The definitive ranking.

Morrison also explains why they didn’t re-learn “Sentimental Man.”

Our music staffs lays out their favorite local releases of the year.

While the two shows from The Dismemberment Plan this past weekend were not met with the same amount of fervor and anticipation back in 2011, the seminal D.C. band still delivered an exciting performance featuring fan favorites and songs from their first album in 11 years Uncanney Valley.

If you’d like to hear the jittery, poppy “Waiting” without burning your precious minutes, you can listen to it here.

If you’re desperate to hear a sample of the forthcoming Uncanney Valley, you can dial (252) 64-DPLAN to hear the playful new track “Waiting.”

Who says there are no more good bands in D.C.? Here are the acts you should be following in 2013.

Christmas week continues with a cover of “This Christmas” by The Dismemberment Plan.

This shit just got real: The Dismemberment Plan is making a new album. The band’s frontman, Travis Morrison, tells us it’s “definitely less neurotic” than earlier material.

DCist photographer Nestor Diaz took some of the better Dismemberment Plan videos of the weekend and we’d like to share a few of them with you as well as some preliminary impressions of the new material.