GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Monday, April 27
O-Town @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: boy bands you thought were done forever.
Tuesday, April 28
Coup Sauvage & the Snips @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Sneaks”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1G-gc5T6k
Spandau Ballet @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: being elegant, well dressed, bizarrely obsessed with cleanliness
Adam Kyle @ DC9
RiYL: “Walk On By”
Wednesday, April 29
Toro Y Moi @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “Say That”
The Soft White Sixities @ Black Cat
RiYL: “City Lights”
Water Liars @ DC9
RiYL: “Backbone”
Pinball Tournament @ Black Cat
RiYL: pinball. This isn’t a band. This is literally 9 pingolf holes.
Thursday, April 30
The Kostume Karaoke Invitational @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: PBR, Karaoke, Jameson, not American Idol
Shy Girls @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: “Still Not Falling”
The Wombats @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “Tokyo,” bands I’ve forgotten since 2012
Sheila E. @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: “A Love Bizzare”
The Apache Relay @ DC9
RiYL: “Katie Queen of Tennessee”
Friday, May 1
M3 Rock Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
RiYL: Kix
ILOVEMAKONNEN @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: “Tuesday,” Drake
Ex Hex @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Waterfall”
James Bay @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Notting HIlls Art Club
Twin Peaks @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: “Flavor”
Saturday, May 2
M3 Rock Festival @ Merrweather Post Pavilion
RiYL: Queensrÿche
Atmosphere @ Echostage
RiYL: Minneapolis
Alma Tropicalia @ DC9
RiYL: DC Funk Parade 2015
Joe Pug @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: disorientating opening notes
Daughtry @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: stripped down shows
Two Gallants @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: “Crow Jane”
Lee Fields & the Expressions, Trouble Funk @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: Funk Parade!
Pokey Lafarge @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Mama Don’t Allow”
Sunday, May 3
Kerfuffle @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
RiYL: Incubus, The Offspring, Panic! At the Disco, Dirty Heads, Big Data, Andrew McMahon, Robert Delong, Coasts
Lord Huron @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Northern Michigan
Marc Martel @ DC9
RiYL: “The Mercurotti”
Fat White Family @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: literally young white people
Andy Suzuki & the Method @ Black Cat
RiYL: “Born out of Mischief”
