Every long-lived pop musician who achieves success as a young artist eventually confronts the legacy problem: How much of your back catalogue do you take with you when you hit the road to promote your new music? more ›

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MONDAY >> The Library of Congress Mary Pickford Theatre in the James Madison Building kicks off 5 weeks worth of free Monday night rock and pop films with a rare showing of the 1966 documentary, The Big T.N.T. Show. David "Man from Uncle" McCallum hosts Ray Charles, Petula Clark, the Lovin' Spoonful, Bo Diddley, Joan Baez, the Ronettes, Roger Miller, the Byrds, Donovan, the Seeds, the Modern Folk Quartet, and Ike and Tina Turner taped... more ›

Written by DCist Contributor Andrew Chriss Enjera Eritrean Restaurant opened in Crystal City in May 2007. On an early visit over the summer, the restaurant was not very inviting from the street level, which was disappointing due to the vast amount of outdoor seating space available. The menu was crudely assembled from what seemed like loose-leaf, and the signage for the restaurant did little to sell the restaurant besides intrigue passersby to ask, "What do... more ›

>> We've checked out Page France a couple of times and are sure you'll have a good time if you head down to the Red and the Black tonight. They're playing with Austin's excellent Peel for a 9 p.m. show, only $8. >> The action at SILVERDOCS continues, and if you've been having trouble getting advance tickets to evening screenings and aren't willing to wait in the stand-by lines, consider taking advantage of the... more ›

We really enjoy giving away free stuff, and so apparently do your favorite local bands. That's why we got together with Cedars to arrange for an EP and ticket giveaway to their show tonight with Scotland's the Cinematics and Chicago's the Changes at the Rock and Roll Hotel! Who loves ya? DCist loves ya. more ›

The green-ness of the station comes mainly from environmental news pieces that the DJs read about things like solar power, renewable energy, and the use of cow dung for flooring. Their Web site also notes the station's transmitter is run on renewable energy and they have a lot of links for various ways to do good stuff for the planet. more ›

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end with seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. DCist reports that the... more ›

Brooklyn's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have spent the bulk of 2005 as this year's model of the Indie Rock Critical Darling. Their self-titled debut album -- itself a lean and mean platter of exuberant pop -- found its way into the marketplace with backing from several of the more respected MP3 blogs and critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, who put them on their Hot List earlier this year. From there, the raves were amplified... more ›

It was an all-European, all-the-time line up last night at the 9:30 Club as DCist headed out to see a bill of Long-View, a group from Manchester, Scottish quintet Dogs Die In Hot Cars and Parisian band Phoenix. Though we'd been hearing some buzz surrounding all three groups, especially following Long-View and DDIHC's recent performances at SXSW, we went into the concert without any expectations, but came out pleasantly surprised.

The best word we can think of to describe openers Long-View and their style is "sleepy." Their music, while polished and pretty, didn't do too much to keep us awake during their set, and even the band members looked like they had rolled right out of bed with their mussed-up hair and droopy eyes. Though we didn't find their performance particularly energetic, lead vocalist Rob McVey has a lovely voice, and some of their catchier, dreamier songs were a pleasure to listen to.

Dogs Die In Hot Cars, despite their terrible, terrible name, played a set full of energy and charming abandon. But their singles, "I Love You Because I Have To" and "Godhopping," with their new wave-y hooks and almost ska-like undertones, were the only songs of the set that really stood out to us. The rest of the tunes sounded like a pastiche of Talking Heads and Dexys Midnight Runners -- not necessarily a bad thing, and the band compensated with their playful, exuberant performance -- but much of their music seemed like a syrupy rehash of
songs that sounded better the first time they came around in the 1990s.

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