Mock Identity helps kick of this year’s summer series at Fort Reno on Thursday (Photo via Bandcamp).
By DCist Contributor Chris Kelly
TUESDAY, JULY 4
D.C. garage rockers Bless celebrate the release of a new 7” via hometown label DZ Tapes, bathing riffs and frontman Luke Reddick’s melodramatic baritone in reverb at the DIY space, Hole in the Sky. Brooklyn psych rockers Rips, New York’s Jimi Lucid and Ulta Beauty open the show. Doors 7 p.m. $5-$10.
Baby Boomer legacy acts The Beach Boys, The Blues Brothers, and The Four Tops headline the annual A Capitol Fourth concert on the West Lawn. Doors 3 p.m. FREE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5
As Sitcom, Philadelphia-via-Baltimore singer-songwriter Jake Lazovick makes off-kilter electro-pop for outsiders. At Comet Ping Pong, he’ll be joined by fellow Philly bedroom pop acts Francie Cool and Deer Scout, Seattle contemporaries iji and Silver Spring’s Small Dad. Doors 7 p.m. $5-10.
It may sound like an unlikely mix, but French seven-piece Caravan Palace have found success with their unique blend of swing music’s vintage grooves and EDM’s four-on-the-floor thump, and now they’re bringing that mix, including 2015 breakthrough “Lone Digger”, to 9:30 Club. Doors 7 p.m. $25.
The husband and wife duo of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi each maintained their own bands for some time after they got married. Then, they decided to combine forces by forming the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2010. The 12-piece band draws from the gamut of American roots music and plays Wolf Trap along with The Wood Brothers and Hot Tuna. 7 p.m. $30-$80.
THURSDAY, JULY 6
The long-running, and in recent years financially troubled, Fort Reno Summer Concert Series kicks off the 2017 season with new outfit TK Echo (featuring ex-Q and Not U member Chris Richards and Protect-U’s Aaron Leitko), post-punks Mock Identity, and newcomers Weird Babies. 7 p.m. FREE
D.C. music blog ItsBrileeezy presents its second Leeezy Lituation, featuring music by Richmond’s DJ Dez and live performances from DMV rap upstarts Taya Jae, Nick Breezy, JahLike, and more at Velvet Lounge. Doors 8:30 p.m. $8.
Los Angeles-via-Long Island rapper Lil Tracy is the breakout star of Goth Boi Clique, a polarizing crew that brings the melodies of emo and the black-hearted attitude of goth to the world of trap-rap. If that all sounds like gibberish, you’re likely too old for this one. D.C. collective Closed Sessions brings Tracy’s XOXO Tour to DC9, with support by Big Head, Mackned and more. Doors 8 p.m. $10-$20.
FRIDAY, JULY 7
Largo, Md. native Rico Nasty calls her music “sugar trap,” accurately describing the mixture of sweet melodies, Nickelodeon references, and trap-rap braggadocio that has captured the attention of collaborator and contemporary Lil Yachty, among others. She performs at Songbyrd with Dae World and fellow DMV rapper O Slice. Doors 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 day of show.
Not for the faint of heart, but for listeners, dancers, and club-goers looking for something from the fringes: American-born, Berlin-based Chinese artist Dis Fig mutates dark and disparate strands of club music into soundtracks that are at times cacophonous but always cathartic. She headlines the latest edition of Classical Trax and Guestlist’s takeover of the 9:30 Club Backbar, with support by local DJs Panch, Kouhai and Benbo. Doors 11 p.m. $5.
SATURDAY, JULY 8
The Cookout is a three-part series that is bringing together DC’s finest DJ collectives to rock the rooftop at the Embassy Row Hotel. This time around, the party features the all-things-bass selectors of Tropixxx and the anything-goes club futurists of CMPTVR CLVB. Doors 3 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 day of show.
SUNDAY, JULY 9
22-year-old Mexican-American rapper Kap G brings a different perspective to Atlanta street rap and does it in style. He just snagged a coveted spot on XXL Magazine’s tastemaking Freshmen list and brings his SupaJefe tour to U Street Music Hall with Taylor Gang rapper J.R. Donato. Doors 7 p.m. $20.
MONDAY, JULY 10
On last year’s Double Vanity, Oklahoma indie rockers BRONCHO transported the punk and shoegaze of the 1980s to the heartland, sneering their way through tunes with a sludginess that belies their rock-solid pop-rock songwriting. Ryan Lindsey and company head to DC9 with special guest Billy Changer, a product of Los Angeles that explores similar sonic territory. Doors 8 p.m. $15.
