Upcoming Shows :: July 2008
| July 1 - 6 | |||||||
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| 9:30 Club | Cute Is What We Aim For w/ Ace Enders ? Danger Radio ? Powerspace | Kidz Bop Live! 1pm Doors. The 25th Anniversary Soccer Tournament Silver Party w/ DJ Casper Late Show! 10:30 Doors. | |||||
| The Black Cat | 16 Volt, bella Morte, hollowboy | lorelei, Mahogany | dengue Fever, Chicha Libre | ||||
| DC9 | Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves • “Mr. Reed invokes the stylish and muscular R&B of Otis Redding and Sam Cookewith convincing suavity.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES“A whole-hearted son of soul ... Amy Winehouse better watch her back.” - VILLAGE VOICE“There are singers who sing and there are singers whose sheer power ofexpression can knock you off your feet. Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed falls firmlyinto the latter category ... [he] threatens to be one of the defining voicesof the year” - MOJO MAGAZINEDoors @ 830pm Show @ 9pm• $ 10 | Smoking Popes • BUY TICKETS NOW! • Doors @ 9pm Show @ 930pm • $ 12 | Black and White Jacksons • Fever • Wild Fictions • $ 8 | ||||
| The Red and The Black | Birds & Batteries • Your Black Star • Don't Be Glib • $ 8 JOHNNY ACTION FIGURE • Hammer No More The Fingers • Seamonster • $ 8 | Power Pill Fist • (side project by members of BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW) • The Red Falcons Project • $ 8 | U.B.U. Dance Party • U.B.U. dance Party w. Dj's Mellie Mel and Misguided w/ special guests Favorite music of the 80's and beyond. $ 5 | Invisible Husbands • The Art Department • Pwrfl Power PWRFL POWER has shared bills with Daniel Johnston, No Age, White Magic,Beach House, Wooden Wand, Jana Hunter, Tiny Vipers, John Vanderslice,and countless others. He is the first musician to be on the cover ofSeattle’s Stranger in 9 years and the winner of “Block Star Contest,which resulted in him being cast as himself singing “it’s okay” in anEsurance TV commercial. • • $ 8 | |||
| Iota | Open Mic. -hosted By Mike Maloney- | Eef Barzelay W/ Ferraby Lionheart | The Sketches Feat. Their Latest Song Americaw/ Tony Bernardo | Gist | Joshua James W/ Will Dailey W/ Amber Rubarth W/ Lex Land | ||
| Rock & Roll Hotel | The Black Angels The Warlocks Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $12/$14 NOT DEAD YET  Wesee you at the Hotel on Friday and Saturday nights partying with theother weekend warriors. But where are you on Wednesday? Here is the newchallenge for those Not Dead Yet on Wednesday's, the mother of alldrink specials: Startat 8:00 pm with a $6 shot of Jager and drink free rail liquor until9:00 pm. After that its $3 High Life and Mini Champagne Splits until10:00 pm and then $2 shot of the night until lastcall. Thechallenge, should you choose to accept itwill take place every other Wednesday upstairs at the Hotel bar beatsfrom Motown to Motorhead and all the other Not Dead Yet greats by DJ PMand KO Kid. See you there...unless you're already dead FREE | THE HOTEL BAR (2nd floor)| 21+ | 8pm FREE | God Save The Scene GSTS is the Hotel's appreciation night for all our friends and family in the service industry. Come in every Sunday night, pay stub in hand and we'll hook you up with a free drink while we rock out to old school punk played by DC's own Mark and Owen. You may hate your customers but we love you- God Save the Scene! FREE | THE HOTEL BAR | 21+ | 8PM FREE | |||||
| Jammin Java | - Girl Authority - 2:30pm Matinee | ||||||
| July 7 - 13 | |||||||
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| 9:30 Club | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 7pm Doors. | Wu Chess presents RZA as Bobby Digital feat. Stone Mecca 7pm Doors. | Rockin The Colonies Tour featuring THE ENGLISH BEAT · THE FIXX · THE ALARM 7pm Doors. | Steel Pulse w/ Fear Nuttin Band | Alejandro Escovedo Early Show! 7pm Doors. Brazilian Girls Late Show! 11pm Doors. | Jay Brannan w/ Chris Pureka | |
| The Black Cat | Fleet Foxes, The Dutchess And The Duke | boris, Torche, Clouds | 127 (tehran) | ||||
| DC9 | The Impossible Shapes • BUY TICKETS NOW! • Doors @ 830pm Show @ 9pm • $ 8/$10 | Spit Hot Fire CD RELEASE PARTY!Can't Hang • The Chariots • Doors @ 9pm Show @ 930pm • $ 8 | Sam Simkoff (of Le Loup) • Martin Royle • Sad Crocodile • $ 8 | FEEDBACK DANCE PARTY! (formerly TRANSATLANTIC DANCE PARTY) • DEVLIN & DARKO(SPANK ROCK) DMERIT (performing live) $ 8 | |||
