Springtime is springing, and SXSW is about to kick off the year’s musical festivities. In the event that you will not be in Austin, TX, why not see some live music closer to home? There’s not likely to be free PBR and the presence of every indie music notable trawling thousands of shows, but one shouldn’t get too greedy.
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An interesting variety of music this week, from St. Vincent to Turbo Fruits, from George Clinton and P-Funk to Rodrigo y Gabriela, from Flogging Molly to T-Model Ford, an 89-year-old Mississippi blues hound. Spring is in the air, too, as good gigs are beginning to come thick and heavy in the coming weeks and months. Those of us at Some American are already getting the vapors over the arrival of couple of swell little bands from Georgia, a certain Mastodon and one Baroness. Get your metal pants ready, music-lovers.
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If the mountainous drifts of snow have receded from your doorways, Metro tracks, and parking spaces, you can venture back out into the world having survived two weeks of nival madness to see some very good gigs this week. If you can, be sure to stop by DC 9 on Monday night, Ottobar on Tuesday, and the Black Cat on Saturday to see Phantogram, Fucked Up, and Mission of Burma, respectively.
MON 02.15.TEN
Black Cat - Cigarbox Planetarium + guests | 8:30 - $8
DC 9 - Phantogram + Junk Culture | 9:00 - $8
Ottobar - Mercy Mercedes + guests | 7:30 - $8
TUE 02.16.TEN
930 Club - Eric Church + guests | 7:00 - $25
Black Cat - Tortoise + Disappears | 8:00 - $15
Rock N Roll Hotel - Polysics + Geist | 8:30 - $15
The Red and The Black - Sideways Reign + The Very Small | 9:00 - $6
DC 9 - Miracle Conditions + Vertical Dogs | 9:00 - $8
Velvet Lounge - The Beets + guests | 9:00 - $8
Ottobar - Fucked Up + Kurt Vile + more | 8:00 - $10/12
WED 02.17.TEN
930 Club - The Used + guests | 6:00 - $25
Black Cat - The Growlers + guests | 9:00 - $10
The Red and The Black - Worlds Fair + guests | 9:00 - $6
DC 9 - The Press + Hollertown | 9:00 - $8
Velvet Lounge - Little Bigheart & The Wilderbeast + Red Sammy | 9:00 - $8
Sidebar Tavern - My Useless Self + guests | 9:00 - $?
THU 02.18.TEN
Black Cat - The Soundtrack of Our Lives + Nico Vega | 8:00 - $15
The Red and The Black - The Honeyguns + The New Retro | 9:00 - $6
ROck N Roll Hotel - The Moderate + guests | 8:30 - $10
DC 9 - !Outernational! + guests | 9:00 - $10/12
Velvet Lounge - Gangland Buries Its Own + The Lolitas | 9:00 - $8
Sonar - This Time Next Year + guests | 5:00 - $10/12
Sidebar Tavern - Deep Sleep + guests | 9:00 - $?
Ottobar - Sean K. Preston + guests | 9:00 - $8
Ram’s Head Live - The Disco Biscuits | 8:00 - $30
FRI 02.19.TEN
930 Club - Hotspur + guests | 5:00 - $25
Black Cat - Los Amigos Invisibles + guests | 9:00 - $23/25
Rock N Roll Hotel - Sweet Interference + guests | 9:30 - $10
The Red and The Black - Yell County + guests | 9:00 - $8
DC 9 - V.V. Brown | 11:00 - $8
Velvet Lounge - Reboot: The DC Hip-Hop Takeover | 9:00 - $5
Ottobar - Dan Deacon + guests | 9:00 - SOLD OUT
SAT 02.20.TEN
930 Club - Nouvelle Vague + Clare and the Reasons | 8:00 - $25
Black Cat - Mission of Burma + Office of Future Plans | 9:00 - $15
The Red and The Black - Ravenous + guests | 9:00 - $8
DC 9 - Franz Nicolay + Romania | 9:00 - $8
Velvet Lounge - La Snacks + guests | 10:00 - $8
Sidebar Tavern - Angry & Broke + Hatecrime | 9:00 - $?
