August 21, 2006
Weekly Music Agenda
MONDAY
It's a pretty quiet Monday around town. If there's a show you'd reccomend, let us know in the comments.
TUESDAY
>> The first Unbuckled was long ago, but its headliner Cedars are still going strong. Head to the Black Cat's backstage to hear them perform material off of their new EP as they open for Dirty on Purpose. 9 p.m., $8.
>> Do you have a soft spot in your heart for Lyle Lovett? Cause we do. Bring your picnic, blanket and cooler to Wolftrap. 8 p.m., $22 to $40.
WEDNESDAY
>> This week's blog-approved indie offering comes in the form of Beirut at the Warehouse Next Door. Beirut offers up some great songs that pull off pretty and unsettling at the same time. They're performing with Curtains (featuring members of Deerhoof), and Get Him Eat Him. 8:30 p.m., $10.
>> Strathmore's summer free outdoor concert series wraps up this week with a tribute to Neil Young featuring a list of musicians a mile long. If you, like us, missed him at Nissan Pavillion a couple weeks ago (touring with Crosby, Stills and Nash), then this may ease those salty tears you've been dropping ever since. 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
>> This week marks the opening of the much anticipated Rock & Roll Hotel. Brought to us by the owners of DC9 and The Red & The Black, Rock & Roll Hotel kicks things off this evening with Wooly Mammoth, Owls and Crows, Kouhetek and Kiss and Ride. 9 p.m., $10. If none of those bands strike your fancy, Three Stars alums Alcian Blue are playing next door at The Red & The Black, and the always amazing Edie Sedgwick will be keeping things interesting at DC9.
>> It's not music, but if you were lucky enough to get your hands on Dave Chappelle tickets, we salute you.
>> Hip hop fans will surely be lining up at the Black Cat tonight for Dr. Octagon (AKA Kool Keith) in support of his latest album (with DJ Dan "the automator" Nakamura), Return of Dr. Octagon. DCist Jacques describes its "screwball production with emphasis on "science," predating MF Doom or Dangermouse" as "the ultimate mix of dork and bad-ass." 8:30 p.m., $16 in advance, $18 at the door.
>> If all of that's still running a little too hard for you, head to Wolf Trap for a relaxing evening with Tea Leaf Green and Bruce Hornsby. 7 p.m., $22 to $40.
FRIDAY
>> I'm not affraid to admit it: I would give my right arm for tickets to see Justin Timberlake at the 9:30 Club. Unfortunately, I didn't click fast enough last Friday. My birthday is this week, so if any readers out there feel like giving me some tickets, I'm all ears. Say what you want about JT, but that kid just makes me want to dance.
>> Gypsy Eyes Records, who we introduced you to a few months ago, is hosting a two night suare' this weekend called the First Forever Festival, starting out at Rock and Roll Hotel on Friday, and winding up at the Red and the Black on Saturday. Check out some local bands making some great music. $10 Friday, $8 Saturday.
SATURDAY
>> Chuck Brown is not only awesome, he's also older. Help the "Godfather of Go-Go" celebrate this passage of time at his birthday party show at the 9:30 club. With Rare Essence opening, this should be quite a show. 9 p.m., $25. (Jacques Ntonme)
>> If all this turmoil around the world has got you longing for simpler times, relive the 90s at the Nissan Pavillion, with Counting Crows and the Goo Goo Dolls. 7 p.m., $25.50 to $67.50.
SUNDAY
>> They've got roots all over, but Aloha's TJ Lipple calls DC home (where he and Beauty Pill's Chad Clark run a studio at Inner Ear). They also make some excellent experimental rock that's worth a Sunday outing. Catch Aloha with New York's Rahim at the Black Cat. 9 p.m., $8.
>> The end of the summer means the Reggae Fest at Wolf Trap. Spend the day in the park with a slew of acts, including Ziggy Marley and Ozomotli. 2 p.m., $25 to $42.
Photos via the websites of Beruit and Dr. Octagon
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Also: Oppenheimer on Tuesday at DC9. Fun indierock from Ireland.
Red Sparowes at the Black Cat on Friday evening. Hipsters with shaggy beards and a love of Neurosis should stop in.
The Dakota Ring show on Saturday at Staccato. Great band from Richmond: www.myspace.com/thedakotaring
Another great band from Richmond, The Gaskets, are playing The Red & The Black on Wednesday.
Alfonso Velez from Monopoli will also be performing and unveiling his new solo material.
Saturday also has MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER, BLACK TIE REVUE, and THE NUNCHUCKS @ the VELVET LOUNGE.
Can I please get a hell yeah???
Thank you in advance for the hell yeah!!!
Lyle Lovett? Neil Young? Justin Timberlake? Does DCist just pull NoVa fratboys off the street to write the Music Agenda?
*Weeps silently*
"Gypsy Eyes Records... check out some local bands..."
Really? That's it? How 'bout freakin' Revival and Shortstack?
Paragraphs to Lovett and Timberlake, but can't even mention great bands that are even better live... sheesh.
Jebus ... you include only obscure hipster and local band and you get called out for being elitists with too narrow a focus. You include some acts with mainstream appeal, even some critically respected ones, and get pretentious whining about "fratboy" musical tastes. Who'd have thunk that writing the Weekly Music Agenda was such a challenging tightrope walk?
Friday night, Ebenezer's coffee house, 201 F St. NE, the Beanstalk Library plays rock music and raises money for the Whitman-Walker Clinic, via the marathon-running Stephen Reeves. Music starts at 7:30, and we're playing every song we know, with the help of the prodigious drumming talents of Matt from Let's French.
nate -- it happens every week. you can't win.
Went to Rock and Roll Hotel last night, and it is all that. The upstairs has a great setup, and the jukebox is one of the best in town. Many attractive young ladies there, too (and guys, I suppose, if you're into that sort of thing).