News :: Upcoming Shows :: September

Swag Swag Swag Swag

09/02 :: Julia Holter :: Black Cat Back Stage
09/12 :: Pallbearer/Royal Thunder/Asthma Castle:: Rock and Roll Hotel
09/13 :: Ariel Pink :: 9:30 Club
09/18 :: Mount Eerie :: U Street Music Hall
09/20 :: Mike Wexler :: DC9
09/22 :: Matthew E. White :: Rock and Roll Hotel
09/23 :: Ital/Laurel Halo :: DC9
09/24 :: Twin Shadow :: Black Cat
09/25 :: Wild Nothing/DIIV :: Rock and Roll Hotel
09/26 :: Frankie Rose :: Rock and Roll Hotel
09/29 :: Grimes :: U Street Music Hall

News :: Upcoming Shows :: August

08/16 :: Chelsea Wolfe/Russian Circles :: Rock and Roll Hotel
08/21 :: Lightning Bolt :: Rock and Roll Hotel
08/22 :: Brian Jonestown Massacre :: 9:30 Club

News :: Upcoming Shows :: July

Forged in the furnace of Mordor so that we might 

eat pizza and fall short of our parents' expectations.

07/05 :: The Men :: DC9
07/06 :: Friends :: Rock and Roll Hotel
07/15 :: Killer Mike/El-P/Mr. Motherfucking Exquire :: Rock and Roll Hotel
07/16 :: OFF! :: Fillmore
07/19 :: Chromatics :: Rock and Roll Hotel
07/20 :: Lower Dens/No Joy :: Rock and Roll Hotel
07/22 :: Dent May :: DC9
07/24 :: Iceage/Dirty Beaches/Satan's Satyrs :: Black Cat Main Stage
07/25 :: Liars :: U Street Music Hall
07/28 :: Agalloch/Taurus :: Empire

News :: Upcoming Shows :: June

Breaking up before we break down.

06/02 :: Chain and the Gang/The Coathangers :: Comet
06/04 :: Danzig
06/05 :: Mode Moderne :: House Show
06/07 :: The Clean/Times New Viking :: Rock and Roll Hotel
06/09 :: Bass Drum of Death/DZ Deathrays :: Red Palace
06/10 :: Valkyrie/Inter Arma/Ilsa :: Ras Hall
06/12 :: Grass Widow :: Comet Ping Pong
06/15 :: Jeff the Brotherhood/Heavy Cream :: Red Palace
                Alma Tropicalia :: Velvet Lounge
06/16 :: Twerps :: Rocketship
                Buildings :: Velvet Lounge
06/23 :: Protect-U :: Velvet Lounge
06/25 :: Purling Hiss/The Young :: Black Cat Backstage
06/26 :: Mean Jeans/Shirks :: Comet Ping Pong
06/29 :: Young Magic/Quilt :: Comet Ping Pong

News :: Upcoming Shows :: May

Squeaking by for another month thanks to a little bit of spit and a whole lotta polish.

05/01 :: Bear in Heaven/Blouse :: Black Cat Back Stage
05/02 :: Xiu Xiu/Dirty Beaches :: Rock and Roll Hotel
05/04 :: Lower Dens/Widowspeak :: Rock and Roll Hotel
             Acid Mothers Temple :: Red Palace
05/05 :: Light Asylum :: U Street Music Hall
05/09 :: Active Child/Balam Acab :: Black Cat
05/10 :: Spiritualized :: 9:30 Club
05/12 :: Gentleman Jesse/Barreracudas :: Black Cat Back Stage
05/16 :: MV & EE :: DC9
05/18 :: La Sera :: Red Palace
05/20 :: Strange Boys/William Tyler :: DC9
05/22 :: Ophidian Trek Tour :: Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated :: Fillmore
05/24 :: The Ketamines :: Comet Ping Pong
05/29 :: Dandy Warhols :: 9:30 Club

News :: Upcoming Shows :: April

Stick it to the man before he has the chance to offer you his hand.

