WEDNESDAY 3/24 WEDNESDAY 3/24 Rock/Country/Hiphop Actualities, Feast, the Displaced Luna ...
Jeremiah Birnbaum, Abbe Rivers, Erin O'Hara, Serena Jost Arlene's Grocery, 8, $5.
Blues Traveler Irving Plaza, 8, $30, $27.50 adv.
"The Chanteuse Club" feat. Maggie Moore, Kate Pierson (B-52's), Jill Jones Joe's Pub, 9:30, $20.
Chris Duarte Group, Super 400 Tribeca Rock Club, 8:30, $15, $12 adv., 18+.
Paul Clements, Fleezadoza, Melina, "Cari Coles Studio Showcase" Bitter End, 7, $5.
The Cobble Hillbillies Rodeo Bar, 10, free.
The Dears, the Redwells, Kimon Maxwell's, 8:30, $6.
Djibouti, Kid Charlemagne, Brian Bauer & WMD, Elroy, Brian Sofer Lion's Den, 7, $8, 18+.
Mila Drumke Fez/Time Cafe, 9:30, $10.
Dugalushus pres. Rhythm Republik, Beetroot, Nevaris Southpaw, 8, $8.
Dusty Wright & the Jaguars Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Earlymay, Eliza Gilkyson, Marcy Playground, Lorraine Leckie Mercury Lounge, 7:30, $10.
The Fresh Kills, Moisturizer, the Hells, Gin Palace, Low Brau CBGB, 7:30, $8.
Gelbison w/Old Man River Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 9, $7.
GNYC pres. Static Radio, the Gallows, Motherboard, Cheatin' Soccer Mom, Prom King, Dreamfasted Continental, 8, $5.
"The Immortal Series" feat. Kool G Rap, Black Rob w/DJ Cash Money & Lord Finesse S.O.B.'s, 8, $30, $25 adv.
Jim's Big Ego, Kingsauce, Hi Red Center Knitting Factory Old Office, 8, $6.
Amy Kohn Galapagos, 8, $8.
Luciar Cutting Room, 10, $10 min.
Jonathan Maron & Genji Siraisi, Delta Dreambox Cafe 111, 8, free.
Matty Charles & the Valentines Pete's Candy Store, 10.
The Nani & Rainbow Show, the Lab, Maryellen Devaux, Mimi Cross CB's 313 Gallery, 7, $5.
Oteil & the Peacemakers, Groove Collective B.B. King Blues Club, 9, $15, $10 adv.
Petit Mort Magazine pres. Fantasy's Core Siberia, 8.
Röck Cändy pres. "New York City Rock N Roll: The Next Generation" feat. the Sexy Magazines, Gravity, Damn Near Alchemy, Lourds, the Drive, Tangled Thoughts, Auryn w/DJ Steve Blush Don Hill's, 7:30, $10.
Carina Round Joe's Pub, 7:30, $10.
Rachael Sage, Sam Shaber, Natalia Zukerman w/Nadine Goellner & Angela Jimenez, Jened, Sarah Lentz Living Room, 7.
Leah Siegel, Lisa McHenry, thefeverfew, the Boy Bathing Loisaida Cafe, 7, free, all ages.
Sons and Daughters, Pg Six, the Last Town Chorus, James Orr Complex Northsix, 9, $8.
Stand, Lonehawk Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15, $13 adv., 18+.
Bryan Stephens, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30, free.
The Subway Sun, Special Patrol Group, the Last Days Pianos, 8, $8.
Tangerine, Pamela Laws, Lucky, Joe Condiracci Sin-é, 8, $8.
Trizzo Cafe 111, 11:30, free.
Wimp Factor 14, the Trouble Dolls, Mancino, the Sick Passengers Lit, 9, $5.
Windmill Music pres. Rain of Kings, Vertigo Blue, Papa Roxy, Rob Carey C-Note, 7, $5.
"Wondermore Records Showcase" w/Charlotte Kendrick Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Jazz/Experimental
Akkapella Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30, $10.
Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway Feinstein's at the Regency.
Eddie Davis & His New Orleans Jazz Band Cajun, 8.
Jimmy Greene Quartet Jazz Standard, $15.
