FRIDAY: >> It’s raining, and you’ve got some serious partying to do tomorrow night, so we’d recommend taking in a movie and saving your strength. Don’t miss our movie picks for the weekend here, including special Halloween screenings of Nosferatu at the AFI Silver Theater. Also of note tonight, The American City Diner screens Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho at 8:30 p.m. >> If you’re more in the mood for getting your eardrums absolutely destroyed, Japanese metal…
We’re hoping that the eyes reading the site today are as bleary as all of ours are after a spectacular Wednesday night at DC9. We couldn’t have asked for anything more from last night’s superb, sweaty, sold out show. The crowd was spotted with familiar faces from local bands past and present, readers, music fans and even original DCist staffers who flew all the way across the country just for Unbuckled! (OK, Becca, we…
>> Obviously, you’ll be attending Unbuckled 6 tonight. Le Loup, XYZ Affair, and a DJ set by members of Middle Distance Runner. 9 p.m., $8. DC9. Do we really have to tell you again? Other acceptable options: From 5:30 – 7 p.m., Joseph Cirincione will discuss and sign his new book: Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons, at Busboys and Poets. This ends 2 hours before Unbuckled starts, meaning you can…
The weeks turned into days, the days turned into hours, and now we can all stop anxiously anticipating and start reveling: Unbuckled 6 drops this very night at DC9. As you know by now, Le Loup will headline, seven strong, with an opening performance by Brooklyn’s delightful The XYZ Affair. Our friends Middle Distance Runner will set the mood from the DJ booth, and, just because we like you guys so much, we’ll have…
>> The Virgin Festival has added Panic! At the Disco, Explosions In the Sky and Baltimore-based electronic music composer/performer Dan Deacon for their Sunday lineup. >> You should probably get any sort of week night responsibilities out of the way this evening, so you can join us tomorrow night at Unbuckled 6. If you missed our interviews with the bands, Le Loup and The XYZ Affair, give them a gander. If we haven’t already…
Yesterday we introduced you to The XYZ Affair in preparation for tomorrow night’s big Unbuckled show at DC9. Since we’ve already done the whole long, serious interview thing with Le Loup, we asked the seven-piece musical hivemind a few sillier questions to get you all ready for a night of great music and great fun. 9 p.m., $8. What are you looking forward to most about Unbuckled? Rebuckling! Bloggers: hot or not? Bloggers are so…
MONDAY >> Today’s Fort Reno show features local indie poppers Greenland (***) with Statehood and Kitty Hawk. The weather report calls for clear skies, but bring water. 7:15 p.m., free. >> How about another free event? The Black Cat backstage will feature movies about punk rockers Murder City Devils and Anti-Flag. 9 p.m., free. >> This week marks the sixth year of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and…
Just two days and counting until Unbuckled 6 is officially upon us, D.C. To whet your appetites a bit, we’ve asked both bands to answer a few hard-hitting questions leading up to their performance at DC9 this Wednesday. Today we bring you wisdom from The XYZ Affair’s Alex Feder, and the band’s latest music video — which is completely and totally awesome, if the words “physical challenge,” Pete, Ferguson or Budnick mean anything to you….
We know this whole mid-week holiday thing can do a number on you, so before you launch into another D.C. summer weekend, mark your calendars for next Wednesday, because that’s when DCist is bringing you the sixth installment of our concert series, Unbuckled. We’ll convene at DC9 on July 11 to bring you the ebullient sounds of D.C.’s speedy success story, Le Loup, and Brooklyn’s more-mature-than-their-years pop rock outfit, The XYZ Affair. Unbuckleds of…
Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It’s been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here’s a smattering of what’s been going on. In Gothamist’s neck of the woods, they found out that many things are possible: A man caught a 40+ pound fish off the Rockaways and took it home on the subway. Graffiti…