This review by DCist Contributor Andrew Wiseman. This reviewer went to see opener Giant Drag at the Black Cat, but came away very impressed by headliner Pretty Girls Make Graves. Constantly building and relieving the tension in their angular songs, the Seattle five-some are good performers, it’s as simple as that. Lead singer Andrea Zollo, guitarist Jay Clark and bassist Derek Fedesco are each entertaining and very watchable. Zollo is a great frontwoman, blasting out…

Monday >> From the city that brought you Starbucks coffee, Pretty Girls Make Graves will wake you up this Monday night at the Black Cat with their own caffeinated brand of post-punk rock off of their new album Elan Vital with Giant Drag and The Joggers. $13, mainstage, 8:30 p.m. >> There’s no better place to get out of the rain and mellow out than at Iota with the acoustic sounds of Virginia’s young singer/songwriter…

Last night marked the second time in the last few months that I attended a Stellastarr* show at the 9:30 Club and didn’t stick around for the headliners. Last October I caught great sets by Cedars and Giant Drag and last night I went solely to see the English quartet Editors. Despite spending most of the set with my ears pinned to the front speakers in order to snap these photos, I thought their…

It’s been a…weird week for D.C. music lovers. Fur flew over the dos and don’ts of ticket sale announcements. Strange things were afoot with venue booking. We all got twitterpated about Unbuckled. Before we move on to telling you about some things to look forward to, may we just say how much awesome Nethers brought to the Black Cat’s back stage last night? This is a truly great band, D.C. or otherwise. They’ve got well…