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Music Calendar: This Week in Rock
Fri. Feb. 5, 2010 - Thu. Feb. 11, 2010
Concerts
Clubs
- BIRCHMERE
Thur., 2/4, The Magnetic Fields.
Fri., 2/5, Sonny Landreth.
Sat., 2/6, Walter Beasley.
Tue., 2/9, The Neville Brothers.
Wed., 2/10, Dr. John & The Lower 911.
Thur., 2/11, Angie Stone.
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. (703) 549-7500.
- BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE
Thur., 2/4, Drink * a Movie or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the festiva bomb.
Fri., 2/5, Sorted: Britpop, Soul, Indie Pop with DJ Stereo Faith and DJ Cassidy.
Sat., 2/6, WAG: 60s Garage and Soul.
Sun., 2/7, Screaming Females, Jeff the Brotherhood.
Mon., 2/8, Gist, Kodiak.
Tue., 2/9, Andy Zipf, Lauris Vidal, Damion Suomi.
Thur., 2/11, Title Tracks, Pretty and Nice, Gary B and the Motions.
1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.
- DC9
Thur., 2/4, Night Train, Red Head, A. I Love You.
Fri., 2/5, Liberation Dance Party.
Sat., 2/6, Greg Laswell.
Tue., 2/9, Inlets.
Wed., 2/10, Delta Spirit.
Thur., 2/11, GW Law Revue House Bands.
1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000.
- FLANAGAN'S HARP & FIDDLE
Fri., 2/5, The Brandon combs Band.
Sat., 2/6, Autism Fundraiser.
Thur., 2/11, Kevin James.
4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda. (301) 951-0115.
- IOTA CLUB & CAFE
Thur., 2/4, Janine Wilson.
Fri., 2/5, Scoot Miller and Billy Coulter.
Sat., 2/6, Evan Dando and The Candles.
Mon., 2/8, Deleted Scenes with Oblio.
Tue., 2/9, Justin Trawick and Ted Garber.
2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 522-8340.
- JAMMIN' JAVA
Thur., 2/4, The Boarg Games Beat Battle.
Sat., 2/6, Virginia's 1st Wizard Rock Festival.
Tues, 2/9, Canibus "Melatonin Magik Tour".
Wed., 2/10, Green River Ordinance.
Thur., 2/11, Cracker (Acoustic).
227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566.
- JAXX
Tue., 2/9, For the Fallen Dreams, The Ghost Inside, Your Demise, Suffokate.
6355 Rolling Road, West Springfield. (703) 569-5940.
- MCGINTY'S PUB
Thur., 2/4, Davis Andrew Smith.
Fri., 2/5, The Merchants of God.
Sat., 2/6, The Blackjacks.
Thur., 2/11, DC Motors Unplugged.
911 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring. (301) 587-1270.
- 9:30 CLUB
Fri., 2/5, Prince vs Madonna vs Michael Jackson Dance Party.
Sat., 2/6, Galactic and Cyril Neville.
Sun., 2/7, The Residents.
Tue., 2/9, Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB.
Wed., 2/10, La Roux.
Thur., 2/11, Goodie Mob Reunion.
815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930.
- ROCK & ROLL HOTEL
Thu., 2/4, Retribution Gospel Choir, Last Tide.
Fri., 2/5, Solar Powered Sun Destoyer Pianos Become the Teeth Gray Young.
Sat., 2/6, Mass Appeal with AutoRock.
Thur., 2/11, Madball, The Mongoloids, Naysayer, The Mostly Dead.
1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.
- STATE THEATRE
Fri., 2/5, The Iguanas.
Sat., 2/6, Divas of Pop Dance Party.
Sat., 2/7, State's Big Game Football Party.
Mon., 2/8, Monday Movie Night.
220 N. Washington St., Falls Church. (703) 237-0300.
- VELVET LOUNGE
Thur., 2/4, The Dang, Drunk Buddies, The American Space Cadets.
Fri., 2/5, Sean K Preston, Eric Sommer.
Sat., 2/6, Blue Sausage Infant.
Sun., 2/7, Peace Loving, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Layne Stailey, Lost Civilizations.
Mon., 2/8, Sarah Massey's 9th Annual 27th Birthday, a Yearly Ritual of Debauchery and Denial w/ Power Pirate.
Wed., 2/10, Maida Vale, Elementary, Deville.
Thur., 2/11, Capstan Shaftes, Troll Tax.
915 U St. NW. (202) 462-7625.
- WONDERLAND BALLROOM
Sun., 2/7, Live Music: Jantz and Friends.
Mon., 2/8, Trivia.
Tue., 2/9, See You Next Tuesday Party.
Wed., 2/10, Baby Happy Hour.
1101 Kenyon St. NW. (202) 232-5263.