Dried tears and liquor are sealing your eyes shut. A half-empty bottle of Asti-Spumante hangs out of your hand or mouth. Your clothes are anywhere but where they usually are. It’s early morning on January 1st and as the sun saws open your eyes, the first thoughts that race into your head are: “What was last night?”
Whether you chose to remember it or not, New Year’s Eve always becomes an event – be it a swanky party full of beautiful people, or a sad, lonely remembrance of 2010 alone in your darkened apartment. But save yourself the embarrassment of either and get out to a club and see a band. Below we’ve listed some of the major events happening in cities around the US. Do yourself a favor: go.
There are few things I regret more than not going to see Girl Talk last year in 2009, so don’t make the same mistake I did. Spend NYE with your most favorite band. Whether you know it or not, you’ll be surrounded by new friends. Oh, and you can get tumultuously drunk and rage to some amazing music. Happy New Year from CoS!
— Jeremy Larson
Senior Staff Writer
P.S. If we’re missing something, please let us know in the comments below.
New York City
— Ariel Pink (solo): 234 Starr Street
— The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set): The Wellmont Theatre
— The Butthole Surfers: Music Hall of Williamsburg
— Class Actress: Spike Hill
— Chuck Berry: B.B. King Blues Club
— Drive-By Truckers: Terminal 5
— Gov’t Mule: The Beacon Theatre
— Guided By Voices: Irving Plaza
— Har Mar Superstar: Littlefield
— Holy Ghost!: Standard
— Infected Mushroom, Shpongle: Hammerstein Ballroom
— Patti Smith & Her Band: Bowery Ballroom
— Passion Pit, Slick Rick: Wellmont Theatre (Montclair, NJ)
— Phish: Madison Square Garden
— The Roots: Brooklyn Bowl
— Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Best Buy Theater
— Steve Angello: Roseland Ballroom
— Titus Andronicus, Real Estate, Julian Lynch: Ridgewood Temple
— We Are Scientists: Mercury Lounge
— Zach Deputy: City Winery
Chicago
— Big Freedia, Nobunny: Empty Bottle
— The Black Keys, Greenhornes: Aragon Ballroom
— Cave: The Hideout
— Cursive performing Domestica: Subterranean
— Flosstradamus, Gemini Club: Lincoln Hall
— Future Rock: Kinetic Playground
— Japandroids, Light Pollution: Schubas
— Local H: Bottom Lounge
— Mannequin Men, Pegboy: Abbey Pub
— Mucca Pazza: Logan Square Auditorium
— Pretty Lights, Holy Fuck, Tobacco: Congress Theatre
— Robert Randolph & The Family Band, North Mississippi Allstars: House of Blues
— Smoking Popes: Reggie’s Rock Club
— Sublime with Rome, AM Taxi, The Dirty Heads: Navy Pier Ballroom
— Umphrey’s McGee: The Riviera Theatre
— Yeasayer, HEALTH: Metro
Los Angeles
— ATB: Hollywood Palladium
— HARD NYE (Mr. Oizo, Brodinski, DJ Falcon): The Music Box
— John Digweed: The Avalon
— Lucinda Williams: The Viper Room
— Mayer Hawthorne, Classix: Viceroy Hotel
— Nite Jewel: The Echo
— NOFX, Dead To Me: The Wiltern
— The Pharcyde: Key Club
— The Raveonettes, Autolux: The Standard
— Steel Panther: House of Blues
— Together As One (Major Lazer, Diplo, Rusko, Laidback Luke): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum & Sports Arena
— Yard Dogs Road Show: Edison
London, UK
— British Sea Power: Koko
— Caribou: The Flowerpot
— Carl Barât (DJ Set): All Star Lanes Brick Lane
— Eastern Electrics NYE (Matthew Dear, Joker, Roska): The Tunnels
— Foals: HMV Forum
— Four Tet, James Holden, Jamie XX: Corsica Studios
— Friendly Fires (DJ Set): XOYO
— Sonic Youth, Factory Floor, Shellac: Hammersmith Apollo
— Together (Mark Ronson, Annie Mac, Katy B, Fake Blood): O2 Academy
Elsewhere:
Atlanta:
— Bassnectar, Ana Sia: The Tabernacle
— Charlie Wilson, Chrisette Michele: Atlanta Civic Center
