D.C. natives Trans Am remain a potent and versatile live band capable of quoting from a wide array of styles and genres -- a fine compliment to the droning noise-rock instrumentals of The Psychic Paramount and the usual antics of Les Savy Fav at the 9:30 Club last Friday. more ›

Leaving everything onstage is the sort of description that's only fitting for performers that never leave the stage. However, Les Savy Fav, art-punk auteurs and masterful breakers of the fourth wall, have always seen the stage as more of a suggestion than a necessity. Admittedly, the shock factor of entering the crowd has become less of a shock within the past few years as bands like Double Dagger and Monotonix have gained a bigger following. Yet as their style of theatricality is no longer 100 percent unique, Les Savy Fav remains a must-see band because they do this sort of act better than anybody else. more ›

The real story behind any Les Savy Fav show is what sort of crazy stunts frontman Tim Harrington has up his sleeve. Their catalog of thirteen years of post-punk gems lays the foundation, but it's the bizarre costume changes, frequent audience interactions and off-kilter banter that has become the stuff of legend. Furthermore, since Harrington is completely unscripted and pulls out new and different tricks every night (Dodos drummer Logan Kroeber confirmed this), Les Savy Fav would actually be a band worth following around the country, especially if Friday night's high energy endeavor indicates any sort of standard. more ›

DCist usually laments the state of shows here in the nation’s capital. Often passed over for the bigger markets of Philadelphia or New York, the D.C. never seems to get a fair shake when it comes to the concerts that all the cool kids wanna go to. It’s so unfair! We have some great musical venues; when are we going to get a steady influx of good live bands? Well, it seems the times, they... more ›