Brightest Young Things and Listen Local First team up every week to bring you the list of shows you should definitely attend.
Monday, April 7
The Hold Steady, Cheap Girls @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: the city
Far Away (Sara Davenport & Brian Franke), Ken Francis Wenzel, Andrew Gaddy, Drew Gibson, and Jackson (of the Weathervanes) @ IOTA Club & Cafe
RiYL: Jackson’s Five Songwriter Series
Tuesday, April 8
Carolina Chocolate Drops @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “dirt-floor-dance electricity”
Stout, Copstabber, Never Submit, Throwback @ DC9
RiYL: “sinister and menacing sounds”
Young Rapids, The Hecks, Yeesh and Alex Tebeleff @ Union Arts
RiYL: bands we’ve described as “carving out a colorful and dynamic blend of art rock”
Wednesday, April 9
All That Remains, Darkest Hour, Wilson, Wings Denied @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: saying you “have no choice but to be honest” in your bio.
B Side Shuffle @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: a DC Bike Party show
Black Checker @ Wonderland Ballroom
RiYL: Church Night, having to pay for pew seating
Empresarios @ Tropicalia
RiYL: “Kings of Tropicaliente”
The Wanted @ Fillmore Silver Spring
RiYL: little teenage girls who think they’re marrying The Wanted
Thursday, April 10
Miley Cyrus @ Verizon Center
RiYL: not bringing anything that can be used as a projectile, leaving your iPad in the car as you see Miley twerk
Bencoolen, Three State, Bells & Hunters @ DC9
RiYL: Foggy Bottom
Obstruct, C.C. Murder Dogs, Misled Youth, Public Suicide @ The Dougout
RiYL: pre-Damaged City Fest, hardcore
Friday, April 11
Flight Facilities, Will Eastman @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: having 15 million views on your Youtube page
The Walking Sticks, The Sea Life, Brenda @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: shows I’m personally stoked for and will probably celebrate my birthday at
Crudos, Government Issue, Rival Mob, Violent Reaction, Green Beret, and Pure Disgust @ St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
RiYL: Damaged City Fest – Sold Out
Coke Bust, Sh!tstorm, Chain Rank, Zoom @ The Pinch
RiYL: Damaged City Fest After Parties
Title Tracks, Passing Phases, Cane & the Sticks, DJs Kim & Sara @ Comet Ping Pong
RiYL: Travis Jackson Memorial Fund Benefit Show
Cheick Hamala and Congo y Castro @ Tropicalia
RiYL: dazzling musicianship, danceable grooves
Saturday, April 12
Bro Safari, Des McMahon, RaceCarBed, Massacat @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Evol Intent
Infest, Boston Strangler, Waste Management, Devil’s Hand, the Repos, Culo, Give, the Flex, Clear, Government Flu, Post Teens, Mercy Killings, Draize, Priests, Vile Faith, Bloodkrow Butcher, Bad People @ St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
RiYL: Damaged City Fest
GoldLink @ U St Music Hall
RiYL: people who won’t show their face to photogs (Seriously, someone go find a better photo of his face.)
The Sounds, Blondfire, Ghost Beach @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Swedish Rock & Roll, shows we’re pumped to shoot
Funk Parade Pig Roast Party @ Local 16
RiYL: all you can eat pork + two beers, fundraising for the Funk Parade
Sunday, April 13
Infest, Blockhead, Red Death @ Dance Institute of Washington
RiYL: Damaged City Fest, Record Swaps
Daniel Rossen (from Grizzly Bear), William Tyler @ 6th & I
RiYL: Grizzly Bear
Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, Rifle Cleaning Party @DC9
RiYL: meeting people “in the basement of a China Town smuggler’s den”
The Obsessives, Page of Concrete, Mobius Strip, Supreme Commander @ CD Cellar
RiYL: benefit shows for DIT festivals
