Just Announced

@ U Street Music Hall:

Sondre Lerche
9/26

SOHN
11/1

Bob Mould 9/6 already on sale. Says "Artist Early Sale" but no password needed. $25 plus your lunch.

Jade Tree puts their entire disco (well, LPs anyway) up on bandcamp for free streaming/$5 purchase.

http://jadetree.bandcamp.com

Drake vs. Lil Wayne
8/29
Jiffy Lube Live

I didn't see this one posted yet:

Monday July 21st @ RNR Hotel - Ceremony w/ Iron Lung, Nothing & Young Trynas

All those bands couldn't be more different than each other.

Spider Bags
8/21
DC9

August 22nd-24th

Fields Festival will feature 60+ local and afar musicians, performance art, dance, plays, comedy, sound and visual installations + more.

Musical acts performing in Fields include Dan Deacon, Matmos, Horse Lords, Flock of Dimes (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak), Chiffon, Nate Young (Regression, Wolf Eyes), DJ Dog Dick, Zomes, Needle Gun, Abdu Ali, Wume, The Creepers, Nautical Almanac, Greg Ward, Ghost Life, and Metalux. See the full list below.

The weekend will also feature a wide range of other performances and activities, including field location and dance performances by Lexie Mountain Boys and others; comedy from Alan Resnick and many more; and plays such as Connor Kizer's Chronotony.

Tickets for the festival will go on sale Thursday, June 19th!!!

The first 50 tickets sold will be $50/each; subsequent advance tickets will be $65, and tickets will be available at the gate for $85. No day passes will be available. A limited number of cabin beds will be available for an additional $20/each for the weekend. Attendance for the festival is ages 18+.

Fields is co-directed by Amanda Schmidt (a founder of Baltimore's DIY venue Soft House) and Stewart Mostofsky (of Baltimore-based label Ehse Records). Other curators include:

Comedy: Ben O'Brien (of Wham City Comedy)
Plays: Cricket Arrison and Lola Pierson (of Acme Corporation)
Video/film: Shana Palmer (musician and visual artist)
Sound installation: Rod Hamilton (musician)
Visual installation: Jasmine Sarp (co-editor of arts journal Acres)

Check out www.fieldsfestival.com for more information!

Nik Turners Hawkwind - metro gallery 9/8

Got wrote:
Nik Turners Hawkwind - metro gallery 9/8

also at Strange Matter in RVA the night before. Witch Mountain and Hedersleben are opening both shows.

BANG w/ Satan's Satyrs - Metro Gallery Friday, August 22nd.

BANG are awesome proto-metal from Philly in the early 70's. Some could call them "the poor man's Black Sabbath" Their whole first album is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1C-Ozn6hTk

Unsanity wrote:

Got wrote:
Nik Turners Hawkwind - metro gallery 9/8

also at Strange Matter in RVA the night before. Witch Mountain and Hedersleben are opening both shows.

BANG w/ Satan's Satyrs - Metro Gallery Friday, August 22nd.

BANG are awesome proto-metal from Philly in the early 70's. Some could call them "the poor man's Black Sabbath" Their whole first album is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1C-Ozn6hTk

you ever check out the band "iron man"…very sabbathy

OK Go
9/16
9:30 Club

Some kids crowd funded a Richmond Foo Fighters show. FF's twitter just confirmed they will be playing RVA this summer, specifics tbd, but almost certainly at The National from the number of tickets sold.

If you don't have tix already, you're SOL apparently.

Julian, wrote:
Some kids crowd funded a Richmond Foo Fighters show. FF's twitter just confirmed they will be playing RVA this summer, specifics tbd, but almost certainly at The National from the number of tickets sold.

If you don't have tix already, you're SOL apparently.

oh look, it made, the rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/foo-fighters-agree-to-play-unscheduled-crowdsourced-show-20140614

DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist

9/8 Washington, DC - The Fillmore Silver Spring
9/9 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dj-shadow-cut-chemist-to-tour-with-afrika-bambaataa-s-records-20140616#ixzz34oNuILjN

Gaslight Anthem / Against Me!
9/10

http://www.ticketfly.com/event/606169-gaslight-anthem-against-me-washington/

Mutual Benefit
7-12
Da Club

9-03
Richmond
Strange Matter

Thursday, July 10th @ The Pinch - Eyehategod w/ Iron Reagan & Vektor

That venue seems a little small for this show!

Willie Nelson
9/9

http://www.ticketfly.com/event/607587-willie-nelson-washington/

Vas wrote:
Willie Nelson
9/9

http://www.ticketfly.com/event/607587-willie-nelson-washington/

f'uckin awesome! I AM THERE!