WEDNESDAY 12/17 WEDNESDAY 12/17 Rock/Country/Hiphop American Analog Set, Album Leaf, ...
Everett Bradley Joe's Pub, 7, $15. Toy release.
"Christmas Soul Jam" w/Carlton J. Smith B.B. King Blues Club, 7:30, $17, $12 adv.
Classic Case, Cheaper Faster Northsix, 9, $10.
Paul Clements, Bigger Than A Breadbox, Red Rooster, Porteus, Kings Highway, Gabrielle Bitter End, 7:30, $5.
"Dot Dash Holiday Party" w/the little Killers, Some Action, Andy G. and the Roller Kings Lit, 9, $5.
Downtown, This Way, Newborn Kings, Kate Fenner, Nikki & Dara, Rachel Loshak Arlene's Grocery, 7, $7. City Harvest benefit.
Dusty Wright & the Jaguars Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
GNYC pres. Downstage, Inspector 71, the Debutantes, Ben Bruce, Haus Continental, 8, $5.
Goats In Trees, Cristopher Lucas, Julia Brown, Jill Stevenson, Sean Costello Living Room, 7.
Group Sounds, the Sick Passengers Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Randy Kaplan, Peter Cole, Aram, Robin Aigner Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
King Sauce, Endgames, Perfect Orange, Hooray For Humans CBGB, 7, $7.
Kevin K., Sweet Justice, Bad Chopper Continental, 11:30, $5. On The Road With The Ramones release afterparty.
Lords Of the Rhymes Tonic, 11, $8.
Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Spyboy Madison Square Garden, 7:30, $52.50.
Matty Charles & the Valentines Pete's Candy Store, 10.
Franco Morillo, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30, free.
The M-Word Pussycat Lounge, 8:30, $11.
The Natural History, the Oranges Band, the Rosebuds, the Mobius Band Mercury Lounge, 7:30, $8.
Northern State, Automato Maxwell's, 9, $10.
Rene Risque & the Art Lovers Joe's Pub, 9:30, $15.
Robbers On High Street, Apollo Sunshine, Washington Social Club, Laguardia Sin-é, 8, $8.
Röck Cändy X-Mas Party pres. "Bitch" feat. Pisser, Grounded, Damn Near Alchemy, Shiva Copal w/DJ Steve Blush Don Hill's, 8.
Roughstars, Kane Brothers, Trick & the Heartstrings Tribeca Rock Club, 9, $8, 18+.
The Savage 3, Lisa Bridge Band, the Paris Hiltons, Michael Novick C-Note, 7.
Skinbeam, the Nugget Brothers, Hi-Five Knitting Factory Old Office, 9, free.
"The Songwriter's Beat" w/J.J. Appleton, Valerie Ghent, Deborah Berg, Deena Miller Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30, $5 & $6 min.
Tchaikousky's, the Boroughs, Erica Cashman, Alexis Machine, Joe Nacco Band Acme Underground, 7.
The Trees, Dark Sweet Cherries, Paul Cox Project, Stoned Grace, Two Dollar Bill Lion's Den, 7, $8, 18+.
Jacob Waite, Locksley, Blue-Green CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $5.
"Yippie Xmas Party" w/Dana Beal, Patrick Kroupa, Country Club and the Porn Horns Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 8, $25. National AIDS Brigade benefit.
Jazz/Experimental
"A Night On Bop Mountain" w/the Leif Artzen Trio Living Room, 11.
Jane Blackstone Quartet Downstairs at Porters.
Ron Carter Nonet Birdland, $30.
Fresh Sound New Talent All Stars Jazz Standard, $15.
Miki Hayama Kitano's Garden Café.
Hot Pants Funk Sextet w/B3 Smoke, 9, 11 & 12:30 a.m., free.
The Jaco Pastorius Big Band Iridium Room.
Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Bar Next Door, 8 & 10:30, $5 & 1 drink min.
Jane Monheit Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Night of the Ravished Limbs Barbes, 9, $8.
Mario Pavone Nu Trio/Quintet Tonic, 8, $10.
