This week in music, love is in the air and reality TV invades the District.
MONDAY
>> Kick off your week with the GZA and the RZA as the Wu Tang Clan works the 9:30 Club tonight, Shaolin style. If you weren’t able to get tickets to the earlier sold out show, a second later set has been added as part of the ODB Tribute Tour for $50 a ticket. First show — 7 p.m. doors, Second show — 10 p.m. doors.
>> Or stop by The Black Cat and let brothers Gil Mantera and Ultimate Donny from the Ohio prog-rock duo, Gil Mantera’s Party Dream (pictured), liven up your Monday night with vocoders, loincloths and moon boots. Opener Sentai, promises to be just as weird. 9pm on the backstage, $7.
TUESDAY
Got a date? Don’t fret, Tuesday offers up shows for both couples and singles to have a good time.
DC:
>> It’s Valentine’s Day in DC, and what better way to celebrate that with an R&B three-way at the Warner Theatre courtesy of Lalah Hathaway and opening acts Eric Benet and Amanda Dumas. 8 p.m., $65.
>> Or keep it indie and take yourself over to DC9 to hear Michigan’s
The Fluoride Program, w/ The Blackout and Greenwood. $7.
VA:
>> Virginia is for lovers, and Brandi and Gibb want to be your valentine. Experience the unique vocal stylings of one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2005 as Brandi Carlile (pictured) takes the stage at Jammin Java with blues rocker Gibb Droll. 8 p.m., $10.
>> Or go stag to the Birchmere as it is transformed into your very own Moulin Rouge. The Pontani Sisters present The “Burlesque-A-Pades in Loveland,” featuring over a dozen performers and a fashion show from Mode Merr. 7:30 p.m., $17.
