brad Mehldau Duo Jazz Standard, $20.
The Les Goodson Quartet St. Nick's, 9:30, $3.
Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte w/DJ Olive Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 9, $15.
Jazz Mundo Downstairs at Porters, 8.
Hank Jones Trio Iridium Room.
Sean Jones Quintet Jazz Gallery, $12.
Wayne Krantz 55 Bar, 10, $15.
Peter Mazza Trio Bar Next Door, 8 & 10:30, $5 & 1 drink min.
Paulette McWilliams & Vincent Herring Joe's Pub, 9:30, $20, $18 adv.
Mingus Big Band Fez/Time Cafe, 7:30 & 10, $18.
Martha Mooke Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School, 8.
Matt Munisteri Barbes, 9.
Stan Rubin's Swing Era Band Cajun.
Wolfgang Schalk Quartet Cornelia St. Cafe.
Greg Tardy Quartet Issue Project Room, 8, $10.
3 Jazz Tenors Birdland, $40.
Eve Zanni Trio Downstairs at Porters.
Blues/World/Other
Marcel Khalife Stern's Music, 6:30, free.
Classical/Opera
A Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Concert The Rejoice Ensemble performs Crouch & Holmes' "A Tribute to Martin Luther King," Maultsby's "Freedom Medley" & Blake's "The Dream Lives On" at St. Bartholomew's Church, 7:30, $15-$35.
New York Philharmonic Beethoven's Triple Concerto, a Henri Dutilleux premiere & Andre Previn are a preview of what to expect at this three-week concert series; Avery Fisher Hall, call for times & prices [through 1/24].
Play Ball: When Music Slides Into the Home Plate of Sports Program of Gandolfi, Cummings, Lustig & more; Dixon Place at University Settlement, 8, $15 [repeats Fri.].
The Sylvan Wind Quintet returns, in a program titled "French-American Liaisons," to the National Arts Club, 8, $25, $15 st./s.c.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
All In the Family When DJ Greg Poole isn't comatose & drooling, he'll catch you off guard w/groovy tunes; Mugsy's, 10, free.
APT Thursdays Donnie Blackoutz pres. Basement Jam 2084 w/Darshan Jesrani?'nuf said; APT, 10, $8, $6 adv.
Bonita "It may be cold outside but it's hot in here!" w/DJ Grim's Top 40 faves, sizzling salsa & tropical hits plus voluptuous showgirl-tits; Now Bar, 10.
The G Spot Find it once & for all among sexy, successful & mature minglers?plus DJs Playtime & June; Joe's Pub, 11.
G-Spot Hot, intimate lesbian night shows you the way w/DJs Missy & Triny; 2i's, 8, $5-$8.
Gloss DJ Rachael is pantiless & mixing it up for some sexy blonde go-go goddess, all the hot dykes & celesbians(?) in NYC, w/hostessess Jackie & Chloe Jo; Meow Mix, 10, $5.
Heavyweight Thursdays DJs Max Glazer & Edwin 'Stats' Houghton get this party started plus KO drink specials; Mannahatta, 10, free.
Ladies Night KTU's Mike Rizzo rocks the party that's not just for Bergen County natives, no sir; Webster Hall, 10, $25, women free, 19+.
Messy DJ Merritt colors the night outside the lines; Discotheque.
PhOnOmena DJs incl. Olive & Toshio Kajiwara abuse the tables for unique club kids; Subtonic, 9, free.
Restricted DJ Punk-Ass Jason works the crowd doing his damndest to keep the assholes away?we wish him luck; Lit, 10, free.
Showbiz Thursdays Stretch Armstrong spins hiphop w/80s & classics like it's nobody's business; Show, 10, $20.
Summer Beach Party in January It's a Carribean dinner n' dancing shin dig to benefit HRS & the Medical Marijuana Assoc. of NY, feat. Calypso sounds of Joe Barnes & Oaxaca's DJ Gringo Loco; Frying Pan, 9, $10.
Tigerbeat! 2nd Underwear Party This mandatory clothescheck party is a nude cruise 'n' booze. "What better way to forget the holidays than naked with a bunch of men."; Slide, 10, free.
