Philly’s Sheer Mag plays The Pinch on Saturday. Photo by Flickr user Jay Roc.
TUESDAY.
Louis Weeks @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (presented by Listen Local First). 6 p.m., Free. Accessible venue.
D.C./Baltimore-based electronic/indie/pop artist Louis Weeks continues the celebration of his new album, haha, which came out last month, with a special performance at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage on Tuesday night. The latest installation of the excellent local series put together by Listen Local First, Tuesday’s early show gives Weeks another chance to showcase his unique electronic melodies and songwriting. — Quinn Myers
Politics & Prose (Brookland location): Jon Fine will discuss his new book Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear), with Washingtonian Managing Editor (and former/current Teen-Beat heartthrob) Andrew Beaujon. 6:30 p.m., free. Contact venue for accessibility information.
WEDNESDAY
The Max Levine Ensemble, RVIVR, and Shellshag @ Black Cat Backstage. 7:30 p.m., $10. Venue accessible.
In a bill perfectly booked for the space, the Black Cat’s backstage will host some of the most emotional, important, and fun current punk bands on Wednesday night. Local legends The Max Levine Ensemble continue to ramp up their political and personal tunes. Come early for Shellshag and dance like a maniac during RVIVR. Oh, and if you want a sneak peak, maybe stream the new Max Levine Ensemble album before the show at the Red Room’s jukebox. — Quinn Myers
Fringe Music in the Library: Marcus Webb and Eastern Shore. Shaw Library, 7 p.m., free. Venue accessible.
THURSDAY
Novalima and Nappy Riddem @ U Street Music Hall. 7 p.m., $18. Venue accessible.
Afro-Peruvian super group Novalima opened for Thievery Corporation at a sold out 9:30 Club the last time they were in D.C. and are back this week touring in support of their new album Planetario. The timing is perfect with the start of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, focused entirely on Peru this year. Joining Novalima in concert will be D.C.’s own dancehall funk sensation Nappy Riddem, a great warm-up for a night of global rhythms and funky grooves. — Andy Cerutti
Rock & Roll Hotel: Jessica Pratt and Ryley Walker. 8 p.m., $12-$14. Venue accessible.
Hot Tub House: Street Eaters, Governess, Defenstrados, and Broken Grids. 6:30 p.m., $5. Contact venue for accessibility information.
FRIDAY
Edy Blu and Kino Musica @ Tropicalia. 8 p.m., 21+. $10. Venue inaccessible.
The Gypsy Soul Garden returns to Tropicalia with host Edy Blu and special guests Kino Musica and Haile Supreme. In addition to live performances spanning from neo-soul and hip-hop to latin, there will be visual art, poetry, body painting and more. The first Gypsy Soul Garden was a big success and the second installment will focus on travel, both physical and spiritual, and each performer will share part of their journey. – Andy Cerutti
Capital Fringe: Near Northeast, Andrew Grossman, Takunda M, and Lenclair. 8 p.m., $8. Contact venue for accessibility info.
U Street Music Hall: Gigamesh with Plastic Plates and Hugo Zapata. 10:30 p.m., $15. 18+. Venue accessible.
SATURDAY
Tenement, Sheer Mag, Big Zit, Sem Hastro @ The Pinch. 8 p.m., $10. Inaccessible venue.
Woah. It’s hard to believe that Saturday’s show at The Pinch is one bill. Wisconsin’s Tenement is in the middle of releasing a double album on famed label Don Giovanni, and are already breaking down the punk Internet as we know it. If you didn’t catch them earlier this year with Priests, now’s your chance. And then of course there’s Sheer Mag—buzz band perhaps, but have you heard those riffs? Since releasing two blistering, catchy-as-hell 7-inches, the hype has swelled and they’re roaring back to D.C. in style. Come on time or there’s not a chance you’re getting into this sweaty basement show. — Quinn Myers
Babe City: Baby Bry Bry & the Apologists, Heathers, Gingerlys, and Furnsss. 7 p.m., $5. Venue inaccessible.
SUNDAY
Torres and The Sea Life @ DC9. 8:30 p.m., $12. Venue inaccessible.
Mackenzie Scott, the Tennessee musician who records as Torres, is no stranger to baring her soul. Torres makes songs packed with story told from multiple perspectives and narrators. It can be hard to know where Scott begins and ends. On Torres’ last record Sprinter, Scott enlisted PJ Harvey’s producer Rob Ellis and Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley to punch up her sound, adding eerie soundscapes and fuller backgrounds than her previous effort. With her new collaborators, Scott moves from ’90’s alt-grunge (“Strange Hellos”), space-y rock (“The Harshest Light”), and a quick foray into bouncy synth-pop (“Cowboy Guilt”). — Rohan Mahadevan
The Dougout: Flesh Panthers, Brook Pridemore, and Foster Carrots. 7 p.m., suggested donation. Venue inaccessible.
