AUGUST SHOWS

The World Is... at The Lab All Ages

Alexandria, VA July '13

8/1 Raw Feels, Photo Ops (TN), Foe Destroyer (TX), Cat Be Damned
@ Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (Fredericksburg) / 7pm / $5

8/1 Ricky Benade, Steve Lee, The Foresters, Brother Bill
@ Whetzel’s Pool Hall / 8pm / $7 (+18 ish?)

8/2 The Stolen (NJ), Skull Kid, 4th Row,

@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

8/2 Day Care Swindlers, Mad Conductor, Brother Bill, Kill the Car

@ Fat’s / 8pm / $7 (+21)

8/5 Girl Scouts (PA), War Crimes, Echo

@ CD Cellar Arlington / 8pm / $donate$

8/3 Legs Like Tree Trunks (OH), Ground is Lava (PA), Nic Lawless (PA), Cape Farewell, Monument

@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

8/10 Boardroom Heroes, Walk the Plank, Toy Store Riot, Collapser

@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

8/10 The Lady and The Monsters (CA), Insubordination, North Broad (Philly)
@ Milano’s (Winchester) / 7pm / $5 (+21)

8/11 Kill the Car, Boardroom Heroes, Walk The Plank, The Benzoes, To the Wall
@Giovanni’s Restaurant (Winchester) / 8pm / ?

8/18 Downfall of Gaia (Ger), Black Table (NY), Barbelith, Permafrost
@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $8

8/18 Average Joey (PA), Crisp Lake (PA), Odd Dates (MI), TRAG WAG (CT)
@ CD Cellar Arlington / 8pm / $donate$

8/24 Disappearing Man (WV), Kissing Fractures (MD), Sharks in Venice (MD), Nebraska Scooter Wreck

@ The Queens Castle (ask a punk!) / 7pm / $5

8/24 Gloominous Doom, Kill the Car, Animas, Wiretap
@Blue Fox Billiards (Winchester) / 9pm /$5 (+21)

8/26 HYBRID HEARING SHOWCASE TBA
@The Lab All Ages

8/30 The Bean Stalk Library, Rachel Kline, TBA
@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

MAY SHOWS

Castle of Genre @ NOVA Music Center

Manassas, VA April '13

So many damn shows this month its going to make your head spin. Learn an instrument, write a song, write story, write a poem, start a band, print a zine.

Respect the spaces // Respect Eachother

Lets do this together.

5/1 Our Lady (IL), Toystore Riot, Soundtrack to Sleep
@ Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

5/3 Barbelith (MD), Dead Peasants (MD), Pessimist Hangs the Optimist (MD), Dial Up
@ Piss Den / 6pm / $3B

5/4 Kissing Fractures (MD), Del Oro (WA), Tom Ripely, The Drunkest Girl
@ Brownhouse / 1pm / $donations

5/4 Aspiga (NJ), Heartwell (NJ), Kill Lincoln (DC), Toy Store Riot, Braceface (MD), Starbreaker
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

5/9 Matt Pless (NY), Rebecca Vs Mexico, The Ghostwrite (PA), Jake Mayday (RVA), James Disaster (DC), Scrap Kids (PA)
@Brownhouse / 7pm / $3-5

5/10 Paint Branch (DC), Artic Atlantic, Hoot and Holler (MA)
@ Horseshoes & Hand Grenades / 7pm / $5
(songwriting workshop before the show)

5/11 FEST TOO BENEFIT @ St. Elmos
Ella Sophia, Oklahoma Car Crash, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Echo, Rachel Kline, Noisy Ghost
7pm // $Donations for FEST TOO: Whats a DIY Fest?

5/11 Julia Brown (MD), Gloria Adios (MD), Sunners (MD), Among Friends (MD), Be Still Cody
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

5/12 Walk The Plank//Supreme Commander SPLIT RELEASE w/ Ensign (NJ), Demands (DC)
@ Casa Fiesta / 7pm / $6

5/17 Oklahoma Car Crash (FULL BAND), Li(n)es, Queer Rocket, TBA
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $3-5

5/19 Old Wounds (NJ), Man Alive (NJ), Passengers (MD), Distances (MD), Demands (DC)
@ Lab All Ages / 6pm / $5-7

5/21 Slingshot Dakota (PA), Taking Meds (NY), Trust Fall (VAbeach), Kissing Fractures (MD)
@ Lab All Ages / 6pm / $5-8

5/24 Navi (RVA), Heavy Midgets (RVA), Dial Sup, Noisy Ghost (DC), Echo
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

5/25 Dusk Whales, Magpie String Band, Red Sammy
@ Nova Music Center / 7pm / $donations

5/25 Idle Minds, The Good Fight, The Occupants, Today's Tomorrow
@The Lab All Ages / 6pm / $5

5/26 Direct Effect (FL), Ex Breathers (FL), Smoother (PA), Grower (PA)
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

APRIL SHOWS

If you're not attending any of the killer festivals in DC and Virginia this month and even if you are come show some touring bands some love and support your local DIY scene!

