Personally, I didn't believe that indie-pop could rise again.
That's not to say that I didn't want it to. I mean, love Heavenly and McCarthy records as much as the next bookish, sensitive, horn-rimmed glasses-wearing guy. But in keeping with that indie-stereotype, I thought I was completely alone in a lonely world of philistines and [...]

Happy Hump Day! Tonight's D.C. music events, culled from our Summer Music Guide and beyond.

Joey Cape (Lagwagon), Jon Snodgrass (Drag the River), Chad Rex. Black Cat Backstage. $10. All ages.
Sol Blues. Bangkok Blues. $5.
Yazarah. Blues Alley. $20. All ages.
Noon:30, The Press, Achtung Panda. DC9. $8. +21.
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. [...]