Velvet Lounge

Velvet Lounge

THE VELVET LOUNGE

915 U Street, Washington, DC
(202) 462-3213

Booking: velvetloungedc@gmail.com

Just Announced!


Friday July 11th

H.R. (from Bad Brains!)

 

Saturday July 12th

Rock and Roll Variety Show Benefit for Girls Rock! DC

 

Wednesday July 16th

Eagle-Ager, Ilya Monosov, Grasslung, Pulse Emitter

 

Friday July 18th

Carol Bui, Poor But Sexy

 

Sunday July 27th

Shattered Faith, Pessimist Parade

 

Monday July 28th

StringTrek (feat. laDonna Smith!), Tradition

 

Thursday August 7th

NO MORE BUSH w/ Jack Rose, Tom Carter, Marcia Bassett, Byron Coley and others

 

Friday August 8th

M.O.D., Fueled By Fire

 

Tuesday August 12th

The Antiques, Gospel Gossip, 2090

 

Friday August 19th

Relay

 

Tuesday August 26th

Fuxa, Stephen Lawrie (of The Telescopes!)

 

 

Upcoming Events
Thursday 07.03.08

Lover (ex-lost Sounds/Reatards), Two Tears, Thee Yetis

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+!/$8

friday 07.04.08

Ethio-Reggae Party! Featuring DJ Moody

Doors 9pm/21+ unless noted

Saturday 07.05.08

The Bible (ex-Durga Temple), Uzuhi (Japan), Spanam (Japan), Bliss (mem. of Pussy Whisperers)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Sunday 07.06.08 Celebrate Ethiopia!
Monday 07.07.08

Triangle Forest (synth-punk from Providence), The Makeup Breakup

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/$7/18+!

Tuesday 07.08.08

The Dinner Party (experimental dance) with accompaniment by members of Kohoutek, Stymphalian Birds & White Stags, Twilight Memories of the Three Suns, The Cutest Puppy in the World, and Tone Ghosting

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/$5/18+!

Wednesday 07.09.08

Shame Girl, Calamity Magnet (ex-Rentals), The Cinnamon Band (Charlottesville)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Thursday 07.10.08

Roadside Graves, Brandon Butler, Billy Woodward & the Senders

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$7

Friday 07.11.08

H.R. (from Bad Brains!), McRad, The Traumas, Omegaband

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$12

Saturday 07.12.08

Rock and Roll Variety Show Benefit for Girls Rock! DC w/ Candy Coated Pain Pills (mem. of Sarah Azzara) plus burlesque dancers Bambi Galore, Coco Monroe, Sin Dalicious, and Private Tails; drag kings Roland Bluntz, Rusty Nutz, Spencer Sparkle, Dixie Normous, Natty Boom, and Kwid Pro Quo, bottle flipper Moe Harris, and the DDP Drill Team

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$10

Sunday 07.13.08

Imaad Wasif with Two Part Beast, Jason Simon (of Dead Meadow), The Dustys

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Wednesday 07.14.08

Sean McArdle, Matt Jones, Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$7

Tuesday 07.15.08

Kohoutek Dashin Gassoudan, Wise Light Born (mem. of Barkitecture, ex-Mass Movement of the Moth), Vialka (prog/psych/punk from France), Ryan Jewell (experimental solo percussion)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Wednesday 07.16.08

Eagle-Ager (experimental performance art/music from NYC), Ilya Monosov, Grasslung, Pulse Emitter

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Thursday 07.17.08

King Giant, Ol' Scratch, Scribes of Fire (ex-Agnosis/Tides Within), Kaemon (ex-Lord, VA metal)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$7

Friday 07.18.08

Carol Bui, Poor But Sexy (mem. of Hellfighters, ex-Dismemberment Plan)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Saturday 07.19.08

The Mindless Expanse, Left of Avalon, Resolution 15, Roxie Heart

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$10

Sunday 07.20.08

Flying Eyes, Women, The Wrong Reasons (Providence garage-country)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+!/$7

Monday 07.21.08

Mick Bassett & the Marthas (Detroit garage-psych), Sugarcane Crawl

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$7

Tuesday 07.22.08

The Mae Shi, The Death Set

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm//18+!/$10

Wednesday 07.23.08

The Frustrations, The Chariots, Mostly Monkee

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$7

Thursday 07.24.08

Dynasty Electric (NYC synth-pop), Fan-Tan

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+!/$7

Friday 07.25.08

Len Bias, Bound Stems (Chicago indie-rock, Flameshovel), Imperial China, Seeing Eyeballs (Pittsburgh garage-rock)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Saturday 07.26.08
matinee show

The Surge, Max & the Marginalized (noisy political punk), Helsinki

matinee show, all ages! / $6 / Doors at 3pm

Saturday 07.26.08

Girl Loves Distortion, Equinox, Hot Cha Cha, Panda Transport (French pop)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/18+!/$8

