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Our Summer Soundtrack

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To get you all in the mood for dancing this Sunday – at July’s OverEasy – the girls, guy, and DJs behind WTGG and the tea dance compiled you a list of our favorite sounds of summer. What’s your number one summer track? “Bad Religion” by Frank Ocean:  Because anything involving Frank Ocean will always [...]

DJ LadyFace Talks Music & Gets It Ready for OverEasy!

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Maybe some of you have heard of the new DJ in town (well newish- she’s been here for just over a year now). She goes by LadyFace, she hails from Lawrence, Kansas, and she was the winner of the HER HRC DJ Battle this past January. Possibly best of all though, she’s this month’s special [...]

Against Me! Lead Singer Comes Out as Trans

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As a teenager, and even into the first half of my 20s, punk rock music and (life)style helped shaped a large part of my identity, but I have frequently noted the—visible—lack of queerness in the scene. It’s hard to name a male punk band with an outed queer member, making Against Me! singer Tom Gabel’s [...]

Artist Profile: Ebony Dumas

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by Mandy Lineweber Ticket Giveaway! We’re giving away a ticket to Transformer’s exclusive Collector’s View showing of Lisa Marie Thalhammer’s work, this Sunday June 3 from 4 – 6 p.m. Buy an advance ticket to Saturday’s Wicked Gay party and you’ll be automatically entered to win! If you’ve ever been to Transformer, the nonprofit art [...]

Sundays Just Got a Whole Lot Easier.

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Ah, Sunday. A day so full of potential, yet so often wasted on household chores, homework, or—for the Amy Winehouse disciples among us—liver repair. We at Where The Girls Go don’t believe in letting a single moment of the weekend go to waste, especially now that the oozing heat of D.C. summer has girls all [...]

Schmekel Brooklyn’s 100% Trans Jew Punk-klezmerish Band Plays DC Sunday

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Schmekel, who bills themselves as Brooklyn’s “only 100% transgender, 100% Jewish, schtick-rock sensation!” is gracing the stage of Chief Ikes this Sunday night as part of the DC Jewish Community Center’s 13th Annual Jewish Music Festival. If the name sounds familiar it might be because The New York Times did a write up about Schmekel [...]

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Weekextension—irresponsible partying opportunities with Alex DB

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From the grown’n’sexy to the all-ages grimy, here is a list of essential “shit to do” this week brought to you by WTGG’s newest contributor, local DJ & Mary Christ front woman ALEX DB! THURSDAY, APRIL 26: Over on H St., maniacal journeying geniuses Quintron and Miss Pussycat grace Red Palace with their collective presence, [...]

Cookout with the CooLots on Saturday

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The CooLots are calling their upcoming outdoor concert a “mini-Woodstock.” Come lay in the grass and get into the groove at Langdon Park in Northeast this Saturday, April 21, at 3 p.m. The hot local rock and soul band is celebrating singer Yaz’s birthday, and they’re advising concertgoers to bring blankets, lawn chairs or sit-upons. [...]