FRIDAY
Tommy Stinson, bass player for notorious booze-rockers The Replacements and Axlâ??s revamped Guns Nâ?? Roses, plays a solo gig at Iota.
Chingy, featuring his Durrty South charm and Nelly-esque pop sensibilities, is the latest in a long line of Billboard-topping rappers to stop by Dream.
Local indie popsters Exit Clov have been generating a lot of buzz around town. Catch the CD release party for their â??Saskwatch EPâ? at Black Cat.
Have you been jonesing for thrash-metal and fake blood? Gwar will be beheading and defiling effigies of the rich and famous at Towsonâ??s Recher Theatre.
SATURDAY
Ikestock III, at Chief Ikeâ??s Mambo Room, kicks off at 12pm and features eleven local bands, and $2 Pabst and Bud all day long.
Kings of Convenience, at Iota, boldly decreed that â??Quiet Is the New Loudâ? with their debut LP, and their first-rate lilting folk-pop backs up their claim.
DC9, a vital addition to the U Street bar/club scene, turns one year old and throws a free birthday party with Liberation Dance Party DJs.
Speaking of birthday parties, Bob Marley would have been 60 this week, and Third World and Soldiers of Jah Army honor the legend at 930 Club.
SUNDAY
Super Bowl parties are sprouting up all over the city, but our favorite is the Front Pageâ??s $40 all-you-can-drink extravaganza.
If youâ??re looking to avoid the football frenzy, head to Black Cat to catch local pop/rock upstarts Lejeune play the backstage.
And taking the cake for â??Event Most Removed from the Super Bowlâ? is PMS (Poetry, Music, and Spirit), an evening of collaborative performance at DC9 with feminist creative forum Girls Ink.