Under the Radar Dub Gabriel's high frequency dance party determines your personal Dub & Sufi Trance velocity; Kush, 9, free.
FRIDAY 1/16
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Artist Amp pres. Mike Tichy, Planet Janet, Tris McCall, Stereo Generation Maxwell's, 9, $7.
Benevento/Russo Duo, Scott Metzger (Rana) Tribeca Rock Club, 9:30, $10, 18+. Led Zeppelin covers.
Coop Concert Series pres. Stephen Clair, Elisa Korenne Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 8, $10.
Jack Devine, the Bitter Poet, Karen Kuhl, Lady Unluck, Soul Disciple Arlene's Grocery, 8. Soul Disciple CD release.
D'Haene, Myim Rose & Presence Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Lydia Doran & Jim Saxa, Jason Trachtenburg, Langhorne Slim, Ruth Gerson, Kares Ines Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Dough Cutting Room, 12:30 a.m., $10 min.
Echo Lane, Deek Jenkins, Susan Said, Dominick, Glass of Know Don Hill's, 8.
The Fabulous Entourage, the Hazzards the Tank, 10, $7.
Fighting Gravity, Woodswork, Josh Dodes Band, Clarias, Kosmic Daydream Lion's Den, 7:30, $12, $10 adv., 18+.
"Fukkital" feat. Mark Verbos, Acrosome, Nevermind (Hellz Army), Tocsin, Fishead Knitting Factory Old Office, 9, $6.
"GoGirls Music Fest" w/Rachel Sage, Jen Chapin, Erin Hill, G-spot, Allison Cipris, Kama Linden w/host Goddess Perlman Fez/Time Cafe, 8, $15 don. Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls benefit.
The GoStation, Aerovox, Scout, Benzos, A Dive w/Djs KariBomb & Jenny Jeans Sin-é, 8, $8.
Groove Assault, Rare, Leslie Carr, Erik Brandt (the Urban Hillbilly Quartet), Her Baggot Inn, 8, $5.
The Healers, Super 400, Buttafat, Chops, Shanna Sharp Bitter End, 8, $5.
"Indie Music Explosion!" w/Bloodroot, Kimberly West Band, the Clay Pigeons, Acoustic-o-rama, Bill Stevens & Standard Time C-Note, 7, $5.
International Cork pres. Cenzo, the Hard Ups, Strikes Again, Pillow Theory Galapagos, 8, $7.
Jackson, the Disruptors, Banana Fish Zero, Bantam, the Bullys, Cyclones Continental, 9:30, $7.
Jackson, Law Biting Citizens, Dose of Reality CBGB, 8, $10.
Jug Addicts, Breadfoot, the Cobble Hillbillies Pete's Candy Store, 9.
Liquid Violence, Trophy, Jonson, Eve To Adam. the Hook, 9, $10.
Live From Home pres. Cassandra Wilson, Nellie McKay, Kevin Devine Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 7:30, $25. Housing Works benefit.
Liza Garelik and the WonderWheels, Terry Radigan, Olio Freddy's Backroom, 9:30, free.
ZJ Miller, Ashley Jones, Bannor CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $7.
Mountain B.B. King Blues Club, 8 & 10:30, $25.50, $20.50 adv.
Navy, Fur Cups For Teeth, Geography, Lapse of Luxury w/DJ Hi-Fi Hillary Siberia, 9. Fur Cups For Teeth CD release.
The Niagaras Rodeo Bar.
Nightmoves Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
NS Nation, Marat, Lexi Blu Stinger, 9, $5.
Puracane, Asobi Seksu, Moonraker, the Savage Juliet Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $8.
Rich Robinson (the Black Crowes), Spartacle Knitting Factory, 9, $15.
Paul Schwartz Joe's Pub, 7, $20.
The Shadow Boys, Johnny Society, the Whateverly Brothers, Devin Dougherty, Rebecca Hall Living Room, 7.
Henry Shead, the Philistines, Ethan Andrews Alphabet Lounge, 8, $6.
Mishka Shubaly, the Blue 88's, the Motel Beds Northsix, 9, $6.
The Starvations, Cause Co-Motion, Central City Soundtrack Lit, 9, $7.
