Written by Patrick McNamara

If you're reading this on Monday, Happy Leap Day!

If you're reading this after Monday, Happy March!

If you're not reading this at all, no worries I am SO used to it!

Let's talk about good shows now in a laid-back way that is courageous and true and fine.

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Thursday - March 3, 2016 A.D.

Tonight is the best night for shows this week.

DIIV play the first of three shows at Market Hotel. I've said for years that DIIV is a good band so please give credit where credit is due and remember you heard it here FOURTH.

Australia's Wolfmother play Emmanuel Lewis Hall. Does anyone else still confuse this band with Australia's Tame Impala or is it just me? Shit, it's just me isn't it. Ugh. Some music blobber. Tell me not my faults for I already know them. In summation, Mel Gibson.

Force Field PR turns 10 tonight and to celebrate their having a pretty good party at pretty good venue Baby's All Right. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + The Blow + Guerilla Toss + DJ Neon Indian all play. Plus, there will be a "Special Guest." I always hope that means Michael Jordan but it never does…...it never does. I'll be at this one and I'll be higher than the stars so come say heyyyyyy.

Swediish iindiie popsters Miike Snow play iin-the-round at (le) poiisson rouge toniight (don't get diizzy) and ii understand from my hiighly crediible sources that thiis should be a niice and deliightful and most iinteresting good tiime.

Gainesville's Frameworks is one of my favorite bands playing the game today. They're at Saint Vitus tonight w/ Donovan Wolfington (they rule too) and I'm not going to mind my own business on this and instead tell you definitively that you should go to this one. Unless you don't like the screamy punk rock that occasionally launches into absolutely prettiness. In which case, you're unequivocally a monster.

Porches and Frankie Cosmos play a FREE show at Space Ninety 8 in Williamsburg.

File Under: Free

RIYL: Show

Other notable shows = what, you need MORE? Alright, fine. Go see The Who at MSG or something I don't care

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Friday - March 4, 2016 A.D.

Ra Ra Riot play Emmanuel Lewis Hall. Remember 9 years ago when they played our SXSW show at Emo's Jr. with Cloud Cult and The Pony's and a bunch of Norwegian bands? You don't? Really? Weird. Maybe we dreamed it, man.

Dead Stars play Rough Trade. They're good. Please note, their new album comes out on Friday. It's called "Bright Colors" and while I'm not a betting man because I don't have any money I'm betting it's going to be good. Please love three good songs from it now. File Under: Good

DIIV play Market Hotel. I already mentioned that. But I can mention it again. Because this is my music blob and I can do whatever I want. That is why I am poor in pocket but rich in spirit. Amen.

Should you find yourself in Park Slope, comedian/shredder Dave Hill would like you to meet him in the very nice bathrooms of Union Hall (best place to take a shit in the city) and tell him all your secrets. His band, Valley Lodge, will cram in there too. The'll be in the third stall to your left.

Other notable shows = Miike Snow at the miighty Warsaw + Prince Rama at Baby's All Right

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Saturday - March 5, 2016 A.D.

Big Ups + LVL UP + Greys + Washer play Shea Stadium. Those are three good bands right there. Recommended if you like the punk rock and/or things generally working out in life. By the way, Big Ups new album "Before a Million Universes" comes out Friday, March 4th (which may already be in the past depending on when you're reading this) and it's GOOD. Here's a song from it for you to love now.

LNZNDRF S NW BND THT FTRS MMBRS F TH NTNL ND BRT ND, NT T BRG, BT V TTLLY HRD F THS TW BNDS BFR. THY PLY TW SHWS T MRCRY LNG TNT.

(*if they ain't gonna use the vowels then I ain't gonna use the vowels)

And DIIV play Market Hotel. I've already mentioned this. Twice. This makes three. I. Am. Punk. Rock.

Other notable shows = Somos at The Studio at Webster Hall + Frameworks and Donovan Wolfington at Amityville Music Hall + The Men at Union Pool + Ski Lodge at Baby's All Right + Miniboone (final show) at Rough Trade

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Sunday - March 6, 2016 A.D.

And on the final day the blob rested.

Other notable shows = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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