7:30 p.m. MATT NATHANSON. The underrated singer-songwriter tells tales of answering machine arguments and sex in cars. Knitting Factory.
8:45 p.m. CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR. The pop-punkers may sing, “This is a party without the people,” but they’ll be wrong. Irving Plaza.
10 p.m. YOUNG LOVE. New York’s next dance-rock party kings. Sin-e.
11 p.m. THE RAPTURE. New York’s current dance-rock party kings. Bowery Ballroom.