So DCist’s music coverage was a little all over the place this week. As sometimes happens when Monday falls on a holiday and most of our staff isn’t around, we totally didn’t get the “Weekly Music Agenda” done at all – huge apologies. Then on Thursday, our most excellent photog/concert rat extraordinaire Francis Chung filed his shots and copy from Wednesday’s Them Crooked Vultures show completely on time, and yet, we didn’t manage to get…

Do make sure to peek inside a copy of the brand new April issue of Northern Virginia Magazine (the glossy lifestyle pub doesn’t offer much in the way of what’s in their current issue on their web site, regrettably), and turn directly to page 64. There, you’ll find DCist Music Editor Amanda Mattos’s shining face, listed among the region’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes. We already knew how smart, sassy, and stunning Amanda is,…

FRIDAY: >> Bay Area songstress Goapele’s (pictured) musical background is almost as diverse as her ethnic background. Born to a South African political exile father and a mother whose parents survived the Holocaust, she studied at the Berklee College of Music and later would form musical partnerships with the likes of hip-hop acts like the Hieroglyphics crew and E-40. However her 2005 release, Change It All, established her as especially talented when it comes to…

FRIDAY: >> It’s raining, and you’ve got some serious partying to do tomorrow night, so we’d recommend taking in a movie and saving your strength. Don’t miss our movie picks for the weekend here, including special Halloween screenings of Nosferatu at the AFI Silver Theater. Also of note tonight, The American City Diner screens Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho at 8:30 p.m. >> If you’re more in the mood for getting your eardrums absolutely destroyed, Japanese metal…

All of the DCist editors get hundreds of press releases every week, but Music Editor Amanda Mattos and I probably get more than most. We’re always happy to receive information from publicists about events or stories affecting the D.C. metro area — they often make our jobs easier, in fact. But fairly often, we receive press releases that, to put it lightly, cause us to question the mental faculties of certain publicists. For months now,…

>> Most of the city it seems will be heading to RFK after work, so plan your Metro rides on the Blue and Orange line accordingly. >> The band that brought you the third most played song on the DCeiver’s iPod, The Daybreak Line, is teaming up with three other list-worth bands (The Grownup Noise, The Able Birds and Aubriot) tonight at the Red & the Black. $8, 4 bands, too good to pass…

FRIDAY: >> Tired of putting those great costume ideas on the back burner till October? Dying for a chance to wear a costume without wearing a jacket over top? Three Stars vets New Rock Church of Fire feel the same way. Tonight, join NRCOF, D.C.’s The Gaskets and Richmond’s The Invisibles at the Rock & Roll Hotel for July-O-Ween. Incognito fun, rip roaring rock from all three bands, DJ sets, drink specials, a costume contest…

FRIDAY: >> Maybe you check in with DCist only occasionally to get a few tips on which concerts to see, but tend to stick to touring acts for the most part, and still haven’t really exposed yourself to the local rock scene. If so, confess tonight and all your sins will be forgiven. Three of the best local bands are playing a show together on the Black Cat’s main stage at 9 p.m. — catch…

Can you see us blushing through our computer screens? We’ve just learned that Washingtonian readers have voted DCist their Favorite Local Blog in the magazine’s annual Best & Worst issue, which hit newsstands today. The honor certainly makes us feel sheepish about questioning the publication’s readership’s taste in the past. At first, we were sure that this award was merely the result of the magazine’s excellent personnel decisions over the last year, but we’re assured…

FRIDAY: >> DCist favorites The French Kicks are at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight with The Childballads (the Bon Savants cancelled). $13, 9:30 p.m. >> Exotic Fever Records is keeping the spirit of the D.C. underground scene alive almost singlehandedly, and this weekend they’ll celebrate their seven year anniversary with an ecclectic festival to showcase their artists. Tonight it’s Mass Movement of the Moth, New Idea Society, Den of Thieves, Kathy Cashel, Worn In…