Mike Stern 55 Bar.
Blues/World/Other
Isle of Klezbos, Metropolitan Klezmer, Golem Southpaw, 8, $10.
Francis MBappe Trio, Cedric Brooks Satalla.
The Moonlighters Waikiki Wally's, 8, free.
Pharaoh's Daughter, Mimi Cohen Makor, 8, $16.
Hugh Pool Ear Inn, 12 a.m., free.
Classical/Opera
Cosmopolitan Chamber Players "Grand Duo on themes by Beethoven for violin and cello" at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 8.
"A Joyous Christmas with the Empire Brass" feat. candlelight, choirs & Latin at St. Bartholomew's Church, 7:30, $20-$45.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Cuchifritos DJ T-Pro & friends provide pulsating, wet, underwear-contest bliss; SBNY, 10, $5 after 11, 18+.
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. 80s & early 90s dancehall, golden-era jams for everyone who falls in love sometimes; Angel, 7, free.
DJs, Dags & Fykes Dee Finley & Troy host a boy-friendly ladies' night; Metropolitan, free.
Eclectic Wednesdays Two floors feat. Funkmaster Flex, Cipha Sounds, Max Glazier & Frank Jugga spinning r&b, hiphop & reggae; NV, 10, $20, women free.
Flesh Theater S&M lounge feat. DJ Buslink dropping 80s, new wave & rock plus DJ Mekkah's synthpop, EBM & goth for all the full frontal kinksters; 219 Flamingo, 9, $15, $10 men in a dress, $5 women.
Graffiti Blue Release Party Celebrate Rahj's debut album w/late night beats by DJ Wicked Wayne; Alibi, 8, two drink min.
Porn Again Wednesdays DJ Darry forgives your sins as you get down & very dirty; Toybox, 10, free.
Satisfaction Filmmaker/DJ Lo-Fi Lee pres. intermedia experience w/music, dancing, movie projections, go-go dancers & "bacchanalian revelry"; Open Air, 9, free.
Scratch Get wrapped up in velvet ropes & pop-star spottings?plus dance like everybody's watching; Suede, 10, $10.
Sweet Spot is now powered by Industrial Strength Queen as a result of Adam Goldstone n' Steve Travolta Duplantier joining forces; Sapphire Lounge, 10, $5.
Worship Wednesdays All hail DJ Lola X's punk & rock sex grooves & resident belly dancer Isis; Three of Cups, 10, free.
THURSDAY 12/18
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Argentine Southpaw, 8:30, $7.
Artrocker pres. Shesus, the Amber Smith, Oxford Collapse Lit, 9, $5.
BeavHer's 80s Dance Party Don Hill's, 11.
Matt Caplan, Leslie Carr, Jim Heekin, Chris Howerton, Noah Wilker, Blake Appleby Acme Underground, 7.
Crash Test Dummies J&R Music & Computer World, 3, free.
Curse, King Of Birds, Johnny Columbo Band Don Hill's, 8.
The David Kolker Band, Otis Reservoir, Kierstin Gray, Celia Kelly Baggot Inn, 7, $5.
The Fire Department Knitting Factory, 11:30, $18, $15 adv.
Friday's Child, Nicola, Jessica Owen Red Lion, 7:30, $5.
Dean Friedman Makor.
Jack Grace Rodeo Bar.
The Hong Kong, Orange Park, Aerial Love Feed, the Headset Mercury Lounge, 7:30, $8.
Essie Jain, Red Moon, Jess Furman CB's 313 Gallery, 7, $5.
Joshua Gleason & the Hallelujah Chorus, Pilot To Gunner, Kid Cassanova, the Desert Fathers, Looker Sin-é, 8, $8.
Danny Kalb Barbes, 9, $8.
The Last Town Chorus, Edison Woods, Gloria Deluxe, Coco Rosie Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 8, $8.
Cyndi Lauper, Nellie McKay Beacon Theater, 8, $35-$65.
Macho Grande, Shaky Bones, Shake Faithfully, 4th Floor Lion's Den, 7:30, $8, 18+.