Ottobar - Emmure + guests | 5:15 - $13
SUN 02.21.TEN
930 Club - Editors + The Antlers & The Dig | 7:00 - $20
Black Cat - Lookbook + Frau Eva | 9:00 - $8
Rock N Roll Hotel - Elementary + guests | 6:00 - $10
The Red and The Black - Skeletonwitch + guests | 9:00 - $12
DC 9 - Leslie and the Ly’s + guests | 9:00 - $10
Velvet Lounge - Animal Genital + Free Pop | 9:00
They’re coming…
*WED 02.24.TEN* St. Vincent - 930 Club
*WED 02.24.TEN* Surfer Blood - DC 9
*FRI 02.26.TEN* George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Ram’s Head Live
*THU 03.11.TEN* The Low Anthem - 930 Club
*FRI 03.12.TEN* Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Black Cat
*FRI 03.19.TEN* Black Lips - Black Cat
*WED 04.07.TEN* The Bronx - Sonar
*WED 04.14.TEN* Xiu Xiu + Tuneyards - DC 9
930 Club | Black Cat | Rock N Roll Hotel | The Red and The Black | DC 9 | Velvet Lounge | Sonar | Sidebar Tavern | Ottobar | Ram’s Head Live
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Another Monday, another selection of gigs to serenade you into February. Monday is a snooze, so have a cup of cocoa, or maybe a blue blazer - a real cockle-warmer - and read a trashy novel in front of the fire as you wait for the week to kick off on Tuesday.
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TEN finally comes roaring in with a bevy of musical offerings this week, after Thievery Corporation and their Banana Republic dressing room-sound finally vacated the 930 Club. Intriguing dates are coming thick and fast, so get out there and titillate your ears. Some American’s favorite tragic rock hero, Nick Oliveri, is even here for a night, and you have two opportunities to catch one of the greats, Loudoun Wainwright III. Peruse at your leisure after the jump.
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The Thievery Corporation fellas are taking up residence in the 930 Club this week, though tickets only remain for Sunday. If you like music that makes you feel like you are in a Banana Republic, act quick. Otherwise, there are plenty of small bands in town this week to check out, so open your minds, readers, and let DC expand it. Have a look-see after the jump.
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Week two of TEN, and there’s some decent music to be heard. Fans of Julian Casablancas, get your cool boots on and stock up on your favorite stimulants for Tuesday night. Also, if you like Thievery Corporation, you are in luck, as they are taking over the 930 Club Next week for five (FIVE!) nights. If you do not, stay in with a cup of hot cocoa.
Tuesday 01.12.TEN
Julian Casablancas w/ Tanlines - 7pm / $10-20 / 930 Club
An evening with Alfonso Velez - 9pm / $8 / Black Cat Backstage
Wednesday 01.13.TEN
Greenland w/ Dennis and the Hoarders - 9pm / $8 / Black Cat Backstage
Good Morning February w/ Marsupial, Perfect Future, Sensible Nectar, & Fair Root - 8pm / $8 / Sidebar Tavern, Baltimore
Thursday 01.14.TEN
Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven - 7pm / $10-20 / 930 Club
Joan As Policewoman w/ Carol Bui - 9pm / $12 / Black Cat Backstage
Floating Colors w/ Fire Zuave - $6 / The Red and The Black
Type 53 w/ Drunken Banshees, The Quarantines, & Idleminds - 9pm / Sidebar Tavern, Baltimore
Friday 01.15.TEN
