Local live: Feeling guilty with Dave Alvin

DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES

This could be the cool show of the week -- we love The Blasters.

WHEN | WHERE Tuesday night at 8, YMCA Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore

INFO $30; 631-969-1101, boultoncenter.org

REEL BIG FISH & STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO

Ska is not dead, people.

WHEN | WHERE Tuesday night at 7, the Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington

INFO $25-$50; 800-745-3000; ticketmaster.com

ZEBRA

One of our former boss' favorite bands!

WHEN | WHERE 7:30 p.m. Friday, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main St.

INFO $26-$32; 631-207-1300, patchoguetheatre.com

FUNK FILHARMONIK

Getting the funk out for 26 years now.

WHEN | WHERE 8 and 10:15 p.m. Friday, Bellmore Movies & Showplace, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore

INFO $25 advance, $35 day of; 516-785-4234, funkfilharmonik.com

HOT TIX

WIZ KHALIFA/SNOOP DOGG

WHEN | WHERE Dec. 5, Terminal 5, Manhattan

INFO $49; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

WILD FLAG

WHEN | WHERE April 1, Webster Hall, Manhattan

INFO $22; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

RAMMSTEIN

WHEN | WHERE April 28, Nassau Coliseum

INFO $42.50-$92.50; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

NYC SOUNDS

Tuesday

TAYLOR SWIFT Who knows who might show up for this one? Flo Rida joined Swift at a Miami show last week.

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m., Madison Square Garden

INFO $29.50-$89.50; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

Friday-Sunday

THE CURE Robert Smith and the lads will play the Cure's first three albums -- "Three Imaginary Boys," "Seventeen Seconds" and "Faith" -- in their entirety at these shows.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m., Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway at 74th Street

INFO $65-$105; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

IN STORES

* Michael Jackson's "Immortal" (Epic)

* Taylor Swift's "Speak Now: World Tour Live" (Big Machine)

* Lady Gaga's "Born This Way: The Collection" (Interscope)

* Nickelback's "Here & Now" (Roadrunner)

* Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow" (Anti-)

* James Durbin's "Memories of a Beautiful Disaster" (Wind-Up)