MUSIC WEDNESDAY 12/5 Rock/Country/Hiphop The Asylum Street Spankers Bottom Line, ...
Rock/Country/Hiphop
The Asylum Street Spankers Bottom Line, 7:30 & 10:30, $15.
BBQ Bob & the Spareribs Rodeo Bar, 10, free.
Cave In, the Icarus Line, Cancer Conspiracy Maxwell's, 9, $8.
Paul Clements, Town Hall, Nero, Katy Pfaffl, Chris Glenn, the Pierces, Kristen Plater Bitter End, 7:30, $5.
Coldplay, JJ72 Irving Plaza, 8, sold out.
Country Joe & the Outlaw Band Hank's Saloon, free.
The International Pop Overthrow Festival w/the Shazam, Cliff Hillis, the Rooks, John Faye Power Trip, Mark Helm, Receiver, the Dons, Dave Rave Arlene Grocery, 8, $8.
Laura Dawn, Rene Risque & the Art Lovers, Quarashi Brownies, 8, $8.
Elvis 77, the Leader, Made for Space, the Devil's Own CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 8, free.
Mike Farris (Screamin Cheetah Wheelies) & Friends Tobacco Road, 9, $7
German Cars vs. American Homes, 10 Engine, Libby, Marble Elbow Room, $7.
Invert, Bryan Master, Niomi Johnson the Cutting Room, 8.
Sean Kelley (the Samples), Mary Prankster, John Moye Lion's Den, 7, $10.
Jenn Lindsay, Spencer Evans, Zoe Lewis, Mancie & Andea Fishman Rising Cafe, 8.
Mad Prophet, Channel J, November Factory, Her Majesty, West Suzuki Three Acme Underground.
Lamb of God, Zao, Sky Came Falling, Haste, 36 Crazy Fists, Every Time I Die, Stalemate CBGB, 7, $12.
Lard the Dog & the Band of Shy, J.T. & the New York City Playboys, Ben Eyler, Paul Fairall CB's 313 Gallery, $5.
Carol Lipnik & Spookarama Pete's Candy Store, 10, free.
The Monumentals, Raw Deluxe, Bomb Pops, DJ Verockina Northsix, 8, $7.
Patty's Predicament, Ms. La Nive, Andrea Guskin the Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Lucia Pulido, Emily Curtis, Andrew Kerr, KT Elovich the Living Room, 7, free.
Röck Cändy pres. "Fire & Ice 2: A Trib. to Pat Benatar!" feat. Cathy Cervenka & the Bena Band, Mike Albo, Hedda Lettuce, the Everyothers, Antigone Rising, the Flames & more Don Hill's, 9:30. See "Since When" column for more info.
Sugar Syndicate Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Tris McCall & the New Jack Trippers, John Pinnemonte Luna Lounge, 9, free.
Susan Werner Makor, 7, $16.
Yayhoos, Star City, Thedamwells Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $8.
Jazz/Experimental
Geri Allen Quartet Village Vanguard, 9:30 & 11:30, $15 & $10 min.
Jeff Arnal, Gordon Beeferman Knitting Factory KnitActive Sound Stage, 9, $7.
Tim Berne's Big Satan Knitting Factory Old Office, 8 & 9:30, $10.
Terence Blanchard/Carl Allen Quintet Iridium Jazz Club.
Blue Note's 20th Anniversary Celebration w/Chick Corea's 60th Birthday Bash Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee Knickerbocker.
Eddy Davis & His New Orleans Jazz Band the Cajun, 8, free.
Judy Dunaway Roulette, 8:30, $10.
Charles Eubanks 5C Cafe, 5.
Robert Garcia Quartet Detour, 9 & 12 a.m..
Joel Harrison & the Wishing Well Tonic, 10, $10.
John Hollenbeck's Quartet Lucy Tonic, 8, $10.
"Made in America" Benefit Concert w/Kenny Barron, Michael Brecker, Bela Fleck, KD Lang, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson & others Town Hall, 8, $65.
Mike Stern 55 Bar, 10, $15, incl. 2 drinks.
Ray Vega's Boperation Kavehaz, 9.
Blues/World/Other
Alberta Adams, Sinner's Holiday Terra Blues, 7.
