Check out Painted Palms at the Black Cat Backstage with Saint Pepsi on Tuesday June 17th. Whether living four states away or four blocks away, Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme have always used the Internet — at first out of necessity, later out of preference — to collaborate on their …

We have the best dates (or friend dates) ever lined up for you this weekend. Immerse yourself in comedy, music, embassies, brunch, DJ sets, guitar sets and more.

What are you doing tonight? Is it celebrating the good weather that’s cracked DC open to fun summer-style activities like fresh Southern rock concerts? If that’s not what you’re doing, rethink your Friday night plans. Blackberry Smoke mixes “elements of gospel, bluegrass, arena rock, soul and more than a touch of outlaw country” that boils together like the best homemade preserves you’ve ever tasted. And they’re playing the Fillmore tonight.

Cameras to catch stop sign pausers, pedestrian crossing creepers [scofflaws] The Silver Line is here everyone! It’s here! [magical silver line] All the fun of the CNN Crossfire party without actually needing to attend [recap] The Black Cat turns twenty [almost legal] National Mall grass is looking good [sodded] Photo …

The 9:30 Club as you know it today- an award winning, freestanding venue just north of U Street- wasn’t always on the corner of 9th and V NW. As a less-than-five-years-category newbie to DC, I’ve been to a couple dozen concerts at the 9:30, but didn’t know much about its history (including its  mysterious …

FamousDC’s must see shows for July. We even hooked you up with a full (enough) playlist available on Spotify.

DC based band, Shark Week (yes, awesome name), released their double-sided single “Go West” ahead of its anticipated July 30 record release. For those of you in the DC music scene know, this isn’t a surprise. However, for anyone looking for a great DC band, here’s some bait from SPIN. …

If you’re not busy watching the Daft Punk teaser, go to these shows in April. You gotta kill time until May 21st somehow. BONUS***Mr. Blonde is a 90s/2000s garage rock cover band. Breaking out nostalgia inducing hits from the likes of Weezer, Green Day, The Ataris and Jimmy Eat world, …

Jamaican Queens are the antitheses of Detroit music and proud of it. “Everyone in Detroit is obsessed with garage rock. Unfortunately, I think that shit’s soooo boring” says the bands front man Ryan Spencer in an interview with CMJ. I shuddered at reading this due to my own penchant for fast, distorted fuzz, but I opened up while hearing them play live at Black Cat last Thursday.

TICKET GIVEAWAY: Win tickets to see the Revitalists at The Hamilton Live on March 27th. BONUS: this is part of the Hamilton Live’s Craft Brewer’s series where they pair your favorite jams with delicious beers. Just tell us the best show you’ve seen in DC by commenting on this post or tweeting @FamousDC & @TheHamiltonDC with the hashtag #EatDrinkListen. Ok, now we’re ready for the rest of March.

3 day weekend, 3 nights of fun. What could be better? Time to kick off tonight with new a happy hour spot and end with the extra day for recovery on Monday.

If you listen to anything in DC this month, make sure it includes these shows.

Obama shows us his musical side. H/T The Fantastic Faces of Barack Obama Blog

After four years as a soul-rock collective of anywhere between nine and fifteen Washington cubicle-jockeys getting their inner funk on, the kids of WMD are calling it quits.  But first they’re a) releasing a full-length album, and b) headlining one last Friday night bill at the Hotel. The band was …

Just.Plain.Awesome. Wife of Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) wasn’t always the prim and proper senator’s wife and Boston TV anchor. Video here. h/t Betsy Rothstein