Listen to a track from Drop Electric‘s forthcoming third album, Lost in Decay. [D.C. Music Download]

D.C.’s GI Film Festival seeks a more nuanced portrayal of U.S. soldiers than most mainstream flicks can manage. [Post]

Gillian Anderson chats about her friend Darren Waterston‘s “Filthy Lucre,” showing at the Sackler Gallery. [Washingtonian]

Cynthia Connolly and Leslie Clague‘s punk tome Banned in D.C. is back in print. [Bandwidth]

A thoughtful review of the Grateful Dead reunion/tribute show at Merriweather Post Pavilion [Post]