— Coolio: Hyatt Regency
— The Glitch Mob: New Earth Music Hall
— Perpetual Groove: Variety Playhouse
— Zac Brown Band: Philips Arena
Atlantic City:
— B.B. King: Harrah’s Atlantic City
— Maroon 5: House of Blues
— Sarah McLachlan: Caesars Atlantic City
Aspen:
— Jane’s Addiction: Belly Up
Athens, GA:
— The Glitch Mob: New Earth Music Hall
— of Montreal: 40 Watt Club
Austin:
— Adolescents: Red 7
— Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Grupo Fantasma: La Zona Rosa
— Cake: Austin Music Hall
— N.A.S.A., Ladytron: Seaholm Power Plant
— The Sword: The Mohawk
Boston:
— Bettye LaVette: First Night Boston–Copley Square
— Cass McCombs: The Modern
— Dean & Britta, Nina Nastasia: Paramount Center
— moe.: House of Blues
— Soulive: Paradise Rock Club
— Third Eye Blind: Wilbur Theatre
Boulder:
— Crystal Castles, The Chain Gang of 1974: Boulder Theater
Dallas:
— Ghostland Observatory: Plaza of the Americas
— Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights: Granada Theater
— Old 97’s: House of Blues
Denver:
— Big Head Todd and The Monsters: Paramount Theatre
— Impact NYE (EOTO, Dieselboy, Freddy Todd): City Hall Events Center
— Nosaj Thing: Casselman’s
— Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi: Ogden Theatre
— STS9, Tipper: The Fillmore Auditorium
— Widespread Panic, G. Love & Special Sauce: Pepsi Center
Dublin, Ireland:
— Les Savy Fav: The Button Factory
Edmonton, AB:
— deadmau5: Shaw Conference Centre
Houston:
— Warpaint: Ground Hall
Las Vegas:
— 30 Seconds To Mars: Pearl Concert Theater
— Erick Morillo: Marquee Nightclub
— Jamie Lidell: Book & Stage – The Cosmopolitan
— Jay-Z, Coldplay: Cosmopolitan
— Paul Oakenfold, LMAFO: Palms Hotel & Casino
— Pitbull: House of Blues
— Santana: The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
Louisville, KY:
— The Pass: Headliners Music Hall
Miami:
— Nicki Minaj: The Mansion
— Tiësto: Fontainebleau Resort
— Usher, Trey Songz: American Airlines Arena
Milwaukee:
— Girl Talk: The Rave
— The Hold Steady: Riverside Theater
Minneapolis:
— Brother Ali, The Hood Internet: Marriott City Center Grand Ballroom
New Orleans:
— Better Than Ezra: House of Blues
— Bonerama: 12 Bar on Fulton Street
— Galactic, Tea Leaf Green: Tipitina’s Uptown
— Tab Benoit: Mid City Lanes “Rock ‘N’ Bowl”
Oakland:
— Primus, The Dead Kenny Gs, Les Claypool: Fox Theater
Oklahoma City:
— The Flaming Lips performing The Soft Bulletin: Cox Convention Center
Philadelphia:
— Dada: North Star
— Lotus: Electric Factory
— Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue: World Cafe
Portland, OR:
— Crooked Fingers, Heligoats: Bunk Bar
— The Helio Sequence, Ramona Falls: Mississippi Studios
— Japanther: Artistery
— Langhorne Slim: Mission Theater
— Lazer Sword, Eliot Lipp: Branx
— The Shaky Hands: Backspace
Rome, Italy:
— Aphex Twin: Palazzo dei Congressi
San Diego:
— Crocodiles: Soda Bar
— Designer Drugs: Voyeur
— Dirty South: 4th & B
San Francisco:
— The Dresden Dolls, Pomplamoose: The Warfield
— Furthur, Phil Lesh: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
— The Growlers: Hemlock Tavern
— John Lee Hooker Jr.: Biscuits and Blues
— Mike Posner: The Regency Ballroom
— Sea of Dreams (Thievery Corporation, Balkan Beat Box, Modeselektor, Beats Antique): Concourse Exhibition Center
— The Slackers: Great American Music Hall
— Steve Aoki: Fort Mason Festival Pavillion
Seattle:
— AC Slater: King Cat Theatre
— Lissie: Snoqualmie Casino
— Reverend Horton Heat, The Dwarves: El Corazon
— Z-Trip: Cirque Event Center
St. Louis, MO:
— The Crystal Method: Nightclub Europe
— Yonder Mountain String Band: The Pageant
St. Petersburg, FL:
— Cope: The Local 662
— Dead Kennedys: State Theatre
Washington, DC:
— Gogol Bordello: 9:30 Club
