Metro Weekly

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  • Memoirandum

    By on June 6, 2013

    This Monday, June 10, at Harman Hall, comic actress Rachel Dratch will read from celebrity autobiographies -- just not her own. ''Actually, when I was...

  • Dark Days

    By on June 5, 2013

    It's no joyride being an aging pop star. At least that's the impression you get listening to the latest releases from Daft Punk and Tricky,...

  • Pet Shop Boys launch new single, “Vocal”

    By on June 5, 2013

    Only a few weeks after releasing the high-energy mostly-instrumental “Axis”, the first single from the Pet Shop Boys’ eagerly awaited new album “Electric”, the legendary...

  • The Lost Patrol’s “Driven” – Late Night Listening

    By on June 4, 2013

    New York City-based indie-rock trio The Lost Patrol is back with their latest album, “Driven”, and it doesn’t disappoint. This is late-night listening at its...

  • If You Care (and Love It): Charli XCX is here TONIGHT

    By on June 3, 2013

    If you’re looking for something to do tonight and you can’t wait until this Sunday, June 9, to hear this week’s Metro Weekly cover ladies...

  • Capital Pride Week: 10 Essential Tracks

    By on June 3, 2013

    It’s Capital Pride week in D.C. once again. A time for reflection on the accomplishments of the past year, to celebrate who we are, revel...

  • Icona Pop’s New Single, U.S. Tour Dates

    By on May 31, 2013

    Today the Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop, whose irresistible Top 10 hit “I Don’t Care (I Love It)” has now reached ubiquity, released new song...

  • 5 Gay Things to See or Do Before Pride

    By on May 31, 2013

    Got Pride fever already? Well, here’s our pick for five slightly off-the-beaten-path ways to scratch your gay itch before next weekend’s parade, festival and parties....

  • Dancing in Tribute to Peter Rauhofer

    By on May 30, 2013

    You may not have read about it in the New York Times — the Gray Lady has been disquietingly silent on the matter — but...

  • Sin-sations

    By on May 30, 2013

    ''I think it'd be a shame if people missed this show,'' Craig Cipollini says, ''because I think it's one of our best.'' There's actually no...

  • Kick Starter

    By on May 30, 2013

    ''Just watching people try and play kickball in drag is hilarious,'' Karl Muller says. ''The dresses are flying, the wigs are going, and everything.'' This...

  • Friendship in Black and White

    By on May 30, 2013

    A single line by the funky British pop band Hot Chocolate sums up the pleasant worldview of Frances Ha: ''Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the...

  • Sensually Cerebral

    By on May 30, 2013

    One of the things that separate playwright Tom Stoppard from the herd is his near ruthless assumption of his audience's intelligence, his plays racing with...

  • Wintry Mix

    By on May 30, 2013

    There are two challenges to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The first is protagonist King Leontes's near-instantaneous and murderous conviction that his pregnant queen Hermione is...

  • Amazon UK prices Xbox One at $900

    By on May 29, 2013

    Amazon UK has tentatively priced Microsoft’s Xbox One, revealed last week, at over $900. Worry not, however, as the finished item is likely to cost...