Music Calendar: This Week in Rock

Fri. Oct. 3, 2008 - Thu. Oct. 9, 2008

Concerts

• STAIND, SEETHER, PAPA ROACH.
  Merriweather Post Pavilion,, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. 6:30 p.m., Sat., 10/4, $25–$40 (202) 397-7328

Clubs

• ARTMOSPHERE CAFÉ,
  Thursdays, Black Alley Band.
  3311 Rhode Island Ave., Mt. Rainier, MD. (301) 927-2233
• BIRCHMERE
  Thu., 10/2, Patty Loveless. Fri., 10/3, Tuck & Patti with Judith Owen. Tue., 10/7 & Wed., 10/8, Eric Benet & Dwele. Thu., 10/9, Pat McGee Band with Andrew Ripp.
  3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500.
• BLACK CAT
  Thu., 10/2, Ratatat, Panther, E*Rock (sold out). Fri., 10/3, Fleet Foxes, Frank Fairfield (sold out). Sat., 10/4, Jukebox the Ghost, Say Hi, Junior League Band. Wed., 10/8, Against Me!, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Future of the Left (sold out). Thu., 10/9, Antibalas, Marchfourth.
  1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.
• BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE
  Sun., 10/5, The Rumble Strips, Birdmonster. Mon., 10/6, Black and Tan Fantasy Band, Felt Letters. Tue., 10/7, Musée Mécanique, Jason Dove/Vacation Face.
  1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-7960.
• DAHLAK
  Tuesdays, Kalem & Friends with Kalem Jones.
  1771 U St. NW. (202) 332-2110.
• DC9
  Thu., 10/2, Restatement of Rock, Motion to Quash. Sat., 10/4, Good Deale Bluegrass, E. Joseph and the Phantom Heart, Leaving, TX, Atomic House Band, Left of Avalon, The Frustrations, The Mindless Expanse, Roxie Heart, The Slow Learners, Aries. Wed., 10/8, Tom McBride & The Whig Party, Ferocious Newborn. Thu., 10/9, Apollo Sunshine, Tulsa.
  1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000.
• FLANAGAN'S HARP & FIDDLE
  Thu., 10/2, Sean Chyun. Tue., 10/7, Leonard Stevens.
  4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda. (301) 951-0115.
• GALAXY HUT
  Mon., 10/6, Mad Happy, Aerialist
  2711 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 525-8646.
• IOTA CLUB & CAFE
  Thu., 10/2, Plastic People of the Universe. Fri., 10/3, Justin Trawick Group, Mic Harrison, Corey Branan. Sat., 10/4, Sonya Kitchell with the Slip, Brad Barr. Sun., 10/5, Brother Shamus, Phoebus, Tim Bracken, Zelos, Monako, Rose, and others. Thu., 10/9, Tim Blane, Patrick Thomas, Taylor Carson.
  2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340.
• JAMMIN' JAVA
  Thu., 10/2, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Palominos, Bellflur, In Technicolor. Fri., 10/3, The Bird and the Bee, Willoughby. Sun., 10/5, Ralph's World, Frigg. Tue., 10/7, Robinella, Uncle Monk (featuring Tommy Ramone). Wed., 10/8, Adrianne, Laura Tsaggaris. Thu., 10/9, The Influence, Atomic Tom, The Wellingtons, Mitch Hood.
  227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566.
• JAXX
  Thu., 10/2, Diving Fetus, Kataklysm, Keep of Kalessi, Eluveitie. Fri., 10/3, Time Lord, Visionary, GI9, Mikhail. Sat., 10/4, Sevendust, Taproot, Allyria, Dear Enemy. Wed., 10/8, Downfall, Gomorrah, Bitter, Cab Ride Home, Sordid, Diemanic, Cadillac Rock Box, and others. Thu., 10/9, Uli Jon Roth.
  6355 Rolling Road, West Springfield. (703) 569-5940.
• 9:30 CLUB
  Thu., 10/2, The Rocket Summer, Phantom Planet, The Secret Handshake, The Morning Light. Sat., 10/4, Chromeo, Treasure Fingers. Sun., 10/5, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bellmer Dolls. Mon., 10/6, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds. Tue., 10/7, The Bunny Boy Tour featuring The Residents (see page xx). Wed., 10/8, Hot Chip, Growing (see page xx). Thu., 10/9, Of Montreal, Love Is All.
  815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930.
• RED & THE BLACK
  Thu., 10/2, Music Is Bulletproof. Fri., 10/3, Girls Rock Girls Rule, Rewbee, Curly and the Rocket, Marisa Mini, America's Sweetheart, Tami D'Mar, G-Spot, Loki the Grump. Sun., 10/5, Motorcade, Nicoffein. Mon., 10/6, Raise up Roof Beams (see page xx), Brothers Pony, Vox Pop. Tue., 10/7, The Known Unknowns, LoveLikeFire, Friends of the Library. Thu., 10/9, Rung, Armed Elephant.
  1212 H St. NE. (202) 399-3201.
• ROCK & ROLL HOTEL
  Thu., 10/2, Damien Jurado, Miles Benjamin, Anthony Robinson, Title Tracks. Sat., 10/4, Evangelicals, These United States, Parenthetical Girls, The Silent Years. Wed., 10/8, Gist, Poor But Sexy, The Andalusians. Thu., 10/9, Laura Burhenn, Olivia & The Housemates, Lode Runner, The Spiritual Machine.
  1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
• SALOUN
  Thursdays, The Unforgiven Band.
  3239 M St. NW. (202) 965-4900.
• STATE THEATRE
  Thu., 10/2, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Kill the Alarm, The Energy. Sat., 10/4, SOJA.
  220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. (703) 237-0300.
• VELVET LOUNGE
  Thu., 10/2, Pacific 231, Suzanne Thorpe & Philip White, El Mapi & Matterlink, Northern Machine, Worms in Dirt. Fri., 10/3, Dead Science, Food For Animals, ok/ok, Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind. Sat., 10/4, Matmos (Matador), Andrea Parkins, Mattin, Haptic, Jason Kahn & Jon Mueller, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, David Watson, Trio Chroch, Josef van Wissem, Phog Masheen, Second Land, Caustic Castle, RDK, Myo, Polyphasic, Soft Pieces. Sun., 10/5, Talk Normal, Skull Defekts, Preliminary Saturation, Silvum. Mon., 10/6, Twilight Hotel, The Wax Standard, John Bustine. Tue., 10/7, Cian Nugent, Ben Reynolds, George Stavis. Wed., 10/8, Joao Erbetta. Thu., 10/9, The Caribbean, Pale Young Gentlemen, Ash Lovely, Don Zientara.
  915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625.