Loosen the tie and pop your collar at one of these super hip D.C. spots tonight. It will make you and all your friends seem like locals and not nervous interns who are still trying to figure out how to use an iron to get the creases out of that freshly bought H & M dress shirt.

Your first stop might want to be at D.C. chic Eighteenth Street Lounge which will be having some dready-approved upbeat reggae/dub/hip-hop tonight.

If this lounge isn’t really your scene then check out the (relatively) new D.C. spot called the Space. Tonight they will be hosting an 80’s Workout Dance Party featuring D.C.’s own DJ Nyce.  Proceeds will help DC Writers Corp. to support the DC Youth Slam Team's trip to the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam next month.

Or if you would rather put on your ratty, eleventh grade punk shirt and your dirty Converse, go check out Times New Viking who will be rocking their new catchy-noise punk tunes from their recent album “Rip It Off” at the Rock N Roll Hotel. 

Solid.