Hot Pants Funk Sextet w/B3 Smoke, 9, 11 & 12:30 a.m., free.
Stanley Jordan Birdland, $30.
Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door, 8:30.
Frank Lacy's Vibe Tribe Jazz Gallery, $12.
The Leisure Kings Detour.
Bill McHenry Group 55 Bar, 10, $7.
Metropolitan Klezmer Tonic, 8, $10.
Night of the Ravished Limbs Barbes, 9, $8.
Elliott Sharp's Terraplane Tonic.
Cecil Taylor Big Band Iridium Room.
Blues/World/Other
The Bird House Perzleys Ear Inn, 12 a.m., free.
French Cookin' Blues Band Lucille's, 8, free.
Classical/Opera
The BMCC Downtown Symphony plays Schumann, Schubert & Wagner; Borough of Manhattan Community College, 8, free.
Choir of the Church of the Holy Apostles in "settings old and new" of Ave verum Corpus at Church of the Holy Apostles, 7:30, $10-$20.
Faure & Mozart do the Requiem thing w/a little help from the Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra; Carnegie Hall.
The Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York pres. Paquita D'Rivera on clarinet & saxophone plus the New York Percussion Quartet at Kosciuszko Foundation, 7:30.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Cubansoul Wednesdays Ay Candela! Two floors w/DJ Elvira spinning "pure salsa" & DJ Medina turning the hot Havana sounds?plus, baila 'til you drop to Coco Merenson; Nell's, 9, $12.
Digital Days pres. golden era of dancehall w/80s & early 90s "classics, the rarities & the everlasting boomshots" from Scratch Famous & Teflon; Angel, 7.
DJs, Dags & Fykes DJ Troy host boy-friendly ladies' night?w/two fireplaces, who cares which sex you warm up to; Metropolitan, 10, free.
Dog Burner DJs Sean Archons & Teeth serve up the Japanese rock party that roasts your weiner; Southside, 10, free.
Eye Wash Wednesdays Get the red out in social cocktail atmosphere feat. live video art; Remote Lounge, 9, free.
Flesh Theater S&M lounge feat. DJs Buslink, Mekkah & Kevin Carpet dropping 80s, new wave, rock, synthpop, EBM & goth for all the full frontal kinksters; 219 Flamingo, 9, $15, $10 men in a dress, $5 women.
Static Electro charged night w/Satamile, Prozac, drink specials & poor reception; Filter 14, 9:30.
Topshelf Wednesday DJ Steve Martin bringin' down the house w/the good shit?funk, house & Latin; Baraza, 7:30, free.
UNCUT Latin Wednesdays Late evening skin w/chance of heavy drinking & sprinkling of go-go boyz, feat. live "porn-formances"; Stonewall, 9, $5, free before 10.
Worship Wednesdays Hallowed be DJ Lola X's punk & rock sex grooves & resident belly dancer Isis; Three of Cups, 10, free.
THURSDAY 3/25
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Addison Groove Project, the Bridge, Paul Cox Project Lion's Den, 8, $12, $10 adv., 18+.
The Adorno Sound Project pres. Culture, Lindsey Brokerton Horace Mann Aud., Columbia University, 7, $10 don.
Alabama Black Snakes, the Wregs, the Light Brigade Lit, 9, $5.
Sasha Allen, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30, $5.
The Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theater, 8, $50-$75.
Astrograss, Amy Speace, Crescent and Frost, Matt Turk, Cupcake, Nicki Gonzalez Band Living Room, 7.
The Bad Plus, Craig Taborn Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15, 18+.
Kenneth Beasley, Theress Sareo, Julia Douglass, Antje Duvekot Cafe 111, 8, free.
BeavHer's 80s Dance Party Don Hill's, 11.
Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott Nassau Coliseum, 7, sold out.
The Boxes, Dirty On Purpose, Essex, Skycam, Function Pianos, 8, $8.
Dennis Brennan, Rachel Loshak Pete's Candy Store, 9.
Casey Neil Trio, Miz Jez & the Idaho Reds Acoustic Country & Bluegrass, Kara Suzanne & Aya Kato Galapagos, 8, $7.
The Chickenstand Throwdown Band, Rod Webber, Jeff Nimeh, Rich Shapiro, Marilee Sidewalk Cafe, 7:30, 2 drink min.
