GO TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEK.
Monday, February 9
Jamaican Queens @ DC9
RiYL: three dudes named Jamaican Queens
Brooke Fraser @ Black Cat
RiYL: household names in New Zealand
Tuesday, February 10
Black Lives Matter @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: town hall meetings
Glen Hansard @ Lincoln Theatre
RiYL: The Swell Season
KONGOS @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: two really annoying, yet very catchy songs that constantly play on the radio
Party Girl @ Black Cat
RiYL: free film screenings
Wednesday, February 11
Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: post-Black Crowes
LVL UP @ Black Cat
RiYL: bands who played at Casa Fiesta in 2012 (RIP Casa Fiesta, the DIY venue)
Thursday, February 12
Phox @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “drinking poisoned groundwater and becoming endowed mutants”
White Reaper @ DC9
RiYL: previews that include “white reaper might suck. because everyone I hate is going”
His Name Is Alive @ Black Cat
RiYL: 25th Anniversaries
Friday, February 13
Sturgill Simpson @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: “an island of hope in a sea of tacky”
Church Night @ Black Cat
RiYL: communion
The Vice & Virtue Valentine’s Burlesque Revue @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: burlesque
JMSN @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: stalker impulses, according to Vice
Saturday, February 14
(Pho)tography @ Hole in the Sky
RiYL: pho, photography, Baby Bry Bry, The UVF Rays, my date idea for Valentine’s Day
Ms. Lauryn Hill @ Howard Theatre
RiYL: spending $175 for Valentine’s Day
Valengrinds Day Massacre @ The Rocketship
RiYL: early benefit shows
Dead Professional @ Rock & Roll Hotel
RiYL: one-man-band turned power trio
SpeakyeasyDC’s Sucker for Love @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: love-fest stories
MIXTAPE @ 9:30 Club
RiYL: DJs Shea Van Horn and Matt Bailer
Valentine’s Day Rock & Roll Party @ Black Cat
RiYL: free place to take your Valentine’s date.
Doomtree @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: “Team the Best Team”
Sunday, February 15
The Sea Life @ Comet Ping Pong
RiYL: that mixtape they put out at U Street Music Hall last month
Franz Nicolay @ Black Cat
RiYL: “The Hearts of Boston”
Theophilus London @ U Street Music Hall
RiYL: songs featuring Kayne West