The Junior League Band & Justin Jones and The Driving Rain - 8pm / $10-15 / 930 Club
MN8 Presents: King Chango w/ Nayas & The Sessions - 9pm / $15-18 / Black Cat Mainstage
Four Year Strong w/ The Bled, This Time Next Year, & Title Fight - 6pm / $12-14 / Rock N Roll Hotel
The Van Burens w/ Emily Bogrand & Sarah Clark - $8 / The Red and The Black
Nile w/ Immolation, Krisiun & Dreaming Dead - 6pm / $15-18 / Sonar, Baltimore
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa - 6pm / $29.50-59 / Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore
Press Black w/ The Blood Meridian, Angry & Bloke, Animal Poison, & Decayed Future - 8pm / $8 / Sidebar Tavern
Saturday 01.16.TEN
Timbaland w/ Honor Society - 730pm / $10-35 / 930 Club
Brian Fallon (of The Gaslight Anthem) w/ David Hause (of The Loved Ones) - 9pm / $15 / Black Cat Mainstage
Redline Addiction w/ Chainsaw Baby & Descent to Daylight - $8 / The Red and The Black
The State Department w/ Loose Lips, Exactly & Honey House - 830pm / $10 / Rock N Roll Hotel
Balt Country Festival w/ Caleb Stine, June Star, Arty Hill, & Van Meter - 6pm / $15 / Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore
Disarmer w/ The Escape Artist, ExReplicas, & Leland Palmer - 9pm / $7 / Sidebar Tavern
Sunday 01.17.TEN
Trapped Under Ice w/ Cruel Hand, Naysayer, Forfeit, & Fire & Ice - 7pm / $10 / Sonar, Baltimore
Timbaland w/ Honor Society - 7pm / $35 / Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore
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A new year, a new post of this week’s fresh ‘10 live music for the DC/Baltimore area. Your New Year’s resolution should be to go to these shows. Get fat, keep drinking, don’t stop smoking, keep yelling at your sister: do go listen to music. Some people are still nursing some “never drinking again”-hangovers, however, so the week officially begins Wednesday. Hooray, beer!
Wednesday 6th
Michael Ketover w/ VJ Kapour - $6 / The Red and The Black
Thursday 7th
City and Colour w/ Lissie - 7pm / $10-20 / 930 Club
The Capstan Staffs w/ The Cheniers & The Octagon - 830pm / $8 / Black Cat Backstage
Bruce Hazel & Some Volunteers w/ The Mob Warehouse & International Graduate University - $6 / The Red and The Black
This The Rescue w/ Free Advice, Boomvang, & Four Letter Words - 7pm / $7 / Recher Theater, Towson
Friday 8th
Honor By August w/ Melodime, Locksley, & The B-Film Extras - 8pm / $10-15 / 930 Club
Blind Boys of Alabama - 8pm / $28-58 / Warner Theater
The Upper Crust w/ Death By Sexy & Fishnet Stalkers - 9pm / $12 / Black Cat Mainstage
Sainthood Reps w/ Caspian & Solar Powered Sun Destroyer - $10 / The Red and The Black
Holy Hell w/ Penntera, Mercenary, Epic Harvest, & Embers for Ashes - 730pm / $11 / Ram’s Head, Baltimore
Vagus w/ Infliction, Krug, & Midfield - 8pm / $7 / Recher Theater, Towson
Saturday 9th
RJD2 w/ Happy Chichester - 8pm / $10-20 / 930 Club
Bonjour, Ganesh! w/ Wildlife City - $8 / The Red and The Black
Your Own Disaster w/ Younger Years, Spark To Inferno, & Leap Year - 7pm / $7 / Recher Theater, Towson
Sunday 10th
Survival Society w/ Clint Felts, The Breaks, & The Dead Flowers - 6pm / $5 / Recher Theater, Towson
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Music. Live music. Shakin’, not stirred.
