Nashville Pussy and Reverend Horton Heat heat up the Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (between Ninth and 10th avenues), NYC, at 8 tonight. Tickets are $30 at TicketWeb. Folk rockers Spottiswoode His Enemies want to make you their friend at the Living Room, 154 Ludlow St. in NYC, at 11 tonight. Spouse will open. Tickets are $10 at TicketWeb. Ghostface Killah gets in your face as part of the “Hip Hop Live!” tour at Nokia Theatre Times Square, 1515 Broadway in NYC, at 9 tonight.

Brother Ali, Rakim and the Rhythm Roots All-Stars also perform. Tickets are $40 at Ticketmaster. Alt-rockers the Polyphonic Spree, Rooney and the Redwalls play Terminal 5, 610 W. 56 St., NYC, at 7:30 tonight. Tickets are $19.99 at Ticketmaster. Don McLean promises the music won’t die at Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St. in NYC, at 8 tonight. Tickets are $39.50-$49.50 at Ticketmaster.

David Gans, Donna the Buffalo and Ollabelle perform a benefit concert for the Rex Foundation at the Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St. (between Ninth and 10th avenues) in NYC, at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $27-$75 at TickeWeb. Pop rockers Galactic rockets into the Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd St. in NYC, at 6:45 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $25.50 at Ticketmaster. Slide guitarist Derek Trucks and his band slide on into the Egg, Empire Center in Albany, at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $34.50 at www.tickets.theegg.org. Folkie Ani DiFranco plays Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St. in NYC, at 8 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $48 at Ticketmaster. Comedian Dane Cook brings his “Su-Fi” to Madison Square Garden, West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC, at 10:15 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $34.50-$104.50 at Ticketmaster. Pop singer/songwriter/pianist Vanessa Carlton plays songs off her new album at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. in NYC, at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Graham Colton opens.