When the Dismemberment Plan decided to call it quits in 2003, D.C. lost the one hometown act that just about everyone could agree on. The years since have been filled with high expectations for all of the band’s former members, though none of the post-breakup projects have managed to incite the level of excitement that always seemed to surround the Plan. As you’ll probably recall, the first out of the gate was Travis Morrison with…

Although Gist has been around with varying lineups for almost twenty years, the current lineup of singer/guitarist Nayan Bhula, bassist Finley Martin and drummer Fred Burton have only been together for the past five. In that short time they’ve released two albums, Art is Now Human and Diesel City, the latter of which established them as an act whose sound could be simultaneously tied to the district and reflect their diverse backgrounds and influences,…

>> It appears as if there are still tickets available to see handsome Swedish crooner Jens Lekman at Black Cat tonight, which is preposterous. The box office opens promptly at 8 p.m., so get yourselves over to get in line for what will surely be a spectacularly moody rainy day show, with Patrick Cleandenim and Viktor Sjöberg. Tickets are $14 at the door, and the show begins at 8. >> Don’t miss our lengthy…

Travis Morrison Hellfighters play Thursday night at the Rock & Roll Hotel as part of a benefit show for Survivors and Advocates of Empowerment, with Ra Ra Rasputin and Jukebox the Ghost (***). 8:30 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 at the door. You can read our review of Morrison’s latest album, All Y’all here What does the new album, All Y’all, mean to you? Well, it’s the first thing I did with this band. Travistan…

MONDAY >> You cannot avoid Toots Hibbert on TV these days. Well actually, it is just that Nissan car commercial with the Clash’s version of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” The guy who penned that song, “Reggae Got Soul,” and numerous other R&B flavored Jamaican numbers is at the 930 Club with the latest version of the Maytals. Hot D.C. go-go combo Mambo Sauce were just added as openers. $26 >> If solo indie…

Photo and story by DCist contributor Valerie Paschall Leave it to Travis Morrison to throw a CD release party, but forget to order CDs. Morrison shrugged it off, offering up several suggestions of places online (including a half-kidding nod to Napster) from where the audience could pick up his latest release, All Y’all. It’s this quirky charm that makes his live show so engaging; Saturday night’s show at Iota would’ve been worth the ticket price…

MONDAY >> Three Stars alums The Chance and J. Forté + the Secret Pop Band, D.C.’s favorite lofi power-poppers, are playing a great double-bill (bothThree Stars veterans) at the Black Cat Backstage. 9 p.m. $6. TUESDAY >> Yet another revival of West Side Story comes to Wolf Trap and stays there until Sunday. Apparently it’s the 50th anniversary. 8 p.m. with matinée shows at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. $18-68. WEDNESDAY >> The Rock…

Travistan and the Dismemberment Plan. There. I wanted to just throw those out there right at the start and get them out of the way, as they’re the two points of reference reviews are inevitably going to go to time and time again for Morrison’s new record. They’re also two things to which Morrison may already tire of comparisons. And, of course, they’re the essential pieces of the questions on many a hopeful fan’s lips…

>> The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the District of Columbia until 8:00 p.m. >> Travis Morrison’s new album is now up on his web site. >> 72 D.C. public schools are failing federal standards in reading, math and other basic education goals. [Examiner] >> Comcast has officially changed the terms of their subscription agreement with customers, meaning you lose the right to sue Comcast, while Comcast retains the…

>> While half the DCict staff was still buzzing from this weekend’s Dismemberment Plan shows, stereogum chatted with front-man Travis Morrison about his day job as “lead JavaScript programmer for advertisements for the Washington Post website.” All of a sudden the Post seems so much cooler. Any other semi-retired rock gods looking for jobs at a D.C. Web site? We can offer you cookies and a handful of DCist temporary tatoos! >> Cops in…