Ring in the New Year ’round the pool at The Roosevelt Hotel, L.A. For the night they’ve got BLOC PARTY, THE RAPTURE, TALIB KWELI, HARVEY, and more on the bill!! Seems like L.A. is the place to be with endless options!!

Alas, New York! I was wondering when we’d see some great parties coming out of NYC! Well Studio B is serving up a proper night with some commanding headliners!! SLICK RICK will certainly turn this party out!!!! – performing live along with KUDU. DJ sets by MOBY, FRANKIE BONES, HOLY GHOST, JACQUES RENAULT, THE BANGERS, EAMON HARKIN, and many others!!!!! $20 advance tickets, $25 on the door with the flyer. Check Studio B for more info or click their ticket site directly Studio B NYE.

The people over at Turnmills, London, have really gone for it, with their flagship party, “Together“, bringing in some thrilling headliners such as 2MANYDJS, MYLO, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, JUSTIN ROBERTSON, ANIL CHAWLA, STREETLIFE DJS, and several other acts listed!! It’s not too late to book flights if you’re not in the U.K. and head over for this grand event and spend it, “Together”!!!!

My design eye says, not the most inviting looking NYE flyer, but a few good acts on the bill for the Hiro Ballroom bash at The Maritime Hotel. For the night, they’ve got VHS or BETA, 33HZ, YOUNG LOVE, ALEX ENGLISH, and guests. It will also be the official RADIOHEAD release party, although the band will not be on hand! Check out GBH NYC New Years, for more info.

The NYE bash at Smart Bar, Chicago, will most likely be your best option, seeing as absolutely no one else is bringing in TOP talent to the city. You certainly cannot go wrong with a night full of SWITCH, regardless if it’s New Years or not, can you?? Check Smart Bar Chicago for more info.

CHICKS DIG JERKS presents “HOT DATE NYE” at The Rainbow Pub, with a HOT line up that includes, BANG! BANG! CHICKS DIG JERKS, COLDRICE, DEATH AT THE DISCO, MOSCO DISCO, MAIN, ADAM ADAM, TRASHORAMA & CHRIS & JONNY!!!! Purchase tix for only £10 from Swordfishrecords, The Rainbow or online at The Ticket Sellers. 8PM - 4AM. And read the fine print – “Seriously if you don’t get one (ticket) now, we can guarantee you a shit New Years you probably had one last year don’t let it happen again!!!! x

The iheartcomix clan have teamed up with Giant L.A. to bring you “Giant Maximus”. Their mega stage includes some ace acts – MSTRKRFT, LA RIOTS, Z-TRIP, LAZARO CASANOVA, and FRANKI CHAN!! TIESTO, ROGER SANCHEZ, KASKADE and ROBBIE RIVERA are also playing. There will be rides, circus stuff, booze, food, video by DEMONBABIES, HEARTSCHALLENGER ICE CREAM TRUCK and photos by RED SLURPEE!

Detailed info, including the hook-up on cheaper tickets (If you go through iheartcomix, you get $20 off the ticket price making it $65!) can be found at,
IHEARTCOMIX NYE!

L.A. is also host to “Hard NYE”, featuring JUSTICE, PEACHES, 2 LIVE CREW, DJ A-TRAK, BUSY P, WHITEY, STEVE AOKI, UBERZONE, + over 35 bands and Dj’s spread out on 3 stages. More info to be found at Hard NYE.

Lost Valentinos, Modular, FBI, and Oxford Art Factory in Australia present, “12 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE”, from SIXPM to SIXAM, offering up shots at midnight, a champagne breakfast, friends and love!!!! I bet everyone needs some LOOOOVE this NYE, yeah?! Well if I could be anywhere on earth, I think this is a party I’d like to be at with LOST VALENTINOS, VAN SHE, TEENAGERSINTOKYO, BAGRAIDERS, KNIFE MACHINE, SPRUCE, KATO, CASSETTE KIDS and a shit load of other acts!!!!! For more info, check Modular People, Mosh Tix, or visit the Oxford Art Factory’s My Space page where you have a chance to win free NYE tix!! Leave them a comment telling them, “In a dream world where time and money are irrelevant, who would you get to paint the monthly mural at O.A.F.?”

DELVING INTO NYE 2008
Yes the time has come when you look back on an entire year that is about to pass, smile knowing you’ve accomplished all you set out to do, or hang your head low, remembering all the things you didn’t, that will be pushed into the new year.

The never ending question that plagues our brains, “What are you doing on New Years Eve?!” has quickly arrived. Here is your last chance to go out with a BANG, and head full force into 2008! With the looks of some of these parties, we don’t see how this is not attainable!

We figured we’d try for as many viewable options in one spot, to help us all determine the best possible place on the earth to ring in the new year. In no particular order, here’s what we’ve got thus far.

I love Neon and Société des arts technologiques [SAT], in Montréal have joined together for, “I love Neon Novel An!” (see above flyer). This looks to be a mighty sick one!! Their list of artists on the night include, CRYSTAL CASTLES, DROP THE LIME aka CURSES, GUNS N BOMBS, JORDAN DARE, THOMAS VON PARTY, JOKERS OF THE SCENE, PEER PRESSURE DJ’S and NU RAVERS ON THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!