Spring 2013 Washington concert listings

Critics’ recommendations are indicated by asterisks.

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JANUARY

27 — Bach 2 Rock (early show) and Christopher Owens (late show) at 9:30 Club. Insect Factory, Red Spells Red at Galaxy Hut. The Association at Rams Head Tavern.

**27 — Chelsea Wolfe at Rock & Roll Hotel. Garland Jeffreys at the Hamilton. Baauer, Obeyah at U Street Music Hall. Cherry Tree, East Coast Secondaries, Viminas at Velvet Lounge.

28 — The Used at 9:30 Club. Jesse Cook at Birchmere. Above the Silence, Akris at DC9. North of Canada, Caustic Casanova at Galaxy Hut. Undercurrent, The Knew Colour, Rabid Flash MoB, Bellicose at Jammin’ Java.

29 — Feed Me, Teeth, Mord Fustang at 9:30 Club. Quicksand, Cymbals Eat Guitars at Black Cat. Rene Marie, Christylez Bacon at the Hamilton. Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis at Kennedy Center, Concert Hall.

30 — Reel Big Fish, The Pilfers, Dan P at 9:30 Club. Robert Earl Keen, Andrea Davidson at Birchmere. The Lumineers, Y La Bamba at DAR Constitution Hall. The Delta Saints, Black Girls at Jammin’ Java. Deborah Bond at the Mansion at Strathmore. Jane Monheit at the Hamilton. Prodigy at The Howard Theatre. Crazibiza, 2rip vs. DJ Obscure, Malphunktion, Christian Dope, Shawn Lucas at U Street Music Hall. The Relics, 211Joe, Toad Head at Velvet Lounge.

31 — Walk The Moon, Pacific Air at 9:30 Club.

**31 — Ty Segall at Black Cat. Fun. at DAR Constitution Hall. Let Live, HRVRD, This Is Hell, Conditions, Rescuer at Empire. Citizen Cope at Rams Head Live. The Traveling Imaginary at Rock & Roll Hotel. David Wilcox at the Barns at Wolf Trap. Musiq Soulchild at the Howard Theatre. Jacques Greene, FaltyDL, R4NS0M at U Street Music Hall. Funkmnkyz, DC Flow, Anthony Fowler at Velvet Lounge.

FEBRUARY

1 — The Vaccines at 9:30 Club. →Avicii at D.C. Armory. Brett, Misun at DC9. I See Stars, For All Those Sleeping, Get Scared at Empire. The Vaccines, San Cisco at George Mason University, Patriot Center. Midnite at The Howard Theatre. Like You to Me, The Occupants, The Oddities, Start the Tab at Jammin’ Java (early show). Dub Campaign, Machet, Bimini Rd. at Jammin’ Java (late show). Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Benny Green, Lewis Nash, Ambrose Akinmusire at Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater. Bellflur’s Ghosts of the Handsome Skin at the Mansion at Strathmore. H2O, Terror, Backtrack, Code Orange Kids at Rock & Roll Hotel. The Persuasions at the Barns at Wolf Trap. Strange Design at the Fillmore. Jessica Boykin-Settles, Allyn Johnson at Twins Jazz. Alexi Delano, Connie, Jubilee at U Street Music Hall. Over the Limit at Zoo Bar.

2 — Corey Smith, Connor Christian and Southern Gothic at 9:30 Club. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino at Artisphere. Deleted Scenes, Hume, Imperial China, Buildings at Black Cat. Ideal Forms, Sunwolf, Very Americans at Comet Ping Pong. Buke & Gase, Ahleuchatistas at DC9. Misery Signals, I the Breather, Fit for an Autopsy at Empire. The Pharcyde at The Howard Theatre. Birdland Big Band at Hylton Performing Arts Center, Merchant Hall. Lindi Ortega, Dustin Bentall & the Smokes at Jammin’ Java. Wakey! Wakey!, Suzanna Choffel at Jammin’ Java. Dee Dee Bridgewater master class at Kennedy Center, Terrace Gallery. Kris Bowers at Kennedy Center, Terrace Gallery. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Rams Head Live. Luray at Rock & Roll Hotel. Ambrosia at the Barns at Wolf Trap. Jessica Boykin-Settles, Allyn Johnson at Twins Jazz. Luca Bacchetti, George K. at U Street Music Hall. Footwerk at Velvet Lounge.