| The Red and The Black | Pessimist Parade • Guns On The Run • Brain Damaged • $ 8 | Eureka Birds • Perkasie $ 8 | Silver Lights • $ 8 | All Crazy • Mustafa Akbar and Chosen$ 8 | Jeremy Jay • YOU TUBE "Very excited about music, Jeremy's writing is influenced by dreams andthe more fantastic surrealist sensibility linked with the French NewWave. The Art deco era storybook romance of the movies like " OurModern Maidens" & "My Life To Live" held aspecial fascination.There's also a strong '50s Rock n' Roll sensibility happening; BuddyHolly is one of Jeremy's favorite singers along, with Richie Valens and'60s era Yea-Yea Francois Hardy" - K Records • Pepi • • $ 10 | ||
| Iota | The Federal Reserve Collective Presents... 1st Mondays | ||||||
| Rock & Roll Hotel | No Age High Places Abe Vigoda Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $12 | The Watson Twins Tim Fite Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm *Tickets on-sale Friday June 6 @ 10am $13 | Elf Power Ham 1 Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $10 | Half Japanese Aliens Julie Ocean Doors | 830pm Show | 930pm $12 | Marfa The Shakes Agg Boom Orangutangs Down by the Riverside Catfish Blues Band Doors | 7pm Show | 730pm $10 | ||
| Jammin Java | - Private Party | ||||||
| Merriweather Post Pavillion | Dropkick Murphys and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | John Mayer w/ Brett Dennen | |||||
| July 14 - 20 | |||||||
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| 9:30 Club | DJ Shadow 8pm Doors. | Steez Promo & Upfront present ANDY C w/ MC GQ ? Dj Dara & more! | George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic 8pm Doors. | Surprise! At the Club! YAZ 7pm Doors. | |||
| The Black Cat | mothertongue: Womens Spoken Word Featuring Poets And Coaches From The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam | someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Bellman Barker, Ha Ha Tonka | |||||
| DC9 | The Opposite Sex • Dreaded Sunny Days DC's only SMITHS tribute band • DJ Mellie Mel • $ 8 | GMG • Mojai • Funk Ark • $ 8 | |||||
| The Red and The Black | Sleepsound • Tami D' Mar • Spencer Bates • $ 8 | ||||||
| Rock & Roll Hotel | Back Door Slam Eoin Harrington Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $15 | Nomo Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $12 | Junior League Vandaveer Doors | 830pm Show | 930pm $10 | ||||
| Jammin Java | - Robinella - 7pm Early Show | ||||||
| Merriweather Post Pavillion | Vans WARPED TOUR Presented by AT&T feat. Angels and Airwaves ? Cobra Starship ? Gym Class Heroes and more! | Steve Miller Band w/ Joe Cocker | |||||
| July 21 - 27 | |||||||
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| 9:30 Club | The Ting Tings 7pm Doors. | ||||||
| The Black Cat | pomegranates, tereu Tereu, ¡carlos Im Pregnant! | Mn8 Presents: Anthony David, Ndambi | tilly And The Wall, The Ruby Suns | Valient Thorr, Early Man | |||
| DC9 | Sweet Teeth • Kitty Hawk • Hot Lava • $ 8 | ||||||
| Rock & Roll Hotel | Red Racer  Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $10 | ||||||
| Merriweather Post Pavillion | O.A.R. w/ The Beautiful Girls | Guerilla Union Presents ROCK THE BELLS Featuring: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ? NAS ? MOS DEF ? De La Soul ? Rakim ? Method Man & Redman ? Raekwon & Ghostface ? Immortal Technique ? Dead Prez ? Murs ? Spank Rock ? Kid Sister ? Jay Electronic ? Wale ? B.O.B. ? Kidz In The Hall ? Amanda Blank ? Santogold and more! w/ Special Guests The Pharcyde. Hosted by B-Real, Supernatural & Scratch. | |||||
| July 28 - 31 | |||||||
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| DC9 | Skeletonwitch YOU TUBE "The Midwest quintet recently jumped on the roster of Prosthetic Recordsafter the self-release of two buzz generating discs and with theircontinued success in writing some of the catchiest thrash available inthe current metal scene and a well-deserved high-quality production jobon Beyond the Permafrost, Skeletonwitch is about to get big. At nopoint in Beyond the Permafrost does Skeletonwitch attempt to reinventthe thrash metal wheel, yet their combination of metal styles, theirtight execution, and their obvious love of all things metal just makesit impossible not to love these guys"- Lambgoat.com • Doors @ 830pm Show @ 9pm • $ 8/$10 | $ 8 | |||||
| Rock & Roll Hotel | Ours God or Julie Plain Jane Automobile Doors | 8pm Show | 830pm $15 | ||||||
| Merriweather Post Pavillion | Disney Music Block Party Tour featuring They Might Be Giants ? Dan Zanes ? Ralphs World ? Choo Choo Sould ? Hosted by Raven Symone | Disney Music Block Party Tour featuring They Might Be Giants ? Dan Zanes ? Ralphs World ? Choo Choo Soul ? Hosted by Raven Symone | |||||