Thanks to everybody who entered the Arcade Fire ticket giveaway (all 50+ of you). The randomly picked winner of a pair of tickets to the Jan. 30 show at the 9:30 Club is…Lauren Pearlman! We’ll be e-mailing her details and contact information shortly.

Now, we hope Lauren will use the tickets to actually go to the show instead of selling them for billions of dollars; DCist is most decidedly not a fan of scalping, though we did enjoy this Craiglist post, where somebody plans on getting enough money for his Arcade Fire tickets to pay next month’s rent.

We also liked reading your choices for best local bands; unsurprisingly, the most common picks were Q and Not U, Fugazi, and Washington Social Club. What was more interesting to us was the slew of lesser-known local bands, some of which we hadn’t heard of, so we’ll post a list of those behind the cut for your edification. Click around and check them out; maybe you’ll find yourself a new favorite band of your own.

Keep your eye on DCist for a review and pictures of the Arcade Fire show, and expanding music coverage.