Matt & Kim will ring in the new year at the Hammerstein Ballroom (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
If you’re looking to catch some great music on New Year’s Eve, you’re too late for Patti Smith and her Band at the Bowery Ballroom or Deer Tick at Brooklyn Bowl, but there are still tickets left for some other very cool shows. VHS or Beta will be playing a DJ set at DROM, the always entertaining Matt & Kim are headlining the Hammerstein, the relentless Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are at Maxwell’s, Cheryl and Midnight Magic will be making midnight magic at Public Assembly, O’Death will be breathing life into the new year at Spike Hill, the Fleshtones will be shaking some flesh at the Bowery Electric, Assembly of Dust will conclude its New Year’s Eve Weekend at Mercury Lounge, Gogol Bordello will be partying it up at Terminal 5, and the Dark Star Orchestra will take audiences on a long, strange trip at the Wellmont.