Clubs

By - The Washington Times - Thursday, February 21, 2008

CLUBS

POP AND ROCK

Asylum Bar and Lounge

2471 18th St. NW. Shows start at 9 p.m. 202/319-9353, https://www.asylumdc.com

• Throwdown Syndicate. Feb. 22.

• Omega Band. Feb. 29.

• Empire by Design. March 7.

• Caverns. March 14.

Birchmere Music Hall

3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Shows at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 703/573-SEAT, www.birchmere.com

• Rachelle Ferrell. Feb. 21. $59.50.

• Wayne Newton. Feb. 22. $95.

• Christine Lavin with Dave Potts. Feb. 23. $25.

• David Bromberg Band with Angel Band. Feb. 24. $45.

• Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds with George Stanford. Feb. 26. $65.

• The Outlaws. Feb. 27. $45.

• Diane Schuur. Feb. 28. $35.

• The Dan Tyminski Band. March 1. $25.

• WATCH Awards Ceremony. March 2. $15.

• The Robert Cray Band. March 3. $49.50.

• Lunasa. March 4. $20.

• The Saw Doctors. (All standing in the bandstand. Doors 6 p.m.) March 5. $25.

• Dwele. March 6. $35.

• Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm. March 7. $25.

• The Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet. March 8. $25.

• Robin Trower. March 9. $35.

Black Cat

1811 14th St. NW. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. weekdays, 6 p.m.-3 a.m. weekends. Shows at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. $5-$20. 202/667-7960 (information), 202/397-SEAT (tickets), www.blackcatdc.com

• Atlas Sound, White Rainbow, Valet. Feb. 21. $10.

• Daniel Johnston, Benjy Ferree. Feb. 23. $20.

• Bowerbirds, Deleted Scenes, Kitty Hawk. Feb. 24. $10.

• Keren Ann, Dean and Britta. Feb. 27. $15.

• Apes, Kid Congo Powers, Food for Animals. Feb. 29. $10.

• Dengue Fever, Exit Clov. March 1. $13.

• Limbeck, John Ralston, House of Fools. March 3. $10.

• Say Hi. March 4. $10.

• Strike Anywhere, Paint It Black. March 6. $12.

• Black Lips, Quintron and Miss Pussycat. March 15. $13.

Club Five

1214-B 18th St. NW. 202/331-7123, https://www.fivedc.com

• Chronos: Alternative/Gothic Night. Every Thursday.

• Absolute Addiction and Pearl. Every Friday.

DC9

1940 Ninth St. NW. Open 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday. $5-$10. 202/483-5000, www.dcnine.com

• The Jet Age, J. Forte and the Secret Pop Band. Feb. 24. $10.

• Plain Jane Automobile, AutoVaughn, Plane and Pilot. Feb. 27. $10.

• Born Ruffians, Cadence Weapon. March 6. $10.

• The Moderate, Mikal Evans Band. March 11. $8.

IOTA

2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Shows 8:30, 9, 9:30 p.m. $10-$15. 703/522-8340, www.iotaclubandcafe.com

• Headlights with Evangelicals. 9 p.m. Feb. 21. $10.

• Dean Fields, band show, with Bombadil. 9:30 p.m. Feb. 22. $10.

• The Fleshtones. 9:30 p.m. Feb. 23. $13.

• Special intimate afternoon with Constantine Maroulis. 4 p.m. Feb. 24. $15.

• Deep Blue Something with Tim Blane. 8:30 p.m. Feb. 26. $12.

• Shreiml. 9 p.m. Feb. 28. $12.

• Junior League with High Society. 9:30 p.m. Feb. 29. $10.

• Steve Poltz. 9 p.m. March 6. $12.

• Telograph, Soft Complex, The Gostation. 9:30 p.m. March 7. $10.

• Sally Anthony. 8:30 p.m. March 11. $16.

Jammin’ Java

227 Maple Ave., Vienna. $7-$16. 703/255-1566, www.jamminjava.com

• Peter Mulvey. Acoustic. 7 p.m. Feb. 22. $10, $12.

• Jim Weider’s Project Percolator. Rock/guitar. 9:30 p.m. Feb. 22. $17, $20.

