GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Monday, February 23
You Blew It! @ DC9
RiYL: the emo revival
Ariel Pink, Jack Name @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Haunted Graffiti
Tuesday, February 24
Parks & Recreation Series Finale Party @ Howard Theatre
RiYL:Â Parks & Rec
Sleater-Kinney @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: riot grrrl
The Dodos @ Black Cat
RiYL: being dark and introspective
Kyle Kinane @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: Comedy Central, Conan
 Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa
RiYL: n’goni
Wednesday, February 25
Misfitz Band @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: not Misfits
Paper Route @ DC9
RiYL: newspapers
Helmet @ Black Cat
RiYL: Betty 20th Anniversary Show
 OCD: Moosh & Twist @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: brothers, families
Thursday, February 26
Echosmith @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: questions like “How old are Echosmith?”
BRNDA @ Milhouse
RiYL: happy sorry post punk
The North Country, Laughing Man, Stranger in the Alps @ Marvin Center Continental Ballroom
RiYL: Bathtub Republic
The Twilight Sad @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: “I Became a Prostitute” and “Reflection of the Television”
Be Steadwell @ Busboys and Poets
RiYL: local songwriter filmmakers
Black Checker @ Black Cat
RiYL: this poster
 Mr. Blonde @ Velvet Lounge
RiYL: DC cover band.
Friday, February 27
Wolf Alice @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: alt-J and The Shins
Wytold @ Atlas Performing Arts Center
RiYL: “Biggie, Beethoven, Busta, and Bach”
Saturday, February 28
United Nations @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: bands whose social media pages have to be taken down because you know, the international organization United Nations said so.
MOM² @ Lamont Street Collective
RiYL: #BlackArtMatters
The Riverbreaks, Letitia VanSant & the Bonafides, Sam McCormally @ Gypsy Sally’s
RiYL: bands whose interests include hot tubs, Southern literature, basement jam sessions
Big Something, Nappy Riddem @ The Hamilton
RiYL: big things, whatever those things are
Ben Tufts & Friends @ IOTA Club & Cafe
RiYL: donations, cover shows, The Who
Jaz Dux @ Catch 15
RiYL: Chocolate City Collective
Black Masala @ Republic
RiYL: first times
Smoke n’ Mangos @ Acre 121
RiYL: misspelling mangoes, Vans Warped Tour
Sunday, March 1
 Priests, Tenement @ Dance Institute of Washington
RiYL: super early shows
