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DCist has a long, storied relationship with These United States. They played our short-lived Unbuckled concert series (which is coming back, I promise) and they even did two series of tour diaries for us. However, we saw the writing on the wall when The Federal Reserve ended its monthly gathering at Iota. Sure enough, the local band with the most rigorous touring and recording schedule…is no longer local. However, These United States isn’t leaving quietly.
FRIDAY: >> Do the right thing and head to 9:30 Club for a show hosted by the strange gathering of the likes of Gypsy Eyes Records, The Federal Reserve and haberdasherie Propper Topper for a benefit for the DC Public Library Foundation. Kitty Hawk, Vandaveer, Revival, These United States and many more make up the crowded bill. 7:30 p.m., $20. >> The Brunettes (pictured right) perform sickly sweet but addictive pop duets, and they’ll be…
>> Tonight’s Girl Talk show at Black Cat is sold-out, but if you’re desperate to go after reading our interview with opener Dan Deacon, craigslist has some options. Also White Williams, 8 p.m. >> The Hall Monitors heated up the DCist servers with their Three Stars appearance a few months back, and tonight they’ll be warming up the stage for Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray’s Heavy Trash and Denmark’s pshychobilly trio Powersolo at the…
So you may have heard, we’re putting on a concert on Thursday. Our fifth one actually. When we started this little endeavor way back when, we just thought it would be fun to get some bands that we liked, throw them on the stage and let them bring the musical goodness to the people. And if the bands gain some exposure that leads to bigger and better things, then we can say sit back and…
In all honesty, it’s tough to wholeheartedly recommend going out on New Year’s Eve at all. We love the spirit of the holiday, but paying around $100 a person for a regular night of dancing dressed up with champagne is enough to make anyone feel like a schmuck. It’s a safe bet most of us at DCist will be hitting various house parties to ring in the new year with friends at a more reasonable…
In a new twist on the District’s fight for voting rights, the folks at Stamp Act Congress have a novel idea: stamp American tender with a pro-voting rights message as a way to publicize the plight that faces the residents of the capital of the United States. That message? “Stamp Out Taxation Without Representation in Washington, D.C.” Since we love voting rights, we love the idea. But being the law-abiding citizens and residents we generally…
If you are staying in town over Memorial Day weekend, be sure to catch some of the new and closing exhibits at the end of this month. Keep reading for the highlights. >> “A Collection in Formation: 1975-2005” opens today at the Federal Reserve Board (you didn’t know that they have an art collection, did you?). The exhibit features the best work from the 30-year-old collection of American paintings, drawings and prints. One painting from…
L’Enfant’s 1791 plan for Washington has been celebrated around the world. Its grand avenues, circles, squares and monumental layout has created an impressive international capital city. But like any city, D.C. has changed over the past two centuries. But a local architect, the Post reports, has determined that in the past century, the District has lost 22 miles of its original street plan. Recent security threats have closed more streets around Capitol Hill and near…
With new security closure announcements coming everyday it seems like, DCist found it odd that among federal installations slated for perimeter upgrades is the National Arboretum. Not only would terrorists have trouble finding the Arboretum way out on Bladensburg Road in Northeast, they may run into trouble with some of the local residents. (But then again, maybe the Arboretum is a viable target on a symbolic level. It is, afterall, on the colonial road…
