When the Post covered Cricklewood Massive’s iPod Jukebox night with a cover story in February we thought the night had surely hit a pinnacle of publicity. Last night we were proven wrong: D.C.’s WUSA 9 sent intrepid reporter Nancy Yamada “in the District” to Cafe Saint-Ex to see just what all the fuss was about. The resulting story “iPod Nights” explains the premise of the event and attempts to liven up what appears to be…

TUESDAY: >> The Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop does solo post-rock at the Black Cat. $12. Local singer Brandon Butler (formerly of Canyon) opens. WEDNESDAY: >> Get a huge dose of hipsterness when The Killers (at right) play Merriweather Post Pavilion. Bands-of-the-moment Keane, Louis XIV, Regina Spektor, and Maximo Park all open. Lawn tickets at $25 are still available at Ticketmaster. >> If you don’t feel like making the trek out to Merriweather, you can…

MONDAY: >> Local indie rockers The Bonapartes and high school group Sid Space (despite their youth, we hear good things) are at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington. Free! TUESDAY: >> The Lucksmiths, who play twee-ish guitar pop straight outta Australia, come to DC9. Check out an mp3 here. Ladybug Transistor opens. $10. WEDNESDAY: >> iPod DJ Night, now officially over a year old and still going strong, is downstairs at Saint Ex this evening. THURSDAY:…

Were you out at any number of the great concerts this weekend? Unfortunately, bad planning and unlucky timing kept us from attending a show, but you can see a review and pictures of the Fiery Furnaces over at shesbitter.com; descriptions of the Bloc Party show at Dumbek and A Lot of Nothingness; and Bags over at the 9:30 Club Forum had a lot of glowing things to say about OK Go. TUESDAY: >> Not a…

Before we point you to our concert picks for this week, make sure you go check out the Six Points Festival lineup. The festival features performances from dozens of area bands at venues throughout Arlington and D.C. MONDAY: >> Sticky-sweet Japanese punksters Shonen Knife play the Black Cat tonight. $12. TUESDAY: >> If you feel like a blast from the past (or, rather, the mid-90s), female rocker Lisa Loeb (at right), she of the black-framed…

In an article that reminds us a little bit of USA Today’s recent shocking discovery that iPods are popular, a Post front-page article today delves into the underbelly of Saint-Ex’s regular iPod DJ Night. We kid, we kid. We’re glad the iPod DJ nights got some good press — we’re totally a fan of the monthly events, and couldn’t be more pleased that local bloggers Seeking Irony and WeirdCurves got quoted. But at the same…