Chocolate Genius, Me'Shell NdegéOcello Joe's Pub, 9:30, $15.
Pat Cisarano & the Ah Project, November Factory, Dave Leiter, John Lidersdorf Bitter End, 8, $7.
The David Kolker Band, Brett Rothenhaus, Voodoo Train, Casey Galbraith Baggot Inn, 7, $5.
The Decemberists, Clearlake, Dios, Tom Heinl Mercury Lounge, 8, sold out.
The Dragons, the Turbo A.C.'s, Joker 5 Speed, the Hello, Riff Random CBGB, 8, $8.
Jack Grace Rodeo Bar, 10, free.
"Indie Music Explosion!" w/the Desires, G$, Chris Yurchuck, Sharon Edry, Arielle C-Note, 7, $5.
Juan's Downfall, Trace Element, Volcano, the Delafields, Chris Barren, Will Daily Arlene's Grocery, 7, $7.
Kinion, the Waylons, Dor Lata, D'Atlee CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $5.
Levinhurst Northsix, 9, $10.
Lungs Of a Giant, the Marianne Pillsburys, Big On Sleep Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Morning Theft, Daybreaker, Red Rocket, Aaron Lee Siberia, 8.
Morningwood w/DJs Mark Ronson, Cat & Illy Knitting Factory, 9:30, free.
Oz Rock the Ding Dong Lounge, 9, free.
The Petit Project, Jupiter Sunrise, Little Fingers Maxwell's, 9, $6.
The Pillcrushers Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Steve Rand, Claudia Malibu, Tal Vez, Donna Susan Blu Lounge, 8, free.
Jason Shand Chetty Red, 9, $7. CD release.
Singapore Sling, Another Blue Door, Dutch Kills Southpaw.
Six Gun Radio, Autopilot Off w/DJ Tom Beaujour Sin-é, 8:30.
Sleep of Reason, Royal Playboy Cartel, No Destination Don Hill's, 7:45.
"Songwriters Hall of Fame" Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Speedway, Trim, the Boroughs, Observing Paul, Early Grace, the Vittles Continental, 8, free.
Television, Martha Wainwright Irving Plaza, 8, $30, $26.50 adv.
The Wright Brothers, Soul River, Josh & Sam, Timothy Dark Tribeca Rock Club, 7:30, $10, 18+.
Bethany Yarrow, Tyler Hilton Joe's Pub, 7, $10.
Jazz/Experimental
Andy Bey Au Bar.
The Paul Brandenburg Trio Loisaida Cafe, 9, free, all ages.
Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway Feinstein's at the Regency.
Seleno Clarke & Harlem Groove Smoke, free.
Donald Edwards Quintet Jazz Gallery, $12.
The Marty Ehrlich New Trio, the Marty Ehrlich/Myra Melford Duo Jazz Standard.
Free Range Rats Barbes.
Robert Glasper Trio the Up Over the Jazz Cafe.
Stanley Jordan Birdland, $30.
Cliff Korman & the Brazillian Tinge Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30.
Peter Mazza Trio Bar Next Door, 8:30.
Mingus Big Band Fez/Time Cafe, 7:30 & 10, $18.
Stan Rubin's Swing Era Band Cajun.
Cecil Taylor Big Band Iridium Room.
Blues/World/Other
Badawi feat. Honeychild Bowery Poetry Club, 10, $8.
Victoria Hanna & Mariana Sadovska Makor, 8, $15.
NYC Swing Band Lucille's, 8, free.
Dave Pietro's Banda Brazil Detour.
Kevin So Freddy's Bar & Backroom, 9:30, free.
Yerba Buena w/DJ Bill Coleman S.O.B.'s, 9, $17, $15 adv., 18+.
Classical/Opera
The Great Composers of Central Europe Janacek, Dvorak & Kodaly, "influenced as much by Western European composers as by the native gypsy dance music of the region"; Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center.
New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel breaks out the Schubert & Bruckner; Avery Fisher Hall, call for times & prices [through 3/30].
Orpheus Louis Karchin's original work based on Orpheus and Eurydice performed by the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society at Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 8, $10, $5 st./s.c.