Monday 14th
Lee “Scratch” Perry w/ See-I - 7pm / $25 / 930 Club
Tuesday 15th
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt.II Tour Raekwon w/ Capone & Noreaga, Queen YoNasDa, & Likeblood - 7pm / $25 / 930 Club
Supreme Commander, The Andalusians, & Police & Thieves - 830pm / $8 / Black Cat Backstage
Thursday, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fake Problems, & Endless Hallway - 7pm / $18/21 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Wednesday 16th
Junior League Band & Justin Jones & the Driving Rain w/ American Aquarium - 8pm / $15 / 930 Club
“Wreck the Halls” w/ Street Dogs, Stigma, Roger Miret & the Disasters - 8pm / $15 / Black Cat Mainstage
CAGE w/ The Axxis (new project of Pras) & Educated Consumer - 8pm / $12 / Rock N Roll Hotel
Thursday 17th
Nightmare Air w/ Screen Vinyl Image - 9pm / $8 / The Red and The Black
Toro Y Moi w/ Weekends, Rapdragons, & Dope Body - 8pm / $8 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Friday 18th
Sleeper Agent!, Cloak/Dagger, Domino Team, & Solar Powered Sun Destroyer - 9pm / $12 / Black Cat Mainstage
Alex Gruenberg w/ AK Slaughter & Daddy Lion - 9pm / $8 / The Red and The Black
Guignol w/ Mischief Brew, Revelevens, Blinding Eye Dog, & Dos Osos - 9pm / $10 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Saturday 19th
The Screws w/ Official, Babies with Rabies, & The Unabombers - 830pm / $8 / The Red and The Black
Lake Trout w/ The Water & Now What - 8pm / $12 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Sunday 20th
Scream w/ Rustbuckit & Dykstra - 8pm / $12 / Black Cat Mainstage
Special mentions:
Tuesday 29th
The Roots - 7pm / $45 / 930 Club
Wednesday 30th
The Roots - 7pm / $45 / 930 Club
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More music played live right before your eyes and ears this week. SoAm apologizes for the tardiness of this post, but here’s a pitifully positive spin to put on it: this week’s what is up is of a finer vintage, aged an extra day for your tasting pleasure.
Tuesday 8th
Arctic Monkeys w/ Screaming Females - 7pm / 930 Club SOLD OUT
The Moderate w/ Choo Choo La Rouge, & Timothy Bracy’s Collection Agency - 9pm / $8 / Black Cat Backstage
My Empty Phantom w/ Mary And The Poor & A Tale Of - 830pm / $6 / The Red and The Black
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons w/ Rachel Goodrich, Macgregor Burns & The Bow-Legged
Gorilla - 8pm / $8 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Wednesday 9th
Brendan Benson w/ Cory Chisel & The Wandering Son - 7pm / $15 / 930 Club
Curtis Harvey w/ Gloryhunters - 9pm / $10 / Black Cat Backstage
The Lonesome Heros w/ Kid Goat - 9pm / $6 / The Red and The Black
Fanfarlo w/ Freelance Whales & Soft Cat - 8pm / $10 / Metro Gallery, Baltimore
Thursday 10th
GWAR w/ Job For A Cowboy & The Red Chord - 7pm / $20 / 930 Club
The Whigs w/ The Features & Mean Creek - 8pm / $13 / Black Cat Mainstage
A Sunny Day in Glasgow w/ Young Republic & The Torches - 830pm / $8 / The Red and The Black
Faster Faster Harder Harder w/ Tim Kaye, The Ex-Replicas & Spectral Vision - 8pm / $8 / Ottobar, Baltimore
Friday 11th
Once Okay Twice w/ Loose Lips & Power Pirate - 9pm / $10 / Black Cat Mainstage
The Killer Ballons w/ The Royal We & Black Dog Prowl - 9pm / $8 / The Red and The Black
Karmella’s Game w/ A Sunny Day In Glasgow & Secret Mountains - 8pm / $8 / Metro Gallery, Baltimore
Saturday 12th
Koffin Kats w/ American Space Cadets & Atomic Mosquitos - 9pm / $10 / The Red and The Black
Rooney w/ Tally Hall & Crash Kings - 7pm / $15/17 / Sonar, Baltimore
Sunday 13th
Holly Golightly w/ The Degenerettes & The Cold Cold Heartbreakers - 8pm / $10 / Metro Gallery, Baltimore
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