>> Fort Reno has The Caribbean, Len Bias and The Ardennes. But the National Weather Service has a Severe Thunder Storm Watch from 2 to 9 p.m., so you might want to hedge your bets and make a back-up plan. >> Ohio’s alt-country rawkers Two Cow Garage stop by the Red and the Black tonight, with Minneapolis’ Birthday Suits and Richmond’s Clint Maul for what should be a loud, fun show all around. $8,…

MONDAY >> Remember the days when you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing the Goo Goo Dolls’ hit single “Name”? Yeah, we drink heavily to forget it, too. Well, it turns out the boys named Goo are headlining the 9:30 Club two nights in a row with Augustana. Maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on them; both nights are sold out. >> Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fame is going to be rocking the George…

Washington D.C. lost one of its favorite adopted sons over the weekend as Arnold “Red” Auerbach passed away at the age of 89. Best known as the patriarch of the Boston Celtics, Auerbach had close ties to D.C., the city he called home for much of his life. Auerbach attended George Washington University from 1937-1940, starring on the basketball team as the team’s top scorer. In 1946, after stints in the Navy and as…

Continuing what we started yesterday, here’s a little glimpse into some of this weekend’s DAM Fest bands. Plan your schedule with the help of these handy dandy sample tracks and pertinent info from our crack music staff. Bleeder Resistor Featuring buzzsaw guitars, hoarse-voiced catchy shout-alongs and a mandate of faster and louder, Bleeder Resistor are out to keep the capital “DC” in HarDCore. At a time when most bands are trying to emphasize the “post”…

Over the past few years, Carol Bui has been working hard building a following for her inventive and emotive post-punk. After a summer spent in the studio recording the follow-up to her highly praised debut, This is How I Recover, Bui’s show at next week’s DAM!Fest kicks off three weeks of touring that will take her as far west as Madison, Wisconsin. Bui’s reputation for excellent live shows precedes her, and material from the new…

MONDAY >> Tom Kierein tells us that this is our last day of “comfortable humidity,” before that familiar wet hot D.C. summer returns. Seize the day and head to Fort Reno to take in Wooly Mammoth, Len Bias and Polynation. 7:15 p.m., free. TUESDAY >> Leave it to Canada to fuse punk and folk. The Weakerthans @ the 9:30 Club, with The New Amsterdams and Raising the Fawn. 7:30 p.m., $14. >> Three Stars alums…