BLACK CAT - NIGHTCLUB http://www.blackcatdc.com/ BLACK CAT - NIGHTCLUB Fri July 4- SORTED Mainstage Takeover! Britpop, Soul, Indie Pop w/ DJ STEREO FAITH and special guests SAY WUT, DJ CASSIDY, DJ CALE $10 Mainstage 9:30 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html Fri July 4- CLOSE TO THE EDGE: Vintage Hip-Hop and Dance Tracks w/ DJ Dredd $6 Backstage 9:30 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html Sat July 5- METROPOLITAN, WYE OAK, BELLFLUR, FACE ACCIDENTS $10 Mainstage 9:00 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html The Washington, DC noise-pop group Metropolitan is back with their third full-length release for Crank Automotive Records. The Lines They Get Broken, the follow-up to 2002's Down For You Is Up, mixes the elements of garage, noise, and psychedelics into a sound that draws inspiration from such groups as Sonic Youth, Pavement, Television, Guided by Voices, and the Velvet Underground. Recorded by veteran DC producers Archie Moore and Jason Caddell, The Lines They Get Broken continues the band's hypnotic mix of curving hooks, sliding chords, and raw basement energy. Sat July 5- WAG: 60s Garage and Soul $5 Backstage 9:30 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html The Wag - with DJ Mark Zimin of Mousetrap - happens the first Saturday of every month on our Backstage. The night features 60s Garage and Soul and lots of cool mod videos. Sun July 6- DENGUE FEVER, CHICHA LIBRE $15 Mainstage 8:00 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html Five American dudes fronted by a Khmer-speaking star from Cambodia. Playing a mix of Cambodian pop, psych rock, and Ethiopian jazz. It could only happen in LA. And only in this day and age of international border-crossing and genre-hopping. Dengue Fever - and their new album Venus on Earth - are redefining "world music" for a generation of listeners for whom the world is a very small place indeed. Mon July 7- FLEET FOXES, THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE $10 Adv/ $12 DOS Mainstage 9:00 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html Let's imagine, for one moment, that Joanna Newsome and Brian Wilson got together and produced a basketball team's worth of sons. Those sons would grow up to be the Fleet Foxes. They'd have their mother's gift for the baroque and her love of the outdoors, and their father's talent for complex harmonies and just slightly left-of-center songwriting. Maybe they wouldn't be the world's best basketball players, but I'd go see them play anytime. Tue July 8- BORIS, TORCHE, CLOUDS $13 Mainstage 8:00 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html The Japanese have sustained so much pain due to the US. Why, then, do they insist on rocking us like a hurricane? With 15 albums and 9 collaborations to their name, Boris is the eye of the storm. And they will destroy you. Wed July 9- ALONA, GIRL LOVES DISTORTION $8 Backstage 8:00 (to benefit Girls Rock DC) http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html Thu July 10- FILM SCREENING: Live at CBGB's Double Feature Dead Boys in 1977 and Bad Brains in 1982 free Backstage 9:00 http://www.blackcatdc.com/schedule.html There was a time when CBGB's was the mythic epicenter of the American punk scene. After watching these two performances, you will more than understand why.