Marfa Mystery Lights Lakeside Lounge, 9:30, free.
Memphis Morticians, Sixgun Republic, Swinger Eight, Blue Winter, the Nerve, Skelter Continental, 8, free.
Mo Matching Drapes, Gary Hood, Lydia Doran & Jim Saxa, Cockroach, Rick Shapiro, Passerby Sidewalk Cafe, 7:30, 2 drink min.
Mudville, Carol Lipnik & Spookarama, Serena Jost Knitting Factory Old Office, 9, $6.
P.I.C. Galapagos, 10, free.
Pic, Quasi Lulu, Donkeys, the Pelicans, Violet G., Starry Day Arlene's Grocery, 7, $7.
Johnathan Rice, Tom Burris & Jabbering Trout, Greg Fine, Atoosa Living Room, 7.
Rudie Crew, Tri State Conspiracy, Dem Brooklyn Bums the Hook, 10, $10.
Screaming Headless Torsos, Astronaut, the Low Life, Aphonic Tribeca Rock Club, 8, $10, 18+.
Seduction Webster Hall.
Sin Sin Rare, 11:15, $5-$10.
The Soft Explosions, Benjamin Cartel, the Charms Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Carolann Solebello C-Note, 7.
Bryan Stephens, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30, free.
Summer Lawns, Akron Pete's Candy Store, 9:30.
Twenty After, Ann Margaret Redding, Lori DeJesu, Amy Atchley Bitter End, 8, $5. Atchley CD release.
24/7 Spyz, Dr. Israel & Seven, Red Lotus CBGB, 8, $10.
Josh Weinstein, Sasha Zand C-Note, 9.
Yellowcard, Matchbook Romance, Acceptance, Maxeen Irving Plaza, 8, sold out.
Jazz/Experimental
Ron Carter Nonet Birdland, $30.
George Colligan Quartet Smoke.
DBR's Mission String Quartet Bowery Poetry Club, 9, $8.
X-mas Party w/Joe Farnsworth Smoke.
Four Hands/88 Keys Jazz Gallery, $12.
Vince Giordano & "the Nighthawks" Cajun, 8, free.
The Les Goodson Quartet St. Nick's, 9:30, $3.
Ken Helman Duo Downstairs at Porters.
The Jaco Pastorius Big Band Iridium Room.
Wayne Krantz 55 Bar, 10, $15.
The Jason Lindner Big Band Fat Cat, 10:30 & 12 a.m.
Eyal Maoz Group Jazz on the Park, 9, free.
Peter Mazza Trio Bar Next Door, 8 & 10:30, $5 & 1 drink min.
Bill McHenry Quintet Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30.
Mingus Big Band Fez/Time Cafe, 7:30 & 10, $10-$18.
Amanda Monaco CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 7, $10. CD release.
Jane Monheit Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Haruko Nara Trio Kitano's Garden Café.
Mario Pavone Quartet Detour.
Houston Person Quartet Jazz Standard, $20.
Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity Tonic, 8 & 10.
Roberto Rodriguez Septet JCC, 8, $15-$20.
Blues/World/Other
Gabriela Anders Satalla, 8 & 10, $15.
Chopi Timbila C-Note, 11.
Debbie Davies Band B.B. King Blues Club, 8, free.
Sugar Minott S.O.B.'s, 9, $25, $22 adv.
Gent Treadley A & M Roadhouse.
Classical/Opera
The New York Pops Annual Holiday Celebration This year it's a tribute to Robert Shaw & two performances; Carnegie Hall, 8, $24-$90 [repeats Fri. at 8].
The Second-Annual Eos Christmas "Semi-staged" adaptation of Heinrich Schutz' early Baroque work "The Birth of Jesus Christ" at NY Society for Ethical Culture, 8.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Adult Only DJs Don Shaughnessy & Iceey Spoonce get it on w/"strictly the roughest" roots reggae, dub, afrobeat, funky soul & rap; Bar 169, 9.
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 It's Negroclash feat. "legendary" DJ Red Alert; APT, 10, $8, $6 adv.
