Tue 1

Wed 2

FOURTH OF JULY HEMP COALITION presents:

THE HEMP SEED CAFE
featuring:

JOHNNY BONNEVILLE &
FIDDLIN PHIL SWANY
(Guitar and Violin Duo)

and special guest:

G-13

also:

Guest Speakers from VOTE HEMP

7PM $5

The Fourth of July Hemp Coalition now hosts a new activist night, THE HEMP SEED CAFE, where people can come discuss ideas and keep up with current events involving Drug Policy Reform.

Our monthly event benefiting the Fourth of July Hemp Coalition features a new artist at every event.

THE MEAT JOY

GIRLUSH FIGURE

10PM $7

Thu 3

CANYON

TABULA RASA

10PM $7

Sat 5

MINK LUNGS

KOSHARI

10PM $7

Sun 6

DR. BELL

10PM $7

Tue 8

PRIMITIVE MIND

9PM $7

PRIMITIVE MIND is a three piece acoustic act who have built a strong, loyal core following in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas. Their music is an original blend of Americana, Celtic and Caribbean styles.

Over the past few years PRIMITIVE MIND has attracted national attention with such high profile accomplishments as opening for Legendary Blues Master B.B. King and current country maven P Alison Krauss and Union Station.

PHANTOM PLANET

10:30 PM $7

Los Angeles band PHANTOM PLANETformed in Los Angeles in 1994; all five members were in high school at the time. Their music reflects the influence of classic pop and rock bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Who, Queen and ELO (among their more contemporary faves are Ben Folds Five, Radiohead, Superdrag and The Cardigans).

PHANTOM PLANET, the name comes from a cheesy 60s
sci-fi flick, quickly began selling out local venues like The Whisky and The Roxy as word of mouth circulated from high school to high school throughout L.A. The band will be featured in January on Letterman and several other high profile showcases.

Wed 9

Thu 10

THE SPREADLOVE MISSION:

Operation:
Jihad's Birthday Celebration

8:30PM $7

Featuring DC Hip Hop Greats:

Storm
Head Roc
Defined Print
Doujah Raze
Organic Symmetry
nine9:15fifteen and
many more

Sat 12

SEMAPHORE

MONA'S REMEDY

THE RED KING

10PM $7

Sun 13

Mon 14

Tue 15

UBERVOX
A Women's Music Concert Series featuring:

MARY SHAVER

CAREY COLVIN

PARISS CLEMONS

8PM $7

WEEKEND EXCURSION

10PM $7

Formed in high school in 1995, this Raleigh-based band began working tobacco road turf back in the late-nineties, when the band members attended Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

Today, WEEKEND EXCURSION seems poised to be the next big thing out of the mid-Atlantic. The bands music, like its stage show, is energetic and infectious. Catchy hooks and strong melodies combine with dynamic vocals and lush harmonies.

During the four years the members attended college, they managed to release three CDs, established the band as a corporation, and hired a manager and booking agent to oversee the details. Challenging years of juggling college classes with weekend road trips produced a large fan base throughout North Carolina, allowing the band to eventually sell-out prestigious venues such as Ziggy's in Winston-Salem and Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill.

In the year that followed, the band wasted no time growing its touring radius from Florida to Washington D.C. High profile shows with Evan and Jaron, Melissa Etheridge and Sister Hazel helped heighten the bands profile within its home state.

However, the concert stage wasn't the only platform the band used to gain exposure. The band had four songs included in episodes of the 10th season of MTV's Real World, and had two songs featured on the Warner Brothers television show Dawson's Creek.

Thu 17

ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT

COUNT THE STARS

JUPITER SUNRISE

10PM $7

After having been playing together for years and both attending Hamilton College, guitarist Aaron Tarr and Charles Gray had gone to high school together in Arlington, VA and had been playing together for a few years. In 1998, they met bassist Ben Pastor here at school, and then convinced drummer Chris MacPherson to leave the current band he was in to join them...and so they started playing all around the area, under the name Almost Dry. The band renamed themselves ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT shortly thereafter and continue to play alternative pop to clubs in the
Mid-Atlantic.

Albany, NY'S COUNT THE STARS are really making a name for themselves on the circuit. Having played shows with Stroke 9, Goldfinger, They Might Be Giants, Unified Theory (ex-members of Blind Melon and Pearl Jam), Nine Days, Sponge, Rob Base and many more, this hard-edged pop quartet have a crisp and clean sound without losing their rock edge.

Opening is solo rocker JUPITER SUNRISE.

Sat 19

JUNIPER LANE

THE WORRY STONES

10PM $7

Most recently seen in the area with Virginia Coalition at the 9:30 Club, JUNIPER LANE is a four-piece modern rock band from Washington DC. Their music is characterized by soaring female vocals over rich musical textures. With the powerful voice of Vivion Smith at the forefront, JUNIPER LANE offers an emotional and melodic take that suggests a mid-Atlantic cousin to the Cranberries, or maybe an East Coast rival to No Doubt, sans ska inflections. When Smith takes to the piano for a quiet number such as "Grey" or the classically dynamic "Scraps of Paper," there's an eerie echo of Tori Amos, albeit less obtuse.

The other band on that same bill was THE WORRY STONES also from NoVa and also a great melodic pop band!

WAX

midnight $4

Sun 20

SOUNDS OF KALEIDOSCOPE

THE CARLSONICS

JUCIFER

JET BY DAY

10PM $7

Tue 22

BOOGIEHAWG

10PM $7

Wed 23

BABALOO

THE ALLY

YAMAGATA

10PM $7

HECKLEFISH

MORRIS

10PM $7

THE WAG

10PM $4

Sun 27

Mon 28

MODULAR MOODS
presents:

MATTHUE ROTH

TEMIMA FRUCHTER

COSBO

JUEZ

SATLAH

8PM $8

Opening the show will be Jewish Poetics: Matthue Roth, Temima Fruchter and Cosbo(Erez). Matthue resides in L.A. and recently opened up for Santana.

The Klezmer music will start with Juez: a klezmer band with as much turntable breakbeats as traditional klezmer lines over a live band.

To close the show will be Satlah, picked up by John Zorn on Tzadik Records, sounds like Coltrane getting together with Gutbucket at a Bar Mitzvah.

MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT BENEFIT
featuring:

SUGAR JONES

7:30PM

$10 ($5 for MPP members)

It's the Marijuana Policy Project's 7th anniversary, and you're invited to the party!

The celebration features the spicy, Southern-fried, funky rock of Sugar Jones as well as a short speech by Rob Kampia, MPP's executive director.

All profits will go towards MPP's work to end the government's war on marijuana users.

OTIS FINCH

MARC COPELY

10PM $7

TY-SHE ENTERTAINMENT presents:

AN URBAN SHOWCASE
featuring:

The Lung (cd release party)
Jali - D
Arcane
Grand Skeme

Music By:
DJ D'Salaam and
DJ Symphoni

7PM $10

Hosted by:
STORM THE UNPREDICTABLE

As seen on BET's Rap City &
USA Network's Farmclub

Check out STORM's new EP
The Unexpected featuring the blazing single Stop Lyin with Priest da nomad

Interested in showcasing your talent?

Contact STORM at q.storm@juno.com