GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Monday
Ariana Grande @ Verizon Center
RiYL: Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez
The Body, Technophobia, Radiator Greys, Mt. Rainer @ Black Cat
RiYL: Planned Parenthood
Bob Boilen (Your Song Changed My Life signing), Daniel Bachman @ Saint Mark Presbyterian Church
RiYL: book signings, All Songs Considered
The Internet @ Fillmore Silver Spring
RiYL: Odd Future
Japandroids @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Cloud Nothings, Beach Slang
Nikki Lane, Brent Cobb, Jonathan Tyler @ U St Music Hall
RiYL: She & Him, Jonny Fritz
The Superweaks, No Thank You, Cokestar @ Comet Ping Pong
RiYL: Thin Lips, The Obsessives
Tuesday
Dorothy, The Georgia Flood @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: The Twilight Zone
Marcia Ball, The Beat Hotel @ The Hamilton
RiYL: Lou Ann Barton
Pop-Up Magazine @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: photography, film, radio, and original music all mixed together and performed live onstage
William Matheny & the Strange Constellations, The Paranoid Style, Wylder @ DC9
RiYL: Tyler Childers, Southeast Engine
Wednesday
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal @ Wolf Trap
RiYL: Tinariwen
The English Beat @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: The Specials, The Selecter
Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience featuring Ramin Djawadi @ Verizon Center
RiYL: the show Game of Thrones
Moving Units,Viktor Fiction, Soviet @ DC9
RiYL: Joy Division
Robert Ellis Duo, Courtney Hartman @ Gypsy Sally’s
RiYL: Nikki Lane, Jonny Fritz
Save Ferris, Baby Baby, The Fuss @ Black Cat
RiYL: Reel Big Fish, Letters to Cleo
Thursday
Celtic Crossings featuring Phil Coulter & Andy Cooney, Geraldine Branagan & the Irish Pops Ensemble @ The Hamilton
RiYL: Ireland
The Knocks, Bipolar Sunshine, Gilligan Moss @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Wyclef Jean, Lemaitre
Philly Plowden, Dusty Slay @ AMP
RiYL: America’s Got Talent
Ro James, Candice Boyd @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: Maxwell
Shannon Gunn & the Bullettes @ Republic Restoratives Craft Distillery & Bar
RiYL: Washington Women in Jazz Festival
The World Has No Eyedea @ DC9
RiYL: Michael ‘Eyedea’ Larsen, film screenings
Friday
You, Me, Them, Everybody @ The Wonderland Ballroom
RiYL: Love
Patton Oswalt @ Warner Theatre
RiYL: Brian Posehn
Ja Rule @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: DMX
Juicy J @ Fillmore Silver Spring
RiYL: “Hard Out Here For A Pimp.”
Los Lobos, Matt Anderson @ The Hamilton
RiYL: Ritchie Valens
Panic! at the Disco @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
RiYL: Fall Out Boy
Turtle Recall, Run Come See, The North Country @ Black Cat
RiYL: record release shows
You Blew It!, All Get Out, Free Throw @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: The Get-Up Kids
Saturday
Bellows, Foozle, Palette @ Comet Ping Pong
RiYL: Oliver Kalb
Ben Sollee, Happy Abandon @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: Lonnie Holley
Colony House, Deep Sea Diver @ U St Music Hall
RiYL: NEEDTOBREATHE
Sounds of the City Fest: Den-Mate, Nag Champa, Fellow Creatures, Stronger Sex @ Black Cat
RiYL: DC Music Download
Sunday
ZZ Top @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor
RiYL: you know ZZ Top
The Flaming Lips, clipping. @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Miley Cyrus
Booker T. Jones @ The Hamilton
RiYL: Steve Cropper
The Dig, Communist Daughter @ Black Cat
RiYL: Emile Mosseri, David Baldwin
Potty Mouth, Partybaby, Tennis System @ DC9
RiYL: Coke Weed
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars @ AMP
RiYL: Blues Festival
