Housed in a Beaux Arts building built just weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, Bowery Ballroom is quite possibly the best live music venue in the city. Though the club has three stories (and as many bars), the main room has a capacity of only 550, so shows feel intimate and all concertgoers have excellent sight lines. The real draw though is its roster of hip, up-and-coming acts and the excellent sound system (that rivals those of clubs twice its size) on which to hear them.