Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull perform in D.C. on Tuesday (photo via Facebook).
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Post-metal mood-setters Pelican return to D.C. for the first time in four years, promising to preview the songs of their next album. The band will be joined by rock minimalists Jaye Jayle at the Rock & Roll Hotel. Doors 7 p.m. $14/$16. All ages, accessible venue.
London-based electronic pop duo Oh Wonder celebrate this summer’s Ultralife LP with a second night at the 9:30 Club, with an opening set by similarly tuned singer-songwriter Jaymes Young. Doors 7 p.m. $30. All ages, accessible venue.
Dalé! Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull join forces for a Capital One Arena mega-show befitting their “The King of Latin Pop” and “Mr. Worldwide” monikers. Doors 6:30 p.m. $29.95-$149.95. All ages, accessible venue.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Los Angeles funk-soul act Chicano Batman has one of the best band names in music, and a delightfully psychedelic new album, Freedom is Free. They co-headline 9:30 Club with Thai funk obsessives Khruangbin. Doors 7 p.m. $20. All ages, accessible venue.
Relive ’80s hits like “Love My Way” and “Pretty in Pink” as The Psychedelic Furs bring their self-explanatory “Singles Tour” to the Birchmere’s Flex Stage with special guest Bash & Pop. Doors 6 p.m. $39.50. All ages, accessible venue.
Influential K Records founder Calvin Johnson leads his off-beat Selector Dub Narcotic dance party at Rhizome. He’ll be joined by Ian Svenonius’s “found-sound-dream-drama” Escape-ism and the recently, but fully, formed TK Echo. Doors 8 p.m. $10. All ages, inaccessible venue.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
Sun Kil Moon (aka Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek) is as prolific as he is misanthropic; Kozelek released the double album Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood in February and will release a new collaborative album on Friday. Hear selections from those albums,or whatever else he feels like playing, at the Miracle Theater. The Magik* Magik Orchestra, Steve Shelley, and Josh Haden are also set to perform. Doors 6:30 p.m. $25. All ages, accessible venue.
As RAC, André Allen Anjos found fame and fortune thanks to his unique approach to remixing songs by artists that run the gamut from Bob Marley to Linkin Park. His new album Emo applies that same approach to his own dance-pop creations. RAC performs with LPX, the solo project of MS MR vocalist Lizzy Plapinger, at the Black Cat. Doors 7:30 p.m. $20/$25. All ages, accessible venue.
Industrial metal originals KMFDM bring their twentieth(!) album, Hell Yeah, to the State Theatre. Doors 7 p.m. $28/$31. 18+ unless accompanied by parent, accessible venue.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
Apart from their electronic sheen, Hundred Waters has little in common with their labelmates on Skrillex’s OWSLA imprint. Instead of EDM bombast, the three-piece band crafts gorgeous, piano-first pop music with an experimental edge. Be sure to catch opener Kelsey Lu, a cellist-vocalist who has worked with Solange and Blood Orange. Doors 7 p.m. $20. All ages, accessible venue.
Classical Trax’s Drum House series continues with London DJ-producer Akito and ballroom legend Vjuan Allure. Residents Panch, Benbo, and l’enfant start the night at Ten Tigers Parlour. Doors 10 p.m. $5 suggested. 21+, inaccessible venue.
Toronto punk trio Metz hit the Rock & Roll Hotel with the just-released Strange Peace and New York contemporaries Uniform in tow. Doors 7 p.m. $16.50/$20. All ages, accessible venue.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
D.C. tastemakers All Things Go are hosting their fourth annual All Things Go Fall Classic this weekend at Union Market. The line-ups on Friday and Sunday feature the kind of electro-pop and indie-pop, respectively, for which the site is known, but the best day to go might be Saturday: fellow festival throwers Broccoli City curated a hip-hop-heavy slate that features Young Thug, Vince Staples, and a host of local talent. Doors 12 p.m. $74-$169. All ages, accessible venue.
Head to Merriweather Post Pavilion—or more specifically, the nearby woods—for OPUS 1, an interactive festival that combines music, art, and technology. Catch Darkside’s Dave Harrington, Sophia Brous and her improvisational ensemble, the George Mason Pep Band, and many more during the mind-expanding festival. Doors 4 p.m. FREE. All ages. DCist will have a full preview of the event up later this week.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
Flash closes the “Sunday Love” party series with sets by Brooklyn-based, Middle Eastern-inspired duo Bedouin, DJ Meegs, Marko Peli, and Neko. Doors 2 p.m. $15. 21+, inaccessible venue.
“Stay” singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb performs two shows at AMP: a Kids Pajama Jam party in the afternoon (doors 3 p.m. $12) and a show for their parents later that night (doors 7 p.m. $30-$37.) All ages, accessible venue.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9
Pop rebel Halsey brings Hopeless Fountain Kingdom to Capital One Arena with support by Drake devotee PartyNextDoor and pop genius Charli XCX. Doors 6 p.m. $29.50-$69.50. All ages, accessible venue.
It’s a night of New York hip-hop at the Howard Theatre as Yonkers OGs The Lox are joined by Westside Gunn, Griselda Records reps Conway and Benny, and Smoke DZA. Doors 6 p.m. $20-$45. All ages, accessible venue.
