The Week In Shows: 5/9-5/15

A sort of sunny, Kentucky Derby day Saturday afternoon seems 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, shall we? Hot diggity!

I love me the Kentucky Derby, y'all, and I hope you're as excited to see who wins the first leg of the Triple Crown as I am. But we're here to talk live music, and there's plenty of those over the course of the next few days. There's a lot to see through the greater DC metro this week. As a reminder, you might catch me at any show with an asterisk (provided I'm not in an allergic coma or in too much vitamin D withdrawal). Make sure you get out there this week and support your bands of choice. So here we go, a look at some recommended shows for the coming week.


MONDAY, 5/9/16

-The Spook School + Bent Shapes + Bad Moves + Lauren Denitzio (Black Cat)
-Avers + The Can't Tells + Wanted Man (DC9)
-Art Daniels Band + Tired & Tangled (Galaxy Hut)
-Old 97s + Heartless Bastards + BJ Barham (9:30 Club)
-Lapsley + Morly (U Street Music Hall - SOLD OUT)

TUESDAY, 5/10/16

-Animal Collective + Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (9:30 Club - SOLD OUT)
-Ought + Priests (Black Cat)
-The Coward's Choir + The Duskwhales (Jammin Java)
-Plants & Animals + Wintersleep + The North Country (DC9)
-Babymetal (Fillmore - SOLD OUT)

WEDNESDAY, 5/11/16

-Wild Nothing + Charlie Hilton (Black Cat)
-New Madrid + Witch Coast (Songbyrd)
-Crystal Fighters + Chela + Psymon Spine (Rock & Roll Hotel)
-Animal Collective + Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (9:30 Club - SOLD OUT)
-Iris Dement + Loudon Wainwright III (Birchmere)
-Good Graeff + The Duskwhales (DC9)

THURSDAY, 5/12/16

-Parquet Courts + B Boys (9:30 Club)
-Titus Andronicus + La Sera (9:30 Club - late)
-Hop Along + Speedy Ortiz + Two Inch Astronaut (Black Cat)
-Screaming Females + Aye Nako + Nox (Rock & Roll Hotel)
-Day Wave + Color Palette (DC9)
-The Nighthawks + Steady Rollin Bob Margolin (Gypsy Sally's)
-Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds + Light Beams + Sistr Mid9ight (Comet Ping Pong)

FRIDAY, 5/13/16

-We Are Scientists + Prism Tats (Rock & Roll Hotel)
-Two Ton Twig + The Plank Stompers (IOTA)

SATURDAY, 5/14/16

-The Kills + L.A. Witch (9:30 Club - SOLD OUT)*
-The Weight (The Hamilton)
-Fruit Bats + Promise Land Sound (Rock & Roll Hotel)
-Trashcan Sinatras (Ram's Head Annapolis)
-Sweetlife Festival (Merriweather Post Pavilion)

SUNDAY, 5/15/16

-The Avett Brothers + Brett Dennen (Patriot Center GMU)
-Olivia Mancini + Yours Truly Michele (Galaxy Hut)
-Horse Feathers + Korey Dane (The Hamilton)

[posted 5.7.16]