Antibalas Joe's Pub, 8:30, $15.
Joe Barnes Cafe Wha?, 9:30, free.
Funky Hat Groove, free.
New Stew Crew Club 101, 9:30, free.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Cubansoul/Worldbeat Cafe DJ Medina's night of Cuban favorites w/live music by Los Fakires; Worldbeat Cafe downstairs has DJ Elvira on Pure Salsa, www.cubansoul.com for info; Nell's, 9, $7-$10.
Damaged DJ Dandy Sex supplies goth, new wave, punk & industrial for your future clone children; Raven, 11:30.
Go-Go DJ Tony Rock & Cowboy Mark pull out old records for evening of garage & Northern soul; Three of Cups, 10, free.
Gomorrah Weekly fetish/dance party at True.
The Love Zoo DJ Cadet organizes tight, no b.s. dance party; Bar 13, 10, $10.
The Pontani Sisters watusi through 60s theme party; Barmacy, 10, $5 guys, ladies free.
Shattered WFMU's Mr. Fine Wine spins classic soul 45s; Botanica, 10, free.
Spin Cycle 74 DJ B2 spins downtempo lounge & soulful house?beware of self-important film crowd; Void, 10:30.
Sticky Bonnie & Belinda host "eclectic mix" of DJs & patrons; 2i's, 11, $10.
Tainted Love Touch me, baby! Lo-Fi Lee takes us back to the days when pale, skinny, tacitly gay British men ruled the world?plus Bjork & electronica for good measure. For guestlist, email leesobel@aol.com; Neva, 9, $8.
Trainspotter's Tech House Happy hour followed by minimal soul; Halcyon, 6.
W Blueprint New house party! DJs Sneak & Rob host upstairs at Izzy Bar.
Classical/Opera
Amelia Goes to the Ball & Roman Fever Two one-act operas, both in English; John C. Boden Aud., 8, $15-$20, $10 st./s.c. [repeats Fri. at 8 & Sun. at 2:30].
"An Evening of Chamber Music" Juilliard students pres. first in series, coached by faculty members; Alice Tully Hall, 8, free.
The NY Virtuosi Chamber Symphony Overview of Italian composers from 16th through 20th centuries; 92nd Street Y, 8, $22-$35.
St. Nicholas Celebration Concert to benefit AIDS Action International; Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 7, please bring unwrapped holiday gifts for people w/HIV/AIDS.
"Wednesdays at One" Lunchtime concerts by different Juilliard performers each week; Alice Tully Hall, 1, free.
THURSDAY 12/6
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Aberdeen, Mark Point Six, Diamond Club, Cold Memory Lion's Den, 7:30, $8.
Basementality 0.1, Oktober/DJ Spere, Infinitee, Yejide the Night Queen, DJs I.X.L. & Graphite Luxx.
BeavHer w/More Don Hill's, 10.
Bill Warfield Big Band Trib. to Led Zeppelin the Cutting Room, 11.
Sam Bisbee Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Blue Rodeo, Tim Easton, Mike Errico Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15, $14 adv.
Cave In, the Icarus Line, Big Collapse Knitting Factory, 7:30, $10.
Cousteau Joe's Pub, 8:30, $15.
Demolition String Band, Chelsea Mountain Boys, Honky Tonk Confidential, Florence Dore Downtime, 8, $10.
Earache Records Holiday Party w/Human Decline & Wetnurse CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 10, free.
El Vez, the Big Galoots Maxwell's, 9, $12, $10 adv.
Engine Down, the Oranges Band, The Red & the Black Northsix, 8, $7.
The Frames, the Kingsbury Manx, Sea Ray Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $10.
Greg Garing Band, Jen Larson & the Wheel Hoss Tobacco Road, 9.
H20, the Movielife, River City High, Autopilot Off Irving Plaza, 8, $15.
The International Pop Overthrow Festival w/the Van Pelts, Badger, Nice Guy Eddie, Starbelly, Kitty in the Tree, Acme Rock Group, Michael Shelley, Diversion Blue Luna Lounge, 7:30, free.
Jaffa Shine.
Julian Velard & the Lost Cause, Janet Vodka, Chris Moore the Sidewalk Cafe, 9, 2 drink min.
