There's something inherently likable about about Spencer Krug. Just ask Wolf Parade bandmate Dan Boeckner who snidely referred to him as the guy that everybody likes. Although that was a clear barb, Boeckner has a point. Dante DeCaro, another fellow Wolf Parade member likes him enough to continue touring with Krug (under the moniker of opener Johnny & The Moon). Fellow Canadians Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes) and Dan Bejar (Destroyer) like him enough to work......

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-a-verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked......

>> Fort Reno soldiers on tonight, with Mess Up the Mess, Julie Ocean, and the final ever performance from Three Stars alums The Sentiment, who are calling it quits as a group after tonight. 7:15 p.m. >> Debuting tonight is "Bomb Shelter," a weekly stand-up showcase featuring five local improv personalities. Why the militaristic name? Because there is no "bombing" here. The comedians promise to stun weapons of mass hilarity, which means no random drunk......

Hey Green line riders, are you by any chance just getting in to work right now? Yeah, we're sorry to hear that, but there have been major Green line delays since 7 a.m. this morning, when a six-car train stalled and broke down on the inbound track near West Hyattsville. To make matters worse, a second train sent in to push the broken one down the track also lost power, shutting down the tracks entirely......

Happy May Day, Washington! Though you may be celebrating it as International Workers' Day, I grew up seeing it as a marker that the winter's last frost was behind us and a long, lazy summer lay ahead. Eye Captain's photo of the Botanical Garden's "Sunset Boat" by Dale Chihuly strikes me as particularly springtime-y. Has everyone taken a stroll through the new outdoor space at BoGa? Pop across the street to the newly refurbished......

Back in the Swinging Sixties, Washington was home to a collection of artists who were dubbed forerunners of abstract, color field painting. As an integral part of this season’s ColorField.remix, a visitation of the legacy left behind by the Washington Color School painters, Hemphill Fine Arts presents a three-artist exhibition: Jason Gubbiotti’s Wrong Way to Paradise; Leon Berkowitz’s The Cathedral Series; and Portia Munson’s Pink Project: Contained. Although Jason Gubbiotti currently lives and works in......

When the afternoon's labor hangs about your neck like so many albatross carcasses, their limp beaks slicked with the sweat of eight hours' worth of futility, when the sun hangs low in the air like a thug-strewn rock on its downward trajectory into the skull of an unsuspecting bicyclist, when the administrative assistant two cubes down sashays off to happy hour, leaving you sick with the thoughts that such a treasured sixty-minute span might ne'er......

Motion is colorful, awkward, and sometimes, kind of hilarious. At least, at the Randall Scott Gallery it is. The theme is captured well here, and not just because it's kind of an easy one to grasp. This group show features media across the board — photographs, video, even kinetic sculpture — and though some works seem to be overshadowed by one piece in particular, solely for its "awesomeness" factor, the show as a whole is......

>> While we don't know anyone who's hit the new Posh supper club, if their VIP list is any indication, it's the new place to hobnob with B-list local celebs. We've just been waiting to get in good with "Northern Virginia moneymen Michael Saylor, Mark Ein and Joe Robert." Not! [Yeas and Nays] >> Our continuing search for a neighborhood that ISN'T a historic district is highlighted by an elderly couple's plight in newly-hot Mt.......

While fans of Italy's soccer squad celebrated their team's World Cup victory, District residents yesterday braced at the news of two brutal killings over the weekend. While this isn't the first time that a weekend has yielded a number of violent deaths, the victims involved remind us how random the violence can often be. As with all of these deaths, our thoughts go out to the friends, family, and neighbors affected. British Politician Murdered in......

Webb Wins Virginia Primary: Jim Webb, a war hero who only recently became a Democrat, handily won Virginia's Democratic primary yesterday, reports the Post. Webb, who campaigned on the anger around the war in Iraq, defeated well-funded opponent Harris Miller, making him the designated competitor to Senator George Allen in November's election. Council Friends Spared Tickets: As George Orwell once wrote, "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others." That......

Large Sewage Spill Sours Potomac River: Some 17 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River on Saturday, reports NBC 4. The spill was caused by a three-hour power failure at the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant on the eastern back of the river. And though 17 million gallons sounds like a lot, the EPA has predicted that the spill won't have a major impact, a claim countered by the Anacostia Watershed......

With a whimper and not a bang. That's how the series ended. A slow and thoughtful episode follows the Santos Administration as they move into the Oval Office and the Bartlet administration as they pack up and leave the White House. Santos takes the Oath of Office (with a series creator Aaron Sorkin looking on) while everyone else just mopes around, at a loss for what to do. CJ and Charlie wander around their now......

What's new(est) with Wolf Parade? These brothers of Brock, peers of Pitchfork and travelers on the Arcade Fire turnpike are going strong. Yet they also maintain that aura of youthful poverty and subsequent spiritual wealth that's critical to their frenetic, idealism-tinged sound. Their EP drew buzz and their debut long player, Apologies to the Queen Mary, confirmed it. The group’s got almost as many side projects as members, with Arlen's AIDS Wolf and Krug's Thunder......

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams may not be mayor for much longer, but he does have a few wishes for his successor's benefit, writes the Post today. First off, that the title be changed from "mayor" to "governor," a recognition of the fact that the District serves both the functions of a city and a state. Second, a good retirement package. Third and final, a mayoral house. Williams quickly backed off of asking for a mayoral......

FRIDAY: >> DCist is pleased to offer $5 off Forum Theatre & Dance's performances of UpShot by Ami Dayan (a scene from the play is at left). It's already received several positive notices, and director Shirley Serotsky has let us know that anyone who shows up at the box office with a print-out of this post can purchase a ticket for $13 (normally $18). This deal is good for the entire run of the play,......

A new blog hopes to highlight local music. D.C. MP3, which launched this week, intendes to select one song each week from the Washington Post's MP3 website, which provides "Self-publishing by and for the Metro region's music community." The site make downloading the MP3s simple - no registration, just clicking a legal agreement not to sell the music. D.C. MP3's first selection is I IN TIME's "Sunset Strip," a well-executed if straight-forward rock number. Never......