Weekly Music Agenda
RZA as Bobby Digital
MONDAY
>> So, it's summer in D.C. That means we can expect a late afternoon or evening shower. But that hasn't stopped the music from going on at Fort Reno the past two Mondays. Have a little faith and head to the park to hear recent Three Stars The City Veins, along with The Boom Orangutans and Sarah Azzara. Free, 7:15.
>> Galaxy Hut is welcoming Norwegians and Canadians tonight, in the form of Sissy Wish and The Coast. The music's electro-poppy but relaxed enough not to meddle with your mental state on a Monday night.
>> Fela's youngest son, Seun Kuti, comes to the 9:30 Club with Egypt 80, a big afrobeat ensemble featuring members of his eccentric and legendary Dad's band. Expect even the most stiff DC indie-rockers to find themselves moving.$25, 7 p.m.
>> All of these options come courtesy of the Fleet Foxes show at the Black Cat being sold out. Based on a small sample of people I know, these left-coasters appear to be emerging as everyone's new favorite band. 9 p.m.
TUESDAY
>> Wu Chess presents RZA as Bobby Digital at the 9:30 Club. We don't think you should need any other explanation or reasoning to get yourself to 815 V Street by 7 p.m. $25.
>> Japanese noise rockers Boris is one of those bands that people either love passionately and devotedly, or listen to and suddenly decide they should rethink their relationships with people in that first group. They're playing this week at the Black Cat with Torche and Clouds for the lovers out there. $13, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
>> Rumor has it hip-hop country-folkie Time Fite used to go by the handle "Little T" and had a bonafide MTV semi-hit in "Shaniqua Don't Live Here No More." But hoping for that one when he headlines the Rock and Roll Hotel Wednesday night is a bit like showing up at an R.E.M. show with a "Shiny Happy People" sign. He's Mr. Credibility now, giving away his celebrated 2007 Over the Counter Culture album for free (before Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails did it) and crashing his server in the process. His new Fair Ain't Fair actually will cost you a few bucks, but it's on that bastion of indie cred, Anti Records. The Jenny Lewis-less Watson Twins open. 8 p.m., $13.
>> David "Honeyboy" Edwards, a 93 year-old Mississippi born blues guitarist, will be making a rare area appearance at Blues Alley where he’ll be performing at 8 and 10. He may be worth dealing with this small club’s drink minimum plus cover charge policy. $25
>> Remember The Rentals? So does Sarah Radle. She's now part of Calamity Magnet, who are playing the Velvet Lounge this week with Shame Girl and The Cinnamon Band. $8, 9 p.m.
>> We're sort of pissed that Chicago didn't wait three days to go to Wolftrap. So many wasted Saturday in the park puns. Think of it as Yacht Rock: Live! $30 - $45, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
>> Free rock doc at the Black Cat! Settle into the back stage for a screening of Live at CBGB's: Dead Boys and Bad Brains. 9 p.m.
>> And, free rock at Fort Reno, as always. Catch up with another Three Stars band, The Black & White Jacksons, as they play to the fire flies alongside John Wayne Hero and Friends of the Library.
>> DC9 has solo shows from some of D.C.'s best known band leaders, Martin Royle, formerly of the Washington Social Club and Sam Simkoff, of Le Loup. With Sad Crocodile. $8
>> Perennial DCist faves Deleted Scenes are playing Iota this week, with Gary B and the Notions and Solar Powered Sun Destroyer. $10, 9 p.m.
FRIDAY
>> Get a dose of Three Stars' past with Justin Jones and the Driving Rain at Iota. With Sarah White and The Pearls. 9:30 p.m., $10.
>> Or, head to the State Theater in Falls Church for your dose of local rock, courtesy of The Speaks. $11, 9 p.m.
SATURDAY
>> Lots of people have written songs about NYC's Chelsea Hotel during the punk era; few of them actually said hello to Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in the lobby the day the doomed couple checked in. Alejandro Escovedo did, and that's one of many tales told on his just-released Real Animal, a rude, rowdy, autobiographical album produced by Tony Visconti that fondly recalls Visconti's 70s efforts with David Bowie and T. Rex. It's Escovedo's second superb effort his near-death by Hepatitis C in 2003, and last month it gave him his first ever Billboard 200 placing in a 30-year career.
>> We're not saying the career-best bow is a direct result of Escovedo having performed album-opener "Always a Friend" onstage with Bruce Springsteen at a gig on The Boss's ongoing Magic tour in Houston back in April. The performance got a lots of views on YouTube, and Bruce is releasing it on a digital E.P. next week. We're simply pointing out that holding your own onstage with The Boss is no mean feat, and that bodes very well for Escovedo's headlining 9:30 Club appearance Saturday night. With Vandaveer. 7 p.m. doors, $20.
>> If you're up for a late show at the 9:30 Club, hit the 11 p.m. doors to see the always charming, always delightful, always enthralling Brazilian Girls. $25.
>> We couldn't begin to think that anything we add to this description will make it sound any awesomer, so directly from the Velvet Lounge's website we bring you the following: "Rock and Roll Variety Show Benefit for Girls Rock! DC w/ Candy Coated Pain Pills (mem. of Sarah Azzara) plus burlesque dancers Bambi Galore, Coco Monroe, Sin Dalicious, and Private Tails; drag kings Roland Bluntz, Rusty Nutz, Spencer Sparkle, Dixie Normous, Natty Boom, and Kwid Pro Quo, bottle flipper Moe Harris, and the DDP Drill Team." $10, 10 p.m.
SUNDAY
>> Young Louisiana Cajun band Feufollet will have folks 2-stepping, rocking and waltzing at 3:30 at the Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom. $15
>> Pyramid Atlantic is hosting a special benefit show to raise money for this year's Sonic Circuits Festival. Sonic Circuits has spent the past several years promoting avant garde and experimental music in D.C. Head up to Silver Spring and help them out by listening to Pinko Communoids, TL0741, VIOLET, and BLK w/ BEAR. $5, 7 p.m.
Steve Kiviat and Chris Klimek contributed to this week's agenda.