Bastard Jazz DJ's DRM & Cyhl bring you fat downtempo beats born out of wedlock; Angel.
Bonita "Surrender to the frenzy of this romantic night" w/DJ Grim's Top 40 faves, sizzling salsa & tropical hits plus voluptuous showgirl-tits; Now Bar, 10.
Broadcast Jess & Michael T. (Motherfucker) supply 80s, new wave, Britpop & electro; Bar 13, 10, free.
Cybertron DJs "Jet and Audiofile happen to be great djs, and great people; they are just trying to hold a cool party and have some fun with people whose musical taste doesn't follow the bland mainstream"?wannabes beware; Lickwed, $5, free before 11:30.
DJs Major Tom & Mickey Precious commence the countdown w/mix of old school rap, mashups, mutant disco & dance classics; Alphabet Lounge, 8, free.
DJ Salinger sheds light on the underground of break-beat, afro-funk & jazz; Galapagos, 10, free.
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.
Groove Thursdays Get into it w/DJs Big Ben & Kid Capri mixin' up hiphop, house, r&b, reggae & the 80s, while DJ Dave S. plays deep house & trance; Deep, 10, $25.
Harmony! Keith Blackwell promotes togetherness, musical & otherwise w/deep house & Nef Nunez; Sullivan Room, 10, $10, $7 st.
Kama Sutra Karaoke Grab your partner & fake an orgasm in front of hundreds of strangers?good-bye Streisand & Sinatra, hello XXX porn!; Remote Lounge, 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 DJs Wilson Santos (one step beyond) & Antranig (sondos) color the night outside the lines; Discotheque.
PhOnOmena DJs incl. Olive & Toshio Kajiwara abuse the tables for unique club kids; Subtonic, 9, free.
Quality Jamaican Pressings spin reggae, ska, dub & hiphop; Southside, 10, free.
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 doing his damndest to keep the assholes away?we wish him luck; Lit, 10, free.
Rock*Land It's always cheap, it's always rock n' roll; Drinkland, 8, free.
7 Thursdays Clean & sexy r&b, hiphop & reggae fun feat. $7 drinks all night plus ladies sporting $150 Seven jeans enter free; Parlay Lounge, 10, $3.
Showbiz Thursdays Stretch Armstrong spins hiphop w/80s & classics like it's nobody's business; Show, 10, $20.
Tasty Thursdays DJ Dallas Green & Union serve up r&b, hiphop & reggae soundtrack, while you knock back a cocktail matching your stilettos; Remy Lounge, 6.
TGIT DJ Billy Carrol beats it the best for shirtless, inked, pumped, shiny happy boyz gyrating on the dance floor; SBNY, 10, $7 after 11.
FRIDAY 12/19
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Angry Johnny & the Killbillies Rodeo Bar.
Joe Barnes, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30 & 11:45, $10.
The Barnyard Playboys Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
Blind Boys Of Alabama w/Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Charlie Musselwhite, Aaron Neville, Duke Robillard, Mavis Staples Beacon Theater, 8, $39.50-$76.
Blind Hate Experiment, Witness Protection Program, Echolane, Angel-13, Second Hand Smoke Don Hill's, 8.
Boobytrap, Made Out Of Babies Southpaw, 9, $8.
JC Chasez, Tony Lucca Irving Plaza, 8, sold out.
Clearview, Josh Tyler, Fiesta, Manue Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
The Color Bars Galapagos, 8, $8.
Crash Test Dummies Joe's Pub, 7, $23.
The Damn Lovelys Two Boots Brooklyn, 10, free.
Days Of Wild, Russ Bonagura, the Freidman Brothers, Dyvr, Owen Michael Gribbon Bitter End, 8, $5.
Ferdinand The Bull, Silos, Anders Park, Heap CBGB, 8, $10.
Pete Francis (Dispatch), Mary Lee's Corvette Bottom Line, 7:30 & 10:30, $17.50.
GNYC pres. the Kays, Revelation Theory, Union Hill, the Owl Motel, the M-Word, Yewande, Split 50 CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 8, $7.
