This is the most insane week of music our city has seen in quite some time. Good luck getting around town........

MONDAY

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Glasslands | 7pm & 9pm (girls only) | Free
• The Bravery | Apple Store Soho | 2pm | Free
• Myspace Presents The Bravery | Arlene's Grocery | 5pm & 9pm | Free
• Arcade Fire + The National | United Palace | Sold Out
• Beirut + Final Fantasy | Bowery Ballroom | $18 Sold Out
• Mike Viola + Kelly Jones | Living Room | $tba
• Meshell Ndegeocello | HighLine Ballroom | $tba
• Yellow Fever, Megamoog | Cake Shop | $tba
• The Winter Sounds, Cold Flavor Repair, The Jupiter Deluxe | Club Midway | $5
• Alice Smith | Mercury Lounge | $12
• Glass Hand, Paul Duncan, Farfan | Mercury Lounge | $8

TUESDAY

• RuinedMusic.com presents Unsacred Hearts, Beat Radio, The Shondes | $8
• Arcade Fire, The National | United Palace | $35 Sold Out
• Blonde Redhead, Fields | Webster Hall | $25d Sold Out
• Bjork, Spank Rock | Apollo Theater | $74 Sold Out
• Beirut, Final Fantasy | Bowery Ballroom | $18 Sold Out
• Amy Winehouse | Highline Ballroom | $20 Sold Out
• Christopher Hitchens, reading from God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything | B&N Union Square | 7pm Free
• Captured By Robots, The Teddy Bear Orchestra | Luna Lounge | $10
• Priestbird, Pit Er Pat, White / Lichens, Matteah Baim | Mercury Lounge | $10
• Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie), David Bazan (Pedro The Lion), Johnathan Rice | Town Hall | $28 Sold Out
• Type O Negative + Brand New Sin | The Fillmore | $tba

WEDNESDAY

• Chuck Palahniuk & Irvine Welsh | B&N Union Square | 7pm Free
• Patrick Wolf | Bowery Ballroom | $15
• Amy Winehouse | Highline Ballroom | $20 Sold Out
• Arcade Fire, The National | Radio City Music Hall | Sold Out
• Magic Numbers, All Smiles | Hiro Ballroom | $25
• The Sammies, Morning State, People Noise (ex-VHS or Beta) | Knitting Factory | $10
• Jennifer O'Connor | Living Room | $8
• Ola Podrida, Inlets, Andrew Kenny (American Analog Set) | Luna Lounge | $8
• Stars Like Fleas, Doveman | Lutheran Church of the Messiah | $8
• Found Objects, Bronze, Dynasty Handbag, Violent Raid | Cake Shop | $tba
• Casper & The Cookies | Maxwell's | $8
• Taxi Taxi, Life In Bed, Ne'er Do Evers | Union Hall | $7
• Grant Lee Phillips | Blender Theatre | $tba

THURSDAY

• Albert Hammond Jr., High Class Elite | Hiro Ballroom | Free w. RSVP
• Air, TV on the Radio (acoustic) | Theater at MSG | $46
• Cornelius, Holy Fuck | Webster Hall | $25
• The Child Ballads, TK Webb, Puddin Tang, Dutchess | Studio B | $10
• Brett Dennen, Alo, Lucas Reynolds | Bowery Ballroom | $15
• Sentimentalist Magazine party with The Ashford Breaks, The Shackeltons, Chase Pagan | Cake Shop | $5
• Razorlight | Gramercy Theatre | $17
• Veveritse, Pony Pants, The Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Team Awesome, Stagger Back Brass Band, Rench | Europa | $7
• The Kooks, Illinois | The Fillmore | $20
• Sloan, Small Sins | Maxwell's | $20
• Viva De Concini, The Head Set, Day for Night, The Apartment | The Annex | $tba

FRIDAY

• The Mountain Goats | Soundfix Records | Free
• The Polyphonic Spree | Manhattan Center | $tba
• The Cinematics, The Changes, The Jealous Girlfriends | Knitting Factory | $12
• The Giraffes, Bling Kong, Band of Thieves, Nico Stai | Mercury Lounge | $10
• Sloan, Small Sins | Southpaw | $20
• The Gourds, Sim Redmond Band, Kelley Mcrae | Bowery Ballroom | $15
• My Best Fiend, Tussle, Shapes and Sizes, Stay High | Cake Shop | $8
• The Death Set, Abstract Artimus, Team Robespierre | Don Pedro's | $6
• Les Sans Culottes, Peacock's Penny Arcade | Magnetic Field | $tba
• Zombie Nation | Studio B | $8
• The Kooks, Illinois | The Fillmore | $20
• Elk City, Sea Wolf, Tim Bracy (of The Mendoza Line) | Union Hall | $8

SATURDAY

• LCD Soundsystem + Yatch | Studio B | $25
• Tussle, Bronze, Nymph | Silent Barn | $tba
• O'Death, Artranker Convoy, Standing Nudes, Tomorrow's Flavor | Glasslands | $tba
• The Greyboy Allstars, Tim Fite | Highline Ballroom | $30
• Dealer, Susu, Umami, Limbs, Broadband | Luna Lounge | Free
• LiveFastDie, The Yokohama Kicks | Magnetic Field | $4
• The Album Leaf, Young Galaxy, Belong | Maxwell's | $15
• Dan Deacon, Ponytail, Meneguar, Lions & Tigers | Mercury Lounge | $10
• Ravens & Chimes, Hayes Peebles, The Old Haunts, Love or Perish | Cake Shop | $7
• The Detroit Cobras | Southpaw | $15
• Titus Andronicus, The Valentinos, Vera Mesmer | The Annex | $tba
• The Avett Brothers, Langhorne Slim | The Fillmore | $30
• The Changes, Takka Takka, The End of the World | Union Hall | $10
• Sweetheart, Hail Social, The Oods | Union Pool | $tba

SUNDAY

• Benji Cossa | Pianos (upstairs) | Free
• The Album Leaf, Young Galaxy, Belong | Bowery Ballroom | $15
• Jeremiah Rifles, Alana Amram and The Rough Gems, The Joints | Cake Shop | $6
• The Greyboy Allstars, Tim Fite | Highline Ballroom | $30
• Pagoda, The Mary Shanks, Opine | Luna Lounge | $7
• Shapes and Sizes, Osso Quartet, Flying, Stars Like Fleas | Union Hall | $10