NYE 2013: Rockin' in the New Year around town w/ Bad Rabbits, You Can Be a Wesley, Deer Tick, Vanya Records, My Morning Jacket, Magnetic Fields + more

Color Channel are at Great Scott with New Highway Hymnal + Fat Creeps + Yale, MA

Don't feel like ringing in 2013 by fighting red-faced bros at the bar for watered down dixie cups of beer at some "all-you-can-drink" party? We feel you. That's why we rounded up just a few of the bands playing shows (and some under ten bucks!) around town as an alternative. Let's get loud enough this NYE that we can't hear the countdown to midnight.

Bad Rabbits + Herra Terra | 9 pm | $25 | Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston | ticketmaster.com

Vanya Records presents New Highway Hymnal + Color Channel + Fat Creeps + Yale, MA w/ DJ sets by everydayisamixtape | 9 pm | $15 | Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston | ticketweb.com

Deer Tick + Two Gallants | 8 pm | SOLD OUT | The Sinclair, 52 Church St, Cambridge | boweryboston.com

My Morning Jacket + Preservation Hall Jazz Band |  7:30 pm | $48.50 | Agganis Arena, 925 Comm Ave, Boston | ticketmaster.com

Animal Hospital Collective [as part of First Night 2013] | 8:30 pm  | Free with FN button | Hynes Convention Center, Room 302, 900 Boylston St, Boston | firstnight.org

Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion + Thick Shakes + Ladybones | 8 pm | $10 | O'Brien's, 3 Harvard Ave, Allston | obrienspubboston.com

Cuffs [as part of First Night 2013] | 7:30 pm | Free with FN button | Rabb Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston | firstnight.org

Dan Webb & the Spiders + Lube + Ex-Magicians | 9 pm | $5 | Charlie's Kitchen, 10 Eliot St, Cambridge |  facebook.com

You Can Be a Wesley + CreaturoS + The Migs + BOYTOY | 8:30 pm | NO COVER | Regina's Pizzeria, 353 Cambridge St, Allston | facebook.com

Haley Jane & The Primates | 10:30 pm | TBA | Plough & Stars, 912 Mass Ave, Cambridge | ploughandstars.com

Soulive + the Shady Horns + Akashic Record | 8 pm | $40 | Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm Ave, Boston | ticketmaster.com

Sherman Burns + Whitey + Tenafly Vipers + Daniel Costa | 9 pm | TBA | Radio, 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville | radiobarunion.com

Girls, Guns, & Glory |  9 pm | $15 | Lizard Lounge, 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge | brownpapertickets.com

Magnetic Fields [as part of First Night 2013] | 9 pm | Free with FN button | Symphony Hall, 310 Mass Ave, Boston | firstnight.org

Major Stars [as part of First Night 2013] | 10 pm | Free with FN Button | Hynes Convention Center, Room 302, 900 Boylston St | firstnight.org

Joshua Tree [U2 Tribute] | 8 pm | $25 | Church, 69 Kilmarnock St, Boston | churchofboston.com

The Tree + Eight Feet Tall + Why I Rise + Delman Ryder | 7:30 pm | $15; $12 advance | Middle East upstairs, 474 Mass Ave, Cambridge | ticketweb.com

And for more New Year's Eve shows, parties, dinner specials, comedy shows, and more check out ThePhoenix.com/NewYears