• Yap. Improv comedy troupe. 2 p.m. Feb. 23. $10 adults, $5 per child.

• Carrie Newcomer “The Geography of Light” CD release show. 7 p.m. Feb. 23. $18.

• Future. 10 p.m. Feb. 23. $10.

• Driving East, Parade the Day. 7 p.m. Feb. 24. $10.

• Basia Bulat. 8 p.m. Feb. 27. $10.

• The Bigger Lights, The Hint. Rock. 8 p.m. Feb. 29. $10.

• Kate Voegele, The Whitest Light. 7 p.m. March 2. $10.

• Bill Kirchen and The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods, Eddie Angel from Los Straitjackets, Mark Gamsjager and The Lustre Kings. 7:30 p.m. March 3. $20.

• Nathan Angelo, Rob Blackledge. 7:30 p.m. March 5. $10.

• An Evening with Andrew McKnight: Benefit concert for EcoStewards Alliance and The Chesapeake Earth Institute. Rustic poet, contemporary songwriter and storyteller. 7 p.m. March 8. $20.

• Robbie Fulks. 9:30 p.m. March 8. $12, $15.

• Akron/Family, Megafaun. 8 p.m. March 9. $12.

9:30 Club

815 V St. NW. Shows 6-11 p.m. $10-$30. 202/393-0930, www.930.com

• Crisette Michele with Wes Felton. Feb. 21. $23.

• Will Hoge & Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit with Dawn Landes. Doors 8 p.m. Feb. 22. $15.

• Silverstein with The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Protest The Hero. Feb. 24. $17.

• Puddle of Mudd with Neurosonic and Tyler Read. Feb. 25. $25.

• Wilco with John Doe. Feb. 26, 27. Sold out.

• Moe, with Cornmeal. Feb. 28. $25.

• Gavin DeGraw. Feb. 29. $25. Sold out.

• The English Beat, Kinky, RX Bandits. March 1. $25.

• Darkest Hour with The Red Chord, Cephalic Carnage, Emmure, White Chapel. Doors 5 p.m. March 2. $15.

• Blind Melon with The Sketches. March 3. $15.

• Cobra Starship, with Metro Station, We The Kings, The Cab. March 4. $15. Sold out.

• Matt Costa with Johnathan Rice. March 5. $15.

• All That Remains with Chimaira, Black Tide, Light This City. March 6. $17.

• Sia with Har Mar Superstar. March 7. $20.

• The Hives with The Donnas. March 8. Sold out.

• The Pogues. Doors 7 p.m. March 9, 10. Sold out.

Rams Head Tavern

33 West St., Annapolis. Shows at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 410/268-4545, www.ramsheadtavern.com/annapolis

• Jann Arden. 8 p.m. Feb. 21. $24.50.

• The Nighthawks. 7 p.m. Feb. 22. $19.50.

• Jim Weider’s Project Percolator and Tom Principato Band. 8 p.m. Feb. 23. $23.50.

• Rachelle Ferrell. 5 and 8 p.m. Feb. 24. $55.

• Constantine Maroulis. 7 p.m. Feb. 25. $25.

• The Saw Doctors. 8 p.m. Feb. 26. $35.

• Paul Thorn. 8 p.m. Feb. 27. $21.

• Coco Montoya and Johnny A. 6:30 and 10 p.m. Feb. 29. $26.50.

• Ron Holloway. 9 p.m. March 1. $22.50.

• The Dan Tyminski Band. 7 p.m. March 2. $30.

• Dave Mason. 8 p.m. March 3, 4. $47.50.

• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. 7 p.m. March 7. $50.

• Joey DeFrancesco. 7 p.m. March 8. $26.

• Davy Jones of The Monkees. 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 9. $55.

The Red and the Black

1212 H St. NE. Shows at 9:30 p.m. $5-$10. 202/399-3201, www.redandblackbar.com

• Must Love Trash, The Alphabetical Order, Art Of Shooting, Man In Gray. Feb 23.

• Lights Resolve, Shanghai Thrills, Fall Back Plan. Feb 24.

• Zoroaster, Sourvein, Ganon, Ol Scratch. 9 p.m. Feb 25.

• Barton Carroll. Feb 26.

