 Ray Davies |
Monday
>> Say what you will about aging legends of rock ‘n’ roll continuing to tour into their golden years, when you’ve got a catalog of songs as strong as Kinks frontman Ray Davies, we say let ’em go ’til they can’t go anymore. Where the Stones and the Who depended upon a vitality and power that they just can’t summon anymore, for the Kinks it was all about the songwriting, and those songs have aged quite well. With a well of tunes as deep as Davies has, plus the semi-recent release of an album of new material, don’t expect a retread of just the hits. If reports from other solo shows this year are any indication, tonight’s 9:30 Club show should be a mix of new stuff and older album cuts and b-sides. Brooklyn garage rockers Locksley kick off the evening. 7 p.m., $40.
>> We’re not in the habit of checking out the Black Cat’s web site for our movie listings, so this week’s two nights of band-centric rock movies at the Backstage passed us by for a listing in Popcorn & Candy last week. Tonight, it’s a trio of Ramones movies, with Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?, End of the Century and one of our favorite rock movies of all time, the Roger Corman cult classic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Tomorrow night, it’s an evening with The Only Band that Matters (aka, The Clash), with Let’s Rock Again, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, and the until-recently difficult to find Rude Boy. 8:30 p.m. both nights, FREE.
Tuesday
>> Longstanding Fairfax band Emmet Swimming is putting on a benefit for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America at IOTA on Tuesday night. A trio of local acts fill out the rest of the bill with Two Kings, Mike Huckleberry, and Justin Trawick Group(***). 8:30 p.m., $10 minimum donation.
Wednesday
>> Fans of the fast and the loud should head over to the Velvet Lounge on Wednesday for a trio of punked-up outfits, including locals The Points (who we just interviewed last week) and The Electrocutions, and Detroit’s Terrible Twos. 9 p.m., $8.
>> For a more rootsy rock option on the same night, you can head over to The Red and The Black, who will play host to Atlanta’s Hightide Blues, along with local bluesy rockers The Jones. 9 p.m., $6.
>> Bound and determined to get D.C. audiences to quit doing the standing still, locals Ra Ra Rasputin have quickly established themselves as the area’s foremost current purveyors of danceable punk. Loosen up and get on down to DC9, where the evening will also feature three more local acts, FFFever, who have a way with simple yet infectious and dreamy melodies, The Spiritual Machine, and Exactly. 8:30 p.m., $8.
