LIP CRITIC

Lip Critic brings their album “Theft World” to Songbyrd Music House on August 10, 2026. The record was born from a bizarre real-life encounter: during a tour supporting their previous album “Hex Dealer,” the band’s members had their identity stolen by a fan who believed Lip Critic’s music contained coded messages leading to a grand scavenger hunt. After meeting the fan and recording his elaborate, nonsensical interpretation of their songs—featuring characters like “The ATM Man” and places like “The Junk Space” and “The Grocery Store Casino”—the band scrapped their planned follow-up album and instead built “Theft World” around the fan’s delusional narrative. The evening’s supporting acts are Jade Weapon, a high-energy electronic-hardcore trio mixing pounding beats with aggressive live instrumentation and screams, and Consumer Culture, a noisy post-hardcore quartet from Baltimore whose dissonant sound is driven by anti-capitalist themes and a family dynamic (vocalist Marshall Veth, guitarist Paul Joyce, his son drummer Paulie Joyce, and bassist Annie Bailey).

Genre: Alternative and Indie.

When: August 10, 2026. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

Showtimes: Showtime is not specified, but typically follows the door time.

Tickets: Two price tiers: $18 in advance, $22 on the day of the show. Tickets are paid (no free admission).

Lineup: Headliner Lip Critic, with support from Jade Weapon and Consumer Culture.

Run time: Not provided.

Ages: All ages.

Venue: Songbyrd Music House, located at 540 Penn Street NE, Washington, D.C.

Note: The event is a concert featuring live performances by all three acts. No other logistics (e.g., parking, accessibility) are detailed on the page.