Sunday 07.27.08

Shattered Faith (legendary Southern Cal punk-rock), Pessimist Parade

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+!/$10

monday 07.28.08

StringTrek (featuring legendary improv violinist laDonna Smith!), Tradition (Toronto solo folk-psych, Aaron Martin-Britton Powell-Scott Verrastro Trio (alto sax/bass/percussion free jazz)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Tuesday 07.29.08

The Holy Attack (mem. of Washington Social Club), Light Pollution, The Extraordinaires

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Thursday 07.31.08

Aeturnus Animus A Haunted Drift, Controllar (experimental duo from Holland)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+!/$7

Friday 08.01.08

Stella Schindler (CD rlease party!)

Doors 9:30pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Saturday 08.02.08

Salome, Kung Fu Killers (ex-Electric Frankenstein/ Christian Death/Von LMO), Kung Fu Killers (mem. of Electric Frankenstein/ Christian Death/ Pigface/Undead & other '80s HC bands), Ambition Burning, Vox Populi

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/18+/$8

Thursday 08.07.08

NO MORE BUSH w/ Jack Rose (VHF), Tom Carter (of Charalambides), Marcia Bassett (of Double Leopards/Hototogisu), Byron Coley and others

Friday 08.08.08

M.O.D. (legendary thrash-metal), Fueled By Fire (CA thrash, Metal Blade)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/18+/$12

Saturday 08.09.08

Secret Pop Band (mem. of Lejeune), Boy Genius (NYC indie-pop), The Break Ups

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted

Wednesday 08.06.08

Hellbound Glory (Gearhead Records)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted

Sunday 08.10.08

Motel Motel

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted

Monday 08.11.08

KOKO, Last Year's Model (Gary Numan-worshipping NYC synth-rock/new wave), The Simple Pleasure (CT synth-pop)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Tuesday 08.12.08

The Antiques (DC Blankjangle), Gospel Gossip (Minnesota shoegaze/dream-pop), 2090 (ex-The Offering, VA shoegaze), The Softrocks (Minneapolis indie-rock)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+/$7

Thursday 08.14.08

DCIC, Circles, Hulk Smash

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Friday 08.15.08

Caverns, Sun Powered Solar Destroyer, Hammer No More the Fingers, The City Veins

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Saturday 08.16.08

Pink Monkey Birds (featuring Kid Congo Powers of Gun Club/The Bad Seeds/Congo Norvell), The Witch Hats (Aussie punk in the vein of The Scientists), The Electricutions

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$10

Monday 08.18.08

Digital Leather (Goner Records), Panther (ex-The Planet The)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+/$8

Tuesday 08.19.08

Half Gorilla, Deceiver, Lobo

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+/$7

Wednesday 08.20.08 Yndi Halda (UK atmospheric post-rock)
Thursday 08.21.08

Realicide (grind/noise from Cincinnati), Abiku

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+/$8

Friday 08.22.08

Black Tusk (stoner/doom from Savannah), Stifling (ex-Valkyrie)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted

Saturday 08.23.08

Low End String Quartet

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted

Monday 08.25.08

Teething Veils (mem. of The Antiques), Oblisk (Detroit psych/shoegaze), Acheronian (DC noise), Bete Tete (experimental noise-pop from China!)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/18+/$8

Tuesday 08.26.08

Fuxa (space-rock/shoegaze from Michigan), Stephen Lawrie (of The Telescopes!)

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm/21+ unless noted/$10

Friday 08.29.08 Relay (shoegaze/psych-pop from Philly, Bubblecore)
Saturday 08.30.08 Beaten By Them
Tuesday 09.02.08 Giant Tigers (garage-punk from Chattanooga)
Thursday 09.04.08 Bulbs (ex-Axolotl)
Friday 09.05.08

Dollar Bin, The Howling Mad, Ottley

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted/$8

Saturday 09.06.08

Racebannon (Secretly Canadian), Light Yourself on Fire

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/18+/$10

Sunday 09.07.08 Forever in Terror (Metal Blade, Cleveland thrash/death-metal)
Tuesday 09.16.08 Scurvy
Saturday 09.20.08

Dame Satan (SF folk-psych)

Doors 9pm/Show 10pm/21+ unless noted

Sunday 09.21.08 Rock (ex-Love 666)

Sunday 9/28 -

Sunday 10/5

Sonic Circuits DC 2008! Performers TBA soon
Friday 10.10.08 IfIHadAHiFi, White Wrench Conservatory

HIGHLIGHTS

FRiday 07.18.08

Carol Bui, Poor But Sexy

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

Wednesday 07.16.08

Eagle-Ager, Ilya Monosov, Grasslung, Pulse Emitter