December 9, 2004
New Years Rockin' Eve Sell-Outs Special Edition
Still haven't ironed out your New Years Eve plans yet? It's okay, we think that holiday is over-rated anyway. We suggest you gather some good friends, resolve in '05 to buy tickets before they sell out and get over to one or more of the following shows:
*Amnesty International Firefly Project Benefit @ Pianos December 10th. The bill includes The Caulfield Sisters, The Witnesses and very special guests. Who could these special guests be?! Cough, (most of) TV on the Radio. Excuse us, sorry about that, as we were saying, buy tickets.
Lewis Black, Jessi Klein & Christian Finnegan
@ the Knitting Factory December 15th
Tinkle with David Cross, Todd Barry & more @ Pianos December 30th. No advance tickets.
!!! @ Mercury Lounge December 30th (early) and December 30th (late)
Asobi Seksu @ Mercury Lounge December 31st (online tickets not available yet)
Patti Smith @ Bowery December 31st followed by the Drive-By Truckers (late show at 1am) December 31st/January 1st
Wilco/the Flaming Lips/Sleater-Kinney@ MSG December 31st
Luna @ Southpaw December 31st
We suggest staying out of Times Square. Why? Well aside from the usual reasons let's just say: Clark out, Seacrest in?
The hangover should be gone by mid-January and you should be ready to start breaking your "no going out on a school night" resolutions. In anticipation of all of this you should buy the following tickets:
Ray LaMontagne @ Bowery January 19th
The Fever @ Bowery January 22nd
Bright Eyes @ Town Hall January 25th and January 26th
[note: Town Hall has the best acoustics this side of the Hudson, our personal favorite place to hear music.]
Also of note for the new year:
Movable Hype 1.5 will take place @ Pianos on January 17th. Lined up so far are: Dear Leader, The Moirai and Morning Theft.
Movable Hype 2 will be back at the Knitting Factory in mid-February.
More details to come on both shows. Watch this space.
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I think Gothamist fav Asobi Seksu is playing Mercury Lounge on Dec. 31st, as well.
thanks! updated...
I had something whiny to say, but then I saw the Lewis Black / Jessi Klein heads up and all is better! Nice catch.
But I'm going to say it anyway: you really should do linkbacks to reviews/articles/band websites for the performing acts when you do a Sell-Outs. There's nothing more flustering than being told "Buy tickets for these bands! Hurry!" and having no idea what you'd be paying to see. (I know at least something about three of the performing acts on the above list; I've seen only two of them perform; that's far better than what I know about most of the bands in your Sell-Outs features)
And I hold you to this standard because you guys definitely write enough about bands to do good linkbacks within Gothamist. This would be a radical improvement for this series. Paired with relevant information, this would be a can't-miss article series for NYC music fans.
(And yes, I know I can google the bands, but... waaaahhh, why should I have to? waaahhh.)
thanks for the suggestion! this is actually more of a post giving a heads up to those who already know these bands, to let them know to "get tickets now". but i suppose linking to the bands sites couldn't hurt...!
2nd-annual GlobalFEST at the Public Theater on Saturday, January 8th. It sold out last year and was a critical success.
A $40 ticket allows all-night access to all three stages, which run from 7:30 p.m. till after midnight at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. @ Astor. General admission tickets can be purchased in advance from www.telecharge.com or 212-239-6200, or at The Public Theater box office.
The Flaming Lips and Sleater-Kinney are on the same bill as Wilco.