Wale will perform in a free show this weekend sponsored by Kia Motors. Photo by Francis Chung Something called the “Soul Collective Tour,” presented by Kia, is coming to D.C. this weekend. What that means for you: Free MGMT, Wale and Dan Deacon shows. Kia’s certainly not the first car company to realize that free live music is a pretty good way to market to a younger audience. Car companies have long brought their…

Photo by Kris Scofield Anyone who feels that frequent shrieking and howling are masks for an inability to sing need not listen to Baltimore’s Ponytail. While Molly Siegel certainly isn’t a vocalist who solely screams at pitches usually reserved for dog whistles, she opts for cooing, whooping and grunting in lieu of uttering actual words. As such, Ponytail walks a tightrope between utterly infectious and thoroughly irritating. But judging by the utter excitement of…

It’s tough being a Yeasayer fan in the District. First, their January show sells out the Black Cat Backstage, prompting shocked fans to start an online movement to get them to play upstairs, prompting shocked DCist staffers into asking just when the Black Cat started selling tickets ahead of time for Backstage shows (answer: about a year ago) and prompting shocked DCist readers into asking…just who is this band, anyway? However, the Brooklyn quartet promised…