STILL haven't decided what you are doing for New Year yet? You must be as disorganised as me, so to help us decide, I thought I would make the last Sounds of 2001 a bit of a New Year special.

If you are staying in Newport, you cannot go far wrong with the TJ's celebrations, which always guarantee a top night.

Like quite a few Cardiff clubs, Barfly is closed on Monday, banking instead on a booze-fuelled weekend, which will leave us worn out long before Auld Lang Syne - how they underestimate us!

Thankfully, Clwb Ifor Bach is open, with a host of Welsh DJs on the decks, with the likes of DJ Dafis, Ian Cotterel, and Gareth Potter playing a mixture of house, hip hop, d&b etc. Entry is between £6 and £10, depending on when you get your ticket.

Recently reopened on St Mary Street, The Toucan Club is having a fancy dress with a Boogie Nights/porn-star theme, with live music from Boogie Wonderland, and the resident DJ's.

Expect your usual blend of Latino, samba tunes with entry around the £10 mark. It's never really been a night for live bands, except for the occasional egocentric stadium rockers hoovering up some extra capital, but there are some worthwhile gigs on in the week ahead, if not on New Year's Eve.

Kilo-C, who used to be known as Mastermind and have been around for a good few years, play in Barfly tonight, supporting 88mph, while Baby Lose, Harper and Jelly Rabbit (remember those!) play the following night. Both nights are £3.

Meanwhile, Doc Savage, (pictured) the Caerphilly punk-pop four-piece, who have supported such punk luminaries as UK Subs, the Damned and the Buzzcocks in their colourful career, play in their home town at Pulsars, with support from electronica purveyors Dopamine, and Jaded.

And on Thursday, TJ's host the terribly named Rolling Clones - the Stones tribute band, who apparently are very good if you like that sort of thing.

The recent glut of tribute bands is symptomatic of everything wrong with the music charts, but for wallowing in a bit of nostalgia there's nowt better.