Last-minute party plans
December 31st, 2007 by Chante LaGon in Music newsAh, the pressure of New Year’s Eve. If you don’t do anything, you risk the superstitious result of having a lame 2008. Or maybe you use the “it’s amateur night” excuse to escape making plans. “Everything is too expensive,” is another good, albeit true, one. If you’d like to go out, but want to avoid the above scenarios, here are three worthwhile options:
Funk at the Five Spot. $20. 8 p.m. 1123 Euclid Ave. 404-223-1100. 18 and over. CL readers voted Entropy Atlanta’s Best Local R&B/Soul Act in 2006, and the Athens-to-East Atlanta group just gets better every year. That’s even more true for this show, as members of the P-Funk crew are scheduled to join the band. DJ Rock Most and the Danceformers will also be on hand. The Five Spot is an art-filled, no-frills neighborhood joint, so no worries about the posers who tend to flock to the big bashes. With ladies free before 9 p.m., $3 Terrapin, and $5 Jäger bombs, you can spend your cash on drinks and the Spot’s better-than-average quesadillas and sandwiches while you get funked up.
Drum and bass at the Mark. $15. 9 p.m. 79 Poplar St. 678-904-0050. 21 and over. 180 Degrees and Abstract Logic Recordings bring a bunch of Renegade Hardware DJs to the Mark for NYE 07/08. The main room — with probably the best sound for venues still hosting dnb parties, even if you have to throw ‘bows for dancing room — features Vicious Circle, Nocturnal, Tetradin, Atlanta’s Ideal and MCs Race One and Kakarot on the mic. Catch your breath — maybe, but at least some breathing room — in the lounge with Sunz of Mecha, REL-1, Eric Zbd, Viirus, Lee Stokes, and Wes’ed. All for the low, low price of $15 — less than most non-holiday dnb parties.
Hip-hop at Lenny’s. $5. 8 p.m. 486 Decatur St. 404-577-7721. 21 and over. Dropbombz.com serves your NYE needs with 5 Dollar Holla, a party on the cheap ($5 all night, ladies free before 10 p.m.), where you can also drink cheap ($5 Jäger bombs), but the quality of hip-hop is high. Ishues, Dres Tha Beatnik, Dropbombz, Rising Sons, Mr. SOS and Technolojesus are sure to show you a good time without feeling like you need bottle service to belong.
Whatever you end up doing, happy New Year’s!
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