04/01  :: Andrew WK :: 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]
04/02 :: Wild Flag :: 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]
04/03 :: Natural Child :: Black Cat Back Stage
                  Small Bones/Fell Types/others :: Asefu's
04/05 :: School of Seven Bells :: Black Cat
                  Fordists/The Deads :: Velvet Lounge
04/06 :: Windian Showcase :: Foul Swoops/The Bizarros/and more :: Montserrat House
04/07 :: Windian Showcase :: Spider Fever/The Shirks/and more :: Montserrat House
04/12  :: Converge/Pygmy Lush/others :: DC9 [SOLD OUT]
04/14  :: Crystal Stilts :: Rock and Roll Hotel
04/15 :: Lambchop :: Iota
                 BSR/Rat Babies/Akris/Fortress :: Velvet Lounge
04/17 :: Paint Fumes/Los Vigilantes :: Comet Ping Pong
04/18 :: Washed Out/Memoryhouse :: Black Cat [SOLD OUT]
04/21 :: Chairlift/Nite Jewel :: U Street Music Hall
                 Dirty Ghost/The Fire Tapes :: Comet Ping Pong
04/24 :: Keep Shelly in Athens :: DC9
04/28 :: Ceremony/Tone/The Orchid :: Velvet Lounge

News :: Upcoming Shows :: February

After a couple of dry months, Dirt Town is finally getting hosed. 


02/01 :: Smith Westerns/Bleached :: Black Cat Main Stage
02/02 :: The Kills/Jeff the Brotherhood :: 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]
                  Tycho/Beacon :: Rock and Roll Hotel
02/06 :: Thurston Moore/Kurt Vile :: Black Cat Main Stage [SOLD OUT]
02/08 :: Veronica Falls/Brilliant Colors :: Black Cat Back Stage
02/09 :: Royal Baths :: DC9
02/11 :: Sharon Van Etten/Shearwater :: Black Cat Main Stage [SOLD OUT]
02/12 :: Die Antwoord :: 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]
                 Dum Dum Girls/Widowspeak :: Black Cat Main Stage
02/14 :: Slow Club/Air Waves :: DC9
02/16 :: Zola Jesus :: U Street Music Hall
02/18 :: Dead Milkmen :: U Street Music Hall
02/27 :: Heartless Bastards :: Ottobar

News :: Upcoming Shows :: November

Unicorn Hardon making noise and drinking Pabst.

11/04 :: Scratch Acid :: 9:30 Club
              Zongo Junction/Co La :: Subterranean A
             The Cheniers/Edie Sedgewick :: Fort Fringe
11/05 :: Weekends :: Fort Fringe
11/09 :: Heavy Medical/The Deads :: Wasted Dream
11/10 :: Medications/Cloud Nothings :: Black Cat Backstage
              Aids Wolf/Unicorn Hardon :: Comet Ping Pong
11/11 :: El Reys (surf rock)/Les Rhinocéros :: Fort Fringe
11/12 :: Ted Leo/Medications :: Sacred Heart Church
              Radio CPR Record Sale :: La Casa
11/13 :: Youth Lagoon :: Red Palace
11/15 :: Ganglians :: Red Palace
11/17 :: Purling Hiss :: DC9
11/21 :: Cheap Time/Mannequin Men :: Black Cat Backstage
11/24 :: King Louie's Missing Monuments/Thee Lolitas :: Black Cat Backstage

News :: Upcoming Shows :: October

10/1 :: Pissed Jeans :: Golden West

10/4 :: Lands & Peoples :: Red Onion (6pm in-store)

10/7 :: Trans Am/Les Savy Fav/The Psychic Paramount :: 9:30 Club

10/11 :: Dinosaur Feathers/Lonnie Walker :: DC9

10/12  :: Yuck :: Black Cat

10/13 :: Acid Baby Jesus/Black Mamba Beat/JJ Damage and the Bandits/Beach Bloods :: Asefu's

10/15 :: Moss of Aura/La Big Vic/Family Portrait/Future Shuttle :: Subterranean A

10/17 :: John Maus/Young Prisms :: Black Cat

10/19 :: Double Dagger/Imperial China :: Black Cat

10/21 :: Zola Jesus :: Black Cat

10/22 :: Dum Dum Girls/Crocodiles/Royal Baths :: Black Cat
Weatherbox/Sainthood Reps/Buildings :: Subterranean A

10/24 :: Jacuzzi Boys :: Talking Head

10/25 :: Future Islands :: Black Cat

10/27 :: We Were Promised Jetpacks :: Black Cat

10/29 :: Boris/Asobi Seksu/Liturgy :: Black Cat
             Foul Swoops/Wax Idols/Terry Malts :: Comet Ping Pong

10/31  :: Dead Meadow :: DC9

News :: Upcoming Shows :: August

Dope Body.

