Music Report

‘Tis the final edition of The Report for 2007.

Let’s begin with some live shows to end the year with a bang:

Sat + Sun 12/28 & 29, The Famous New York Dolls will be playing Irving Plaza presumably to the delight of Mark Albertson.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/47

Sunday, 12/30 @ 9:00pm, Farm Favorite Talib Kweli will be at NYC’s Highline Ballroom.
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=228349&REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed

The characters that put together, Yacht Rock, the series of videos lovingly satirizing the genesis of the greatest hits of 1976-1984 from the likes of The Doobie Brothers, Hall and Oates, Kenny Loggings and others will be premiering their 11th release ‘Footloose’ as two bands from The School of Rock play “Yacht Rock” hits live. It’s all going down tonight, 12/27 at 8:00pm at The Knitting Factory.
http://www.yachtrock.com/

As for New Year’s Eve itself, Gogol Bordello will bring their gypsy stylings to Terminal 5, Velvet Revolver are playing Hammerstein Ballroom, Chris Rock is at MSG, and Slick Rock and Moby, among others, will be taking over Studio B in Brooklyn.
http://www.terminal5nyc.com/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003F7AA1D29422
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D003F75FAADC5EC
http://www.clubstudiob.com/

For a smaller environment, and a DJ with a sick collection of records, the Delancey will host Prince Paul of De La Soul and Handsome Boy Modeling School on the ones and twos New Years Eve as well.
http://www.thedelancey.com/

Kid pop punk band Care Bears on Fire get to stay up late New Years Eve as they play the Knitting Factory with a slew of other acts including Bed-Stuy’s Dirty Projectors and Senryu.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107710852
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyprojectors
http://www.myspace.com/senryu

But the fun doesn’t stop once we hit 2008. Lesser known brothers of Wynton and Branford, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis will be jazzing up the legendary Blue Note 1/1 to 1/6 with showtimes at 8pm and 10:30pm. Delfeayo, a Grammy-award winning producer, leads his sextet on trombone.
http://www.delfeayomarsalis.com/