NYC live shows this weekend

I'll be going out of town, thus you'll get your EAR FARM Weekend Live Music fix a day early this week. Also, this means I won't be able to go to any of these excellent shows. Doesn't mean you have to miss out. Here's a rundown of the bands I'm familiar with who are playing this weekend (in New York City) and are well worth checking out.

Friday March 24th

• Mancino (and others) at Sin-é
• Goes Cube (and others) play Oh My Rockness' March Radness Party at Brooklyn Lyceum
• Ray Davies is playing Irving Plaza
• Nicole Atkins & The Sea (and others) at Warsaw

Saturday March 25th

• the 303s are playing Pianos (upstairs)
• Ray Davies is playing Irving Plaza
• Animal Collective at Bowery Ballroom
• Direct from Hollywood Cemetery (and others) at Cake Shop
• Kelley Stoltz (and others) at Mercury Lounge

Sunday March 26th

• Ray Davies is playing Irving Plaza
• Kelley Stoltz at Maxwell's
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists (and others) at The Knitting Factory