There’s some pretty shredding rock/roll/dance shows coming to France from now through the March.

Running from February 11th – 22nd, the Super! Mon Amour festival is relatively intimate as far as music happenings go. Featuring 14 bands and seven shows in some of the better venues in Paris, the fest has done away with the filler and chosen to present most shows as a one-two punch of solid acts (except for the dance parties, but everyone is supposed to be bouncing around and waving their hands and not really paying attention to who’s playing at those, anyhow). The Black Lips, The Handsome Furs, Chairlift, Women, Gang Gang Dance and others fill out the guitars-and-singing side of things, while folks like Dat Politics, Radioclit and Theocknbullkid will be bringing the twitch and shout.

If for whatever reason the Super! line-up isn’t enough for you to completely party your face off -– or, you know, if you’re the type of person who’s aware that there is actually a country called ‘France’ within which Paris is only a small part -– then the Generiq Festival may help you get in some more much-needed sleepless nights. Featuring a few dozen bands playing multiple shows each in various towns and cities around France, the festival runs concurrently with Super! Mon Amour. This means that some of the oft-overlooked parts of the country get to witness top-notch talent that would typically choose Paris over somewhere like Mulhouse.

Oh, and Jay Reatard is the country to play four shows in March. Doesn’t seem to be part of any event, but he’s the best shit ever and I’m thinking about stowing away in a ship of some kind so I can get over there and get sweaty.

SUPER! MON AMOUR | Collection hiver | Festival d’Épopées Musicales | Feb 11-22

FESTIVAL GENERIQ | Tumultes Sceniques En Villes | Feb 12-22