• 7 Door Sedan, Rambling Shadows. Feb 27.

• Andrew Rose Gregory, Andy Zipf. Feb 28.

• Audrey Ryan. Feb 29.

• The Coast. March 2.

• The Coathangers. March 6.

• Caspian, Junius, Constants. March 8.

The Rock and Roll Hotel

1353 H St. NE. 202/388-ROCK, www.rockandrollhoteldc.com

• Hello Society, The London Souls, Bottles/Cans. 8:30 p.m. Feb. 21. $10.

• Future Rock, Drop Electric. 10 p.m. Feb. 22. $10, $12.

• St. Vincent, Foreign Born. 8:30 p.m. Feb. 26. $12.

• Russian Circles, Dalek, Young Widows. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27. $10.

• Longwave, The Modern Society. 9:30 p.m. March 7. $10.

• Jukebox The Ghost, Modern Skirts, Tereu Tereu. 9:30 p.m. March 8. $10.

Velvet Lounge

915 U St. NW. 9 p.m. $6-$10. 202/462-3213, www.velvetloungedc.com

• Coyote, Mountain High. Feb. 21.

• Chinese Stars, Company, John Colpitts. Feb. 22.

• Sean McArdle, The Caribbean, Stella Schindler. Feb. 23.

• Civilians. Shooting Spires, Prisoner’s Dilemma. Feb. 25.

• RTX, Child Ballads, The Foreign Press. Feb. 27.

• The Hall Monitors, The Shalitas. March 7.

JAZZ/BLUES

Blues Alley

1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Shows at 8 and 10 p.m. and midnight Friday and Saturday. Preferred seating with 6 p.m. dinner show ($9 minimum purchase and $2.25 surcharge for all shows). 202/337-4141, www.bluesalley.com

• Mary Wilson — “Up Close,” R&B; vocals. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 21-24. $43.

• The Wright Touch, sax/vocals with David Wright. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 25. $18.

• Jen Krupa-Leigh Pilzer Group, trombone/sax. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 26. $18.

• Maya Azucena, soul vocals. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 27. $18.

• Andre Ward, sax/smooth jazz. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 28. $25.

• Roy Ayers, vibraphone/vocals. 8 and 10 p.m. Feb. 29-March 2. $35.

• Nik Bartsch’s “Ronin,” piano/bass/drums/percussion/clarinet. 8 and 10 p.m. March 3. $20.

• Stanley Jordan. 8 and 10 p.m. March 6-9. $24.

Bohemian Caverns

2001 11th St. NW. 202/299-0800, www.bohemiancaverns.com

• Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra. Every Monday.

• Let Your Soul Flow. Open mike. Every Wednesday.

HR-57

1610 14th St. NW. Jam session 8 p.m.-midnight Wednesday, Thursday; concert 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday, Saturday. $8. 202/667-3700, www.hr57.org

• Archie Edwards Blues Jam. 1-6 p.m. every Saturday. Free.

• Antonio Parker Quartet. Feb. 22, 29.

• Eric Lewis on piano. Feb. 22, 23. $15.

Smithsonian Jazz Cafe

National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 6-10 p.m. Friday. $10 cover; children under 12 free. Metro: Federal Triangle. 202/633-1000, www.mnh.si.edu/jazz

• Latin Jazz Night. Feb. 22.

• An Evening with Frank Vignola. Feb. 29.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Take Five in the Kogod Courtyard, Eighth and F streets NW. Performances 5 p.m. every third Thursday of the month. Free; food and beverages for purchase. 202/633-7970, americanart.si.edu/reynolds_center/calendar.cfm

• The Potomac Jazz Project. Swing, bebop, and cool sounds of the 1940s and 1950s, hard bop and soul jazz from the 1960s, and modern fusion. Feb. 21.

JAZZ, PIANO, CABARET

Garden Terrace Lounge

Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202/342-0444.

• Piano music. 2-6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday.

• Jazz performance. 8 p.m.-midnight. Saturday.

Le Canard

132 Branch Road SE, Vienna. 703/281-0070.

• Pianist Peter Robinson. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Market Inn

200 E St. SW. 202/554-2100.

• Piano music 6-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Live jazz 6-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Jazz brunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.