Seven Words from the 21st Century "Music & meditation for the Lenten Season" Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 7:30, free.
Yael Weiss Pianist's New York debut ; Metropolitan Museum of Art Grace Rainey Rogers Aud., 8, $25, $7.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Afterwork Thursdays DJs Johnny Famulari, Norty Cotto & Lucho spin the "ultimate Latin afterwork party"; Deep, 5, ladies free, men $10 before 8.
Beautiful in every single way w/DJ Grim's Top 40 faves, sizzling salsa & tropical hits plus voluptuous showgirl-tits; Now Bar, 10, $15-20.
DJ Lo-Fi along side Dirty Blonde rock n' roll your world from Adam Ant to Yaz; Culture Club, 9, $10.
The G Spot Find it once & for all among sexy, successful & mature minglers?plus DJs Playtime & June; Joe's Pub, 11.
Gloss DJ Rachael is pantiless & mixing it up for some sexy blonde go-go goddess, all the hot dykes & celesbians(?) in NYC, w/hosts Jackie & Chloe Jo; Meow Mix, 10, $5.
Harmony! Keith Blackstone w/special guest Mr. V promote togetherness?musical & otherwise?plus, Patricia Lukoszek's fashion showcase; Sullivan Room, 10, $10, $7 st.
Heavyweight Dancehall Thursdays DJs Max Glazer & Edwin "Stats" Houghton "row-the-boat," "take-down-the-fence" & subwoof your way to deafdom?lighters optional; Mannahatta, 10, free.
Ladies Night KTU's Mike Rizzo rocks the party that's not just for Bergen County natives, no sir?feat. "explosive" Male Revue; Webster Hall, 10, $25, women free, 19+.
Mathursdays A journey through music from dub to hiphop; Iona, 11, free.
Moozical Therapy Dr. 2C busts out his secret stash of chill pills & slips them into your beats; Sunburnt Cow, 10, free.
PhOnOmena DJs incl. Olive & Toshio Kajiwara take it out on the tables & summon experimental club kids; Subtonic, 9, $10.
Porn Star XXX Go-Go boyz provide "the ultimate in cunty flava," while you turn tricks; B'LO, $10.
R 'n' R Get Down Bang your head on that hard rock, metal, punk & local music, w/Tor & Eric 13; Three of Cups, 10, free.
Restricted DJ Punk-Ass Jason works the crowd w/sleazy listening in an asshole-free zone; Lit, 10, free.
Stone Soup Get ladled as DJ Scribe stews up a night of wack-free soul, hiphop & classics that are good n' good-for-ya; 13 Little Devils, 10, $5.
Supersize Local DJs spreading out w/sexy house, hiphop & rock; Crobar, 11, $20.
Tigerbeat! Underwear Party Mandatory clothes-check party celebrates boys cruisin' n' boozin' in briefs; Slide, 10, free.
Under the Radar Dub Gabriel's high frequency dance party determines your personal Dub & Sufi Trance velocity; Kush, 9, free.
FRIDAY 3/26
Rock/Country/Hiphop
A Don Piper Situation, Matthew Horn, the Sutras Pete's Candy Store, 9.
Addison Groove Project, Nomad, the Brakes, the Unbelievable Meltdown Lion's Den, 8, $12, $10 adv., 18+.
The Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theater, 8, sold out.
Cesar Alvarez, Dan Fishback, Joe Bendik, Hillbilly Water, People's History of the United States of America Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
At a Loss, Blue Velvet, Misted Northsix, 9, $7.
The Barbarians Cafe 111, 12 a.m., free.
Bettie Serveert, Dear Leader, Blake Hazzard Maxwell's, 9:30, $12.
Bonerama w/Stanton Moore & Fred Wesley Tribeca Rock Club, 9:30, $20, $15 adv., 18+.
Camera, Group Sounds, Barcelona Pavillon Lit, 9, $5.
Camille, James Wright, Jon Darling Alphabet Lounge, 8, $6.
Col. Bruce Hampton & the Code Talkers, Averi Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 11, $15.
Coop Concert Series pres. Burning Barn, Bruce Markow the Good Coffeehouse, 8, $10, $6 child.
Crazyhearse, Kevin Orton, Richard Thorne & the Teasels, Sweet William, Alex Battles' Whiskey Rebellion Baggot Inn, 8, $5.
