Drumroll please…. Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to announce the sixth edition of DCist’s perpetually fantastic concert series, Unbuckled! Without further ado, may we present to you the lineup for this summer’s show. From Alexandria, VA and newly signed to Sub Pop’s Hardly Art label, Le Loup! Coming down to D.C. from Brooklyn, we’ve got The XYZ Affair! And finally, providing a DJ set in between, our friends and yours, Middle Distance Runner!…

When was the last time you went to see a band play for the first time and knew you were witnessing something special? Le Loup is barely out of the gate yet, but they’re making major waves and for good reason. The seven piece band is producing something so infectious, so engaging, and so very of-the-moment, it’s not hard to see why Hardly Art, a label started by some folks from the revered Sub Pop,…

>> Poor little Village Voice music critic just can’t seem to master L’Enfant’s design for D.C., gets lost on the way to 9:30 Club and misses half of last night’s Air show. Bwahahaha. The diagonals don’t form a pentagram for no reason. >> Congratulations to local rising stars Le Loup for getting signed to Hardly Art, a new label under Sub Pop “focused on offering quality records for people to enjoy”. You’ll learn more…

FRIDAY: >> Seattle singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas is recording a new album with Sufjan Stevens, has toured with both James Mercer and Sam Bean, and we wouldn’t be shocked if she had “Sub Pop” tatooed on her butt. There’s no arguing she’s got the street cred to draw a crowd tonight at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. But Thomas also has a penchant for exploring topics (and melodies) that seem to place her more in the “sometimes…

FRIDAY >> We’ve long been fans of John Hodgman, the “former professional literary agent” turned “professional writer” who doles out “advice” in his regular column in McSweeney’s (and occassional appearances on This American Life). Tonight Hodgmania will take hold at Warehouse Theater, as the writer reads from his new book, The Areas of My Expertise, a sort of compendium of completely made-up “history” and “facts.” Listen to Hodgman read the 700 Hobo Names You Requested…