The end of next week could be pretty bleak. The excitement of early February, from Groundhog Day to the Olympics Opening Ceremonies to Valentine’s Day to Presidents Day, comes to a rushing halt as the long weekend draws to a close. Bereft of any elementary school-style holiday-appropriate window appliques, you may find yourselves plodding along, just trying to muddle through. But we here at DCist, well, we saw this coming. We knew you needed one last big bang before you bid the shortest month of the year goodbye. And so, we bring you (drum roll, please) Unbuckled 2.0, next Thursday, February 23.

As you may remember, we’ve done this once before. This time around, we’ll be bringing The Hard Tomorrows, Olivia Mancini and the Housemates, and our very own DJ Leafblower to DC9. But wait! There’s more! Not only will you get to enjoy some of the finest local music D.C. has to offer and hang out with all of your favorite DCists, but we’re sweetening the deal with giveaways galore, including CDs (courtesy of our generous friends at V2 Records), DCist and Unbuckled t-shirts, stickers and more!

To recap: Unbuckled, next Thursday (2/23), 9 p.m., DC9, $6