Mehan Jayasuriya

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• Posted Weekly Music Agenda to DCist
  Max Tundra (Thursday at the Black Cat) | Photo by Mehan Jayasuriya MONDAY >> Made famous by their star turn in the 2007 film Once, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, better known as the Swell Season, have been charming audiences around the world with their trans-European folk fusion ever since. Tonight they'll stop by the 9:30 Club with Doveman. Sold out, 7 p.m. >> Quirky Australian singer-songwriter and former Decoder Ring vocalist Lenka will...
• Posted Weekly Music Agenda to DCist
  These Arms Are Snakes MONDAY >> Atlanta four-piece The Coathangers will bring their sassy, lighthearted garage-pop tunes to the Black Cat tonight. Singing along is very much encouraged. With Thee Lexington Arrows and Foul Swoops, $10, 8:30 p.m. TUESDAY >> DCist has rarely been disappointed by Seattle post-hardcore stalwarts These Arms Are Snakes, so we'd wager that chances are pretty good that the band will tear the roof off of DC9 tonight. With DD/MM/YYYY...
• Posted Weekly Music Agenda to DCist
  Pree plays Fort Reno on Monday. MONDAY: >> Folky balladeers and three stars alums Pree make tonight's Fort Reno show easy to recommend. Le Loup fans in particular should take note: while May Tabol's latest project occupies a different niche in the indie-folk spectrum, her songs are still some of the most distinctive you'll find in the District today. With North America and Stoney Lonesome, 7:15 p.m., Free. >> While not a show, per...
• Posted Click Click: Mika Miko @ Comet Ping Pong to DCist
  It's not often that, on your way into a punk rock show, you have to carefully skirt around the band members, for fear of interrupting their ping-pong match. Or that, while waiting for the bands to finish setting up, you join a roomful of families in a rendition of "Happy Birthday," directed at a beaming girl seated in front of an ice cream sundae. Then again, Comet Ping Pong, the noted upper Northwest pizza parlor/ping...
• Posted Weekly Music Agenda to DCist
  Dirty Projectors (photo by Mehan Jayasuriya) MONDAY >> It's no secret that TV on the Radio are one of the most frequently gushed about bands in indie rock circles. And as we've found in the past, the band tends to live up to the hype when they play our fair city. That said, there might be an even more compelling reason to check out the band's two-night residency at the 9:30 Club this week:...