Friday 12/8Dashboard Confessional & Brand New @ Madison Square Garden – 7:30 p.m. – $26.50The Pernice Brothers @ Mercury Lounge – 9 p.m. – $15Kayo Dot @ Tonic – 8 p.m. – $12Ricky Martin @ Roseland Ballroom – $102

Saturday 12/9We Are Scientists & The Oxford Collapse @ NorthSix – 8 p.m. – $15Buju Banton @ St. George Theatre – 9:30 p.m. – $45

Sunday 12/10Ciara @ Nokia Theater Times Square – 8 p.m. – $35

Monday 12/11Bayside @ Knitting Factory – 7 p.m. – $11Archer Prewitt Band @ Tonic – 8 p.m. – $10KRS-One @ S.O.B.’s – 8 p.m. – $20

Tuesday 12/12Aimee Mann (Christmas Show w. special guests) @ Town Hall – 8 p.m. – $29.50Damien Rice @ Beacon Theatre – 8 p.m. – $45Lupe Fiasco @ S.O.B.’s – 9:30 p.m. – $26

Wednesday 12/13Bound Stems @ Sin-E – 7:30 p.m. – $10Gwar @ Irving Plaza – 7:30 p.m. – $25The Beach Boys @ North Fork Theatre – 8 p.m. – $56

Thursday 12/14Lou Reed (performing Berlin) @ St. Anne’s Warehouse – $65Nightmare of You @ Studio B – 9 p.m. – $14.50Invite Them Up: featuring Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale @ Bowery Ballroom – 8 p.m. – $15