David Byrne Every long-lived pop musician who achieves success as a young artist eventually confronts the legacy problem: How much of your back catalogue do you take with you when you hit the road to promote your new music? David Byrne, who never actually spoke the name of the great little band he fronted back in the 1970s and ’80s during his gig at Wolf Trap Saturday night, has hit upon a more elegant…

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Stop Making Sense Concert films are a notoriously disappointing bunch, promising the excitement of front row tickets and a backstage pass to a band’s live show, but usually just delivering yawns and the realization that there’s no substitute for actually being there. And then there’s Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, a film which redefined the genre….

MONDAY >> The Library of Congress Mary Pickford Theatre in the James Madison Building kicks off 5 weeks worth of free Monday night rock and pop films with a rare showing of the 1966 documentary, The Big T.N.T. Show. David “Man from Uncle” McCallum hosts Ray Charles, Petula Clark, the Lovin’ Spoonful, Bo Diddley, Joan Baez, the Ronettes, Roger Miller, the Byrds, Donovan, the Seeds, the Modern Folk Quartet, and Ike and Tina Turner taped…

Written by DCist Contributor Andrew Chriss Enjera Eritrean Restaurant opened in Crystal City in May 2007. On an early visit over the summer, the restaurant was not very inviting from the street level, which was disappointing due to the vast amount of outdoor seating space available. The menu was crudely assembled from what seemed like loose-leaf, and the signage for the restaurant did little to sell the restaurant besides intrigue passersby to ask, “What do…

>> We’ve checked out Page France a couple of times and are sure you’ll have a good time if you head down to the Red and the Black tonight. They’re playing with Austin’s excellent Peel for a 9 p.m. show, only $8. >> The action at SILVERDOCS continues, and if you’ve been having trouble getting advance tickets to evening screenings and aren’t willing to wait in the stand-by lines, consider taking advantage of the…

We really enjoy giving away free stuff, and so apparently do your favorite local bands. That’s why we got together with Cedars to arrange for an EP and ticket giveaway to their show tonight with Scotland’s the Cinematics and Chicago’s the Changes at the Rock and Roll Hotel! Who loves ya? DCist loves ya. We’ve been big fans of the band since way back in the days when they had a different name and played…

We’ve complained about D.C.’s bad radio before, so when we heard about 94.7 “the Globe” we were skeptical. But after a few recommendations from people whose musical taste we respect, we checked it out — and it’s not half bad. The playlist is mainly mid 80s to mid 90s “alternative,” but also includes some classic rock and newer stuff. We heard a mix from the Beatles and the Doors to Talking Heads to U2…

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end with seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. DCist reports that the…

Brooklyn’s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have spent the bulk of 2005 as this year’s model of the Indie Rock Critical Darling. Their self-titled debut album — itself a lean and mean platter of exuberant pop — found its way into the marketplace with backing from several of the more respected MP3 blogs and critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, who put them on their Hot List earlier this year. From there, the raves were amplified…

It was an all-European, all-the-time line up last night at the 9:30 Club as DCist headed out to see a bill of Long-View, a group from Manchester, Scottish quintet Dogs Die In Hot Cars and Parisian band Phoenix. Though we’d been hearing some buzz surrounding all three groups, especially following Long-View and DDIHC’s recent performances at SXSW, we went into the concert without any expectations, but came out pleasantly surprised. The best word we…