311 (Photo by Brian Bowen Smith)
311 will release their 12th studio album Mosaic on June 23 via BMG. And the funky rockers will bring an accompanying tour to The Fillmore Silver Spring for two nights on Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25.
José Andrés addresses the 2019 World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting on April 12, 2019. (Photo courtesy World Bank)
Limited tickets remain for the annual Dine-N-Dash, held by José Andrés and World Central Kitchen to benefit World Central Kitchen’s mission to find smart solutions to hunger and poverty, on June 7.
Trapper Schoepp (Photo courtesy Clarion Call Media)
On June 2, singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp released his latest project — Bay Beach Amusement Park, a six-song concept EP inspired by the tourist attraction of the same name in Green Bay, Wisconsin — via Xtra Mile Recordings and Kay Bank Recording. Trapper is on tour with a stop at DC9 on Wednesday, June 14.
3Teeth (Photo courtesy Secret Service PR)
Los Angeles industrial band 3Teeth released their second album, shutdown.exe, via OMF Records on May 19, and their accompanying tour comes to U Street Music Hall on Friday, July 7.
Bent Knee (Photo by Chris Anderson)
Avant-garde collective Bent Knee is preparing to release their fourth album Land Animal via InsideOutMusic/Sony, and the band performs at Black Cat on Thursday, June 8.
Howard Jones (Photo by David Conn)
“Do you feel scared? I do, but I won’t stop and falter.”
So, sang Howard Jones in his smashing 1985 hit “Things Can Only Get Better,” which in my opinion perfectly framed Howard’s ethos. The Englishman is unflappably upbeat and optimistic, and he makes fantastically irresistible music still today.
Amelia Meath sings with Sylvan Esso at All Things Go Fall Classic in DC on Oct. 8, 2016.
The music of Durham, North Carolina duo Sylvan Esso was introduced to me last year by my friend and Spotify buddy Jenny, in the form of a YouTube video for their song “Hey Mami.” Straightaway, I admired singer Amelia Meath’s energy and extro-expressiveness, both on display in a sold-out show at 9:30 Club on Saturday.
Roosevelt (Photo by Brian Vu)
Roosevelt, born Marius Lauber, burst out of Germany with his self-titled debut album last year via Greco-Roman. Roosevelt is on a tour of the United States, and he dances into U Street Music Hall this Saturday, June 3.
Helium (Photo by James Smolka)
Mary Timony, DC’s top guitar ace, first became an indie rock darling in the ‘90s with her Boston-based band Helium, which dabbled in well-written noise pop. Twenty years after the band’s second and last album, Matador Records last month reissued Helium’s records and a new compilation — Ends with And, a collection of singles and other tracks.
To mark the occasion, Mary herself is hitting the road to celebrate the music of Helium in a short tour beginning with a date at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Tuesday, June 6. You still have a chance to buy tickets!
Mario Cuomo fronts The Orwells at Black Cat on May 27, 2017.
At 23-years old, Mario Cuomo is a veritable rockstar as lead singer of The Orwells, the Illinois garage punk band that recently published its third full-length album.
