Japandroids plays 9:30 Club tonight.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Japandroids and Craig Finn & the Uptown Controllers @ 9:30 Club. 7 P.M. $25. All ages, accessible venue.
Japandroids toured a lot following the release of their breakout album, Celebration Rock, in 2012. For almost two years, the band played stages big and small, only to disappear at the end of 2013. Fans waited four years with nary a peep, but Japandroids was recording in secret. The resulting album, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, released this year, isn’t the barnstormer that Celebration Rock was, but it advances the Japandroids sound. The eight song recording adds instruments like acoustic guitars and synthesizers. Japandroids sold out 9:30 last night but there are tickets available tonight.
Rock and Roll Hotel: Dorothy, The Georgia Flood. 7 P.M. Sold Out. All ages, accessible venue.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
DC9: Moving Units presents: the Songs of Joy Division – with Viktor Fiction and Soviet. 8 P.M. $12. All ages, inaccessible venue.
Black Cat: Save Ferris, Baby Baby, The Fuss. 7:30 P.M. $20. All ages, accessible venue.
Verizon Center: Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience featuring Ramin Djawadi. 8 P.M. $39.50-$99.50. All ages, accessible venue.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
The Knocks, Bipolar Sunshine, and Gilligan Moss @ 9:30 Club. 7 P.M. $20. All ages, accessible venue.
Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson make up the electronic production duo, The Knocks. Starting in 2008 as remixers, the duo soon after started producing its own material and have amassed five EP’s and one full length, 55, released last year. The group has proven it can work with a diverse cast of guests, from Fetty Wap and Cam’Ron, to Carly Rae Jepsen and X Ambassadors. Live, the duo works with a full band, bringing its compositions to life.
The Ottobar: Allison Crutchfield & the Fizz, Vagabon, Us & Us Only, Morels. 8 P.M. $10. All ages, accessible venue.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
You Blew It!, All Get Out, and Free Throw @ Rock and Roll Hotel. 7 P.M. $13. All ages, accessible venue.
You Blew It! is one of the faces in the emo revival. The group’s first two albums were full of explosive songs that got them on bills with bands like Taking Back Sunday, but with its latest album, Abendrot, the band has taken cues from a different side of 90’s emo. Abendrot is darker and slower, but still propulsive. The hooks are large, but the songs do not revolve around them. You Blew It! has successfully grown up from its older material.
Howard Theatre: Ja Rule, Tray Chaney. 8 P.M. $26 – $60. All ages, accessible venue.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Bellows, Foozle, and Palette @ Comet Ping Pong. 10 P.M. $12. All ages, accessible venue.
Oliver Kalb is the leader behind the indie-pop band Bellows. Part of the Epoch collective which also calls the bands Florist, Eskimeaux, and Todd Slant as members, Bellows has released three full-length albums, including last year’s stunning Fist & Palm. Taking cues from Mount Eerie, Bellows builds epic lo-fi tracks and Fist & Palm is Kalb’s best work yet. The album documents a friendship falling apart, taken from both sides and not just that of the narrator. The album manages to remain uplifting despite the emotional subject matter.
Rock and Roll Hotel: Ben Sollee, Happy Abandon. 7 P.M. $17. All ages, accessible venue.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Potty Mouth, Partybaby, and Tennis System @ DC9. 8 P.M. $14. All ages, inaccessible venue.
Northampton, MA trio Potty Mouth makes loud pop-punk steeped in ’90’s indie rock. The band released its debut album in 2013, following it up with an EP in 2015 and a single last year. The band has toured constantly in the interim, travelling along bands such as Against Me and CHVRCHES. The band is currently recording its sophomore album, and this show is sure to be full of new songs to learn now before the record drops.
U Street Music Hall: Thundercat. 7 P.M. Sold Out All ages, accessible venue.
Rock and Roll Hotel: Dua Lipa and Ro Ransom 7 P.M. Sold Out. All ages, accessible venue.
