This Weeks Live Music Picks

Attention all bands and venues in New York: There is no need to keep bundling all the good shows together on one day during the week! There are seven perfectly good days in a week so please attempt to spread them out a bit better. Here's my picks for the week:

Monday: As each day brings us closer to the shuttering of Northsix I'll probably keep mentioning that fact in passing in moments like this. Go check out the bleachers and while you're there enjoy the tunes of Wheatus and Midstates. The show starts at 8pm, $10 to get in.
Wheatus on Myspace

Tuesday: I've been meaning to check out Foreign Islands for a while now and tonight is another chance to do just that. They'll be bringing their tunes to Cakes Shop with Suckers, Tiny Whales, and Air Waves. The show gets going at 8pm, $6.
Foreign Islands - "We Know You Know It"

Wednesday: If you missed out on seeing Cold War Kids last week at Piano's you have another chance tonight as they'll be playing Union Hall, but that's not my pick of the day. Instead, I'd like to suggest checking out My Brightest Diamond at Tonic. My Brightest Diamond released an excellent album last night and spent most of the year touring with Sufjan Stevens. She'll be flying on her own tonight though and is always wonderful live. The show starts at 8pm, $8.
Cold War Kids - "Hospital Beds"
My Brightest Diamond - "Dragonfly"

Thursday: This is one of those nights where its great to be a music lover in New York. There's like 4000 great shows tonight so make sure you get to one of them. Professor Murder will be playing at Hiro Ballroom, and if you've been reading the other blogs you probably got yourself on the list to see it for free. If not the show starts at 10pm and is $20. The Hold Steady are playing a sold out show at Northsix. And if you missed Daylight's for the Birds at Friction cause you chose the right show then you can catch them at Cake Shop with Taxi Taxi and Seekonk. That one gets going at 8pm for $7.
Daylight's for the Birds - "To No One"
Taxi Taxi On Myspace

Friday: Another night with an over abundance of shows to choose from. Mission of Burma is at Warsaw, The Gaskets and Tall Hands are playing a free show at Midway, Annuals and The Dears are playing Webster Hall, and Rahim, The Jealous Girlfriends and Lolita Bras are at Trash, but I won't be at any of those. Instead I'll be seeing The Wrens and Takka Takka over at The Knitting Factory.
The Wrens - "Everyone Chooses Sides"
Takka Takka - "Coco On the Corner"

Saturday: There's a couple of shows tonight but none are better than the one at Mercury Lounge. Starting at 8pm you can see Endless Boogie, Arboretum, Goes Cube, and The Giraffes for only $10. That's a bargain and a great way to spend a Saturday night.
The Giraffes - "Having Fun"
Goes Cube - "Song 30"