FRIDAY 6

JD Samson and Men + PS I Love You + The So So Glos

The Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by Le Tigre’s JD Samson JD Samson and Men, performs tracks from current EP Next, as part of the CBGB Music Festival. Support by Ontario’s  PS I Love You and fellow Brooklyn boys The So So Glos.

Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd St bet Park Ave South and Lexington Ave, NYC, 212-777-6800, 7pm, $19

Scissor Sisters + Rye Rye

Scissor Sisters are baaaack with new album Magic Hour, featuring hit singles Shady Love, Baby Come Home and Let’s Have A Kiki. Tonight, Baltimore baby Rye Rye opens up. And if you missed this show, they’ll be heading over to Rockit at XL Nightclub for a more intimate kiki around midnight…hosted by Amanda Lepore.

Terminal 5, Midtown west, 610 West 56th st, bet 11th and 12th Aves, NYC, 212-582-6600, 9pm, $45

The Virgins + Mykki Blanco + Grand Rapids

Well, didn’t see this coming…NYC guitar band The Virgins, hangin with gender bender rapper Mykki Blanco?…That’s New York baby! Haven’t heard much from uptown boy band as of late, but apparently they’re working on a new album, with a new video shot by Richard Kern as a starter. And Mykki?…she’s everywhere. Tonight’s about Uptown boys and the further Uptown girl at the dance. A Modern day West Side Story…Genius!!!

The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery bet East Second and Third Sts, NYC, 212-228-0228, 7pm, $15