Days of Wild, Aethos, Naked Underneath, Launch Box, Josh Zandman Bitter End, 8, $5.
The Decemberists, Clearlake, Tom Heinl Bowery Ballroom, 9, sold out.
Echo Station, Sicks Deep, the Divide, Scarlett, Surefire, Notes From Underground Don Hill's, 8.
The Fiery Furnaces, Prosaics, the Holy Ghost Northsix, 9, $10.
The Heroine Sheiks, Bantam, Bananafish Zero, Benny Sizzler, Shirley Temple of Doom Sin-é, 8, $10.
Huntingtons, the Marvels, the Methadones, the Unlovables, Noba, the Violets Continental, 9:15, $8-$10, 18+.
"Indie Music Explosion!" w/Candela Soul, F.B.I., Kimberly West Band, Lewis Elderlane Experience, Sabrina & the Haunt, Don McClosky C-Note, 7, $5.
Live From Home pres. Dan Bern, Leona Naess, Holly Williams Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 7:30, $25. Housing Works benefit.
The Lo Fan, the Twelve, Bona Roba, Chancer Luna Lounge, 8:30, free. Bona Roba CD release.
The Mark Abrahams Band Orange Bear, 10, $5.
Billy Martin Tonic, 8 & 10, $12. Amulet Records CD release.
Mike Sandwich, the GoBys, the Knobs Siberia.
Ryan Montbleu, Julian Velard, Dean Fields, Carol Lipnick Living Room, 8, $8.
Franco Morillo, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30 & 11:45, $10.
The Niagaras Rodeo Bar, 10, free.
Mark Pender, PReston Clarke Cutting Room, 8:30, $10 min.
Progress, the Telephones, Great Jones, Eric Coleman, Fireworks Go Up!, Todd Mayo Arlene's Grocery, 7, $7.
"Punk Rock Olympics" w/Vitamin X, Ensign, the Krays, Daycare Swindlers, the Profits, Death Cycle, American Distress, Czolgosz, the Degenerics, Forward To Death CBGB, 5, $15.
The Roscoe Trio Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
Savonarola, Essie Jain & Evan Brum Loisaida Cafe, 9, free, all ages.
Screamfeeder, This Blue Holiday, A Place to Bury Strangers, Riff Random, the Adored Pianos, 8, $8.
The Silent League Joe's Pub, 9:30, $12. CD release.
Singapore Sling, Jonny Lives!, the Break-Up, the Bravery Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $8.
The Slackers, Kings of Nuthin', Dub Is a Weapon B.B. King Blues Club, 7, $15.50, $12.50 adv., all ages.
Slutty Puppets, Paul Jacobsen, Duncan Wilder Johnson CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $7.
The Spunk Lads, the Lost Poets Freddy's Bar & Backroom, 9:30, free.
Television, Martha Wainwright Irving Plaza, 8, $30, $26.50 adv.
Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Amos Lee, Jim Dandy the Hook, 9, $22, $18.50.
27, Friendly Bears, Ahleuchatistas, Talibam Knitting Factory Old Office, 9, $7.
The Vertical Gin Line, the Road, the Only Space, Juvenile Grips CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 8, $5.
The Wrens, Arcade Fire, Baby Knitting Factory, 9, $10.
Jazz/Experimental
Andy Bey Au Bar.
Johnathan Blake Quintet Jazz Gallery, $15.
Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway Feinstein's at the Regency.
The Canal Street Dixieland Band Cajun, 8.
Brian Charette 55 Bar, 6.
The Gray Davis Group Tonic.
Deep Fried B.B. King Blues Club, 12 a.m., $17.
The Marty Ehrlich Quartet Jazz Standard.
Eddie Henderson Qt. Smoke, free.
Stanley Jordan Birdland, $30.
Joel Newton Situation, Monatomic, Triphazard Cafe 111, 8, free.
Pete Robins & Centric w/David Douglas Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30 & 10.
The Charles Sibirsky Trio Barbes, 7.
Melvin Sparks Blue Note, 12:30 a.m..
Cecil Taylor Big Band Iridium Room.
The Useless Bastards Detour.
When Charlie Met Django Barbes, 9.
