Connecticut Live Music Picks: Feb. 24 - Mar. 1

There's a whole hot mess of things to do and live music to catch around Connecticut this week. But here's what I think is awesome.

Intercambio Launch Event with Mates of State, The Stepkids, Sean Bones 

• Friday, Feb. 24 (tonight), 8 p.m. 
• Intercambio, Studio 756, 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
• SOLD OUT

Even if you overlook the fact that this is the launch event of Intercambio -- New Haven's newest venue, and will-be intersection for New Haven's dynamic arts community -- this show has our beloved Mates of State topping the bill. And The Stepkids! We love The Stepkids. And yup, Sean Bones too. So why this is a show you think you can pass on is beyond me. Although if you don't already have tickets, it kind of, sort of already sold out. I'm really excited to see what Intercambio is all about.

Pianos Become The Teeth, Xerxes, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, The Saddest Landscape, Wess Meets West

• Saturday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m.
• The Space, 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT
• Presented by Manic Productions
• Tickets

Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids with The Front Bottoms, Zac Clark & Young Volcanoes

• Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
• Lilly's Pad at Toad's Place, 300 York Street, New Haven, CT 
• Presented by Manic Productions
• Tickets

Saint Motel, Stout Cortez (free show!)

• Wednesday, Feb. 29, 9 p.m.
• BAR, 254 Crown Street, New Haven, CT
• Presented by Manic Productions
• FREE SHOW

1974 with Ghost of Chance

• Wednesday, Feb. 29, 9 p.m.
• Cafe Nine, 250 State Street, New Haven, CT
• $4 admission at door

Hate my taste? Tell us in the comments what shows you're all jazzed about attending this week.