It's gonna be a slow month for shows round here, but here's what scuzz city's cooking anyhow...

8/9 :: Memory Tapes/Sleep Over @ Red Palace

8/10 :: Kurt Vile/Woods/White Fence/True Widow @ Rock and Roll Hotel

8/12 :: Hume/Dope Body/Buildings @ Comet Ping Pong

8/19 :: Celebration/Deleted Scenes/Tree River @ Subterranean A

8/25 :: Richard Buckner @ Iota

News :: Upcoming Shows :: July

Nobunny.
 
7/5: John Maus/Puro Instinct/Geneva Jacuzzi @ Black Cat
       Liturgy/Dope Body @ DC9

7/6: Nobunny @ Black Cat

7/10: Real Estate/Dent May @ Rock and Roll Hotel

7/12: Wild Nothing/Twin Sister @ Ottobar

7/13: Bill Callahan/Ed Askew @ Rock and Roll Hotel

7/15: Cass McCombs/Lower Dens @ Black Cat Backstage

7/16: Wild Beasts @ 9:30 Club

7/22: Heartless Bastards (acoustic) @ Iota

7/25: Teengirl Fantasy/Pictureplane/Gatekeeper @ Subterranean A

7/26: Mountain Man @ Iota

7/28: Sonny & the Sunsets/Sandwitches @ DC9
         Craft Spells/Gardens & Villa @ Black Cat Backstage

7/29: Marissa Nadler @ Red Palace

News :: Upcoming Shows :: June

6/2
Dirtbombs :: Rock and Roll Hotel
Future Islands/Titus Andronicus/Okkervil River :: 9:30 Club

6/4
Stiff Little Fingers :: Blackcat

6/10
Thao and Mirah :: Blackcat
Radian :: Velvet Lounge

6/17
Strangeboys/White Fence/Heavy Breathing :: Comet Ping Pong

6/21
White Denim/Mazes :: Rock and Roll Hotel
The Spits/TV Ghost :: Blackcat
Coathangers :: Red Palace

6/23
Chiptune Showcase :: Velvet Lounge

6/25
Dinosaur Jr. :: 9:30 Club

6/26
Centromatic :: DC9

6/27
Hanni el Khatib/Bass Drum of Death :: Red Palace

News :: Upcoming Shows :: May

5/6: Yuck/Tame Impala @ Black Cat [SOLD OUT]

5/7: Apache Dropout @ Comet Ping Pong

5/9: Dirty Beaches @ Black Cat

5/10: Phosphorescent @ Red Palace
         Trail of Dead/Surfer Blood @ Rock and Roll Hotel [SOLD OUT]

5/11: Echo & the Bunnymen @ 9:30 Club

5/13: Adventure @ Subterranean A

5/14: Reverend Horton Heat @ 9:30 Club

5/19: Tune-Yards @ Red Palace

5/26: The Death Set @ Red Palace

5/27: Quintron and Miss Pussycat @ Red Palace

5/30: Times New Viking/The Babies @ Black Cat

News :: Upcoming Shows :: April

Suuns.

4/1: Pains of Being Pure at Heart/Twin Shadow @ Black Cat

4/2: Warpaint @ Black Cat

4/3: Black Angels/Suuns @ 9:30 Club

4/5: Destroyer/War on Drugs @ Black Cat
       Bare Wires @ Comet Ping Pong

4/7: Wire/Weekend @ Black Cat

4/8: Black Lips/Vivian Girls @ Black Cat

4/11: Cloud Nothings @ DC9

4/12: Greenhornes @ Rock and Roll Hotel

4/14: Beach Fossils/Craft Spells @ DC9
         Toro y Moi/Adventure @ Rock and Roll Hotel

4/17: Sharon Van Etten @ Red Palace
         K-Holes (Hozac)/Heavy Breathing (ex-Apes) @ Comet Ping Pong

