Tonight Peter & The Wolf and Dodo Bird will be at the Tea Bazaar. Also, No Gods No Monsters, One Slack Mind and Swollen Goat will be at Outback Lodge.

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There’s lots to do tonight: Don Zientara, Stella Schindler and Buck Gooter will be at the Tokyo Rose. Dame Satan and Matt Bauer (all the way from San Francisco) will be at Revolutionary Soup. And, at DUST, ZOoOoOm (from Japan), Human Host, and a zombie dance party (!), complete with a screening of Evil Dead.

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Some more interesting VA Film Fest things tonight: Before The Music Dies – 10pm Newcomb Hall Theater One Punk Under God – 10pm Regal Downtown #4

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Satellite Ballroom just announced on their site that Deerhoof will be coming on February 24th. This time around they will be headlining instead of opening for the Flaming Lips. They will be joined by The Harlem Shakes. The Ballroom also just announced that Asobi Seksu and Kate Starr will be playing on December 8th.

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(Lukas Haas in Mel’s Cafe) The Virginia Film Festival is now underway, and this evening I went see Swedish Auto at the Paramount. The film was shot in Charlottesville, so it was a lot of fun seeing the various familiar landmarks and scenery (including Mel’s Cafe, The Rotunda, Beaver Creek and the Downtown Mall). The [...]

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C-ville reports on rumors that Gravity Lounge will shut down at the end of the year. (The article also has a good preview of Live from…The Hook, which will be screened on Saturday to a sold-out crowd at the Paramount.)

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(tilly and the wall) Tonight Tilly and the Wall,

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The Virginia Film Festival gets started tomorrow. Check their schedule for many cool things to see over the course of the weekend. I personally like the descriptions of Trapped by the Mormons

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(ultra dolphins) Wednesday night Ultra Dolphins, Gospel and Fred Gable will play at 1714 JPA. The Ultra Dolphins are always fun. You probably know that. So come on out. Also, Flaming Fire will be at the Tea Bazaar, and In The Mix will take place at Satellite Ballroom, featuring DJs XSV, IZM and The Duck [...]

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Here are pictures of Mt. Eerie, Calvin Johnson and Karl Blau playing at the Chapel this past weekend. The Mt. Eerie pictures didn’t turn out very well, since he played in the pitch dark (which, by the way, was an awesome experience) and I wasn’t using flash. Calvin Johnson: Mt. Eerie: Karl Blau:

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