Not to be a Debbie-downer, but summer is coming to a close. That gives you an excuse to go to all of the great shows happening this week.
Monday, August 19
Howard Jones @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: Freddie Goes to Hollywood, synth-pop
Cake and Calculus, Soft Punch @ Galaxy Hut
RiYL: bands with cool names, local indie rock
The Mavins, Ghost Hotel, Jon Books @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: saxphones, music that reminds you on the 80s
Dream Oven Delafiesta featuring the music of David Klinger and Johnny Fantastic @ Hotel DR International
Cabaret, story-telling, live music, and more. I mean honestly, what more could you want?
Tuesday, August 20
Carolyn Wonderland @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: blue grass, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan
We The Kings with Breathe Carolina, T. Mills, The Ready Set, Like the Movies @ Rams Head Live
RiYL: pop punk, All Time Low
Black Kids with k i d s @ DC9
RiYL: Hot Hot Heat, Chromeo, The Black Ghosts
The Sword, Castle, American Sharks, and Asthma Castle @ Ottobar
RiYL: heavy metal
Wednesday, August 21
Turquoise Jeep @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: Flint Flossy, ridiculous rap music about nonsense
The Coathangers, Slow Jerks, and Wet Brain @ Ottobar
RiYL: heavy rock band made up of all girls
Lexie Hayden, Adam Bruno, Drew Stevyns, Eli Staples @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: generic country-like music
Thursday, August 22
Mike and Cody with Basement Batman and Average White DJ @ DC9
RiYL: Daft Punk, of Montreal, Radiohead
This September, The Garden, Hybrid Baby, Sung for Streetlights @ Ottobar
RiYL: a funky combo of jazz, rock, and punk
Albert Lee with Forward Motion @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, R&B guitar
The Chuck Brown Birthday Bash ft. The Chuck Brown All Star Band @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: CHUCK BROWN
Friday, August 23
No Scrubs 90s Dance Party with DJs Will Eastman and Brian Billion @ 9:30 Club
Get your groove on to your favorite 90s jams, whether it be TLC or Spice Girls.
RiYL: the 90s
The Prince and Micheal Jackson Experience @ Howard Theatre
A dance party dedicated to two kings of pop music.
RiYL: Michael Jackson, Prince, fun
Mid-Atlantic Band Battle Finals @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: local bands battlin’ for cash money
Cherry Tree @ The Rock’n’Roll Hotel
RiYL: Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath
The Deadmen @ IOTA
RiYL: revival, Justin Jones, Brandon Butler
Gramophonic @ Acre 121
RiYL: Americana, folk, blues
Saturday, August 24
GOODIE MOB: CeeLo Green, Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Southern hip-hop, Outkast
Iration with Through the Roots, Fortunate Youth, Micah Brown @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: alternative/reggae, Rebelution
Soft Metals, Pleasure Curese, Motion Lines @ Comet Ping Pong
RiYL: lots and lots of dark synth pop
Candice Mills Project with Gordon Sterling and Colin Thompson Band @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: local funk
Kicking Spit, Mobius Strip, Joy Buttons, Aloners @ Casa Fiesta
RiYL: DC rock/punk, Mexican food
Megaphone Barons Record Release Party @ DC9
RiYL: United Royalty, local D.C. music that is great
Black Checker with The Fed and Southern Problems @ The Pinch
RiYL: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Replacements, Green Day
Spades @ The Rock’N’Roll Hotel
RiYL: beautiful, beautiful blues
Rich Morel’s Hot Sauce @ The Black Cat
RiYL: DJ sets a.k.a. techno/electronic/house/etc
Luray with Kindlewood @ Sixth and I Synagogue
RiYL: banjos, Bon Iver, music you’d listen to in a cabin in the mountains
Sunday, August 25
North County, Miniboone @ Galaxy Hut
RiYL: bands with violins, indie-folk
Diarrhea Planet with The So So Glos, Big Christ, Skull Theft @ Metro Gallery
RiYL: drunken pop rock
Green River Ordinance “Chasing Down the Wind” Release Show @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: Graham Colton, Jason Reeves, The Icarus Account
The Archives @ Luce Unplugged
Luce Unplugged invites local musicians to perform after art talks. The Archives will play reggae influence by dancehall music.
RiYL: ART, reggae, dancehall
Pree, Plastic Visions, and Bad Cop @ The Paperhaus
RiYL: cool indie/electronic/folk nonsense