Spats White & His Blue Ukulele the Maine Lobster, free.
The Leroy Williams Quartet Columbia University, 8.
Blues/World/Other
Battlefield Band Peter J. Sharp Theater, Symphony Space.
The Gemini Sisters pres. Fireproof w/DJ Synapse Northsix, 12:30 a.m., $10.
Mamblexia the Up Over the Jazz Cafe.
Mysticus Tishman Aud., New School, 7:30, free.
"Planet XX: Women in Music" pres. Mariana Sadovska BAM Cafe, 9, $10 min.
Classical/Opera
Manhattan School of Music Symphony Brahms & Schoenberg feat. pianist Yung Wook Wu at Manhattan School of Music, 8.
The National Chorale Celebrates George Gershwin w/scenes from Porgy & Bess, Of Thee I Sing, Girl Crazy & more at Avery Fisher Hall, 8.
Prodigal Sons: The Quest for a National Voice in the Works of Roman, Grieg & Prokofiev Hailing from Sweden, Norway & Russia, all three left home "to pursue their careers abroad"; Baruch Performing Arts Center, Nagelberg Theater, 8, $30, $12 st./s.c.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space pres. the music of Stephen Paulus & Bahzad Ranjbaran at St. Ignatius Episcopal Church, 8, $20-$40.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Diabolik DJs Dandy Sex & George spin wild punk & 80s, oh Dandy Sex...; Raven, 10, free.
Acupuncture Breakbeat Science/Knotty pres. groovy cures for all your ills, feat. residents DB, Clever, Baggs, Lindsey, Ezekiel & TIGI; Halcyon, 10, free.
Alt-Sinsation Evil DJ Grim spins synth core, punk, metal, ska & 80s funk?feat. the Incomparable Iggy; Now Bar, 10, $20, women $15.
Avalon Mix Fridays DJ Richard Humpty Vission shatters the sound barrier; Avalon, 10, $25.
Dance on the Rocks Shake it 'til you melt at cool new party?straight up Ice Capades stylo; Ice, $15.
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.
Flashback Friday DJ Strip does hiphop, reggae & assorted hits from now & then; Branch, 11, free.
Freedom NY's "illest underground all star cast" Herbert, Cosi, Marc Smooth & Blessed Productive let go w/the classics?also, dinner menu; Starfoods, 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 DJs Naomi, Jason Angola & Bob Sinclair play hiphop & classics for clubbing vets; 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; 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.
Mitchell brings you an eclectic mix of funk, soul & rareties; Iona, 10, free.
No Pressure Fridays Take a load off your fanny & drink free (10-11:30), then blow your hard earned wad on the rest of the night, dancing to DJ Smooth's r&b, rock & hiphop classics; Lobby, women free before 12 a.m.
Refuse! w/James Fucking Friedman & Dirty Dirty Dietz; APT, 10.
Rock Lives Here DJ Morgan takes over the wheels & drives it home; Three of Cups, 10, free.
Skinful Fridays Lady n' Gents pres. shameless night of r&b, hiphop & reggae?guestlist 347-996-7193; 2i's, 10:30, $10-$15, women free before 12 a.m.
Sugarless DJ Cat brings new wave, 80's, pop, rock n' hiphop to the meat market; Trust Lounge, 10.
Swing Mania DJ Keith Hughes & the Crescent City Maulers rock the boat?LeeSobel@aol.com for reduced price; Cache, 10:30, $15.
Tony Tun Tun & Tito Gomez perform?plus, Copa Girls & Cabana Boys, DJs Smalls & Jumpin (dress to impress); Copacabana, 10, $20.
Trash! DJs Jess & Alex Malfunction throw out new wave/Britpop/rock/electro/indie junkies while you get wasted; RiFiFi, 10, free.
Velvet Fridays "An ultra sexy playboy mansion meets Latino hip south beach party"?& they live happily ever after; NV, 9, $10.
SATURDAY 3/27
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Add, Witch Hunt, Ballast, Syzslak, Piss Death Northsix, 9, $6.
Al & the Transamericans Maxwell's, 10:30, $10.
The Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theater, 8, sold out.