4/5 Playtime Revenue (MD), Among Friends, The Occupants, Call Me a Dreamer (MD), Rebecca Vs. Mexico
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

4/10 Mobius Strip, After The Fall (NY), Brutal Youth (Canada), Treble Lifter
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

4/11 333(BABABA) (Japan), Echo Hey Hello (MD), Adjustment To Society (WA), Caust, + 2 TBA
@ Piss Den / 5pm / $5-7

4/12 Glocca Morra (PA), Luther (PA), Old Gray (NH), +TBA
@ Little Man's Garage / 6pm / $?? 
just give the touring bands your money cause you're a beautiful wonderful person who should support DIY bands especially when they're on tour.

4/12 Mary Mary Quite Contrary, M.N.O.P. (NY), Ella Sophia, Rachel Kline
@ Epicure Cafe / 7:30pm / $donations

4/13 Raw Feels, Cat Be Damned, Joey Demarco
@ Eyeclops Studios / 7pm / $5

4/19 My First Castle, Kodiak, When Skies Are Grey (MD), Sunlight Alumni (NC), The Hound
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

4/23 Inter Arma (RVA), Earthling (Harrisonburg), Midnight Eye, Permafrost
@ The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

4/26 Lilac Daze (MD), Loud?, Safeplace
@ CD Cellar Arlington / 8pm / $donations

4/27 FEST TOO BENEFIT SHOWCASE w/ Castle of Genre, Kid Architect, Red Light Distraction.
@ NOVA Music Center / 7pm / $donations

DIY MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE AREA THIS MONTH!

MACROCK (Harrisonburg, VA) April 5th & 6th

DAMAGED CITY FEST (DC) April 12th & 13th

STAY SWEET FEST (Richmond, VA) April 12th, 13th, & 14th

MARCH SHOWS

Among Friends (MD) at Tosche Station

Springfield, VA February '13

Photo by yers truly.

Its house show season, get with it. Don't forget to check out some of the beautiful venues on the scene in the NOVALAND if you haven't already.

3/1 Troll Tax, Violent Vibes, Post Nasal Drip (MD)

@CD Cellar (Arlington) / 8pm (FREE)

3/2 Supreme Commander, SNAFU(Detroit), Walk The Plank, Static Scene

@BDU House/ 7pm / $5

3/3 Kill The Car, SNAFU (Detroit), EndCiv(VT), Wiretap
@Hank Haus (Winchester) / 6pm / $5

3/8 Toy Store Riot (CD release), Harrison Four (CD/Cassette release), Centerfield (MD), The Oddities, Cowabunga!
@Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

3/9 Dial Up, Kilgore Trout, American Womanhood (MD), Kaworu Nagisa, Bathsalts (MD), MNWA (MD)
@ Piss Den / 6pm / $5-7 (lotsa bands, dig deep)

3/9 Magpie String Band, Noisy Ghost (DC), Oklahoma Car Crash, Steve Hall
@NOVA Music Center / 6pm / (donations)

3/11 Loud?, Be Still Cody, Long Lost (MA), Ella Sophia//Rachel Kline
@The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

3/12 The Sniffs, Wailin' Storms (NYC), Jail Solidarity
@The CD Cellar (Arlington) / 8pm / $5

3/17 Prawn (NJ), Gates (NJ), Arrows In Her (NJ), Gatherer (NJ), Empire (NC)
@Tosche Station / 6pm / $7 (DONATE, ALL BANDS FROM OUT OF TOWN!)

3/22 Place Holder (PA), Monument, Ma Jolie (PA), Loud?, Limbs
@ Tosche Station / 7pm / $5

3/26 Dads (NJ), Emporer X (CA), Close Talker, TBA
@The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5

3/29 Gradius, Cyeagha, 45 A.D., Putrid Servant (MD)
@The Lab All Ages / 7pm / $5


ALL SHOWS ARE ALL AGES

FEBUARY SHOWS

Photo Credit: Avia Tullis

Adventures (PA) at The Lab All Ages

Alexandria, VA (January '10)

Theres gonna be some really rad shows in Febuary. Come kick back, relax, and awkwardly nod your head at one of them. OR ALL OF THEM. 