Groove Assault, the Telephones Baggot Inn, 10, $5.
"Half-Res" w/Saint Eve, Black Moustache, Seksu Roba, Venue Pianos, 8, $8.
"Indie Music Explosion!" w/Candela Soul, Smith & Ray, Patrick McGrath, Bam!, Shem Hanafi, Little Timmy Pearson C-Note, 7, $5.
The Instructions, Nightmoves, Like Yesterday w/DJ Farhad Pete's Candy Store, 9.
Jaski, Surface, the Yesterdays, Jesse Gage Lion's Den, 7:30, $10, 18+.
The Larch, Evenstar, the Screw Drivers Freddy's Backroom, 9:30, free.
Amos Lee, Rachel Loshak, Morgan Taylor, Andrew Vladek, Crescent and Frost, Julia Macklin Living Room, 7.
Lesion, Elroy, the Slowguns, Chasing Sunday, Amusia Arlene's Grocery, 7, $7. The Anti-Santa screening.
Living Syndication, How The Hell She Died, Voice Of A Secret, Disposition, Junk, D-Cent Acme Underground, 8.
Lola, Otis Funkmeyer, Tiger Face, Downpour Stinger, 8, $5.
The Lonely Samoans Hank's Saloon, 11, free.
Medications Northsix, 9, $6.
Medicine Hat, Cardia, Grand Mal, Man Man, Ezra Reich Sin-é, 8.
"Mongo-Garage Xmas Megafreakout" w/Thee Minks, the Von Ghouls, the Dents, the Demands Siberia, 9, $5.
No Place To Piss, the Slags, Automatic, Gunshow, Lewd Buddha, Raymond Continental, 9:30, $5.
"NYCitySin" feat. Skinny Blonde & Goodlooking, Alabama Black Snake, Fresh Kills, the Napalm Stars, the Fakers, Killer Mink, Sad Little Stars, Mermaid Unicorn, Madame Butterfly, Ghosty w/DJ Angela Boatwright Knitting Factory, 8, $7, $5 adv.
Officer May Lit.
Ours, the Everyothers Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15, $13 adv., 16+.
"Phil Ochs' Birthday Special" w/Spitfire, the Cosmic American Derelicts, Chris Chandler & Anne Feeney, John Pietaro, Kirk Kelly, Bev Grant Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
Public, Jason Darling, Scorpio Thunderbolt Alphabet Lounge, 8, $6.
"Ronnie Spector's 10th Anniversary Xmas Party" B.B. King Blues Club, 8, $30.
The Secret Machines, TV On The Radio, Just A Fire Northsix, 9, $10.
Starry Day, Lazlo, A Loose Band Of Felons CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $5.
St. Juste S.O.B.'s, 8, $12.
Ten Feet Deep Tribeca Rock Club, 8, $10, 16+.
Topaz, Groove Collective, the Real Live Show, Samantha & the Ritual Mercury Lounge, 8, $10.
Jazz/Experimental
Lew Anderson's All-American Big Band Birdland, 5:30, $10.
Ballin' the Jack 55 Bar.
The Canal Street Dixieland Band Cajun, 8.
Rufus Cappadocia, Leanne Darling Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 8, $10.
Ron Carter Nonet Birdland, $35.
Robert Eubanks & Mental Images Jazz Gallery, $15.
JC Hopkins Biggish Band BAM Cafe, 9.
Jenifer Jackson & Cat Martino Barbes, 8.
The Jaco Pastorius Big Band Iridium Room.
Jason Lindner Project Blue Note, 12:30 a.m., $8.
Bill McHenry Quintet Cornelia St. Cafe, 8:30.
Jon Mengus Trio Downstairs at Porters.
Jane Monheit Blue Note, 8 & 10:30.
Houston Person Quartet Jazz Standard, $25.
Sex Mob Hannuka Tonic, 8 & 10.
Kendra Shank 55 Bar.
Alex Skolnick Trio Detour.
James "Blood" Ulmer the Hook, 8, $15.
