Events for December 31st, 2009
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Thursday - December 31st
Music / Punk
Patti Smith & Her Band
Bowery Ballroom - 6 Delancey St. - New York (Lower East Side)
8 p.m.
Rock 'n' roll poet laureate Patti Smith has always had a lock on the city's best club on New Year's, and she isn't letting go anytime soon. The punk pioneer (and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) will likely perform a good portion of other people's poetry, including the goosebump-inducing "Gloria" and...
Music / Pop
Mariah Carey
Madison Square Garden - 4 Penn Plaza - New York (Chelsea)
9 p.m.
Mariah Carey may get a lot of flak for her diva-like ways and tabloid-worthy lifestyle, but lest we forget, she's also one of the most successful recording artists of all time. Her patented use of melisma should resonate well inside the cavernous Madison Square Garden, as the singer performs from...
Music / Rap
@QtipTheAbstract
Brooklyn Bowl - 61 Wythe Ave. - Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
6 p.m.
As a member of hip-hop golden age legends A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip has been under constant pressure to reach the same stratospheric heights as that storied band on his own. Q-Tips 1999 solo debut, Amplified, was a much-maligned affair that was actually just ahead of its time, featuring fantastic...
Music / Acoustic
Dean & Britta
Southpaw - 125 Fifth Ave. - Brooklyn (Park Slope)
7:30 p.m.
For music fans too old or too sober to do much rocking out, there's always gentle bedroom pop. This couple, formerly of Luna, play dreamy, lyrical pop that can be heartwarming or snooze-inducing, depending on one's disposition. (They scored The Squid and the Whale, if that helpsor hinders). This is...
Music / Latin
Los Lobos
City Winery - 143 Varick St - New York (SoHo)
7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Ring in the New Year with everyone's favorite Latin rock band who have been playing the unique style of music for the past 35 years. For breaking New York music news, concert announcements and to see what the editors are up to, follow us on Twitter: @MetromixNewYork
Music / Rock
Chuck Berry
B.B. Kings Blues Club - 237 W. 42nd St. - Manhattan (Midtown West)
8 p.m. - 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Chuck Berry fuses blues, country and a defiant outlook into songs that have influenced every rock musician since pretty much the mid-'50s. His virtually endless hit list includes 'Rock Roll Music,' 'Sweet Little Sixteen' and 'Johnny B. Goode,' which will be played at this very rare NYC appearence....
Music / Blues
The Word
Terminal 5 - 610 West 56th Street - New York (Midtown West)
8 p.m.
If ever there was an all-star blues jam band, The Word would be it. Composed of pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph (The Family Band), keyboardist John Medeski (Medeski, Martin Wood), and the three members of North Mississippi Allstars (bassist Chris Chew, guitarist Luther Dickinson and drummer...
Music / Rock
Gov't Mule
Beacon Theatre - 2124 Broadway - New York (Upper West Side)
9 p.m.
For 15 years, Allman Brothers side project Government Mule, led by vocalist/songwriter Warren Haynes, has become a jam band beast of its own, regularly performing at The Beacon and turning the venue into its own New Year's Eve playground. For those unfamiliar, Mule is similar to Allman Brothers...
Music / Soul
The Felice Brothers
Southpaw - 125 Fifth Ave. - Brooklyn (Park Slope)
10 p.m.
We admit, Americana folkies The Felice Brothers may not your first choice in thinking of New Year's Eve bands, but the Brooklyn-via-Woodstock, NY group has built a steady following since their formation in 2006. We picture them leading the crowd in numerous singalongs and call-and-responses. This...
Music / Dance
Fischerspooner
Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza - 17 Irving Place - New York (Gramercy)
10 p.m.
Downtown art staples Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner (get it?) became, intentionally or not, spokespersons for the whole NYC electroclash movement that bubbled up at the turn of the century. Though while some of their peers have already become musical footnotes, the duo, with their notoriously...
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