DCMR Staff Recs

• Sleep performs Holy Mountain at the 9:30 Club
• #YES50: Celebrating 50 Years of Yes at The Warner Theatre
• Fairfax Swing Jazz Ensemble (Community Band) at Blues Alley

Hidden Gems

• Small Dad, Cave Baby, and The NRI's at Fort Reno
• Signor Benedick the Moor(with Randal Bravery and Offsite)/Melanin Free/Giddeon Gallows/Infinity Knives + Randi at The Windup Space
• JAMonday at Epicure Café

DCMR Staff Recs

• Courtney Barnett with Julien Baker and Vagabon at The Anthem
• Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at Wolf Trap 
• Jeff Antoniuk & John D'Earth Quintet at Blues Alley
• Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey at Rams Read on Stage 

Hidden Gems

• Gordon Sterling Presents: The Gypsy Sally's Jam at Gypsy Sally's
• The Mammoths at Hill Country DC 
• Sauf Haus Open Mic feat. Two Ton Twig at Sauf Haus Bier Hall & Garden
• Summer Salt, Hot Flash Heat Wave, and the Symposium at DC9
• Charlie Parr at Black Cat

DCMR Staff Recs

• Fantastic Negrito with Oh He Dead at Sixth & I
• Echo & The Bunnymen and Violent Femmes at The Anthem
• Logan Hurt with Preferred Nomenclature and Adam Addis at Songbyrd 
• Chicago / REO Speedwagon at Jiffy Lube Live 
• The xx at the 9:30 Club

Hidden Gems

• Pleasure Train & Throwing Plates at Gypsy Sally's
• Slow Lights Residency - Disco Risque - 4Flights Up at The 8x10
• Nikki Lane at Rock & Roll Hotel 
• Karen Linette at Blues Alley
• The Rad Trads at Strathmore Live From the Lawn
•  ilyAIMY & Mosno & Matcha Time Cafe at Rooster & Hen
• District of Raga Presents Anita Aysola & Arun Ramamurthy Trio at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• The Campfire Sessions at the New Deal Cafe
• Neel Singh's Open Jam and Workshop at Villain & Saint

DCMR Staff Recs

• Sylvan Esso with Moses Sumney at The Anthem
• Cowboy Junkies at The Birchmere 
• Jazz Funk Soul: Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Paul Jackson Jr. at Blues Alley
• The xx at the 9:30 Club
• Mandy Harvey FREE show at Kennedy Center 
• Eric Roberson at the Baltimore Soundstage 

Hidden Gems

• The 9 Songwriter Series​ at Union Stage
• Taciturn, Birds For Eyes, Alive/Alone, Slow Fix, and dc charges (Rock/Emo/Wave Concert ) at Velvet Lounge
• Cigarbox Planetarium - TK Echo - Knife Wife at Fort Reno
• Reveena | Cramer at Songbyrd 
• Power Funk Punch! Suga Grits & Flotus at Gypsy Sally's 
• A Thousand Horses at Union Jack's of Annapolis 
• Freedoms Music (CA) / Ted (DC) at the Dew Drop Inn 
• Cissa Paz at Bossa Bistro
• Little Bird w/ Conor And The Wild Hunt at Metro Gallery

DCMR Staff Recs

• Raphael Saadiq at The Kennedy Center
• Bernstein at 100: A Celebration: National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap
• Jay-Z and Beyoncé at FedEx Field
• The xx at the 9:30 Club

Hidden Gems

• Infinity Crush/Frass Green/Bottled Up/Max Gowan at Rock and Roll Hotel
• Brode/Thayer Duo, Hughes/Scheible Duo, Corey Thuro at Rhizome DC
• White Ford Bronco at Gypsy Sally's and Bess Greenberg at Vinyl Lounge 
• Nelly at Power Plant Live 
• Dirty Grass Players - Pickin’ on The Darkside of the Peach with Two Ton Twig at Pearl Street Warehouse
• Love Jones: A Sharon Jones Tribute at The Broadberry
• Dark & Stormy July w/DJs Kangal, Mindjacket & Znuh (ME) at Black Cat

DCMR Staff Recs

• David Byrne: American Utopia World Tour and Benjamin Clementine at Merriweather Post Pavilion 
• Tinariwen at The Warner Theatre
• Arctic Monkeys at The Anthem 
• JAY-Z and Beyoncé at Fed Ex Field
• The Adventures of Kesha and Maclemore at Jiffy Lube Live
• Broken Arrow - The Music of Neil Young at Gypsy Sally's
• Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at The Hamilton

Hidden Gems

• American Television/ Virginia Creep / The Combs / The OSYX at DC9
• Bashment: A House of Caribbeans Ting at U Street Music Hall
• Stone Driver // Cosmic Romp // Dope Francis at Rock & Roll Hotel
• That 70s Party featuring Champion Sound at 9:30 Club
• Arthur w/Elli at Songbyrd 
• Folk Soul Revival w/Present Strings at Hill Country DC 
• Ladygod at Villain & Saint
• Workshop: Build a Synth with Peter Blasser at Rhizome DC
• Lord Dirt / Yaj at Rhizome DC
• Vicious Circle, Percussor, Descendency, and Visceral Violation at The Depot
• Woven In//Matt Pless//Valore//Slow Groan at Joe Squared
• Claire Lynch Band & Steppin' at the Junction at AMP powered by Strathmore
  
  

DCMR Staff Recs

• Go-Go Returns to U Street: Backyard Band with Footwerk at U Street Music Hall
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band at Rams Head On Stage

Hidden Gems

• Yoga & Soul with the Ron Holloway Band at 4:30p at the 8x10
•  Gopal, Gunn, Gleason & Combs (aka Saffron) at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Lightmare // The Prabir Trio // Wooden/Apple/Heart at DC9
• Paint Fumes / Spirit Plots / Brickwall Monty at Slash Run