Julian Velard Ars Nova, 8, $10.
Michael Weiss Trio Kitano's Garden Café.
David Weiss Sextet the Up Over the Jazz Cafe.
Spats White & His Blue Ukulele the Maine Lobster, free.
Blues/World/Other
Carole Alexis & Osmoses Satalla, 8 & 10, $20.
Bobby Radcliff A & M Roadhouse.
Classical/Opera
The Greenwich Village Singers pres. "Natale in Venezia," an evening of Monteverdi & Vivaldi feat. period instruments; St. Joseph's Church, 8, $20.
Juilliard Alumni Singers from the New York City Opera give a "Remembrance Recital" for cancer victims/Juilliard graduates Jennifer Marquette & Makiko Narumi; Juilliard School, Paul Recital Hall, 8, free.
Clubs/Lounges/Nightlife
Diabolik DJs Dandy Sex & George spin wild punk & 80s, oh Dandy Sex...; Raven, 10, free.
Acupuncture Tiger Beer & Breakbeat party w/groovy cures for all your ills feat. residents DB, Clever, Baggs, Lindsey & TIGI; Halcyon, 10, free.
Alt-Sinsation Evil DJ Grim spins synth core, punk, metal, ska & 80s plus the Triple Treat & Miss Ariel Sinclair; 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 mixin' up the 80s, classics, hiphop & house; B'LO, 10, $20.
Bang the Party DJ E-man & BTP All-Stars, plus DJ Djinji go out w/a final bang spinning deep underground house, w/live performances from Jackson Brown; the Duplexx, 10, $5, $10 after 12 a.m.
Bounce DJs Hamish Anderson, Andy Newcombe & Tyler Askew pres. soulful global mix of house, broken beat, disco & beyond; Bar 169, 10, $5.
Bunker Timeblind & DJ Spinoza's weekly genre-clash is the safest place to be when shit goes down. A la Deep Impact, not Armageddon. Eat it, Ben; Subtonic, 9, free.
The Choice Choose between five different rooms & DJs for body pumping music from funk & soul to salsa & soca?guestlist 212-582-8282; Exit2, 11, $30.
Deep Fridays DJ Exacta & DJ Soul turn out classic house & a little bit of hiphop & rock...just a lil' bit?guestlist 212-661-9765; Deep.
DJ Boy Racer gets things moving w/postpunk, 80's new wave,indie,brit & rock n' roll; Galapagos, 10, free.
Double Your Pleasure w/DJs Cadet & G for night 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.
Fukkital Ravers live & can be found tripping out to beats by Lenny Dee, Tocsin, DJ Tense, Xylene, Satronica; Knitting Factory Old Office, 9, $6.
GBH Carl Kennedy & weekly guest DJ spin hiphop & classics; Lotus, 10, $20.
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.
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.
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 It's official?DJ Morgan keeps the local scene alive; Three of Cups, 10, free.
Trash! DJs Jess & Alex Malfunction catch the new wave/Britpop/rock/electro/indie junkies while you get wasted; RiFiFi, 10, free.
True New York Fridays All types of tunes spread over three floors?guestlist 212-560-5616; China Club, 10, $25.
SATURDAY 12/20
Rock/Country/Hiphop
Ahab Seamus, Batista, Joy FM, Snafu, Tom Foolery & the Mistakes Arlene's Grocery, 8, $7.
"Annual Kwannakuhmass Party" feat. "Frankaraoke," Jeff Lewis, Michael Leviton, Leah hayes, Stefan Sinatra, Eric Lacain Sidewalk Cafe, 8, 2 drink min.
The Army Or Whatever, Lonehawk, PS, Francis Dunnery, John & Wayne Mercury Lounge, 7:15, $8.
The Bomb Squad Knitting Factory, 11:30, $12, $10 adv.
Cazio, Quasi Lulu, Room Two, Naked Underneath, Anthony Mazzella, Eric James Bitter End, 8, $5. Mazzella CD release.
Chauncey, Paranoid Social Club, Averi Tribeca Rock Club, 9, $10, $8 adv., 16+.
