The Week In Shows: 8/19-8/25

Monday morning afternoon is the perfect time to plot ones weekly live music schedule, I think. Let's take a look at what's happening in the greater DC metro this week, with the added bonus of filling you in on what I'll be taking in over the course of the week. Hot diggity!

August is ticking away, and the nights are getting just that wee bit shorter. Summer might be waning, and this week it feels the same can be said about shows. There's a few shows I think we should all keep on our collective radar, so here we go. As ever, my probable shows are denoted with double stars. Check it, y'all. 


MONDAY 8/19/13

-Cake & Calculus + Soft Punch (Galaxy Hut)

TUESDAY 8/20/13

-Black Kids + k i d s (DC9)
-Crunk Witch + Showpony + Junker Grain + Electric Grandmother (Velvet Lounge)**

THURSDAY 8/22/13

-The Black Cadillacs + The Dirty Names + Star Fk Radium + David Newbould (Iota)

FRIDAY 8/23/13

-The Deadmen + The Glenmont Popes + Justin Jones (Iota)
-Matthew Sweet + Olivia & The Mates (The Birchmere)

SATURDAY 8/24/13

-Oh So Peligroso + The OK Corral + Brittany Jean (Velvet Lounge)
-Luray + Kindlewood (6th & I)**
-Soft Metals + Pleasure Curses (Comet Ping Pong)
-The Torches + This Way to Egress (Bier Baron Tavern)

SUNDAY 8/25/13

-North Country + Minibone (Galaxy Hut)
-Pree + Plastic Vision + Bad Cop (The Paper Haus)
-Blockhead + Human Shield + Thee Lolitas (Sealab 2021)
-The Torches (Kennedy Center Millennium Stage)