Summer is in full-swing. All of the outdoor amphitheaters are coming alive and we’re getting some pretty good shows out of it. Speaking of amphitheaters, Wolf Trapp has really stepped its game up this year. Yeah, there is still a lot of old folks’ music, but the quality is different than previous years and it does seem like they have made a conscience effort to inject some youth into their calendar this summer. Check out this week’s shows below.

• Mon 6/10-Wed. 6/12 – Animal Collective @ 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
• Mon. 6/10 – Ariel Pink @ U Street Music Hall, Washington, D.C.
• Mon. 6/10 – The Heavy @ Sixt and I Historic Synagogue, Washington, D.C.
• Tues. 6/11 – Of Monsters and Men @ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md.
• Wed. 6/12 – Joan Baez w/ Indigo Girls @ Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va.
• Wed. 6/12 – “Kings of the Mic” feat. LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy & De La Soul @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric, Baltimore, Md.
• Thurs. 6/13 – Rosco Bandana @ Hill Country BBQ, Washington, D.C.
• Thurs. 6/13 – The Go-Go’s w/ Psychedelic Furs @ Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va.
• Thurs. 6/13 – The Toasters @ IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, Va.
• Fri. 6/14 – Baths @ Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
• Fri. 6/14 – Juicy J @ Echostage, Washington, D.C.
• Sun. 6/15 – The XX & Grizzly Bear@ Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md.