AltFreq Weekly Planner (4/5/15-4/8/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
It’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the events going on in the area, so we’re here to let you know what’s happening in live music over the next few days. Watch out on Thursdays for the “Weekend Planner” where we’ll cover the most important 72 hours of the week.
Sunday 4/5
DC
Benjamin Booker @ 930 Club – (Tickets / Info)
Moving Castle Showcase @ U Street Music Hall – (Tickets / Info)
Mint Condition @ Echostage – *21+ show* (Tickets / Info)
Seabound @ Empire (VA) – (Tickets / Info)
Baltimore
Curren$y @ Baltimore Soundstage – (Tickets / Info)
(ALTFREQ PICK) Sage Francis @ Metro Gallery – Rhymesayers regular and spoken-word poet Sage Francis is a frank wordsmith whose steel-tipped tongue is near unrivaled. His most recent album, Copper Gone, is just one in a long string of quality releases from the Rhode Island native who defines the phrase “conscious hip-hop.” Expect a night packed with heavy beats and thought-provoking rhymes that may well have you raising the roof with one hand and reaching for your pocket thesaurus with the other. (Tickets / Info)
Monday 4/6
DC
Gregory Alan Isakov @ 930 Club – (Tickets / Info)
Rumer @ Jammin’ Java (VA) – (Tickets / Info)
Baltimore
(ALTFREQ PICK) The Devil Wears Prada @ Baltimore Soundstage – If you’re a fan of the genre and you haven’t yet seen TDWP, you should be here. If you’re a fan of the genre and you’ve seen TDWP twenty times, you should still be here. If you’re a grandma or an infant or even a common house cat, you should be here. These guys rock harder than a gaggle of geologists on a life raft in a wave pool (that’s called layered comedy kids, don’t be igneous, er, ignorant to it) and it’d be a travesty for any of the aforementioned groups to miss out. (Tickets / Info)
(SOLD OUT) Set It Off @ Metro Gallery – (Info)
Tuesday 4/7
DC
(SOLD OUT) José González @ 930 Club – (Info)
Logic @ Fillmore Silver Spring – (Tickets)
Waxahatchee @ Black Cat – (Tickets / Info)
Matthew E. White @ Rock & Roll Hotel – (Tickets / Info)
(SOLD OUT) John Kadlecik & The DC Mystery Cats @ Gypsy Sally’s – (Info)
(SOLD OUT) Set It Off @ Jammin’ Java – (Info)
Baltimore
Big Business @ Ottobar – (Tickets / Info)
Single Mothers @ Metro Gallery – (Tickets / Info)
Wednesday 4/8
DC
(SOLD OUT) The Mountain Goats @ 930 Club – (Info)
Shlohmo @ U Street Music Hall – (Tickets / Info)
EDX @ Flash – (Tickets / Info)
Morgan Heritage @ Howard Theatre – (Tickets / Info)
Diarrhea Planet @ Black Cat – (Tickets / Info)
The Suicide Machines @ Rock & Roll Hotel – (Tickets / Info)
Willis Alan Ramsey @ Gypsy Sally’s – (Tickets / Info)
Spyro Gyra @ The Hamilton – (Tickets / Info)
(ALTFREQ PICK) Moon Hooch @ Jammin’ Java (VA) – Everything you could ever want to know about Moon Hooch’s visit to NOVA – including a rundown on talented local openers Definition of One and Box Era – you can find here. If you’re curious about their most recent album, head here. And if you just want to know more about the dapper-and-brass trio our artist spotlight should be your first stop (Tickets / Info)
Baltimore
Black Label Society @ Rams Head Live – (Tickets / Info)
ELM @ The 8×10 – *ELM April Residency* (Tickets / Info)