BeeEater, the Retreads, the Hi-Scores, Come Together (the Beatles Trib.), the Element, Funky Minstrels C-Note, 7, $5-$8.
Bettie Serveert, Asobi Seksu, Blake Hazard, Dear Leader Mercury Lounge, 8, $12.
Blake & the Family Dog, Prom King, Zeta Bane, Sheriff & the Goodtimes, Naomi Greenwald Baggot Inn, 8, $5.
Bonerama w/Stanton Moore & Fred Wesley Tribeca Rock Club, 9:30, $20, $15 adv., 18+.
Charades, Jacob, Straight 8, Juan Burguesa, Jason Rabinowitz Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Cowboy Mouth, Zox, Griffin House Bowery Ballroom, 9, $20, $18 adv., 16+.
Melissa Ferrick, Teddy Goldstein Maxwell's, 7, $15.
"Folk, Bluegrass & Toe-Tapping Music" pres. the Johnson Girls Guyon Tavern, Historic Richmond Town, 7:30 & 9, $12.
Funhouse, Dan Pulver CB's 313 Gallery, 10, $7.
The Giraffes, the Great Shakes, Business Machines Lit, 9, $5.
GNYC pres. the Squares, Cadence, Huda, Echosounder, Hollow, Breakin Hundred, Always the Crash CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 7, $7.
Hay Day, the Collisions, Al Duval Freddy's Bar & Backroom, 9:30, free.
Jimi Hazel, Mad Horn Town, the Animators, Devin Dougherty, Jon Bernson (Ray's Vast Basement), Shannon McNally Living Room, 8.
Magdalen Hsu-Li Kimmel Center for University Life, 1:30.
Ism, GunStreetRadio, the Laser Guided Siberia, 10.
Jesse Bates & His Flying Guitar Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
Killer Love Transplant, Cheaper Faster, M.Headphone, Like Yesterday, Christine Ohlman, the Displaced Arlene's Grocery, 8, $7.
Linard, the Healers, Rockwell Church, Josh Weinstein, Matt Lowell & By Chance Bitter End, 8, $5.
Lismore, the 303's Uncle Joe's, 9, $5.
Loiter, Ellis Traver, the Method & Result Pete's Candy Store, 9.
Lyres, Purple Wizard, the Stags the Ding Dong Lounge, 9, $10.
"MockFest" feat. Wizard of Oz (Ozzy Osbourne Trib.), Live Wire (AC/DC Trib.), the Mighty VH (Van Halen Trib.), Live After Death (Iron Maiden Trib.) Webster Hall, 6:45, $19, 18+.
Monatomic, Dude of Life Knitting Factory Old Office, 10, free.
The Mugs, Fleming, Johnny Hi-Fi, International Pen Pal Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Jason Murden, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30 & 11:45, $12.
Ellis Paul Joe's Pub, 7, $15.
Poor Harvey, Man In Gray, Boobytrap, El Jezel, William Academy Pianos, 8, $8.
Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Constantines, Mahjongg Northsix, 9, $10.
"Punk Rock Olympics" feat. IRA, Molotov Cocktail, Thought Crime, Toxic Narcotic, NY Rel-X, the Goons, Beer Garden, UFC, the Cyclones, Status Quo No Show CBGB, 5, $15.
Quintus, Col. Bruce Hampton & the Code Talkers Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 11, $15.
Riff Random, Bad Wizard, the Witnesses, the High Strung, Chesseburger Sin-é, 9, $8. Sin-È One Year Anniversary.
Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath Trib.), Pale Horse, Nadsat Fashion, Sugarquief, Anaka, Psychotron Continental, 8, $10, $5 before 11:30.
Neil Shay, Will Hawkins & the Good Intentions, Andy Germak Laila, 9, free.
Soft Parade (Doors Trib.) Cutting Room, 8, $10 min.
Sons and Daughters, the Dears, Ill Ease, the Go Station the Hook, 9, $8.
Squirrels From Hell Grand Central Bar, 9, free.
Ralp Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys B.B. King Blues Club, 8, $32.50 adv.
The Steve Kimock Band B.B. King Blues Club, 12 a.m., $25.
The Subdudes Inter-Media Art Center, 9, $37.50.
SXAddict, the Rousers, NoMoreDolls, the Damn Lovelys, Va