In 1946, the Third Programme launched in Great Britain blasting classical music to the masses. Sixty years later, it has re-emerged, not as a station on the BBC, but as one of D.C.’s newest purveyors of trippy Brit pop. It is very appropriate that this band, who only recently formed at the beginning of the year, chose a name with such experienced undertones. With but several months under their belts working together, Simon, Fidel,…

MONDAY: >> Local indie rockers The Bonapartes and high school group Sid Space (despite their youth, we hear good things) are at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington. Free! TUESDAY: >> The Lucksmiths, who play twee-ish guitar pop straight outta Australia, come to DC9. Check out an mp3 here. Ladybug Transistor opens. $10. WEDNESDAY: >> iPod DJ Night, now officially over a year old and still going strong, is downstairs at Saint Ex this evening. THURSDAY:…

Continuing on with the WHFS obituaries … Today marks the first full day in over 20 years that FM 99.1 has not carried HFS. It could be argued that the end of WHFS was inevitable. The station began going downhill some time ago — perhaps at the introduction of “Loveline” in the place of the Top 11 at 11, the inexplicable addition of Metallica to the playlist, or the mainstreaming of alternative music in the…