March Madness

There is little reason for NYC residents to go to SXSW Music Festival, apart from the joy of getting out of the city, barbeque and migas (the official breakfast of Austin). But you really won't be missing much music-wise if you stay here. Any American band worth hearing plays the city already, and most bands coming from England or elsewhere in Europe usually make a Manhattan pitstop on the way to or from the festival.

This year, March seems especially manic. By my count, I'm going to seeing 19 nights of shows in March. Some of those nights include two shows. Most of these are either British bands, with a few Swedes and Yanks thrown in as well. I may not make it to all of these but here is my schedule (shows with an * are highly recommended by me and not sold out):

March  2: Belle & Sebastian w/ New Pornographers at the Nokia Theatre
March  3: Of Montreal at Bowery Ballroom
March  6: Serena Maneesh w/ Asobi Seksu at Bowery Ballroom
March  8: The Wedding Present at Bowery Ballroom
March  9: Rogers Sisters w/ Celebration at NorthSix
March 10: Battle at Mercury Lounge*
March 11: Film School and the Big Sleep at Mercury Lounge
March 11: Hot Chip w/ Grand National at Bowery Ballroom
March 13: Guillemots and EPO-555 at Mercury Lounge*
March 14: Envelopes w/ The Research at Mercury Lounge*
March 15: The Bats at Knitting Factory
March 21: The Zutons at Mercury Lounge
March 21: The Rakes / Towers of London at Bowery Ballroom*
March 22: Camera Obscura at Knitting Factory
March 23: Amusement Parks on Fire / Controller Controller / Forward Russia! at Mercury Lounge*
March 23: Richard Hawley at Sin-e*
March 24: Love is All at Knitting Factory
March 25: Noisettes / Mystery Jets / Kelly Stoltz @ Mercury Lounge*
March 26: Abberfeldy at Pianos*
March 27: White Rose Movement @ Mercury Lounge
March 30: dEUS at Bowery Ballroom

Comments

[J]

Not doing Th' Faith Healers?

[Kirstie]

Hey Bill do you have a link for any touring info or band page for The Bats? I wanted to see if they were coming to Chicago but I keep running into Fruit Bats pages vs. The Bats.

[Toby]

Bats tour info at Magic Marker Records:
http://www.magicmarkerrecords.com/tourssframeset.htm

Can't believe they're not playing Portland/Seattle!?