As if we weren’t excited enough about the upcoming Dismemberment Plan shows at the end of the week, the guys brought our anticipation to a fever pitch by a) releasing some more tickets for their Black Cat and 9:30 Club shows yesterday and b) playing a secret show at Galaxy Hut on Saturday night. Considering the size of Galaxy Hut, most local Plan fans didn’t get that hypothetical gold-leaf engraved invite, but here are some photos of the intimate event which should hold you over…at least until their Late Night with Jimmy Fallon appearance on Thursday night.

A little love, please, for Trixie Little and her sidekick/nemesis/duet partner, the Evil Hate Monkey. We can say without fear of contradiction that Trixie is best and bendiest burlesque detective we know, and Evil is without a doubt her most simian lover/termentor. This Baltimore-based dynamic duo has plenty of local admirers thanks to their appearances at the Birchmere, Palace of Wonders, and elsewhere — and unlike Batman & Robin, they are refreshingly open about…

We know that some of you guys don’t like it when we let breaking concert news slip. By now, we get it: presale passwords are for true fans only. And by “true fans” we mean people who read this website instead of this website. But we can’t bear to let the newest piece of secret, insider-only scuttlebutt pass: as they announced at their show last night, local boys made good Army Of Me will be…

>> Following the footsteps of Beck, Middle Distance Runner sent out an e-mail announcing a secret show tonight at DC9. They’ll be playing with Cloud Cult and Hot IQs as part of the DAM! Fest Hangover party. Festivities start at 9 p.m. >> We’ve got wood. Today the Capitol Christmas tree started its journey from Washington State to D.C. where it will be adorned with 3000 kids’ crappy hand-made ornaments. Even Mom knows when it’s…

Can you? CAN YOU? No? Well, that’s OK. Neither can we. And we’ve got a doozie we’ve been dying to tell you ever since we found out about it. Our friendly in-the-know folks over at washingtonpost.com’s TWIN entertainment column were kind enough to alert us to the fact that though you might not have tickets to the 9:30 Club Arcade Fire concert this Sunday night, that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fill of adorable…