During last year’s DAM!fest, I had some time to kill between shows one night and headed over to DC9 to catch some of the ridiculous bill that had bands like De Novo Dahl, Bound Stems and Bishop Allen all playing the same night. I got there right as the first band, Pela, were starting their set. I had read the name on a few different music blogs but wasn’t familiar with their music at…

As a rather fervent concert goer, I’ve been watching my October Outlook calendar with alternating excitement and dread as my concert calendar gets more and more crowded. This all came to a head yesterday as I started putting in the DAMfest schedule and noticed a whole bunch of scheduling conflicts in the making. Area indie rock fans are going to have some tough choices to make the last full week of October. Thursday, Oct….