The Week In Shows: 11/18-11/24

A Monday morn is as good a time as any 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!

The more astute among you will notice that there was no show calendar last week. It was not, as they say, the Best Week Ever, so I took the week off as it were. Live music always makes it better, however, and this week is one of the best of recent times. Let's all get out there and show our love for those music-makers. Catch me at the shows with stars by 'em.

MONDAY, 11/18/13

-Sky Ferreira + Smith Westerns + Brett (9:30 Club)
-Basia Bulat + Molly Hagen (Iota)
-Teen Mom + Breakfast in Fur (Galaxy Hut)

TUESDAY, 11/19/13

-Sleigh Bells + Doldrums (9:30 Club - SOLD OUT)
-Minor Alps + Sylvan Esso (Black Cat)
-James Wallace & The Naked Light + Teen Men (DC9)

WEDNESDAY, 11/20/13

-Exit Vehicles + Betsy and The Bicycles + Dagos (DC9)
-Mono + Majeure (Rock & Roll Hotel)

THURSDAY, 11/21/13

-Stephen Kellogg + The Saint Johns + Caroline Brooks (9:30 Club)
-Gringo Star + Ski Lodge (Black Cat)**
-Cymbals Eat Guitars + Grooms + The Silver Liners (DC9)**
-The Love Load + Iceberg Theory + Don Zientara (Velvet Lounge)

FRIDAY, 11/22/13

-M. Doughty + Moon Hooch (9:30 Club)
-Escort + JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound + Simon Phoenix (Black Cat)
-The Walking Sticks + National Rifle + Raised By Wolves (Velvet Lounge)
-Elvis Costello (Lisner Auditorium)
-Hoots & Hellmouth (Iota)
-Black Checker + The Joads + The Dead Women (Acre 121)
-Vandaveer + The Petticoat Tearoom + Dead Professional (Rock & Roll Hotel)**

SATURDAY, 11/23/13

-Lotus + Up Until Now (9:30 Club)
-Os Mutantes + Capsula (Black Cat)
-Harmonic Blue + Bosley + South Rail (DC9)
-Rohit Colin Rao + Panda Sanchez + Laura Peterson (Velvet Lounge)
-Tom McBride + The Weathervanes (Iota)
-Mazzy Star + Psychic Ills + Mariee Sioux (Fillmore)

SUNDAY, 11/24/13

-Lissie + Kopecky Family Band (9:30 Club)
-Joy Buttons + Beasts of No Nation + Title Tracks + The Max Levine Ensemble (Black Cat)**
-River City Extension + Hatfield McCoy + Duke Walker (DC9)
-Dangerous Cans + Pleasure Curses + Shirley House (Velvet Lounge)