5/25/10: Today’s Tips: Tuesday

MUSIC: Drowning Pool @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park. Yeah, the fine folks at Northern Lights and Step Up Presents are calling it “customer appreciation night,” but it’s really a big-time, no-dough show. That’s right – I said FREE. Doors open at 6:30pm. With local faves Bulletproof Messenger, Stuck on Stupid and the Erotics. 7:30pm. Free.

MUSIC: The Dirk Quinn Band @ Savannah’s, Albany. Led by guitarist Dirk Quinn, the Philadelphia-based jazz-soul-funk-jam-band also known as the Quinn Tet, stirs things up downtown. With Sugar Proof and Co-Existence. 8pm.