Chris Lee, Smokey & Miho, Ursa Minor Galapagos, 9, $8. Smells Like Records showcase.
The Loved Ones, Nefertiti Jones, Nini Camps, Amy Atchley, Ruby James Bitter End, 7:30, $5.
"Nova Nights" Two Boots, 8, $10.
Odetta, Norah Jones Makor, 7 & 10, $25, $20 adv.
The Pasties, Elizabeth Harper, Spottiswood & His Enemies, Kenny White Village Underground, 8, $10, all ages.
Billy Lee Riley Rodeo Bar, 10, free.
Sablestar, Gifthorse, Smithaus, Bluish, Vote For Noah Acme Underground.
The Scholars, Smitty & Witch Hunt, Curtis Eller's American Circus, Professor & Maryann, Joe Murphy CB's 313 Gallery, 7, $5.
The Sights, the Witches Manitoba's.
Teenanderthal Hank's Saloon, free.
Tiger Mountain, the Gentlemen, the Swedes, Cancer Conspiracy Brownies, 8, $8.
The Velvet Frog, Noxes Pond, Nancy Sexton & the Sugar Monkeys, Roi, Kilgore Trout, Cathy Richardson Arlene Grocery, 7.
World Inferno Friendship Society, Kings of Nuttin, Turbo AC's, Speed Crazy, Pin/Up Suicide CBGB, 7, $8.
Wurley Minerva, Channel, Apple Z, Jam Yang, Blue Winter Elbow Room, $7.
Jazz/Experimental
Matt Aiken Knitting Factory KnitActive Sound Stage, 9, $7.
Geri Allen Quartet Village Vanguard, 9:30 & 11:30, $15 & $10 min.
Tim Berne's Big Satan Knitting Factory Old Office, 8 & 9:30, $10.
Terence Blanchard/Carl Allen Quintet Iridium Jazz Club.
Theo Bleckmann Roulette, 8:30, $10.
Blue Note's 20th Anniversary Celebration w/Chick Corea's 60th Birthday Bash Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee Knickerbocker.
Terry Cade Knitting Factory KnitActive Sound Stage, 7, $7.
Howard Fishman Quartet, Susjan Stevens Pete's Candy Store, 8:30.
Michael Gentile Trio Detour, 6, 2 drink min.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks the Cajun, 8, free.
Hasidic New Wave Tonic, 8, $10.
"Jazz at the Penthouse: Rags, Strides, Stomps" w/Sir Roland Hanna, Terry Waldo & more Kaplan Penthouse, 8.
Wayne Krantz 55 Bar, 9:30, $15, incl. 2 drinks.
Brian Lynch Quintet Jazz Gallery, 9 & 10:30, $10.
Mingus Big Band Fez/Time Cafe, 8:30 & 11, $18.
Will Sellenraad Trio Detour, 9, 2 drink min.
Kendra Shank Kavehaz, 9.
Arthur Sterling 5C Cafe, 5.
Syotos Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, 10:30, $5.
Blues/World/Other
Eric Adams Cafe Wha?, 9:30, $5.
The Chatanooga Twang Gang Rising Cafe, 8.
The Many Moods of Li'nard Club 101, 9:30, free.
Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Irving Louis Lattin Terra Blues, 7.
Yerba Buena Tonic, 10, $8.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
After Work Professional Mixer w/Sammy Cueva, free buffet, open bar before 7, live comedy & lots of tunes; Club New York, $7.
Beautiful Stranger Electro-house in main room w/DJ Way, r&b in VIP lounge (RubenRubin@aol.com for guestlist); Float, 10, $20.
Black Betty Brooklyn watering hole/restaurant has DJ Monkwon on garage & loft classics plus dancing & live performances; Black Betty, 10.
Broadcast Two floors of new wave, Britpop, Northern soul & glam; 13, 10, free.
Corporate Casual Thursdays Young professionals get to network & self-promote, w/buffet & DJ Jerome on r&b, soul & house; Nell's, 6-10, $10.
Drum 'n' Bass On First Breakbeat boogie at restaurant-cum-lounge; Who's On First, 9, $5.
80s Night at Beard Cafe & Bar, 10.
Electrocute Thursdays w/Lo-Fi L