Stupid, the Tuesday Suits, the Domestics Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Temptress, Exo, Ruben, Prankstar, Tomorrow House, the Shore Birds Acme Underground.
Jazz/Experimental
Stefano Bollani & Enrico Rava Quintet Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
The Canal Street Dixieland Band Cajun, 8.
Marc Cary & Indigenous People Blue Note, 12:30 a.m., $8.
Anat Fort BAM Cafe, 9.
Al Foster Quartet Smoke.
French American Connection Magnolia, 10.
Jimmy Greene Quartet Jazz Gallery, $15.
Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte w/DJ Logic Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 9, $15.
Hank Jones Trio Iridium Room.
Maroon Tonic, 8, $10.
Sam Newsome Quintet the Up Over the Jazz Cafe.
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Centennial Band Birdland.
The Raelian Cabaret Barbes, 8.
Greg Randy & the Unsung Heroes Lenox Lounge, 8:30, 10 & 11:30, $15.
Grupo Greg Ribot Bowery Poetry Club, 8.
Jim Staley Lotus, 8, $8.
Jeremy Steig Quartet Cornelia St. Cafe.
3 Jazz Tenors Birdland, $40.
David Ullman Quartet C-Note, 12 a.m.
Bobby Watson & Horizon Jazz Standard, $25.
Spats White & His Blue Ukulele the Maine Lobster, free.
Blues/World/Other
Taraf de Haidouks Carnegie Hall.
Son De Madre Downstairs at Porters.
Tabou Combo, Beethova Obas S.O.B.'s, 12 a.m. & 2 a.m., $22, $20 adv.
Classical/Opera
The Bronx Opera Co. performs Rossini's L'Equivoco Stravagante; Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 8, $20-$35 [repeats Sat.].
50th Anniversary Season of Concerts at the MET continues tonight w/Sam Ramey on bass & Warren Jones on piano at "Temple of Dendur" in the Sackler wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 8, $55.
"A Fool's Errand" Brent Dodson (trumpet) "puts his horn to the service of nothing less than easing the tensions between America and France" (while dodging spitballs) in program of Rouse, Ravel, Debussy, Francaix, Robert Erickson & Eric Ewazen as part of the "Faculty Artist Series" at Third St. Music School Settlement, 7:30.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Diabolik DJs Dandy Sex & George spin wild punk & 80s, oh Dandy Sex...; Raven, 10, free.
Alt-Sinsation Evil DJ Grim spins synth core, punk, metal, ska & 80s feat. the Precious Miss Peppermint Gummy Bear; Now Bar, 10, $20, women $15.
Avalon Fridays Rotating, international DJs spin house on the main floor, Stretch Armstrong's hiphoping for the VIP; Avalon, 10, $25.
B'LO Fridays Ody Roc rollin' up the 80s, classics, hiphop & house into one smokin' joint; B'LO, 10, $20.
Contempt Sick of the status quo? DJ Subvert spins for the goth/industrialists at all-black dress optional party w/no guestlist or "attitude"; Remote Lounge, 10:30, $7.
DJ Andee Pop Star Kids member makes the tables merry w/uplifting pop, new wave, "wide-screen techno" & punk; Galapagos, 10 p.m.-4 a.m., free.
Double Your Pleasure w/DJs Cadet & G every weekend, for nights of "heavy drinking and hard dancing"?that's right, the more you drink the harder it is to keep the beat; Bar 13, 10, $10.
Freedom Party Pay at the door & you are "free to just be ...you... for once," 'cause you're good enough, smart enough & gosh darnit people like you; Culture Club, 10, $5-$10.
Fuckalicious Fridays DJ Garfield's "as sly as the cat"?not as fat & lazy? Word has it, this cat will wet your sexual appetite & spin a mean funk; Mugsy's, free.
Funhouse DJ Rexx Arkana, Dracos & Mekkah kick it w/a post-gothic, alien vampire fetish, sexually mixed crowd, oh my!; Rare, 9, $15.
GBH Jason Angola & DJ Naomi playing hiphop & classics; Lotus, 10, $20.
