The Red Wing Roots Music Festival at Natural Chimneys Park. (Photo by Chester Simpson)
Red Wing Roots Festival, a family-friendly celebration of music, features kids events and activities and bike rides in the park. Red Wings V was held in Natural Chimneys Park on July 14-16.
Little Dragon (Photo by IB Kamara)
Little Dragon released their latest album Season High on May 5 via Loma Vista Records. The band are touring this summer with two dates at 9:30 Club! The first date sold out, but you can win tickets to go to the second date on Wednesday, Aug. 9, with Parklife DC.
Seating chart of The Anthem in DC at 6,000-person capacity (Art courtesy IMP)
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With a program dubbed Super Excellent™ Seats, The Anthem (901 Wharf St. SW, DC), the big sister venue to 9:30 Club, strives to keep the best seats in the house out of the hands of scalpers, vowed owner IMP Seth Hurwitz.
Priests (Photo courtesy Pitch Perfect PR)
DC punk quartet Priests have hit the road through September with stops at Pitchfork Music Festival, Pickathon, Basilica Soundscape, and more! Tonight, the band are in Knoxville, Tennessee, as they make their way to Ottobar in Baltimore on Saturday, July 22.
The Aquabats (Photo courtesy The Fillmore Silver Spring)
From 2012-14, superhero comedy rock band The Aquabats were busy fighting evil on television with the Aquabats! Super Show! Once they wrapped the show, they took the time to enjoy a 20th anniversary tour in 2014. Now, MC Bat Commander and crew return with a new single “Dr. Space Mummy,” coming soon via Fearless Records, and a tour that lands at The Fillmore Silver Spring this Friday, July 21.
Algiers (Photo courtesy Matador Records)
Experimental rock band Algiers released their sophomore album The Underside of Power via Matador Records on June 23, and they visit Black Cat in DC with their powerful mix of post-punk and gospel music on Monday, July 24.
Reggie and the Full Effect (Photo courtesy the artist)
Reggie and the Full Effect, helmed by James Dewees (also keyboardist for The Get Up Kids, is coming to town to open for The Aquabats in what is sure to be a very energetic show at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Friday, July 21.
Dot Dash (Photo courtesy the band)
Terry Banks (guitar, vocals), Steve Hansgen (lead guitar), Hunter Bennett (bass), and Danny Ingram (drums) are well known to DC indie pop admirers as Dot Dash! They also are known for giving away a free song or two, and they have gifted us with another prior to their show at DC9 on Wednesday, July 19, when they open for English indie duo Ultimate Painting.
Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol circa 1980. (Photo courtesy Ubé)
Looking at the history of new wave music, and more broadly rock in New York City, few bands are more paramount than Blondie. Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke are still going strong today, and to celebrate their upcoming show at Wolf Trap, Careless Memories will celebrate the band tonight, July 13, at Dodge City.
Mew (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Mew released their seventh studio album Visuals in April via Play It Again Sam. The trio are on tour with a visit to 9:30 Club on Saturday, Aug. 5, and you can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
