GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Tuesday, March 24
Shakey Graves @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: wanting to “burn down [your] life, cut [your] hair off, and run screaming into the woods”
Ibeyi @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: Anga Diaz’s daughters
Words Beats & Life Academy @ Atlas
RiYL: end of session showcases, per-vocational school
Hillbilly Gypsies, 10 String Symphony, The Plank Stompers @ Jammin Java
RiYL: All-American Drink Specials
Wednesday, March 25
 Title Fight @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: “Chlorine”
Swervedriver @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: shoegaze

Milky Chance @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: meeting people on the first day of school, Advanced Music Class
Thursday, March 26
Kacey Musgraves @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Same Trailer Different Park
Lieutenant @ Black Cat
RiYL: Foo Fighters
Pleasure Train, Max Dvorak, Ryan Langlois, Skydiver, Derek Evry @ Jammin Java
RiYL: getting VIP tickets to a local show at Jammin Java
Friday, March 27
James Murphy @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
Big Data @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Dangerous” and only “Dangerous” on repeat
Broods @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: the young of certain animals, family
The Harry Bells, Astronaut Jones @ Tropicalia
RiYL: fresh island riddems
Two Inch Astronaut, Black Dog Prowl, Palehound @ Republic
RiYL: “Final Fridays”
Da Big Fella, Pinky Killacorn, Main Girl, Ethan Spalding @ Fillmore
RiYL: “Shake it out” (not off)
Saturday, March 28
Father John Misty @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: unnecessarily long band summary bios
Misterwives @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: “Reflections”
Sam Prather @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
RiYL: Howard University graduates, Groove Orchestra
Mat Kearney @ Fillmore
RiYL: Harmonicas and the mandolin
Sunday, March 29
Taking Back Sunday @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: 2007, every single Long Island musicians who have also been in Taking Back Sunday at one point or another
Torche @ DC9
RiYL: “four dudes playing the loudest and heaviest hard rock on the planet”
Lauren Calve Band, The Moon and You, Jamie and James, Ileena Johnson @ Jammin Java
RiYL: monthly concert series to feature female DC musicians.