Good Girls Gone Go-Go DJ Epic gets even larger & more important, spinning classic rock, 80s, metal, punk & new wave, while go-go girls go?live music from Aces Low; Slipper Room, 10, $5.
Gumbo Downtown trendy crowd dances to DJ Reach's hiphop, rock & 80s mix?he's on the Carson Daly Show in case you doubted his street cred; Joe's Pub, 11.
Ladies Night "Spoiled Rotten" Girls come on down & get loosey goosey w/free admission 'til 12 & lots of social lubricant specials just for you; Club NY, 10.
Moulin Rouge DJ Reach (see above) spins classics, funk, hiphop & rock?Ami Goodheart & the Coquettes tie it all together w/racy Moulin Rougey performances; Lot 61, 10, $15.
No Pressure Fridays Take a load off & drink free from 10-11:30?afterwards, blow your hard earned wad on the rest of the night, dancing to DJ Soul's r&b, hiphop & rock classics; Lobby, ladies free before 12 a.m.
Rise DJ Whimpy B. rocks r&b, hiphop & reggae upstairs; downstairs, chill w/soul, funk & deep house?guestlist 212-807-1775; 2i's, 10:30, $10-$15, women free before 12 a.m.
Rock Lives Here DJ Morgan takes over the wheels, keeping the local scene alive; Three of Cups, 10, free.
Step On Tony Fletcher & DJ JD make Park Slope more like Manchester w/baggy grooves, Britpop, northern soul, hacienda classics, soccer hooligans & rain; the Royale, 10, free.
Trash! DJs Jess & Alex Malfunction catch the new wave/Britpop/rock/electro/indie junkies while you get wasted; RiFiFi, 10, free.
SATURDAY 1/17
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Bishop Allen, We Are Scientists the Tank, 9, $5.
Big Lazy, Mason Dixon Pete's Candy Store, 9.
The Bocks, the Jim Daves, the Waylons, Disposition, Bodhi, Bob Crane's Yearbook, Goodnight Gracie Continental, 8, $5.
Erik Brandt (the Urban Hillbilly Quartet), Tom Clark, Eddy Lee Priest, Steve Uh & Brian Carter, Sage Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min. Priest CD release.
Henry Butler, Oneside, Roamin' Gabriels Tribeca Rock Club, 8:45, $15, $12 adv., 18+.
Cazio, Linard, Mark Femino, Billy Cervany, Joshua Kobak Bitter End, 8, $5.
The Coffin Daggers, Gaijin a Go-Go, the Yards, the Newborn Naturals Southpaw, 8:30, $8.
The Cuban Cowboys, Caramelize, Cholo, Contramo CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $7. Caramelize video release party.
Lydia Adams Davis, Steve Suffet Peoples' Voice Cafe, 8, $10, $5 s.c./low income.
Diamond, Earl Greyhound, the Mob Stereo Lit, 9, $7.
DipsoManiacs, Naked Sams, Bastards of Melody, Paper This Stages Siberia, 9.
John Eddie, L.P. Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15.
Fooled By April, Clearview, Orange Park, the Shade Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
GNYC pres. Imperfect, Undermine X, Broque, New York Ska Xchange, Hongkongathon Continental, 3, $10, all ages.
High Speed Chase, the Pennyroyals, Fight Over Shotgun, ClueLess Maxwell's, 9, $7.
Jennifer Hartswick Band, Homunculus, Otis Reservoir, Ippazzi Band, Matt Stamm Lion's Den, 6:30, $10, 18+.
Les Sans Culottes, the King of France, the Vitamen, Jed Parish Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $10.
The Lustre Kings Rodeo Bar.
Mad Horn Town, Dennis (the Realistics), Booty Olympics, Brendan O'Shea, Steve Aalma & Alli Smith, John Garnevicus Living Room, 7.
Manipulation, Groovski, Endgames, Camera, Andy Zipf Baggot Inn, 8, $5.
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer of the Gods" w/Black Dog (Led Zeppelin Trib.), Strawberry Fields (Beatles Trib.) B.B. King Blues Club, 8, $20, $15 adv.
Bette Midler Madison Square Garden, 8, $39.50-$254.50.
Mission of Burma, Rye Coalition Irving Plaza, 8, $30, $25 adv.