4/19: Mogwai @ 9:30 Club

4/24: Davila 666/Bass Drum of Death @ Black Cat

4/25: Fresh and Onlys/Crocodiles/Young Prisms @ Red Palace

4/26: Zola Jesus/Naked on the Vague @ Red Palace

4/27: Titus Andronicus/Double Dagger @ Black Cat

News :: Upcoming Shows :: March

3/1: Future Islands, Thank You, Ed Schrader @ Red Palace

3/2: Marnie Stern @ Red Palace
       Kurt Vile @ Red Onion

3/4: Smith Westerns, Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Rock and Roll Hotel [SOLD OUT]

3/5: Tennis, La Sera, Holiday Shores @ Rock and Roll Hotel

3/6: Dum Dum Girls, Minks, Dirty Beaches @ Black Cat

3/8: Pogues, Titus Andronicus @ 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]

3/9: Pogues, Titus Andronicus @ 9:30 Club [tickets remaining]
       Robyn Hitchcock @ Birchmere

3/11: Wye Oak, Lower Dens @ Black Cat

3/20: Salem @ Rock and Roll Hotel

3/24: Fujiya/Miyagi @ Rock and Roll Hotel
       OFF! @ Red Palace

3/25: Pissed Jeans @ Red Palace
       Asobi Seksu, Cults @ Rock and Roll Hotel

3/26: Sebadoh, Richard Buckner @ Black Cat

3/27: Jacuzzi Boys, Fergus and Geronimo, et al @ Comet Ping Pong

3/31: Mike Watt and the Missing Men @ Black Cat Backstage

News :: Upcoming Shows :: February

2/4: Corn Mo @ Red Palace
        Monotonix @ Comet

2/7: Bobby Bare, Jr. @ Iota

2/8: Thao of the Get Down Stay Down @ Iota

2/9: Gang of Four @ 9:30 Club

2/11: Baths, Braids, Star @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Coke Bust @ Hole in the Sky

2/12: Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda @ Rock and Roll Hotel

2/14: OFWGKTA @ U Street Lounge

2/18: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds @ Comet

2/20: The Beets @ Velvet Lounge

2/21: Fluorescent Sensei @ Iota

2/23: Lower Dens, Secret Mountains, Weekends @ Subterranean A

2/26: Beach House @ 9:30 Club [SOLD OUT]

News :: Upcoming shows :: January

1/9: Julian Lynch/Wet Dream @ Subterranean A

1/17: Tyvek @ Comet

1/20: Fight Amp @ Black Cat

1/21: Yo la Tengo @ 9:30

1/25: Jolie Holland @ Iota

1/27: Small Black/Bear Hands @ Red Palace

1/30: Young Prisms @ Black Cat

News :: Upcoming Shows :: December

12/2: Killing Joke @ Black Cat

12/3: Walkmen/Tennis @ 9:30

12/4: The Antlers @ Black Cat
         Warpaint @ Rock and Roll Hotel

12/7: Jeff Tweedy @ Lincoln Theater
         Diamond Rings @ Red Palace

12/11: Government Issue @ Black Cat

12/15: The Young @ Golden West (Baltimore)
           Reading Rainbow/Coastings @ Comet

12/16: Ex-Humans/The Shirks @ Comet

News :: Upcoming Shows :: November

11/2: Deertick/Mark Sultan @ Black Cat

11/4: Future Islands @ Black Cat Backstage
         Fluorescent Scents @ Velvet Lounge

11/5: Clinic/Fresh & Onlys @ Rock and Roll Hotel

11/7: Black Mountain/Black Angels @ 9:30

11/8: Mountain Man @ 9:30

11/15: Glasser/Twin Shadow @ Black Cat Backstage

11/16: Grinderman @ 9:30

11/22: Delorean @ Rock and Roll Hotel

11/24: Kurt Vile/Purling Hiss @ Black Cat Backstage

Kurt Vile :: In My Time

News :: Upcoming Shows :: October

10/21: School of Seven Bells @ RnR Hotel

10/22: Ty Segall @ Comet

10/23: Great Lakes (ex-Of Montreal) @ Velvet Lounge

10/24: Fluorescent Scents @ Velvet Lounge

10/25: Sunny Day in Glasgow @ RnR Hotel

10/26: Marnie Stern @ RnR Hotel

Ty Segall :: Girlfriend