massive clavius productions/velvet lounge update (and check out the new velvet lounge website tomorrow, you'll be surprised):
Wednesday 2/27: Child Ballads/Spoils of NW/The Foreign Press, plus a reading by Kid Congo Powers (Gun Club/Nick Cave/Congo Norvell/Knoxville Girls)
$7, doors at 9pm
Tuesday 3/4: The Convocation (GSL/Tiger Style, ex-Moss Icon/Born Against/UOA/Great Unraveling)/Debate (from Brazil, experimental post-punk a la Shellac, just recorded with Albini)/Double Dutch $7, doors at 9pm
Thursday 3/6: Screen Vinyl Image (ex-Alcian Blue, DC nu-goth-crunk), Julie Ocean (ex-Velocity Girl/Tree Fort Angst/Swiz), The Sky Drops (Delaware shoegaze/dream-pop) $7, doors at 9pm
Friday 3/7 @ The Lighthouse (1421 Buchanan St NW): Sunburned Hand of the Man (Ecstatic Peace/Eclipse)/Kohoutek/Bill Nace (solo electric guitar from MA)
$5 suggested donation, 9pm
*If you're not in the mood for tweaky psych, go to the Velvet Lounge to check out: The Hall Monitors, The Shalitas (NYC garage-pop), The Right Ons (garage-rock from Spain) $8, doors at 9:30pm
Saturday 3/8: Len Bias, Appomattox (NYC mathy post-punk in the vein of Unwound/Chavez), The Mussels $7, doors at 9:30pm
Sunday 3/9: Nadja (epic drone/doom from Toronto)/Field Shaman (DC guitar/cello duo)/Pacific Before Tiger & Andrew Marino (minimal drone from NC)/Ami Dang (solo sitar from Baltimore) $8, doors at 9pm
Tuesday 3/11: Ghastly City Sleep/Pygmy Lush/Tideland (all of these bands are ex-Pg. 99 and probably City of Caterpillar) $7, doors at 9pm, 18+!
Friday 3/14: The Hounds of Hasselvander w/ very special "ghoul" (ex-Pentagram/Raven/Blue Cheer/Spirit Caravan -- a real doom supergroup)/Revelation (original MD doom!)/Ol' Scratch
$10, doors at 9:30pm, 18+!
Friday 3/21: The Rambling Shadows, 7 Door Sedan, The Lookies (ex-Velvet Monkeys/Gumball) $8, doors at 9:30pm
Saturday 3/22: Spontaneous Infinity pre-festival show w/ Steve Lehman (avant-garde saxophonist), DCIC $10, doors at 9pm, 18+!
Sunday 3/23: Admiral Browning, Scale the Summit (Houston prog-metal), Periphery $7, doors at 9pm
Monday 3/24: Make a Rising (Philly art-rock/indie-prog), Gestures
$7, doors at 9pm
Thursday 3/27: Suns of Guns, Vincent Black Shadow, Rise of Man
$7, doors at 9pm
Friday 3/28: Spontaneous Infinity w/ Elliott Sharp (legendary experimental guitarist, SST Records), Blaise Siwula/David Wilson/Toshi Makihara (sax/sax/percussion), Jaimie Branch/March Riordan (trumpet/percussion duo from Chicago), Thus (sax/inventions duo from Baltimore), Nate Scheible & Matt Wascovich (cleveland, drums/guitar) $15, doors at 8pm, 18+!
*Look out soon for the Spontaneous Infinity website...*
Saturday 3/29: Spontaneous Infinity w/ Marshall Allen (of Sun Ra Arkestra) & Elliott Levin, Uri Caine (experimental keyboardist from NYC), Sabir Mateen & Michiko Duo (sax/voice, mem. of TEST/No Neck Blues Band), Matthias Muller & Christian Marien (trombone/percussion duo from Germany), PRV Trio (DC guitar/percussion trio, mem. of Kohoutek/Ultimate VAG/Janel & Anthony/The Bang) $15, doors at 8pm, 18+!
Sunday 3/30: Kuschty Rye Ergot (ex-Redeemers/Promise Breakers, mem. of Kohoutek), Dame Satan (folk-psych from SF) $7, doors at 9pm
Wednesday 4/2: Twin Earth/Women $7, doors at 9pm
Friday 4/4: Health (LA noise-rock) $8, doors at 9:30pm
Sunday 4/6: Eat Forever/Snack Truck (mem. of Ultra Dolphin) $7, doors at 9pm
Thursday 4/10: Nick Schillace (Detroit acoustic fingerpicker), Eric Carbonara (Locust, Philly solo flamenco guitar) $8, doors at 9pm
Friday 4/11: Turbojugend (Turbonegro tribute society) party w/ The Shirks/The Cheats
Sunday 4/13: Three Faces of Eve/Battlemaster/Jefferson Plane Crash/Monarch
$7, doors at 9pm, 18+!
Tuesday 4/15: Public Record (from Philly, High Two Records, ex-Ropers/Saturday People)/The Mantras $7, doors at 9pm
Wednesday 4/16: Carla Bozulich's Evangelista (Constellation Records, ex-Geraldine Fibbers)/Tom Greenwood & Joanne Robertson (mem. of Jackie-O Motherfucker)/Vampire Hands (Minneapolis psych-rock on Freedom-From)
$10, doors at 9pm, 18+!
Thursday 4/17: The Holy Attack/Trouble vs Glue (synth-punk from Italy)
$7, doors at 9pm
Friday 4/18: 9353/Unorthodox $10, doors at 9:30pm
Wednesday 4/23: Nudity (heavy psych from Olympia, ex-Tight Bros From Way Back When) $7, doors at 9pm
Thursday 4/24: Dora Bleu (folk-psych from Montreal, ex-Laconic Chamber/From Quagmire, mem. of Shalabi Effect) $7, doors at 9pm
Saturday 4/26: Gary Higgins (Drag City, legendary folk-psych from CT)/Brandon Butler $10, doors at 9:30pm
Thursday 5/1: Pinche Gringo (one-man garage band from Mexico)
Saturday 5/3: Iron Man (original MD doom!)/Revelation/Pale Divine
$8, doors at 9:30pm
Sunday 5/4: Sudden Infant (experimental noise from Germany)/Violet/Caustic Castle $8, doors at 9pm
Thursday 5/8: Portable Noise Kremator (experimental noise from Belgium)
Sunday 5/11: Gildon Works (mem. of Relay, shoegaze/psych rock from Philly)
Wednesday 5/14: The Midgetmen (trash-punk from Austin)
Thursday 5/15: Mouthbreather
Friday 5/16: Deceased (Relapse, VA thrash/death metal)
Tuesday 5/20: The Mutators/Modern Creatures (noise-rock from Vancouver)
Thursday 5/22: Adam Caine-Nick Lyons Duo (sax/guitar improv duo)/Circus of Saints
Thursday 5/29: Lo-Pan (stoner rock from Columbus)
Friday 5/30: Fern Knight (CD release show on VHF)/Alexander Turnquist (VHF)
Thursday 6/26: Sharron Kraus (amazing folk singer from the UK)/United Bible Studies (improv folk-psych from Ireland)
Tuesday 7/15: Vialka (prog/psych/punk from France)