Nicola Groove, 8, $10.
Outernational, Genetic Control CBGB, 8, $10.
The Regs, the Fitness, Hit the Hook, 8:30, $10.
Rilo Kiley, Tilly and the Wall, Jake Bellows Knitting Factory, 9, sold out.
Sandusky Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
Scatter the Ashes, Pink Spiders Northsix, 9, $6.
Scrapomatic, Wendy Caplan Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Skycam, Clem Snide, Elk City & Brother JT, Los Halos Sin-é, 8, $12.
Sweet Jeebus, FlezaDoza, Professor & Maryann, Red Jacket, Angela Jimenez C-Note, 7.
Tales of the New Depression, Night Wigga Freddy's Backroom, 10:30, free.
Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders, the Trees, Shacky Bones, Ezra Nanes, Rawson, Patrick Fleming Acme Underground.
"Tiswas" feat. the Hong Kong, the Harlem Shakes, Starter Culture w/DJ Nick Marc & Justine D. Don Hill's, 9:30 [through 1/10].
U.S. Patent Office, Spinning Images, the Behoovers, Hialeyeah Skyline, Sweetfeed, As Summer Dies Arlene's Grocery, 7.
Jazz/Experimental
Ralph Alessi Quintet Jazz Gallery, $15.
Audio Alchemy Knitting Factory Old Office, 9.
Borah Bergman Brecht Forum.
Stefano Bollani & Enrico Rava Quintet Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Katie Bull & Her Trio Parlor Jazz.
Marc Cary & Indigenous People Blue Note, 12:30 a.m., $8.
Al Foster Quartet Smoke.
Thomas Gaudynski Lotus, 8, $8.
Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte, Skerik Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 9, $15.
Hank Jones Trio Iridium Room.
The Main Squeeze Orchestra Galapagos, 8, $8.
Sam Newsome Quintet the Up Over the Jazz Cafe.
Roberta Piket & Alternating Current Downstairs at Porters.
Plan A Magnolia, 10.
Greg Randy & the Unsung Heroes Lenox Lounge, 8:30, 10 & 11:30, $15.
The Red Onion Jazz Band Cajun, 8:30, free.
Judi Silvano Cornelia St. Cafe.
3 Jazz Tenors Birdland, $40.
Bobby Watson & Horizon Jazz Standard, $25.
Blues/World/Other
Black 47 Connolly's Pub & Restaurant, 10:30, $10.
Delta Dreambox Barbes, 9.
Heritage O.P. BAM Cafe, 10.
New Life Tabernacle Mass Choir BAM Opera House, 7:30, $20-$25.
Classical/Opera
Hidden Treasures: Premieres by American Composers Plus pre-concert talk w/wine & cheese (where were these Baptists when we were growing up in the South); St. John the Baptist Church, 8, $20, $15 st./s.c.
Nazeri w/Dastan Ensemble Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Operesque pres. Otello; the New Church (Swedenborgian), 6 [through 1/25].
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Ass-Shaker Seven ASSinine words: "I'm on the Olson Twin's guest list" & you can slip into this party for nothing. What a creepy thing to say. The soon-to-be NYU freshmen give me nightmares.; Filter 14, 9.
Beyond Depravity Celebrate this MLK day w/a night that will not give up. Feat. Junior Vasquez, DJ Irene, Rafi Mercado & the Soundfactory dancers; Sound Factory, 11, $30.
Bingo-A-Go-Go Yup, it's a night of B-4 you go-go dancers, DJs & sake specials; Halcyon, 9.
Citizen Kane & Danny Krivit rip it up w/vinyl madness; APT, $10.
Cupcake DJs Jason Williams & Markus Miller's frosting-topped techno derivatives for frosted-tipped clubbers; Subtonic, 9, free.
Decadence DJ Kasper packs it in while getting decadent on your behind; Joe's Pub, 11, free.
Deep Saturdays DJs Exacta & Soul wax musical & get down to the true meaning of 80s, classics, hiphouse & house beats; Deep, 10, $25.
DJ Eric Morillo spins deep houseñfrom the wee hours into the late afternoon. A better alternative to traditional brunch; Discotheque, 5 a.m., $25.