2/8 Tideland, Centerfield(MD), Bubonic Bear(PA), Cloth(PA)

@Tosche Station 7pm/$5

2/10 Au Revoir(NJ), Among Friends(MD), American Womanhood(MD)

@Tosche Station 7pm/$5

2/14 Walk The Plank, Kill Lincoln, Boardroom Heroes
@RockNRoll Hotel (DC) 8pm/$10

2/14 FOLK YER HEART OUT(Acoustic Show)
on Creeden, The Ghostwrite, Douglas Hite, Oklahoma Car Crash, The Noisy Ghost, Mary Mary Quite Contrary

@BrownhouseVA 7pm/$5

2/15 FEST TOO BENEFIT SHOW
Toy Store Riot, Walk The Plank, Noisy Ghost, Jake Mayday, tba?
@Tosche Station
7pm/5$

2/16 Fredericksburg All Ages
Pre show open mic & Anatomy of Frank, Siberian Tigers
@Read All Over Books (Fredericksburg, VA) 7pm/$5

2/16 Harlen Simple, Green Beans, Castle of Genre

@NOVA Music Center 6pm/Donations

2/22 Barbelith(MD), Dead Peasants(MD), Caust, This Is Not For You(OC/MD)

@Tosche Station 6pm/$5

2/24 The Hudson Falcons, Daycare Swindlers, Walk the Plank, Pine Box Derby

@Giovanni's Restaurant and Sports Bar 6:30pm

Thanks to Dustin Woodward for typing up this post and Avia Stevens for the pics.
<3 DIY or DIE <3

JANUARY SHOWS

Photo Credit: Avia Tullis

Teen Suicide at the Tosche Station Springfield, VA (December sometime)

January has some really amazing showcases happening. Ring in the new year with agency and great shows.
DON'T BE A PRODUCT OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT
MAKE YOUR ENVIRONMENT A PRODUCT OF YOU

1/3 Monument, Close Talker, Run Forever(PGH), State Lines(NY), Springtime
@The Lab All Ages
6pm//7$

1/5 Who Are The Southern Baptists (LASTSHOW), Magpie Stringband, Uncle Bengine, Whitebear
@NOVA Music Center
5pm//FREE

1/8 Cerce (MA), Pray For Teeth (PGH), Districts (MA), Caust
@Lil Man's Garage
5pm//5$

1/10 Sundials, The World Is... (CT), Adventures (PA), TBA
@The Lab All Ages
6pm//7$

1/12 Fortress, Acrid, Lucid Dream, Aarodynamics
@ The Lab All Ages
6pm//5$

1/12 Caitlin Michele, Andrue Coombes (MD), James Disaster (DC), The Drunkest Girl At The Party
@Brownhouse VA
7pm//DONATE!

1/14 Playtime Revenue, The Occupants, TBA
@Tosche Station
7pm//5$ (portion of donations go towards Tosche Station PA)

1/16 Ex Breathers, Tom Blacklung & The Smokestacks (NY), Clawmarks, TBA
@The Lab All Ages
7pm//$5

1/18 FEST TOO BENEFIT SHOWCASE!
The Occupants, Kill Lincoln, TBA, TBA

1/19 Aspiga (NJ), Heartwell (NJ), Relationships (PGH), TBA
@The Lab All Ages
7pm//5$

1/23 Bellows (NY), TBA, TBA
@The Lab All Ages
7pm//5$

1/25 Whitman, Happy Haines (B-more), Steve Astra
@Simply Sweet
6pm?//donate?

DEC. 16th TOSCHE STATION BENEFIT SHOW!

THIS SUNDAY COME OUT TO THE LAB ALL AGES!

5$ or more

We will be donating the proceeds of this show towards a dedicated PA at the Tosche Station. Support your local DIY music community by coming to this show, donate a lil more if you can and enjoy the bands. LETS DO THIS TOGETHER!

TOY STORE RIOT (Springfield, VA) - Wait this isn't 90's pop punk? Grab yer vans and come twist to their tunes.

http://toystoreriot.bandcamp.com/ 

TIDELAND (Sterling,VA) - Melting in your coat, freezing in your boots. 

http://tideland.bandcamp.com/

LI[n]ES (Fairfax,VA)- Acoustic math, more noodles than your dorm room measuring cup of ramen saddled on a electronic dream sequence

http://soundcloud.com/ethanrundlett

http://lineslies.bandcamp.com/album/earth-ep

AU REVIOR (NJ) - Tickle your brain, curl your toes

http://aurevoirit.bandcamp.com/