Daniel Johnston is many things — a highly influential songwriter, a cult hero, a widely exhibited visual artist, an indie rock legend and a lo-fi pioneer — but he is anything but a consistent performer. At a show at last year’s South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, Johnston barely made it through a shambling set with his new band, the Nightmares. He forgot words and chords, made a number of offensive comments and gestures…

By DCist Contributor Mehan Jayasuriya We here at DCist have noticed a rather disturbing trend recently. More and more often, it seems, touring bands are skipping over the District in favor of our neighbor to the north, Baltimore. It makes sense if you think about it: Baltimore has a burgeoning arts scene, a variety of music venues and a seemingly disproportionate reputation for housing a large number of twentysomething scenesters (not that we’re short on…

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don’t even front like they don’t. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don’t have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out their art and face off. A plagiarized novel is the…