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Study Finds Metal Soothes Monkeys

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If you want to mellow out a monkey, play him some Metallica.

That’s the surprising result of a new study by Charles Snowdon, a
University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor. The researchers played clips of music— including Metallica’s
“Of Wolf and Man,” Nine Inch Nails’, “The Fragile,” Tool’s “The
Grudge,” and Barber’s “Adagio for Strings”—for cotton-top tamarins.

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Weekend Music Round-Up

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Friday

  • M. Ward, Chain & the Gang. 9:30 club. $25. All ages.
  • Deanna Bogart & Tom Principato Band. Birchmere. $25.
  • Shortstack, Lorelei, The Moderate. Black Cat. $10. All ages.
  • The Charm Offensive, Lanterns, Drunken Banshees, Free Electric State. The Red & The Black. $8. +21.
  • The Method, Ramzy, The Frustrations, Justin Trawick. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10. All ages.
  • Sunsets with a Soundtrack: The U.S. Army Band Downrange. West Steps U.S. Capitol. Free.
  • The Blue Planet Live w/ NSO. Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $20-$48.
  • Deep Sang. Cafe Saint Ex.

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Weekend Music Round-Up

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Weekend Music Round-Up

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Friday

  • Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra. Blues Alley. $25.
  • L.A. Guns w/ Mis-Fit, Tilt, Sinner’s Trail, Bitter Pill. Jaxx. $18/$20. +21.
  • Sheryl Crow, Ari Hest. Filene Center at Wolf Trap. $30-$48.
  • TheoryCast, ReVeL, Fight The Bear, Conshafter. Rock and Roll Hotel. $10. All ages.
  • DC Summer Extravaganza w/ Tittsworth, Nadastrom, Will Eastman, Bobby Jae & Ken Lazee, Dmerit. 9:30 club. $10. All ages.
  • Canda, Bobbie Allen, Mila Levine, Michelle Murray, Treevibes, Lulu Fall, Vox Pop, Lux Operon, Peter S. Pinocci, Liberated Muse, Rob Wolcott. Artomatic. (For more info, see our Artomatic Manual)

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Updated: Weekend Music Round-Up

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Saturday

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St. Vincent photo by Annabel Mehran, via MySpace.

Music Round-Up: Thursday Edition

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For more info about upcoming shows — free, kid- and date-friendly, or otherwise — see our Summer Music Guide.

  • Cricket Fusion Quartet. 1905. Call for price.
  • Jonathan Coulton, Chelsea Lee. Birchmere. $29.50. All ages.
  • Deleted Scenes, The XYZ Affair, Casper Bangs. Black Cat Backstage. $8. All ages.
  • Dick Morgan. Blues Alley. $25.
  • Buster Brown and The Get Down. Cafe Martini. Call for price.
  • Tally Hall, Malbec, Prabir & the Substitutes. DC9. $12. +18.
  • Pree, Dead Heart Bloom, Tripp. IOTA Club & Cafe. $12. +21.
  • NSO: “Nights at the Movies: A Night on the Red Carpet.” Kennedy Center Concert Hall. $20–$65.
  • Berklee College of Music: Liz Longley. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Free.
  • Old Crow Medicine Show. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. $25.
  • Toad the Wet Sprocket, Eddie From Ohio. National Harbor. $16.50-$35.
  • The Jones, The Known Unknowns, The Very Small. Rock & Roll Hotel. $8. All ages.
  • Maryland Deathfest Pre-fest show w/ Ghoul. Sonar. $10. All ages.
  • Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Dead Rock West. The State Theatre. $15.
  • Hopewell, The Flying Eyes, Bad Liquor Pond. The Talking Head. $10.
  • Fight the Bear, The Blue Line, Imaginary Friends. Velvet Lounge. $8. +21.

Photo of the XYZ Affair by Kyle Gustafson, via MySpace.

Updated: Weekend Music Round-Up

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Sunday

Dan Deacon photo by Frank Hamilton, via MySpace.

Summer Music Guide picks after the jump.

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Best of D.C.

City Paper’s Best of D.C. issue, which includes a healthy arts and entertainment section, hit the street today!

Since this is the paper’s second time putting together a Best of D.C. issue (since 1987), our staff chose to recognize both the best and the second-best our city has to offer. How clever are we?

Pick up a ginormous paper to read Erik Wemple on why the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra spanks the National Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Leitko on the region’s singing sadsacks, Michael J. West on the great Billy Taylor, and lots of other pieces on music, visual art, nightclubs, and more.

Also check out the readers poll: Scythian won in the Best Local Band category and Flex Mathews took the title Best Local Hip-Hop Artist. For those of you that didn’t vote and instead waited to see the results so you talk shit about ‘em, what say you of these picks? Yea? Nay? Abstain?

Weekend Music Round-Up

Friday

  • The Blue Line, Jo Henley Band, Stella Schindler. The Red & The Black. $8. +21.
  • No Second Troy, Olivia Mancini & the Terrible Two, Meredith Bragg. Black Cat. $10. All ages.
  • Drive-By Truckers, Bloodkin. 9:30 club (Friday & Saturday). $25. All ages.
  • EARLY SHOW: Ludo, Sing It Loud, This Providence, The Morning Light. $12. LATE SHOW: P.O.S., Doomtree, SIMS, Hand Over Fist, Plain Ole Bill. $14. Rock and Roll Hotel. All ages.
  • Screen Vinyl Image, The Payola Reserve, SikSik Nation, Nerd Parade. Velvet Lounge. $8. +21.
  • DJ Will Eastman. Cafe Saint Ex. Free. +21.
  • Donvonte McCoy Quartet, DJ Thomas Blondet. 18th Street Lounge. Free. +21.
  • The Young Lions. Bohemian Caverns (Friday & Saturday). $20. All ages.
  • The Ahn Trio. Strathmore. $18-$45. All ages.

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