Clever Hans, Yellow Dog, 10 Heads High, Copper Pot, Clay Pigeons, Spiraling, Motostar Acme Underground, 7.
Convertable Jennifers, Tom Jessen, the Hot Button All-Stars, Lori Behrman Freddy's Backroom, 8:30, free.
Demolition String Band Rodeo Bar.
ESG, TV On The Radio, Tracy + the Plastics, Mommy and Daddy the Hook, 8:30, $18.
"First Ladies DJ Collective" w/June Bullet, Ladyplastik, K La Rock Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 12 a.m., free.
Fooled By April, Cordalene, Benzona, Black Tie Revue Luna Lounge, 8:30, free.
Goons, the ShakeDowns, Saints of 35th Street Knitting Factory, 6:30, $7.
Nina Hagen, Dirty Sanchez Webster Hall, 8, $35, $30 adv.
"Half-Res" w/Saint Eve, Seksu Roba, Venue Galapagos, 8, free.
Jersey Roots pres. "Breez Evahflowin Annual Birthday Blowout" Lion's Den, 12 a.m., $10, 18+.
Kill Your Idols, Drop Dead, Paint It Black, Career Suicide, Celebrity Murders, Deathcycle A.D. Northsix, 9, $10.
The Kings County Moonshiners, Dimmer Switch Pete's Candy Store, 9.
The Law Of Fives, Landlord, Té-cue-dos, Hilliard, Heap, Apple Bros. Continental, 8, $5.
Manupulation, Audio Fiction, Zeta Bane, the Screwdrivers, Rick Redington Baggot Inn, 8, $5.
Medina Sod, Thester, Mugwump Lion's Den, 6:30, $10, 18+.
Moonshine Riders, Shrine For The Black Madonna, the Shirts, Another Day Wasted, Those Who Hung Heroes CBGB, 8, $10.
Byron Moore, Wha? Band Cafe Wha?, 9:30 & 11:45, $12.
Mudhoney Warsaw, 9, $20.
"NYC Indymedia Video Fundraiser" w/David Rovics, Samoa, CEO, Dynamite Club CB's 313 Gallery, 9:30, $10.
Ours, Prosaics, Brighton Bowery Ballroom, 9, $15, $13 adv.
Parts & Labor, Officer May, Big Bear Lit, 9, $6.
Q-nity! pres. Yolanda & the Plastic Family, Shimmerplanet, Steve Snelling, Freddy & the Free Men, Soce the Elemental Wizard CBGB Downstairs Lounge, 8, $10.
"Ronnie Spector's 10th Anniversary Xmas Party" B.B. King Blues Club, 9, $30.
Secret Machines, Karen Elson, Dead Combo, Downtown Sin-é, 8, $10.
Smoove, Usual Suspects, the Untouchables Maxwell's, 10, $10.
The Spitoons Lakeside Lounge, 11, free.
Stone Lion, Eric Fontana Alphabet Lounge, 8, $6.
"Tiswas Xmas Party-Part 2" w/Everbody Else, Baby Strange Don Hill's, 10:30.
Rollo Treadway CB's 313 Gallery, 8, $5.
USA Is A Monster, Aa, Aqui, Bat Eats Plastic, Dig Shovel Dig Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 8, $10, $8 adv.
"A Very Special Christanukah Special" w/Tulip Sweet & Her Trail Of Tears, Rappaort Account, Scout, Maplewood, King Of France, Marmalade Living Room, 8:15.
Ward White, Paul Schneider, Jim Allen Knitting Factory Old Office, 9:30, free.
Wildfire Rumers pres. the Woe's, Funny Energy, Bao Babs, Rebecca T., Rooster C-Note, 7.
Jazz/Experimental
George Brown 5C Jazz Cafe, 7, $8.
Ravi Coltrane Quartet Jazz Gallery, $15.
KJ Denhert 55 Bar, (late show).
Harriet Tubman Tonic, 12 a.m., $10.
The Jaco Pastorius Big Band Iridium Room.
Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra Future Al