Brightest Young Things and Listen Local First team up every week to bring you the list of shows you should definitely attend.
Monday, April 28
Band of Skulls, SACCO @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: bands NME thinks is “evocative,” old high school friends
Ben Folds @ Lisner Auditorium
RiYL: solo Ben Folds, Planned Parenthood
Raul Midón and AVERYSunshine @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: jazz, soul, , Blu Blockers
Farewell Party for The Dunes @ The Dunes
RiYL: Jonny Grave’s BYT article on The Dunes
Tuesday, April 29
Chvrches @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: sharing mothers
The Standells, Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullness @ Black Cat
RiYL: aggressive garage rock
Strunz & Farah @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: Whatever this photo makes you feel
Wednesday, April 30
Chvrches @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: a second night of CHVRCHES
Chrome Sparks, Infinity Shred, LanceNeptune @ DC9
RiYL: going to Michigan for music school
Holy Ghost Tent Revival @ Gypsy Sally’s
RiYL: “fast-paced, horn-driven rock and roll”
Thursday, May 1
Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Oh Hang @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: Singles, great frontmen, Baltimore
Go Cozy, The Dig, Conveyor, BRNDA @ Paperhaus
RiYL: dreamy, shoegaze rock, really great DC + NYC bands
Megafaun, Grandma Sparrow @ DC9
RiYL: what Rolling Stone called “acoustic grace” and “clanging percussion” (What the fuck is acoustic grace? -ed.)
Feedel Band @ Bossa Bistro
RiYL: Ethopian Funk, Soul + Jazz
Friday, May 2
Against Me!, Tony Molina, Big Eyes @ Rams Head Live!
RiYL: Laura Jane Grace, “Transgender Dysphoria Blues”
The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo), Nick Diamond (of Islands) @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: creating hashtags (#dumbie)
Black Masala, Joe Quarterman, Jahsonic @ The African American Civil War Memorial Museum
RiYL: Funk Parade Block Party
Saturday, May 3
Funk Parade
RiYL: funk up and down U Street venues, shows I would definitely go to
Typefighter, Shark Week, Sunset Guns, Teen Mom @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: CD release parties, best show of the week
311, SOJA, Cage the Elephant, Foals, KONGOS, Semi Precious Weapons, Brick + Mortar, J Roddy Walston & the Business @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
RiYL: DC101’s Kerfuffle, shows you’ll need a car or some other vehicle to get there, being down, feeling amber
Matt Pond PA @ Black Cat
RiYL: Emblems 10 Year Anniversary
Norman Rockwell @ Jammin’ Java
RiYL: farewell shows
Sunday, May 4
Nickel Creek @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: people who started their band 25 years ago, strings
A Minor Forest, Two Inch Astronaut @ DC9
RiYL: reunion shows
